APRIL 22 THE JESUS QUESTIONS (Day 8) Summary Review of JESUS Questions JQ#01-01—JQ#13-07 (Matthew 5:1 thru Matthew 12:34)

APRIL 22  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  (Day 8)  Summary Review of JESUS Questions JQ#01-01—JQ#13-07 (Matthew 5:1 thru Matthew 12:34) 

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, what a glorious feeling when I realize that I have spoken the Name of Jesus and that once the Name is spoken that You Lord are listening, listening to me! Just the concept of “prayer” is amazing but the reality of us being able, regardless of where we are or when it is, regardless of language or social status, when we call on the Name of Jesus that JESUS is right there, immediately, EVERY TIME HIS NAME IS SPOKEN! How that is possible cannot be explained because our thoughts are of finite, mortal terms and JESUS You exist on the Infinite, Divine plane ——— but explanation or not, I know when I call on Your Name Jesus, You are there and You hear my prayers! I KNOW because so many prayers have been answered, and though they were not answered like I thought they should be answered, You knew what was best and answered my prayers in the way that BEST provided for my needs — Lord Jesus, I call Your Name this morning with nothing but PRAISE on my lips and in my heart for the simple, plain fact that I can.      AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus Teaches us with JQ#07 how to understand “Faith” and to be aware that the enemy will tempt us to view our circumstances through “Fear” instead of “Faith”.

Lesson 7  JQ#7    “What’s bigger, your ‘Fear’ or your ‘Faith’?    Matthew 8:23-27 

Jesus Teaches us with this Lesson that the best weapon to use on “Fear of the world” is our “Faith in God” and it fits very nicely in the sequence of Question/Lessons  because after Teaching us that when we plant the Word of God in our hearts and let the seeds of “Faith in God’s Provisions” take root deep in our soul that we will soon start seeing fruit in our lives as God adds the miracle of life to the seed! The “First Fruit” that starts to grow from the “Spiritual Seeds” that Jesus plants in our hearts that we have prepared by being open to the Teachings of Jesus  is “FAITH in GOD” which will grow into a mature fruit if we first plant the “Seed of the Word” in our hearts and nourish it with “Living Waters” ——— there are always the weeds of sin taking root in our hearts that are nothing more than the “cares of this world” which we must constantly be “weeding out” of our lives so that the Word of God will grow strong in our hearts and we will be able to harvest the fruit of the Spirit which we can use for our personal nourishment. In God’s economy each plant will produce enough fruit to be able to “Share” with others! When we first start out on our Christian Journey of Faith, we are like young lambs and we all know that the “Wolves of this world” prey on the weak, the crippled, and the very young! To know that Jesus is the “Good Shepherd” and we are part of His flock should give us great comfort — and the more we read in His Word the more we can build “FAITH” in His Abilities! With each page we turn we can see that Jesus has never lost a lamb and every time He confronts us He is always teaching us to “Fear not”!  Jesus takes this passage in Matthew 8:23-27 and reassures us that “Fear” is a “weed” and that “Faith in God” is a “sharp hoe” and if we want the Word of God to grow strong roots and produce good fruit in our lives that we will make “Faith in God” more important in our lives than the “Fear of the world” and that “Faith” in the One that even the “winds and the sea obey Him” is more important to our growth than the little weeds of fear that the world constantly attacks us with. Jesus was very pointed when He asked us about our “fears” in JQ#07 “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” (Matthew 8:26) ——— Jesus immediately points out that we are “fearful” because we have not grown our “faith in God” to the point that we are producing the “Good fruit” from planting the seeds of God’s Word in our hearts which will nourish our “Spirit” and give us the inner strength to laugh at the weeds of this world as we remove them with our “Faith in God” and sing “Blessed Assurance Jesus is Mine!” Which would you rather do, let the weeds choke the “life” out of your “Faith in God” or would you rather use your “Faith in God” to choke the weeds out of your “life”?