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Healthy Homes & Families Natural, Biblical, Healthy Living A Heart Full Of Faith and Eyes To See By Chris McMahan Summer 2025 chariots of fire all around Elisha.”
surrounded by the enemy, he was not worried because he had faith and vision. So much so that he was able to share it with his young servant.
People who know me might say that I have some defining characteristics. Ris- ing to the top (hopefully) is my faith, fol-
O Lord, give us hearts of faith and eyes to see! We will keep those eyes open because we believe that You care about all the details of our lives — the big battles and the small victories, our needs and our desires. Brothers and Sisters, talk to God about the details of your life, believe that He loves you and loves to hear from you, and keep your eyes open to see how He responds to those conversations. What would have happened today if I had prayed, but then had failed to keep looking? I suppose that God’s answer to my prayer would have just been left behind, laying on the beach for someone else to find. I’m so glad that I had faith to pray and kept my eyes open to see His answer. God is always faithful to answer the prayer lifted up in faith. But often, after we ask Him to move, we move on and forget to look for His response. We ask Him to act on our behalf and then we either don’t look at all to see His response, or we longingly gaze at where we think the answer should be, hop- ing to manifest our own will through our prayers. Having a heart of faith, we believe that God hears and answers. Having eyes to see, we look intently for the move of God. O Lord, gives us an increased faith to come to you with every aspect of our life; and open our eyes to see Your response!
2 Kings 6:15-17, “When the servant of the man of God
lowed closely by my love of people – some say I’ve never met a stranger, and then in third place it’s likely a tie between my love of good coffee and my fascination with sea shells. I’m spending the week at Myrtle Beach, SC with some friends. It’s not particularly known for its shel- ling, but if you look closely enough, there are some beauties just waiting to be discovered. One of my favorite kinds of shells on this portion of the coast is called a baby’s ear. As I walked the beach today, the shells were elusive. Being of the mindset that God cares about all the details of my life and likes it when I check in with Him, I decided to ask Him to help me find a few baby’s ear shells. It wasn’t more than a minute later that I found two of them gently perched at the high-tide shell rack line. Thank you, Jesus! It struck me, as I picked up the dainty shells and put them in my pocket, that after I had asked God to help me in my hunt, I continued to look. I didn’t ask and then lift my eyes to the horizon. No, I asked God to do something on the beach and then I kept my eyes firmly planted in my search. God answered affirmatively and I was prepared to see and receive that blessing. How many times do we have a heart full of faith to ask God to move, but then we don’t keep our eyes open to see how He is answering our prayers. We must have hearts full of faith and eyes to see. God will surely re- spond to our prayers. Will we have our eyes open to see what and when He answers?
Colossians 4:2 (ESV), “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”
Ephesians 6:18 (AMP), “With all prayer and peti- tion pray (with specific requests) at all times (on every occasion and in every season) in the Spirit, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition (in- terceding in prayer) for all God’s people.” Chris McMahan,
rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, ‘Alas, my master! What shall we do?’ He said, ‘Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.’ Then Elisha prayed and said, ‘O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.’ So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and
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Elisha was a prophet in the Bible who understood this. He had a heart full of faith and eyes to see. Seemingly
This is What I’ve Learned...
...From the Company You Keep
By Layton Howerton Summer 2025 As a minister, my father wasn’t par-
choice of brothers has been heavily influenced by the stereotypical hard core macho images that have been embedded into our culture for generations on
conflict with what our Savior wants the image of a kind, gentle, and loving Christlike man to be.
ticularly fond of the motley crew I ran with back in high school. He’d often say, “Son, whoever you run with, you’ll become.” And he was right, for eventually I got into trouble, just by association. “For by association, through the company you keep, you will collectively as a band of brothers either get into something good, or something bad.” If the nature of the culture among the brothers you’re choosing to run with isn’t leading you into something good, then they may eventually lead you into something bad…TROUBLE.
For first and foremost, Jesus wants us to keep company with Him, so we can learn how to become a spiritual man, created in His image, to spiritually live and influence the crew we run with (whether good or bad) as reflected in this passage from one of His band of brothers, found in the gospel of Matthew… “Walk with Me and work with Me, watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I wont lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with Me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” -Matthew 11: 29-30 (MSG). I assure you, from my own experience, once you begin to run with Jesus, the more you’ll become like Him and so will the company you keep.
what a man should look, act and talk like. But this misguided image is a false one, and is directly in
Unfortunately for a lot of American men, their
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