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March 6th 2026

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FRIDAY

There was a man in Lystra who couldn’t walk. He sat there, crippled since the day of his birth. He heard Paul talking, and Paul, looking him in the eye, saw that he was ripe for God’s work, ready to believe. So, he said, loud enough for everyone to hear, “Up on your feet!” The man was up in a flash—jumped up and walked around as if he’d been walking all his life.—Acts 14:8-10 (MSG)

Faith is not quantitative, but qualitative. The power of faith is determined not by how much of it we have but by where we’ve placed it. That’s why faith must be in Jesus Christ. Jesus alone can bring healing to our situation.

“What does faith look like?” Faith gets our attention. This man listened to Paul as he preached about Jesus, and when Paul fixed his eyes upon him, everything else went out of focus except for what he perceived in this man. Paul saw expectancy and enthusiasm; Paul saw a crippled man who was running in his spirit; Paul saw in this man someone who believed that any deficiency he had on the outside could be dealt with by making a change on the inside. And our faith in Christ ought to get people’s attention and cause them to see a different countenance.

Faith looks like unbridled enthusiasm. Paul saw, in this man, someone who was ready to move beyond the boundaries of his life. If we’re going to present a faith that the world can see, we must move beyond the boundaries that we’ve accepted for ourselves and step into the uncharted territory that Christ has for us. We must expand our perimeter, move beyond our comfort zone, and start to think and live on a different spiritual plane.

Faith looks like unlimited potential. Faith is a rock-solid conviction that God is able. When Paul looked into this man’s eyes, he saw a conviction in his heart that said, “This Jesus is able to do what no other power can do.” And the more Paul talked about Jesus, the more this man believed, “What this Jesus did for others, He’s able to do for me.”

Faith will generate a response. Paul saw this man’s faith, and the Holy Spirit moved Paul to speak healing into his life. Visible faith will make a change in us others can see. Visible faith will change our outlook and our expectation; it will generate a response.

Prayer: Eternal God, help us today to exhibit a faith that others can see—a faith that gets attention, that is filled with unbridled enthusiasm, that has unlimited potential, and that generates a response. In Christ’s name, we pray. AMEN!

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