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Previous Daily Devotional
About multiplying your faith…
Luke 17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase
our faith!" 6 He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can
say to this mulberry tree, `Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.
(NIV)
Faith is a recurring issue in these devotionals. Faith
recurs in our discussions because faith is an exercise of our heart and mind that keeps
all of the pieces of life from coming unglued. Faith can be multiplied like a seed put
into the ground. However, the seed that is planted, in order to multiply after it
germinates, must be tended, watered, fertilized, weeded, and loved. The love of God
pouring down over you from His cross does this multiplication job. If we ever think we
lack faith or we think our faith is weak, all we need to do is look at Christ suffering
for us. Our faith grows stronger when we have let ourselves be immersed in the water that
baptizes us and washes away our sins. Our faith grows stronger when we take in His
nourishing manna that comes from His love for us. Our faith grows stronger when we have
uprooted the dark and evil influences that want to tempt us and take us down. Our faith
grows stronger when we walk the Lord's path as we listen to the Shepherd's gentle voice to
follow Him. Our faith grows stronger when we spend time listening to Christ telling us how
much He loves us. When we do these things, our faith is multiplied in mysterious ways we
cannot understand or fathom.
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