Post-feast of the Transfiguration; Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetas (284-305)
Dormition Fast.
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1 Corinthians 15:12-19; Matthew 21:18-22
Today’s words of Jesus Christ teach that in all circumstances, we have to pray with faith. Have you noticed how Jesus, time and again, says to people before working a miracle, “Do you believe I can do this?” Once, Matthew tells us, Jesus was unable to perform many miracles because he met with so little faith among the people.
Lots of people today, especially in the healing ministry, seem able to reproduce what Jesus did, precisely because of the purity of their faith. Is part of our problem simply a lack of faith? Perhaps. We allow our scepticism to get the better of us. We’re just a little embarrassed by asking God for things, or we’re convinced that he is a distant power only vaguely connected to our lives. But God is far greater than that.