๐ฏ๐๐ ๐พ๐ธ: "The Faith of Your Circle".
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๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐: Mark 2: 3-5
๐ฏ๐๐ ๐พ๐ธ: "The Faith of Your Circle"
Mark 2: 3-5 reads, "3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, โSon, your sins are forgiven you.โ
What stands out to me about the Miracle of Healing with the Paralytic, is not just the fact that the Paralytic was healed and was able to walk home. It was the Faith of His Circle. His Friends also believed that Jesus could heal him. Wow! Jesus paid attention to the Hearts of the Disabled Man's Group of Friends. And it brought me to this:
The Faith of Who we are surrounded by is equally important as our own Faith. Not only did his Friends have Ridiculous Faith but they had to Think outside the Box. That day in Capernaum, the room was already crowded and it seems people were possibly shoulder to shoulder to see Jesus. So the Friends of the Paralytic lowered his bed through a hole they broke in the roof.
Don't be too quick to push Genuinely Hearted Friends or Family out of your Lives. There are people who sincerely wants to see You Healed. They want to see You Recover. They want to see You Whole. That Intervention probably saved your Life. Don't be mad at them. If your Friends are willing to cause a little property damage and break through the roof to get You to the Feet of Jesus, then keep them.
In fact, if you don't want them I'll take them! ๐คฃ
Father in the name of Jesus, in all seriousness, help us, as the Body of Christ, to be more Godly, Loving, Caring, Supportive, and Involved of Family or Friends with Special Needs and/or Disabilities. We see in Mark 2, special emphasis was placed on the Paralytic Man and his circle โญ๏ธ of Friends. And God we know, blood ๐ฉธ doesn't always make people family.
Father God help us to reach, teach, and evangelize to all people. Father God Your Word also says in Mathew 9:12 "When Jesus heard that, He said to them, โThose who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.โ Father God help us shift some of our focus to the souls who are not easily accessible. Father open our Spiritual eyes and show us the groups of People You desire each of us to work with.
Father God help us able-bodied Christians to reach the Disabled to exercise the Love that the Paralytic Friends displayed the day of his Forgiveness and Healing. Father God we know not every story will end in a Miracle, but Father teach us how to Love each person we cross paths with wholeheartedly. Father we want others to see Jesus Christ through us.
Help us God to Love unconditionally so we are not distracted by the physical or mental needs. Father help us to rise above all challenges and operate in pure love. And Father, in the end, we give all Glory and Honor to You. For You alone are Worthy.
In Jesus Name we Pray, Amen.
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