"DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me."
(John 14:1 AMP)
"My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?"
(John 14:2 NIV)
"And He said to them, Why are you disturbed and troubled, and why do such doubts and questionings arise in your hearts?" (Luke 24:38 AMP)
"If you know these things, blessed and happy and to be envied are you if you practice them [if you act accordingly and really do them]."
(John 13:17 AMP)
We are changed/transformed not by what we know but by what we do every day.
"Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny."
It is true that our character will become your destiny. Scripture admonishes us to be extremely careful about the thought we allow into our mind.
"Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them."
(John 13:17 NIV)
Your life can be transformed totally by 5 minutes of prayer and 10 minutes with the word of God. If you do it every day. God Never Fails!
"I have chosen you from the world, says the Lord, and have appointed you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that will last."
(Cf. John 15: 16, 19 RM)
"While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off." (Acts 13:2-3 NIV)
"I will bear witness to You in the world O Lord. I will spread the knowledge of your name among my brothers and sisters." (Cf. Ps 18 (17): 50; 22 (21): 23 RM)
"Jesus answered them, I have told you so, yet you do not believe Me [you do not trust Me and rely on Me]. The very works that I do by the power of My Father and in My Father’s name bear witness concerning Me [they are My credentials and evidence in support of Me]." (John 10:25 AMP)
"But you don’t believe me because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." (John 10:26-27 NLT)
"The Father and I are one.”
(John 10:30 NLT)
Jesus the Christ is true God and true Man. Not 50% God and 50 % Man. But 100% God and 100% Man. This is a great mystery. We believe even though we do not understand.
The Thief and the Good Shepherd.
The Broadway and the Narrowgate.
"Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life."
(John 10:9-10 NLT)
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matthew 7:13-14 NIV)
"After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands."
(Revelation 7:9 NLT)
"These are they who have come out of the great tribulation (persecution), and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
(Revelation 7:14 AMP)
"‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’ nor any scorching heat..... ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’” (Revelation 7:16-17 NIV)
Have you washed your robe in the Blood of the Lamb?
"The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life."
(John 6:63 NLT)
The Holy Spirit gives us life through the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the Real Flesh, the Real Blood, the Real Presence of Jesus the Christ.
"When His disciples heard this, many of them said, This is a hard and difficult and strange saying (an offensive and unbearable message). Who can stand to hear it? [Who can be expected to listen to such teaching?]" (John 6:60 AMP)
“How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?”
"Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day."
"For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him." (John 6: 52 - 56 NABRE)
The Eucharist is the medicine of immortality. (St Ignatius of Antioch)
"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life." (John 6: 47 NABRE)
"Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ." (John 17: 3 NABRE)
Eternal life is knowing God and knowing how He works.
Eternal life is knowing that Jesus is true God and true Man.
Eternal life is belief in Jesus as Savior and Redeemer of all mankind.
Eternal life is a gift of Jesus.
Eternal life begins here and now.
"Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria.
(Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning.) But Saul was going everywhere to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into prison."
(Acts 8:1-3 NLT)
"Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit." (John 12: 24 NABRE)
"Then they said to Him, Lord, give us this bread always (all the time)!"
(John 6:34 AMP)
"Jesus replied, I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry, and he who believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me will never thirst any more (at any time).
(John 6:35 NIV)
"It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God's mouth."
(Matt 4:4 MSG)
"But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.” (John 6:
27)
" But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” (Matthew 4:4 NLT)
"But He replied, It has been written, Man shall not live and be upheld and sustained by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God."
(Matthew 4:4 AMP)
"Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: "It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God's mouth." (Matthew 4:4 MSG)
"They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”
"Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
(John 6:27-29 NLT)
What is bread 🍞? Example:
1. Health
2. Family
3. Money
4. Job
5. Tools/Possessions
6. Food
7. Future
All the above are perishable stuff. (John 6: 27)
"But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.” (John 6:
27)
"But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”
They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”
"Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
(John 6:27-29 NLT)
"The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, Whom you killed by hanging Him on a tree (cross). God exalted Him to His right hand to be Prince and Leader and Savior and Deliverer and Preserver, in order to grant repentance to Israel and to bestow forgiveness and release from sins.
And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit is also, Whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him." (Acts 5:30-32 AMP)
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!” (Revelation 5:12 NKJV)
“Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.” (Revelation 5:13 NLT)
"So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program.
And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility. Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word.”
(Acts 6:2-4 NLT)
If God is with you, it is accomplished.
“Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men." (Acts 5:35 NIV)
"So I am telling you: Hands off these men! Let them alone. If this program or this work is merely human, it will fall apart, but if it is of God, there is nothing you can do about it—and you better not be found fighting against God!"
