OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
REMOVE FAITH KILLERS
5TH , JULY 2022
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BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 91-94
READ: Mark 5:21-43
21 And when Jesus was
passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him:
and he was nigh unto the sea.
22 And, behold, there
cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him,
he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him
greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee,
come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
24 And Jesus went with
him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
25 And a certain woman,
which had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered
many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing
bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard
of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I
may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the
fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was
healed of that plague.
30 And Jesus,
immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him
about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples
said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who
touched me?
32 And he looked round
about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman
fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before
him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto
her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy
plague.
35 While he yet spake,
there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy
daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
36 As soon as Jesus
heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be
not afraid, only believe.
37 And he suffered no
man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the
house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept
and wailed greatly.
39 And when he was come
in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead,
but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him
to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother
of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel
was lying.
41 And he took the
damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being
interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the
damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were
astonished with a great astonishment.
43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and
commanded that something should be given her to eat.
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MEMORISE:
“As soon as Jesus heard the word that was
spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.” - Mark 5:36
THE MESSAGE:
Something very
interesting happened between Jesus and Jairus in the Bible reading for today.
When someone came from Jairus’ house to tell him that his daughter was dead,
Jesus did not allow Jairus to respond; He told him specifically, “Don’t be
afraid, only believe”. We see that everything He did before He woke the girl up
from death was to remove faith killers. He knew that if Jairus had allowed fear
to creep in when he was told that his daughter was dead, the miracle would not
happen. He saw that all the people in the house that were crying were faithless
and if Jairus and his wife looked at them, they would kill their faith. Jesus
thus sent them all out before He could perform the miracle. It could be that
the reason you have not gotten that miracle from God yet is that you have so
many faith killers around you. Believe me honestly, if you keep hanging around
these faith killers, they will hinder you from reaching your goals. You
therefore have to remove them from your life.
Go away from places and
people whose conversations kill your faith. If you keep listening to them, they
will eventually hinder you from achieving your goal. If all that the people
around you keep talking about is how things are bad and cannot be better, you
had better change location. Move to a place where you will hear people telling
you that things will be better, where they will tell you that your goals are
achievable, where you will stop hearing, “No, it is not possible”, but start
hearing “Yes, it is possible”.
I for one have always had
big dreams, dreams that seem impossible when people hear them. Whenever someone
laughs at my dreams, I tell them, “You just watch and see”, then I take a step
back from the fellow so that they don’t kill my faith. Eventually when the
dreams begin to come to pass, it will now be my turn to laugh. I have always
said it: if people don’t laugh at your dreams, then they are not big enough. It
is when your dream is so big that it is not possible to achieve it without the
help of God that you have just started dreaming. Don’t mind those who have
tried to kill your dreams in the past. Ignore them, put your faith in God and
watch Him make your dreams come to pass.
KEY POINT
Stay away from people whose words and actions
can kill your faith.
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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