Matthew 9:14-17
14 Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
15 Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
16 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.
17 Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

REFLECT

One of the amazing facts we find when we read the New Testament is the way in which language had to bear a whole new weight of meaning with the coming of Jesus Christ into the world. When Paul says," we are conquerors through Him who loved us" in Romans 8:37 and then adds we are more than conquerors, is it an exaggerated statement. No - it's a fact.

The new wine of God's amazing salvation had to be put into new wineskins of ministry and facts.Facts that are new to us.To be a conqueror is one thing; to be more than a conqueror is another. The word 'more' allows us to see the unlimited nature of our resources and growth that lies before us.In Christ we do more than survive. We thrive( flourish).

ACT

Let us fast today to understand the unlimited power of Jesus and what we can do in and for Him.