(Acts 5:38 MSG)
"Everyone will hate you because of me. But not a hair of your head will perish." (Luke 21:17-18 NIV)
"Who here qualifies for the job of overseeing the kitchen? A person the Master can depend on to feed the workers on time each day. Someone the Master can drop in on unannounced and always find him doing his job. A God-blessed man or woman, I tell you. It won't be long before the Master will put this person in charge of the whole operation." (Matt 24:45 MSG)
"The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?"
(Luke 12:42 NIV)
"For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life."
"For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him." (John 3:16-17 AMP)
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing." (John 15:4-5 NLT)
"Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel. I am with you always, says the Lord, alleluia." (Mark 16: 15; Matthew 28: 20 RM)
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation."
(Isaiah 52:7 AMP)
"Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son; and his name will be called Emmanuel." (Isaiah 7: 14 RM)
“Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be."
"Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus." (Luke 1: 28 - 32 NABRE)
Today is Divine Mercy Sunday. We celebrate the truth that God's mercy is limitless and endures forever.
"Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
(John 20:21-23 NIV)
"Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:27-28 NIV)
ABC OF MERCY:
Ask for Mercy.
Be Merciful.
Completely trust Jesus for Mercy.
To share your faith, all you need is Jesus.
"They couldn't take their eyes off them—Peter and John standing there so confident, so sure of themselves! Their fascination deepened when they realized these two were laymen with no training in Scripture or formal education. They recognized them as companions of Jesus." (Acts 4:13 MSG)
"But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him? We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:19-20 NLT)
"Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish which you have just caught." (John 21:10 AMP)
"Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish."
"This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead." (John 21:12-14 NIV)
"And Jesus said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?"
(Luke 24:38 NKJV)
"Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.”
(Luke 24:39 NLT)
"Then He said to them, This is what I told you while I was still with you: everything which is written concerning Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." (Luke 24:44 AMP)
There is a divine necessity that Jesus must suffer. No cross, no crown is also a divine law.
"Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”
(Luke 24:25-26 NLT)
"They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
(Luke 24:32 NIV)
“It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” (Luke 24:34 NIV)
"Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”
(Luke 24:25-26 NLT)
"They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
(Luke 24:32 NIV)
“It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” (Luke 24:34 NIV)
Do you know for certain that Jesus is both God and Savior? This truth can make you free.
"Therefore let the whole house of Israel recognize beyond all doubt and acknowledge assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ (the Messiah)—this Jesus Whom you crucified." (Acts 2:36 AMP)
"Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” (Acts 2:37 NLT)
"And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2:38 AMP)
“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know."
(Acts 2:22 NKJV)
"This Jesus, when delivered up according to the definite and fixed purpose and settled plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and put out of the way [killing Him] by the hands of lawless and wicked men. [But] God raised Him up, liberating Him from the pangs of death, seeing that it was not possible for Him to continue to be controlled or retained by it."
(Acts 2:23-24 AMP)
“God raised Jesus from the dead, and we are all witnesses of this." (Acts 2:32 NLT)
"The Lord is truly risen, Alleluia.
To Him be glory and power for all the ages of eternity, Alleluia, Alleluia!" (Luke 24: 34; Cf Revelation 1: 6 RM)
"God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen — by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead."
(Acts 10:40-41 NIV)
"And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the judge of all—the living and the dead." (Acts 10:42 NLT)
“Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink — even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk — it’s all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food."
(Isaiah 55:1-2 NLT)
"Behold, God, my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and song; yes, He has become my salvation. Therefore with joy will you draw water from the wells of salvation."
(Isaiah 12:2-3 AMP)
"Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed." (Isaiah 53:4-5 NLT)
The Eucharist is the New Covenant.
"For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”
In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it.” (1 Corinthians 11:23-25 NLT)
Jesus, Judas and Sin as Betrayal.
“I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.” (Matthew 26:21 NLT)
"Then one of the Twelve — the one called Judas Iscariot — went to the chief priests and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver." (Matthew 26:14-15 NIV)
“‘The Teacher says: My time has come, and I will eat the Passover meal with my disciples at your house.’” (Matthew 26:18 NLT)
You have not labored in vain.
"Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver. He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.” (Isaiah 49:1-3 NIV)
"Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in empty futility; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense is with my God."
(Isaiah 49:4 AMP)
This is the Week of The Passion of The Christ. The Psalms below are prayers for warfare.
"Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me."
(Psalm 35:1 NIV)
"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further his wicked scheme,
Lest they be exalted."
