THE STORY ABOUT HAVING LITTLE FAITH AND SERVICE

Matthew 8, When Jesus noticed how large the crowd was growing, he instructed his disciples to get ready to cross to the other side of the lake. Just then one of the Jewish religious teachers said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you no matter where you go!” But Jesus said, I, the Messiah, have no home of my own no place to lay my head.” Another of his disciples said, “Sir, when my father is dead, then I will follow you.” But Jesus told him, “Follow me now! Let those who are spiritually dead care for their own dead.” Then he got into a boat and crossed the lake with his disciples. Suddenly a terrible storm came up, with waves higher than the boat. But Jesus was asleep. The disciples woke him, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re sinking!” But Jesus answered, “O you men of little faith! Why are you so frightened?” Then he stood up and rebuked the wind and waves, and the storm subsided and all was calm. The disciples just sat there, awed! “Who is this,” they asked themselves, “that even the winds and the sea obey him?” When they arrived on the other side of the lake, in the country of the Gadarenes, two men with demons in them met him. They began screaming at him, “What do you want with us, O Son of God? You have no right to torment us yet.” A herd of pigs was feeding in the distance, so the demons begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs.” “All right,” Jesus told them. “Begone. And they came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd rushed over a cliff and drowned in the water below. FRIENDS, OUR FAITH CONTINUOUSLY GROWS AS WE SERVE THE LORD! Matthew 13:31-32 Jesus said, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree.