Daily Devotional Day 3

MIRACLE – The Faith of the Centurion
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.  “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.” Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.”  The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”  When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.  But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”  Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! It will be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that very hour. Mathew 8

POINT TO PONDER
Do you believe in the power of a church prayer chain?  Some do and others don’t.  This is a miracle that is directly result of the power of a prayer chain.  One man carries the burden of another person’s suffering.  And he carries that burden directly to Jesus.

His faith is so great that he ask Jesus to simply, “say the word” and he believed that his friend would be healed.  This is the only time in the gospels you discover Jesus beings “astonished”.

PRAYER
Lord Jesus, put within my heart the sufferings of others.  Lay such a burden upon my heart.
Lord Jesus, empower my faith to be as great as the centurion, trusting you to “just say the word”.
Lord Jesus, I can’t ask that my faith would astonish you, but I do pray that my faith would grow.

40 WAYS I CAN PROVE THAT “WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE”
Jesus said to them, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move;
and nothing will be impossible for you. 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”  Matthew 17:14-21 (NKJV)

3. MIRACLE – The Faith of the Centurion Matthew 8
2. MIRACLE – The Man with Leprosy Mathew 8
1. MIRACLE – The Greatest Miracle is God’s loved expressed through sending us Jesus!