{"id":5815,"date":"2025-04-09T02:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=5815"},"modified":"2025-04-08T20:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T01:29:48","slug":"the-path-of-steadfast-faith-eric-varghese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2025\/04\/09\/the-path-of-steadfast-faith-eric-varghese\/","title":{"rendered":"The Path of Steadfast Faith (Eric Varghese)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Matthew 7:7<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock,\u00a0 and the door will be opened to you.&#8221; \u2013 Matthew 7:7\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To follow the path of unwavering faith is not sitting on the\u00a0 sidelines; it&#8217;s venturing into unknown pressing forward even\u00a0 without sight of the destination. It requires commitment,\u00a0 steadfast trust, and complete confidence in God&#8217;s divine plan,\u00a0 and we&#8217;re called to take that next step even when we can&#8217;t see\u00a0 the whole journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asking, displays our dependence on God, acknowledging our\u00a0 need but trusting in His provision. It reflects our vulnerability\u00a0 and trust in His ability to guide us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeking is not just asking\u2014it&#8217;s seeking a closer walk with God,\u00a0 finding His truth, and aligning our lives with His will.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Determination and perseverance are evidenced in knocking.\u00a0 God is telling us to continue knocking, praying, and trusting. In\u00a0 doing this, we demonstrate our absolute faith that at God&#8217;s\u00a0 perfect time, He will guide us to the right doors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CLOSING PRAYER\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heavenly Father, as we walk through this season of Lent, grant\u00a0 us the courage to persevere in faith when answers feel distant.\u00a0 Teach us to ask with humility, seek with sincerity, and knock\u00a0 with unwavering trust. Just as Christ endured the wilderness,\u00a0 may we grow stronger in faith, surrendering to Your perfect\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">timing and unfailing promises. May this sacred season draw us<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 7:7 &#8220;Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock,\u00a0 and the door will be opened to you.&#8221; \u2013 Matthew 7:7\u00a0 To follow the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lent-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Highway-to-God-article-1024.jpg?fit=1024%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5817,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5815\/revisions\/5817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}