Yesterday at a Rio City Team meeting as we studied God's Word, I was reminded and encouraged by the fact that during his time on earth, all that Jesus did and said came not from his deity, but from his humanity empowered by the Holy Spirit.
In Mark 6: 4 & 5, Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and his own home. He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them." The reason being that there was a lack of faith.
Every day here in Rio we see God doing the miraculous!
A recent miracle was during our time with our daughter Hannah and her boyfriend Jake. They have been staying and serving here together with us for a month. Early in their time with us, Jake got a high fever of 102 degrees with a headache and sore joints. All these symptoms are symptoms of dengue fever, which is a common and dangerous illness here in Brazil.
In faith, we prayed. In faith, many people in the States were praying. And very quickly, he was healed---within a day and a half! It normally takes a person several weeks to heal from Dengue Fever! What a mighty God we serve!
How encouraging to be reminded with these words, as well, in John 14:12, "very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father."
How blessed we are that the Father desires to use us all and has even greater works for all those who choose to follow Him and serve Him!
Believing, having great faith, and looking forward to greater things than these,
Diane, Jeff, Hannah and Jake
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