Laurie Hopkins

This father brought his son to Jesus to be healed. 
Our Lord is a healing Lord! 
However when Jesus pointed out the father’s part in the healing (if you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes), the man realized he needed more than just a healing for his son. 
The man realized he needed help with his own unbelief.
The man offered the belief he did have to the Lord but at the same time cried out for help with his unbelief. 
“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
He understood Jesus’ healing power but he also understood the compassion Jesus would have for him; a father who so wanted his son to be healed but recognized his own unbelief may be a hindrance.
Our Lord knows our level of belief and unbelief. 
But He doesn’t want us to stay there. 
He wants us to grow in that. 
We need to be able and willing to confess our unbelief and ask for His help in getting to the pace of belief that we need to be. 
Are you willing to admit today that you need help and to ask the One who is there to help us for His help? 
“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.”

This father brought his son to Jesus to be healed. 
Our Lord is a healing Lord! 
However when Jesus pointed out the father’s part in the healing (if you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes), the man realized he needed more than just a healing for his son. 
The man realized he needed help with his own unbelief.
The man offered the belief he did have to the Lord but at the same time cried out for help with his unbelief. 
“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
He understood Jesus’ healing power but he also understood the compassion Jesus would have for him; a father who so wanted his son to be healed but recognized his own unbelief may be a hindrance.
Our Lord knows our level of belief and unbelief. 
But He doesn’t want us to stay there. 
He wants us to grow in that. 
We need to be able and willing to confess our unbelief and ask for His help in getting to the pace of belief that we need to be. 
Are you willing to admit today that you need help and to ask the One who is there to help us for His help? 
“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.”

Nebuchadnezzar threw the three young men in a fire so hot that those who put them into the fire were killed.
And yet, in the midst, Nebuchadnezzar exclaims that he see One like the Son of God in the fire with the 3 young men.
Jesus is always in the midst with us!
When the young men were taken out of the fire, they were no longer bound, but the hair of their head, and their garments were not singed and there was no smell of fire on them.
When you go through the fire, those things will be burned off that you have no need for, but the important things will remain untouched.
One question to think about – the things that were not necessary – were they burned off by the fire or by the very Presence of the Lord in the midst?
When we actually get in close proximity with the Lord; when we acknowledge Him in the midst of the things we are going through; when we allow him to get close to us, those things that are not necessary in our lives, those thing that are harmful, will be burned off – and we will be refined like gold by His very Presence.