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March 19
Romans 4:20
By the pen of Charles Spurgeon:
Dear Christian, take good care of your faith, always endeavoring to strengthen it. Remember — it is only through faith you can receive blessings, for if you desire the blessings of God, nothing can bring them down from heaven like faith. Prayer cannot obtain answers from God’s throne unless it comes by way of earnest prayer from someone who believes. Faith is the angelic messenger between your soul and the Lord Jesus in glory, and if that “angel of faith” is not there, your prayer will not reach up to heaven, nor will the answer be sent down to earth.
Faith is the medium of communication that links heaven and earth. It is the link on which God’s messages of love travel so fast that even “before [we] call [He] will answer; while [we] are still speaking [He] will hear” (Isa. 65:24).
But if that link is broken or disconnected, how can we receive His promise?
If I find myself in difficulty, I can secure help through faith. If the Enemy is attacking me, my soul can find refuge and rest in God through faith. But if faith is absent from my life, I will call out to Him in vain, for faith is the only road between my soul and heaven. Even in the dead of winter, faith is the road on which the vehicles of prayer may travel no matter how icy the road may be. Yet if that road is blocked by the absence of faith, how can I communicate with the Great King, for it is faith that links me with Him.
Faith clothes me with the power of God, engaging the omnipotence of Jehovah on my behalf, and it ensures every attribute of His is brought to my defense. It enters my fight to defy the hosts of hell and makes “my enemies turn their backs in flight” (Ps. 18:40).
Yet when I waver and have no faith, I am “like a wave of the sea” and “should not think [I] will receive anything from the Lord” (James 1:6 – 7)! Thus, dear Christian, pay close attention to your faith, for with it you can win all things no matter how materially poor you may be — but without it, you can obtain nothing.
“If you can [believe,] . . . everything is possible for him who believes” (Mark 9:23).
By the pen of Jim Reimann:
James, the brother of our Lord and a leader in the early Jerusalem church, knew the prayer of faith was the only prayer that would be answered. Here is what he wrote regarding this vital practice of God’s people:
Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
James 5:13 – 16
Lord, thank You for Your promise of answered prayer, for You have said, “They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God’ ” (Zech. 13:9).
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