2-24-08
UNBELIEVABLE

Scripture thought for this week:

Now He did not do many mighty works there
because of their UNBELIEF.

Matt 13:58 NKJV

Dear Friend,

How is your faith? What is your believing quotient like today? The above scripture is one of those UNBELIEVABLE statements in the Bible. How could God Himself not do any mighty miracles somewhere because of people? Is God limiting Himself based on our ability to believe?

Remember in Matthew 17 when the disciples couldn't do the miracles that Jesus had just taught them to do? The Bible says in verse 19, "Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, 'Why could we not cast it out?' 20 So Jesus said to them, 'Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.'"

These kind of scriptures get us wondering what our faith has to do with the miracles we are longing for. The UNBELIEVABLE words of Jesus get us thinking "is my BELIEVING quotient what God is looking for?"

In this next 2-week series leading up to Palm Sunday we are going to look at some passages that seem too hard to be good and too good to be true. They seem UNBELIEVABLE! BUT THEY'RE NOT! Pray this week that God will prepare your heart to increase in the kind of faith that lives an UNBELIEVABLY amazing life. We are ready to encourage you in your faith and see a community of believers become believers in the UNBELIEVABLE.

Believing in God and you,

Scott & Clare

©2008 Scott & Clare Loughrige

Immediately the boy's father exclaimed,
"I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"

Mark 9:24NIV