Lord help My Unbelief

We need to live by God's promises just as Abraham did.  Have you ever thought  truly how much faith Abraham had in God?  Many believe Abraham was distraught when God asked him to sacrifice his son, Isaac.  My Bible tells me something different!

Genesis 17:19  And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

Abraham already had God's promise that he would multiply him through Isaac.  How could that be if he were dead?  Abraham knew God could not lie and that He had a purpose.  He went willingly, read what he told Isaac:

Genesis 22:8  And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

Some say he didn't want to tell Isaac the truth about what he was doing but he actually was telling him the truth!  He knew what God promised him, all that was required of Abraham was to be obedient.  In Genesis 22:4, he goes on to tell the men that were with them to stay back while he and Isaac went ahead and worshipped and "come again to you".  He knew.   How did he know?  Because he had faith in God's promises.  God's will will not take you where His grace cannot keep you!

"O ye of little faith".  How many times do we miss God's blessings because we are not obedient?  How many times do we miss the answer to our prayers because we give up to soon?  How many times do we not listen to what the Lord is saying because we are afraid?  The Bible tells us Abraham was a man of great faith and you can see by this one account that he was.  God did not break any of His promises to Abraham.  He will not break His promises to us.  We don't even have to have the faith of Abraham, He said if we had the faith of a grain of mustard seed.  

Matthew 17:20  And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

What are God's promises to us?  Read what Jesus said in Mark 11:22-24

22“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23“I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. 24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

John 15:7  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Phillipians 4:19   But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

The list goes on and on and every promise God will keep but more importantly than providing our needs, He also made these promises.
Hebrews 13:5  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
John 14:3  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Titus 1:2  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
1 John 5:11  And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
If you belong to God through faith in Jesus Christ, then you are a beloved child of God.  You are His heir forever entitled to all His riches and therefore ALL God's promises are for you, (me), all of us.
All it takes is faith the size of a grain of mustard seed.  Lord, help my unbelief.
His servant,
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem 

The Power of Prayer

This is a personal post but I want it to be a living testimony for God and hopefully inspire anyone who might face a serious situation. I believe in the power of prayer, I believe that "where two or three are gathered", I believe in lifting up by name to the Lord.
I want to share just one of the miracles God has performed in our lives. I've done a couple of posts and put a picture of my 8 month old grandson in the picture. Last Monday he underwent surgery for a cranial vault reconstruction. It's a very serious surgery where they have to cut open the top of the head, insert some plastic and reconstruct the bone, (he has a zigzag scar that goes from the top of one ear, across his head to the top of the other ear). This happened because his soft spot closed to soon and the bones across the back of his head overlapped each other. Normally in babies those do not close up until they are much older, I'm not sure exactly when but they are not supposed to grow together for awhile to allow the brain to develop normally, same reason for the soft spot. In Logan's case this caused his head to grown more in a football shape and it looked like he had a baseball under his hair in the back. This is not just a cosmetic surgery, if his head wasn't fixed, eventually his brain would not be able to grow and he would have ended up mentally handicapped. He is a very smart little guy and they had to do the surgery before there was any damage done. The doctors had told my daughter the surgery would be around 6 hours and recovery would probably be around 4 hours. They also told her he could stay in ICU for a couple of days, there would be significant blood loss during surgery that they would have to replace and that he would have severe swelling resulting in his eyes being swelled shut, they said once all the swelling was gone he would most likely be released.

Now that I've given you some background, I want to get back to my original purpose, the power of prayer. We prayed God's will over his life, we prayed for the surgeons, the anesthetists, the nurses, anyone who would come in contact with him. My daughter made sure that his surgeon was a christian also because that is important to us. Churches were praying for him and many of our friends online and offline were offering up his name in prayer.
This was God's answer:
His surgery lasted 2 hours, the least amount of time one has ever taken. He did not need blood during surgery, he did not remain in recovery all those hours, he was moved to ICU and spent one day there before being transferred to a regular room. He had minimal swelling which was actually one side of his face because he kept turning it and sleeping on that side. By the 2nd day he could be held and sit up, he ate like he couldn't get enough. By the 3rd day, when you would hold him he kept trying to stand and bounce which is something he loves to do, he was also sitting up in what they call a Bumbo Seat, which is designed for babies to be able to sit up and play without fear of falling over.

The doctors gave us the worst case scenario, God gave us His best.

We know without a shadow of a doubt that God worked in that baby's life just like we know that God has plans for his life. His middle name is Isaac and just like Abraham in the story of his son Isaac, my daughter gave him back to God and God in turn gave him back to her. He didn't get to come home until Saturday because he spiked a temperature but we consider the extra few days a blessing because he got a couple of more days of rest and recuperation and nursing care. He is home now and its hard for his mom to keep him down because he wants to bounce and play like he did and he's very active.
God is great, when believers send their prayers up to Him, He is faithful.
Never underestimate the power of God. Never underestimate the power of prayer.
Thank you all who knew for your prayers. We lift up your name to the Lord for blessings for you and yours, the power of prayer is a Christians most valuable asset.
God bless.