And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
The apostles’ prayer is one anyone can pray: increase our faith.
KJV2It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. 5And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 6And the Lord said, If 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. 7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? 8And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
A careful account of Jesus’ life, traditionally by Luke the physician, with the fullest story of His birth.
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Faith as small as a mustard seed: what matters is not how big your faith is but how great God is. It is not a rule that unanswered prayer means too little faith.
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Jesus points away from faith itself to the One it rests on: have faith in God.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Coming to God begins with trusting that He is there and that He rewards those who seek Him.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Made right with God through faith, we have peace with Him through Jesus Christ.