(Psalm 140:8 NKJV)
"The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”
(Exodus 14:14 NKJV)
"God, the Master, The Holy of Israel, has this solemn counsel: "Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your strength will come from settling down in complete dependence on me— The very thing you've been unwilling to do." (Isaiah 30:15 MSG)
"When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall." (Psalm 27:2 NLT)
"This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s." (2 Chronicles 20:15 NLT)
"So they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it for him to ride on.
As he rode along, the crowds spread out their garments on the road ahead of him."
(Luke 19: 35 - 36 NLT)
“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
(Luke 19:38 NIV)
As we enter the Holy Week, peace and mercy to you.
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit."
(Matt 1:18 NKJV)
“Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
(Matthew 1:20-21 NLT)
"Behold a faithful and prudent steward, whom the Lord set over his household." (Cf Luke 12: 42 RM)
"Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in distress.
Deliver me from the hands of my enemies and those who pursue me.
O Lord, let me never be put to shame, for I call on you." (Psalm 31: 10, 16, 18 RM)
"But the LORD stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their dishonor will never be forgotten."
(Jeremiah 20:11 NLT)
"I love you, LORD; you are my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety."
(Psalm 18:1-2 NLT)
"God who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?" (Romans 8:32 AMP)
"Christ is mediator of a New Covenant, so that by means of his death, those who are called may receive the promise of an eternal inheritance." (Hebrews 9: 15 RM)
"If today you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts." (Psalm 95: 8 RM)
"Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings.
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
(John 8:31 - 32 NLT)
How can the truth set us free?
Set us free from what?
From fears, worries, doubts, anger, etc.
The truth that Jesus Christ is God and Savior who promises to be with us always and everywhere; the truth that He is able and willing to save us and provide fully for us in all circumstances is very powerful and can help us meet all types of challenges in our daily lives.
"Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed."
(John 8:36 NKJV)
"And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, and the people became impatient (depressed, much discouraged), because [of the trials] of the way."
(Numbers 21:4 AMP)
"They spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”
(Numbers 21:5 NIV)
"As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?" (Ezekiel 33:11 AMP)
“Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
(John 8:10-11 NKJV)
1851 "It is precisely in the Passion, when the mercy of Christ is about to vanquish it, that sin most clearly manifests its violence and its many forms: unbelief, murderous hatred, shunning and mockery by the leaders and the people, Pilate's cowardice and the cruelty of the soldiers, Judas' betrayal - so bitter to Jesus, Peter's denial and the disciples' flight. However, at the very hour of darkness, the hour of the prince of this world, the sacrifice of Christ secretly becomes the source from which the forgiveness of our sins will pour forth inexhaustibly." (Catechism of the Catholic Church #1851)
"Those who sow in tears will reap with cries of joy." (Psalm 126: 5 NABRE)
"Thus says the LORD who opens a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters....
“Do not remember the former things,
Or ponder the things of the past.
“Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even put a road in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert." (Isaiah 43: 18-19 AMP)
"But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead." (Philippians 3:13 NIV)
"O God, save me by your name;
by your power, defend my cause.
O God, hear my prayer;
give ear to the words of my mouth." (Cf Psalm 54: 3 - 4 RM)
"In Christ, we have redemption by his Blood, and forgiveness of our sins, in accord with the riches of his grace." (Ephesians 1: 7 RM)
"The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time." (Psalm 34: 17 - 19 NLT)
"But the Lord will redeem those who serve him. No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned." (Psalm 34: 22 NLT)
"You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth." (John 5: 33 NABRE)
"But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me. And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself." (John 5: 36-37 NLT)
"Yet Jerusalem says, “The LORD has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!" (Isaiah 49:14-15 NLT)
"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5 NIV)
"This is what the LORD says: “At just the right time, I will respond to you. On the day of salvation I will help you." (Isaiah 49:8 NLT)
"The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing." (Psalm 23:1 NIV)
"GOD IS our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a very present and well-proved help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains be shaken into the midst of the seas."
(Psalm 46:1-2 AMP)
"God himself is living in that city; therefore it stands unmoved despite the turmoil everywhere. He will not delay his help." (Psalm 46: 5 TLB)
"The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress."
(Psalm 46:7 NIV)
"The royal official pleaded with Jesus, “Sir, do come down [at once] before my child dies!” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son lives!”The man believed what Jesus said to him and started home." (John 4: 49 - 50 AMP)
"He asked them when the lad had begun to feel better, and they replied, “Yesterday afternoon at about one o’clock his fever suddenly disappeared!” Then the father realized it was the same moment that Jesus had told him, “Your son is healed.” And the officer and his entire household believed that Jesus was the Messiah." (John 4: 52 - 53 TLB)
