{"id":5980,"date":"2015-11-02T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=5980"},"modified":"2015-11-02T13:27:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T13:27:15","slug":"giving-thanks-unceasingly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=5980","title":{"rendered":"GIVING THANKS UNCEASINGLY"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong> Be persistent thanking God and He will not resist from answering you.<\/p>\n

Matthew 15:21-28<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus was on His journey of mission to the region of Tyre and Sidon when a woman of Canaan came and cried out to Him. Have you been crying to Him all year long? The woman cried for mercy stating, \u201cHave mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.\u201d (Matthew 15: 22)<\/em><\/strong> All kinds of crying must have been going up to Him and still waiting for His response. In the scene of this woman of Canaan, Jesus response testifies the truth that God hears every time but only answer at His appointed time. As regard to the case of the woman of Canaan, the Bible recorded Jesus\u2019 response, \u201cBut He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, \u201cSend her away, for she cries out after us.\u201d\u201d (Matthew 15:23)<\/em><\/strong> Jesus did not answer the woman at the time of her asking because Jesus\u2019 timing is different.
\nGod\u2019s timing is not man\u2019s timing.
\nThe disciples could not wait but quickly requested for her to be sent away.
\nGod is a compassionate Father that will never ignore any of His children.
\nWhenever our expectation for answer from God seems delayed according to our timing, we can always turn to Him with the sacrifice of thanks giving.
\nGiving thanks in the face of pending needs is declaring God\u2019s faithfulness. Giving thanks is also an evidence of understanding that all things passes through our good God. Without doubt, what passes through God to us comes out good. Romans 8:28 buttress the need for us to constantly hold on to God in thanks giving, \u201cAnd we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> The Word of God went further concerning the issue of thanks giving when it stated in Ephesians 5:20, \u201cGiving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Obviously, the scriptural verses points out that, those that give thanks for all things, will have all things work together for good on their behalf. As difficult or as challenging situations we should know to give thanks for all things and in all things.
\nAfter Jesus\u2019 brief silence to a woman of Canaan\u2019s request, He later communicated with her and the Bible recorded, \u201c<\/em><\/strong>Then Jesus answered and said to her, \u201cO woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.\u201d And her daughter was healed from that very hour.\u201d (Matthew 15:8)
\n<\/em><\/strong>Do not give up, be persistent and He will not resist from answering you.<\/p>\n

Prayer for today: <\/strong>Ask for the grace to be persistent giving thanks in your waiting on Him.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: Be persistent thanking God and He will not resist from answering you. Matthew 15:21-28 Jesus was on His journey of mission to the region of Tyre and Sidon when a woman of Canaan came and cried out to Him. Have you been crying to Him all year long? The woman cried for mercy … Continue reading GIVING THANKS UNCEASINGLY<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5981,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5980\/revisions\/5981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}