But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. (Matthew 14:16-17)   God will never ask you to do anything He hasn’t already equipped you to handle. If God commands it, then all of Heaven’s authority supports it. The disciples did what many believers tend to do: they looked at their natural limitations and told God it was impossible. The words they spoke revealed where their focus was an

And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. (Matthew 14:15)   “Send them away”  basically meant they thought they had done everything they could and that all hope was lost. Jesus was giving them a task that was much bigger than their current resources. Why? Because God never asks us to do something without giving us the ab

But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.   Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in a