Remove the Roof

“When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house. Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them. Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him. When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?’ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— “I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house.” He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”” (Mark‬ ‭2:1-12‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

The Lord brought this miracle to my remembrance and wants to tell us to remove the roof in our minds.

Oftentimes when we are faced with challenges, we only see the impossibilities and limitations.

The paralytic’s four friends saw that the house was so crowded and that there was no way to enter through the front door. Instead of seeing this as an impossible situation, they thought out of the box and removed the roof.

Some of us need to remove the roof from some wrong doctrines that we have been taught in the past that are limiting our ability to receive from God now.

When the four friends lowered the paralytic down into the house, Jesus did not rebuke them or curse the paralytic for removing the roof. Instead, He saw their faith and healed the paralytic.

The religious scribes might have viewed removing the roof as an audacious and preposterous act, but Jesus only saw it as faith.

When you approach God today in prayer, don’t have this sense of fear, as if He will punish you if you say something wrong.

Just believe that He is like Jesus, seeing your faith as you ask Him for big things—even ‘impossible’ things. He loves it when you have faith to receive miraculous breakthroughs from Him!

“Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.” (‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3:20-21‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Remove the roof in your mind that limits God or makes Him appear stingy and reluctant to help you.

God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, which means that no matter how big your prayer requests (demands) are, His supply will be much more than you expect.

If He is going to keep exceeding your expectations, then set your sights high. He loves it when you have a good opinion of Him—and that is faith!

In my book “Messiah’s Miracles: The Power of Having Faith in Jesus Christ”, explore the 37 recorded miracles of Jesus Christ with me and see God’s beautiful heart of love and Grace towards you. The revelations within about the way of faith will cause you to even receive long-awaited miraculous breakthroughs in your life: https://bit.ly/messiahs-miracles

Seven Signs that Inspire Faith in Jesus

“Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.” (John‬ ‭20:30-31‬ ‭WEB‬)

Whenever you believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, you receive a fresh infusion of life.

The word for “life” in Greek is “zóé” which can refer to both physical and spiritual life.

In other words, when you have faith in Jesus the Son of God who was sent by Abba God to be the atoning sacrifice for your sins, you are receiving more life.

Aging, weakness, sickness and ugliness are all manifestations of death.

The opposite of death is life. So when you have faith in Jesus, you’re actually becoming younger, stronger, healthier and more physically beautiful.

There’s something special about the signs (miracles) recorded in the Gospel of John that inspires faith.

Some foods are good for you, but some foods, such as blueberries, are classified as “superfoods” because they are extra rich in vitamins and antioxidants. All of God’s word is good for you, but some portions of Scripture are like superfoods.

There’s only seven signs in the Gospel of John, and they are:

1. Changing water into wine at Cana in John 2:1-11 - "the first of the signs"
2. Healing the nobleman’s son in Capernaum in John 4:46-54
3. Healing the paralytic at Bethesda in John 5:1-15
4. Feeding the 5000 in John 6:5-14
5. Jesus walking on water in John 6:16-24
6. Healing the man blind from birth in John 9:1-7
7. The raising of Lazarus in John 11:1-45

Anytime you need to cast out unbelief so that you can be in faith, consider re-visiting any one of these miraculous signs that speaks to your situation.

These are only called “signs” in John’s Gospel. Signs point to something, and in this case, they point to Jesus being the Christ and Son of God.

Let these signs usher you into faith—you’ll become younger and younger as a result!

Prayer of the Day:
I praise you Lord Jesus, that every time I place my faith in you, I receive more life into all areas of my life. You’re so good and your grace endures forever! Amen.

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【H&M History + Movies】用電影回顧那些歷史課不會教的事 08/10 ~ 08/16

每週一次的【影史７日談】單元來囉！我會用七部電影或影集，告訴你這禮拜在歷史上發生過哪些重要的歷史事件，讓你在看這些電影或歷史事件時，有更多不一樣的思考空間唷！
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▶ 1921-AUG. 10 #小羅斯福染怪病 / 《#溫泉》Warm Springs
FDR stricken with a Paralytic illness

在1933年至1945年，出任四屆美國總統的富蘭克林德拉諾羅斯福（小羅斯福），在38歲時於加拿大度假時染上怪病，導致其腰部以下永久癱瘓。當時被醫師診斷為俗稱「小兒麻痺」的脊髓灰質症，但在現代認為是另一種肌肉癱瘓的疾病 「吉巴氏綜合症」。
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▶ 480BC-AUG. 11 #溫泉關戰役 / 《#300壯士斯巴達的逆襲》300
Battle of Thermopylae

波斯帝王 薛西斯一世為了征服希臘，率領十萬大軍從愛琴海北方揮軍南下；由斯巴達國王 雷奧尼達一世所帶領的希臘聯軍精兵6000名，在溫泉關隘口正面對決。雙方交戰三天，希臘方全軍覆沒，但也為海上的雅典海軍爭取了寶貴的時間。

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▶ 30BC-AUG. 12 #埃及豔后之死 / 《#埃及豔后》Cleopatra
The Death of Cleopatra

被世人稱為埃及豔后的克麗奧佩托拉七世，是埃及托勒密王朝的末代女王。她為了埃及的利益與羅馬的凱薩建立親密關係，後與羅馬後三頭同盟之一的馬克安東尼結盟；但在安東尼失勢後決定一同自殺，托勒密王朝覆滅，埃及最終成為了羅馬的一個行省。
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▶ 1961-AUG. 13 #柏林圍牆 / 《#無主之作》Never Look Away
Berlin Wall

冷戰時期的德國分裂為東西德，柏林雖全境在東德內，但被美英法蘇分割為四大區域。1949年後，不少東柏林人希望進入西柏林轉投西方世界，因此東德不得不在1961年8月12日起開始修築邊界圍牆；這堵總長167.8公里的圍牆，被視為冷戰東西對立的象徵。
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▶ 1937-AUG. 14 #八一四空戰 #空軍節 / 《#筧橋英烈傳》Heroes of the Eastern Skies
Battle of Chienchiao

日本侵華戰爭期間發生的淞滬會戰，是中日雙方投入約100萬軍力、為期三個月之久的大規模戰役；八一四空軍則是在淞滬會戰期間，中方派出空軍對上海沿岸的日軍進行轟炸任務，成功阻擋日軍攻勢，也是中華民國空軍重要且關鍵的勝利。
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▶ 1914-AUG. 15 #巴拿馬運河開通 / 《#驚爆危機》The Tailor of Panama
Panama Canal completed

穿越巴拿馬地峽的巴拿馬運河，是連接太平洋與大西洋的全球重要航道之一；早在神聖羅馬帝國查理五世，為了減少西班牙至祕魯的航程，便有開通此運河構想。運河經英和法的開發，最終在美國接手並積極的投入之下，最終在1914年8月15日正式開通。
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▶ 1977-AUG. 16 #貓王之死 / 《#貓王》Elvis
The Death of Elvis Presley

1960年後美國搖滾巨星貓王，不論事業還是健康都開始走下坡；高熱量的飲食習慣，讓他身材走樣，患有嚴重的心血管疾病，加上壓力下的焦慮、酗酒、用藥等問題，讓他多次進出醫院。1977年8月16日，他被發現倒臥浴室，經急救不治，享年42歲。
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