{"id":4951,"date":"2022-08-11T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T23:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2022-07-25T21:34:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T03:34:58","slug":"great-faith-or-a-great-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=4951","title":{"rendered":"Great Faith? Or a great God?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday we talked about persistent prayer, which reminds us of faith. Often we&#8217;re like the disciples, &#8220;I wish I had more faith!&#8221; But what does Jesus say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The apostles said to the Lord, \u201cIncrease our faith!\u201d And the Lord said, \u201cIf you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, \u2018Be uprooted and planted in the sea,\u2019 and it would obey you. (Luke 17.5 &#8211; 6, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not the size of our faith, it&#8217;s the size of the object of our faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-7.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-7.png?resize=474%2C296&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-7.png?w=562&amp;ssl=1 562w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-7.png?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faith is only as valid as its object. You could have tremendous faith in very thin ice and drown&#8230; You could have very little faith in very thick ice and be perfectly secure. &#8211; Stuart Briscoe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us&#8230; (Ephesians 3.20, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we talked about persistent prayer, which reminds us of faith. Often we&#8217;re like the disciples, &#8220;I wish I had more faith!&#8221; But what does Jesus say? The apostles said to the Lord, \u201cIncrease our faith!\u201d And the Lord said, \u201cIf you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=4951\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Great Faith? 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