[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":82},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fdevotions\u002Faccording-to-your-faith":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"date":64,"description":65,"extension":66,"featured":67,"image":68,"meta":69,"navigation":70,"path":71,"scripture":72,"scriptureText":73,"seo":74,"stem":75,"tags":76,"__hash__":81},"devotions\u002Fdevotions\u002Faccording-to-your-faith.md","According to Your Faith","Christy Morrow",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":60},"minimark",[10,14,21,24,30,33,38,43,50],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Two blind men asked Jesus to have mercy on them. Jesus asked them, \"Do you believe that I am able to do this?\" They said, \"Yes.\" Jesus then said to them, \"According to your faith will it be done to you.\" When I read that, I wonder how I would have reacted in the same situation. They were asking for something that was impossible. I can imagine they wanted to believe, but there had to be a part of them that doubted.",[11,15,16,17],{},"In another instance when Jesus was teaching his disciples, he talked about forgiving someone over and over again. They said to him in Luke 17:5: \"Increase our faith!\" It says in the NIV study note: ",[18,19,20],"em",{},"'They felt incapable of measuring up to the standards set forth in v. 1-4. They wanted greater faith to lay hold of the power to live up to Jesus' standards.'",[11,22,23],{},"I can relate. Sometimes when I read scripture, I feel like I don't know how to do whatever the scripture is saying. Jesus reassured his disciples (and us) saying:",[25,26,27],"blockquote",{},[11,28,29],{},"\"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.\"",[11,31,32],{},"In other words, no matter how small your faith is, you still have power—not from yourselves, but from God—because we believe.",[34,35,37],"h4",{"id":36},"ephesians-119-tells-us","Ephesians 1:19 tells us:",[25,39,40],{},[11,41,42],{},"\"...his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of HIS mighty strength.\"",[11,44,45,46,49],{},"The NIV note says: ",[18,47,48],{},"'...the extraordinary divine force by which Jesus Christ was raised is the same power at work in and through us.'"," I love that! It's not in our power—which is how we often approach it—but it is in HIS power.",[11,51,52,53,56,57],{},"Then we can truly say the words of Philippians 4:13: ",[18,54,55],{},"I can do everything through him who gives me strength."," We can also say the words of Luke 1:37: ",[18,58,59],{},"For nothing is impossible with God!",{"title":61,"searchDepth":62,"depth":62,"links":63},"",2,[],"2026-05-26","No matter how small your faith is, you still have power—not from yourselves, but from God—because we believe.","md",false,"\u002Fimages\u002Fdevotions\u002Fdaisy-flower.jpg",{},true,"\u002Fdevotions\u002Faccording-to-your-faith","Matthew 9:29","Then he touched their eyes and said, \"According to your faith will it be done to you.\"",{"title":5,"description":65},"devotions\u002Faccording-to-your-faith",[77,78,79,80],"faith","belief","power","prayer","TvpDiIhM3MzJfdCsXcX4FE1DZ26bxeSAqwEiKkSkVvc",1782405174898]