| | The summer English Bible study for the ESL students are going well. I am thankful to the Lord for providing this opportunity for us. We miss regular fellowship (since our church does not have small groups in place currently), and this is the first time in a long while since we have a chance to dig deep into the Scriptures with others. The students are opening up and sharing their thoughts -- this is quite encouraging to us. As for me, I am amazed at God's Word as well. Last week we learned about faith through the story of Jairus asking Jesus to heal his daughter, and the story of the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years. "Your faith has healed you" (Luke 8:48). What is faith? I looked out the window and saw the plant that our neighbor had given us. She thinned the seedling from her garden, and thinking it was a cantaloupe plant. We planted the seedling, and all the time thinking it was going to produce cantaloupes. Finally one day, we realized that it was a zucchini plant. If I had enough faith to believe that by asking of God to make our zucchini plant produce cantaloupes, my prayer would then be answered -- would this faith make my request come true? Eric made a good point about the kind of faith Jairus and the woman had -- it was based on who Jesus was and His promises. I cannot pray without Him in the center of it. There are so many things demanding our prayers, but God has to be the center of it all. He is the Faith-Giver. He is the one who says "Don't be afraid; just believe, and [it will be done]" (Luke 8:50).
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