have faith

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​“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.” (Matthew 17:20)

When the disciples came upon the epileptic child and found their prayers could not deliver the child as they had for so many others, they were baffled. They wondered why was it that their prayers were not effective? There must have been great frustration and derision. 

“I think our Lord intends that we should often have something fresh come across our path to keep us from getting into ruts. It is a very bad thing for anyone when even the Christian life gets to be merely mechanical,” even our prayers.

“If we are to do the Lord’s work, and to do it successfully, we must have faith in him…we must look beyond our former successes, we must look for a present anointing by the Holy Spirit.”

“‘We  could not do it; we could not cast him out’…We cannot, but he can.”

GiGi❤️

Taken from Charles Spurgeon: February 25, 1886, Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 42

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