{"id":6074,"date":"2026-05-27T11:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/?p=6074"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:52:04","slug":"just-use-what-you-got","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wow\/word_of_the_week_post\/just-use-what-you-got\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Use What You Got!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Lord, increase our faith. And the Lord said, \u2018If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.\u2019” Luke 17:5-6<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus didn\u2019t increase their faith, not because He didn\u2019t want their faith to increase, but because that is not how faith is increased. Instead, He replied, \u201cIf you had faith\u2026as a seed\u2026You might say\u2026and it should obey you.\u201d In other words, He was telling them to use the faith they already had by speaking to their problem, and by doing so, their faith would begin to increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of us know that God doesn\u2019t use a magic wand, but many – even believers, pray like He does; like He waves His wand and, Poof, their faith is increased! That kind of thinking is not Biblical thinking. No, we need to think God\u2019s thoughts, which is why the Bible was given to us by God! The disciples thought they needed more faith, but Jesus in effect, said, \u201cGuys, you don\u2019t need more faith. You need to know how to work the faith you have; and by working the faith that you have your faith will increase.\u201d He said, \u201cIf you had faith\u2026like a seed\u2026you would say\u2026and it should obey you!\u201d We can clearly see by Jesus\u2019 words that speaking is necessary in order to operate in faith. \u201cIf you had faith as a seed you would SAY\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two powerful faith secrets here: Faith is as a seed, or works as a seed; and you plant it by speaking! The point is many don\u2019t realize what they have! But Paul and Silas in Acts 16, when they were in jail in Philippi, demonstrated that all we need is a mouth filled with faith-filled praise! Their backs were bloody, their feet were in the stocks, they were locked in the inner prison, and Paul realized that the one thing the devil forgot to do was to tie Paul\u2019s mouth shut. Paul knew that as long as he could move his mouth he could move mountains! And guess what; all the doors of the prison obeyed him! They opened up and let all the prisoners free! Jesus didn\u2019t say the sycamine tree would obey God. He said the sycamine tree will obey YOU! Because that\u2019s where God\u2019s faith resides \u2013 in YOU!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let\u2019s start planting all the faith seeds we can and begin to increase our faith as high as we can get it, and we\u2019ll find that the prison doors around our own minds will explode right off and we can turn the world upside right for Jesus! Just use what you\u2019ve got!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Tom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Lord, increase our faith. And the Lord said, \u2018If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.\u2019” Luke 17:5-6 Jesus didn\u2019t increase their faith, not because He didn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-word_of_the_week_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6076,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6074\/revisions\/6076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}