Story of the rainbow

This is a real life story told by my pastor about God giving his wife signs and wonders.

His wife was feeling a little faithless and praying for rainbows in her life. 


Next thing she knows, someone tweeted a picture of a rainbow captured over the skyline. She showed his husband excitedly and told him about the prayer.


To which he asked, "So does that strengthen your faith?". She shrugged and said "Not really... but let me go see the rainbow for myself!". 


So she took the car out by herself and drove over Benjamin Sheares bridge and lo and behold, the rainbow was there in full glory. She whipped out her camera phone and snapped the wonderful sight and sent the picture to her husband.


To which her husband asked "That's beautiful! So does that strengthen your faith?". 


"Not really..." she replied.


When she got home, her son brought back a picture of a rainbow that he had drawn in school. Amazed by God's timing, they framed up the picture to remind themselves of God's goodness.


Later on their son was staring at a bucket of water left in the hallway and exclaimed "Look Daddy! There's a rainbow!". Apparently the hall lights created a rainbow halo that can be seen on the water. 


Husband told his wife about it and asked "Does that strengthen your faith?". By now you should know her reply which is "Not really...". 


However this time his wife came up with a challenge "I wanna see a rainbow, at night!". That night she dreamt of rainbows, lots of it. She told her husband and her husband said though the dream was at night, daylight rainbows. 


Her husband later found out that it is possible to see a night rainbow. Apparently when light shines on the moon it can create a rainbow so faint that it's not noticeable. 


Upon sharing with his wife, he asked "So does that strengthen your faith?".


To which she said "Not really..."

So here's the takeaway. No amount of signs and wonders is gonna build up your faith. You may be excited for awhile but that will sizzle off. Think Moses and the Israelites experiencing the parting of the dead sea. How is it that they can forget that???

The only way to build faith muscles is to exercise it in times of tribulations.

I see men like tress, walking

Mark 8:24

4 needs of human

1. Physical Needs - food, air, water. Shared needs with the animals
2. Attraction Needs - relationship with other humans
3. Spiritual Needs - relationship with a divine being
4. Divine Needs - sacrificial expression of relationship with divine being

The guy who believes he's dead

A man woke up one morning believing that he's dead.

So he told his wife over breakfast, "Honey I think I'm dead." His wife gave him the look and said "Don't try to be funny. It's not.".

So the man went on with his life as per normal but the thought that he's dead lingered in his mind. He even told his family members about him being dead every once in awhile.

The family then decided that he needed help or else they would need help. So they called for a psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist after listening to the man decided that the only way to convince him that he's really not dead is to present him the truth that only living people bleed.

So he tried his best with presentations, charts proving scientifically that only living man bleed. The man finally said, "Alright, I guess living man do bleed.".

At this moment the psychiatrist quickly pulled out a pin and pricked the man's vein, causing blood to drip out of his tender skin.

To which the man exclaimed, "My gosh! I think dead man bleed too!".

Moral of the story - You can't right a person if their will is wrong.

3 Levels of Argument

1. Theoretical (philosophy)
2. Drama (story telling)
3. Personal (testimony)

Goal is to move from level 1 to 3 where the other party would be most open to receive.