READINGS:
1 R : Jm 3 :13 - 18.
Ps 18 :8, 9, 10, 15.
Gos : MK 9 : 14 - 29.
THE RATHER LONG BIBLE PASSAGE TODAY SHOULD GIVE US TWO DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LESSONS.
1. EVEN THOUGH WE ALL ARE BELIEVERS WE NEED TO PRAY CONSTANTLY FOR AN INCREASE IN FAITH LIKE THAT FATHER.
AT FACE OF ADVERSITIES AND UNCERTAINTIES IT IS NOT EASY TO KEEP OUR FAITH.
EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN TODAY'S PASSAGE CAN BE UNDERSTOOD MEDICALLY TODAY STILL MEDICAL COMPLEXITIES ALSO MAKE US LOSE FAITH.
2. TO EXERCISE ANY MINISTRY WE NEED THE STRENGTH OF PRAYER.
ALL THE CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITIES DEMAND THAT WE BE PERSONS RELYING ON GOD'S STRENGTH.
OTHERWISE THE FIRST READING WARNS US THAT MERE WORLDLY WISDOM MAKE US TO BOAST OFF; LEADS TO JEALOUSY AND AVARICE.
THE WISDOM FROM ABOVE MAKES US PEACEFUL.
WHEN WE SOW PEACE WE WILL REAP THE CROP OF JUSTIFICATION FROM GOD.
