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TANGIBLE FAITH
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ACTS 5VS15-16
CJB VERSION
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THEY WENT SO FAR AS TO BRING THE SICK INTO THE STREETS AND LAY THEM ON MATTRESSES AND STRETCHERS SO THAT AT LEAST KEFA'S (PETER'S) SHADOW MIGHT FALL ON THEM AS HE PASSED BY.
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CROWDS ALSO GATHERED FROM THE TOWNS AROUND YERUSHALAYIM, BRINGING THE SICK AND THOSE AFFLICTED WITH UNCLEAN SPIRITS; AND EVERY ON OF THEM WAS HEALED.
KJV ACTS 5VS15-16
Act 5:15
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid [them] on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Act 5:16 There came also a multitude [out] of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
PSALM 91VS1
CJB VERSION
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YOU WHO LIVE IN THE SHELTER OF 'ELYON WHO SPEND YOUR NIGHTS IN THE SHADOW OF SHADDAI
KJV
Psa 91:1 ¶ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
THE FAITH OF KEFA (PETER) BECAUSE AS TANGIBLE AS HIS SHADOW AND PEOPLE WERE HEALED.
HOW CAN A SHADOW BE TANGIBLE?
OH! THE MERCIES OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!
HERE IS UNDERSTANDING.
YOU ARE OUT CUTTING YOUR GRASS. ITS HOT AND THE SUN IS BEATING DOWN YOU WITH ITS HEAT. THEN! YOU SEE A CLOUD PASS IN FRONT OF THE SUN AND IMMEDIATELY YOU FEEL THE DIFFERENCE ON YOUR SKIN, RIGHT? IT GETS COOLER!
KEFA'S FAITH WAS THE THING AT WORK IN THIS. NOT THE PEOPLE HE MINISTERED TO, THEY HAD HOPE. BUT KEFA'S FAITH WAS THE THING THAT GOD HONORED. EVEN SO THAT HIS SHADOW WAS A PLACE OF HEALING!
HIS FAITH BECAME AS TANGIBLE AS HIS SHADOW FOR THOSE WITH HOPE.
ITS NOT THE FAITH OF THE OTHERS WE SHOULD BE WALKING INTO. I HAVE SEEN LINES OF PEOPLE WITH HOPE BEING TOLD IT WAS THEIR FAITH THAT WAS WEAK WHEN HEALING DIDN'T COME! WHEN IN FACT IT WAS THE FAITH OF THE SO CALLED HEALER THAT WAS LACKING!
AS BELIEVERS IN Y'SHUA, ITS OUR FAITH NOT ANOTHER'S WE NEED TO WALK IN! MY PRAYER IS THAT MY OWN FAITH WILL BE AS STRONG AS KEFA'S. SO THAT WHEN I WALK DOWN A STREET THE TOUCH OF MY SHADOW WILL BE ENOUGH TO HELP HOPE BLOOM INTO FAITH AND ALL THOSE THING Y'SHUA SAID WOULD FOLLOW AFTER US WILL COME!
PART OF MY PRAYERS NOW IS TO LET US ALL KNOW AS DAVID DID WHAT IT MEANS TO REST IN THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY! THAT WHEN WE ABIDE THERE, IT WILL BRING HEALING. BECAUSE OUR FAITH WILL BE A SUBSTANCE THAT WILL TOUCH PEOPLE IN WAYS KEFA'S DID.
IT'S NOT THE FAITH OF THOSE SEEKING HEALING (THEY ARE PEOPLE OF HOPE) THAT IS LACKING.
IT'S THE FAITH OF THOSE THAT CLAIM TO KNOW THE ALMIGHTY THAT LACK FAITH.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE NOT SEEING SIGNS AND WONDERS FOLLOWING AFTER US.
I HAVE REPENTED AND BROUGHT THE BLAME BACK TO MY OWN DOOR STEP. MAY MY FAITH BE A TESTIMONY.....AS KEFA'S IS.
PEACE
SUZANNE
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