GOT BEAN FAITH?

Let's start with a question. . .

 
What if I told you preschooler Hannah proudly promised her adult friend, "We're having beans for dinner tomorrow" as she clutched a small cup of mud with bean seeds buried in its center.  

Would you believe her?                                           

Probably not!    

Yet God delights in childlike faith. 

The next evening as the family prepared for dinner, little Hannah's adult friend collapsed in a chair in utter shock. 

Gazing at the bean plant, showcasing three beautiful beans from its vines that climbed the kitchen wall overnight, her friend said, "I'm ready to accept your Jesus!" 

And yes, the family had beans for dinner!  

Hannah was thoroughly convinced God was going to give her beans for dinner because she had childlike faith.  

Or as Carlie says, "Hannah had Bean Faith."   How about you?

Check out Hannah's bean faith story here.

 

Bean Faith
Just like Hannah, you can have bean faith.  It's that pure childlike faith adults struggle with because  physical, emotional, relational, financial burdens distract us from what God longs to do for you and me each day.  

As a result, we are often at the "end of ourselves" when we cry out to God.  The good news is He hears us and shows His love through the miraculous.  

Want proof? 

Watch Carlie Terradez's healing of epilepsy

Or check out Wayne's deliverance from homelessness, addictions and more.  

As Wayne says, "sometimes God  has to get us to places where there are no distractions" and adds, "Jesus will go anywhere and meet you wherever you are."

Cultivating Your Faith   

I always thought I needed more faith. Years later, I stumbled on a mustard seed in Matthew 17:20 (NIV)  when Jesus said  “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith like a grain of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain,‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”  

 

I knew I had mustard seed faith, but I wasn't receiving hardly anything of what God wanted to show me.  I was too busy fighting fear and guilt that smothered what faith I had. 

Replacing condemning and fearful thoughts is a lifetime process I learned to tackle one day at a time.  This tackling is what Pastor Duane Sheriff calls a  "brain washing" with God thoughts. 

 In the words of Andrew Wommack the good news is  "I've left but I haven't arrived!"   How about you?

Check out Pastor Duane Sheriff's teaching series on Mind Renewal  here to replace doubt and fear with God's thoughts.

Let's Chat . . . 

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Prayers for you. . . 

Father God, I thank you that you are a God of renewal.  I thank you for all visitors  here, your prized men, women and children you created and love.

Lord,  I pray for perfect laborers to surround them with your love and protection and condemn any interference with your will for them.  I speak, we speak together Lord as we lord Isaiah 53: 5 over all their needs whether it is  healing of bodies, hearts, minds, families, finances,  jobs, homes and expect Mark 16:20 to follow the words we speak because they are your words in Jesus Name.  

We also speak protection, and divine direction  over families, and those fighting for  our God given freedoms in Jesus Name. We praise you Father for helping all those in need in Jesus Name.

Blessings on you all until next month!    Judith

Meanwhile enjoy Tauren Wells, When We Pray - watch until the end!