Week 7 - Day 2

DAY 2 – The word “faith” is used over 250 times in the New
Testament. And without faith it is impossible to please God. Heb
11:6 KJV

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when
translated, is Dorcas), who was always doing good and helping
the poor. About that time she became sick and died, and her body
was washed and placed in an upstairs room. Lydda was near
Joppa; so when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they
sent two men to him and urged him, "Please come at once!"
Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs
to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing
him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she
was still with them. Peter sent them all out of the room; then he
got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead
woman, he said, "Tabitha, get up." She opened her eyes, and
seeing Peter she sat up. He took her by the hand and helped her to
her feet. Then he called the believers and the widows and
presented her to them alive. This became known all over Joppa,
and many people believed in the Lord. Peter stayed in Joppa for
some time with a tanner named Simon. Acts 9:36-43 KJV

I (Sheri) love this passage! He got on His knees and prayed.
Next, he spoke to her (see also Mark 11:23). He prayed, believed
and believed it so much that he spoke to a dead person knowing
that God would give him what he had prayed for. He wasn’t
shocked at the power of God because He knew God! Do you
desire faith in God like Peter? I do! Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,
the author and perfecter of our faith, Heb 12:2

So, are you stuck with the same measure of faith? Check out these
scriptures and ask God to strengthen and increase your faith in
Him.

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so,
because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every
one of you has for each other is increasing. Therefore, among
God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in
all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. 2 Thes. 1:3-4

Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought
You my son, who has a mute spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it
throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and
becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast
it out, but they could not.” He answered him and said, “O
faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long
shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.” Then they brought him
to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed
him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the
mouth. So He asked his father, “How long has this been
happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. And often he
has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy
him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help
us.” Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are
possible to him who believes.” Immediately the father of the
child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my
unbelief!” When Jesus saw that the people came running
together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and
dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no
more!” Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and
came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said,
“He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up,
and he arose. And when He had come into the house, His
disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but
prayer and fasting. Mark 9:17-29 NKJV

Pull out your SOAR notebook. We have been through many
scriptures today.
• Write down what your favorite verse from this passage.
• Which verse shook you up or challenged you to know and seek
God more?