Which is Greater - Your Need or Your Faith?

We had a great service last night at New Life Pentecostal.  For the third year Pastor Robert Henson from Michigan has spent the month of February on the island, preaching and encouraging.  He always brings great faith with him and last night was no exception.

Before the preaching, Bro. Henson had a young lady testify.  Sister Sherena was born with only one full lung.  At age 27, she is active and can do anything.  In the past month she got sick and her lung capacity was down to 63%.  She was prayed for and went back to the doctor.  The doctor wanted to operate but she stalled him until her mother could come.  The next time she saw the doctor, her right lung was at 100% and her left lung was at 85%!  The doctor was astounded and could not figure out what had happened.  He tested her lungs again - right lung at 100%, left lung at 85%.  The doctor then sent her to California to see the number one specialist in the country.  When that doctor met her he said, "Are you the young lady who thinks God gave her a lung?"  She replied, "I'm the young lady who knows God gave her a lung!"  The California doctor did a series of test.  During their final meeting her told her that he wept when he saw the results.  He knew it was something only God could do!

Bro. Henson's message was "Which is Greater - Your Need or Your Faith?"  He told the story of the nobleman who came to Jesus in John chapter 4.  The nobleman's son was sick in Caperneum and the father traveled 22 miles to Cana to see Jesus.  Jesus' first response was, "Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe."  Jesus pointed out the father's struggle with faith.  The father didn't even deny it, but still asked Jesus to come and heal his child.

John 4:50-53 says, "Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.  And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.  Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.  So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house."

Jesus met the nobleman's need and expanded his faith at the same time!

So many times we struggle with believing and the devil tries to tell us God is not going to answer if we don't have enough faith.  God doesn't work that way!  We don't have to have faith equal to our need.  Just that mustard seed of faith is all we need.  

At the end of the service, Bro. Henson asked for those who needed the Holy Ghost to come forward.  A sweet Samoan sister received the Holy Ghost in about 15 seconds!  There was also prayer for the sick and many claimed their healing last night.  God is still in the prayer answering business!