The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 8 February 2026 – Persistent Faith
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TOPIC: Persistent Faith
READ: Mark 2:1-12 (NKJV)
1 And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house.
2 [a]Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.
3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.
4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
6 And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
7 “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’?
10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has [b]power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic,
11 “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
THE MESSAGE:
Our text records the healing of a paralysed man by Jesus Christ, after he was brought by four of his friends. These four demonstrated persistence in their faith. First, the house where Jesus Christ was at the time was crowded that they could not bring the man in through the door. However, they did not give up. Verse 4 shows that the friends had to break the roof to create an opening through which they lowered the man right before Jesus Christ. This led to the miraculous healing that followed. Jesus Christ commended their faith and healed the man, not minding the criticism of the teachers of the law around there.
We need a persistent faith to receive miracles from the Lord, whether it be for healing or handling of other difficult problems. Such faith will drive us to pray fervently concerning a given case, fast, wait and believe God to bring the solution (Matthew 7:7-8). Even when the solution appears to linger, we should keep praying, and acting in faith, knowing that God can do all things (Habakkuk. 2:3). Do you have persistent faith? Remember that faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). Make out time to hear, read, and study the word of God.
PRAYER: Lord, please increase my faith in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
