The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
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… Thank you, Dick. Matthew, chapter 15, verse 25 through 27. Amen. Ladies, next Sunday, we want a thousand women at this altar praying. How many of you all know that prayer still changes things? It's still... How many of you all know there is no instance in the Bible where God didn't answer a woman's prayer? Amen. Every time you find a woman praying in the Bible, God answered that prayer. And I'm believing God's going to answer the prayer of some woman standing around you today. God's going to do that. Matthew 15, 25 through 27. Would you read silently? No, let's read it together. Come on, everybody. The woman came and knelt before him. Lord, help me, she said. He replied. is bless the lord would you go back uh go back to verse 25 for me please go to 26. thank you let's read together verse 26 Verse 27. Bless the Lord. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. There was a woman that ran up on Jesus and said, Lord, I need your help. …
When she says those words, she says, But Lord, even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the master's table. I think you could hear this in many ways, but I think that one accurate way is to hear this woman through this lens. Basically, she's essentially saying, I'm willing to receive from you whatever you are willing to give to me. even the even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the master's table i'm willing to receive from you whatever you're willing to give to me so if it's scraps that's great i'll receive that i'll receive them from your hands and this is the thing we have to know faith so often is nothing more than trust faith so often is just we use the term surrender and when i say surrender we say surrender, we don't mean giving up. What we mean is, I will accept whatever you're willing to let me have. That's the kind of faith, that's the kind of, when Jesus looks at her and says, that's great faith. He said, I'm willing to accept, I'm willing to receive from you whatever you're willing to give to me. …
He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel. The woman came and knelt before him. Lord, help me, she said. He replied, it's not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs. Yes, it is, Lord. even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table. Then Jesus said to her, woman, you have great faith. Your request is granted. And her daughter was healed at that moment. This is the word of God. You may be seated. the shadows are lengthening the clouds are thickening as Jesus moves to Calvary four times in the gospels Jesus is looking for a place a respite. He's trying to retire away from his friends and foes. He's trying to seek asylum from his adversaries and advocates. Jesus is trying to steal a way to be alone somewhere away from the political and the religious figures. As the ecclesiastical leaders who are coming after him, Jesus is trying to find someplace where he can retire and be alone to enter into silence and solitude. …