Daily Reading 10-5-16
Mark 11:12-14; 20-24 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Today, we continue to explore the connection of the Word and our faith in Jesus Christ. Having faith in God with a motive to advance God’s Kingdom is a key to answered prayer. Faith-motivated prayer is what pleases God. Jesus uses an example of a fig tree in our reading to remind us about growing faith. Most of the time figs grow as the leaves grow, but Jesus found no fruit among the leaves. Our faith can be like the fig tree; showing the potential of bearing fruit, but actually producing nothing for God’s kingdom.