More than 2,000 years ago a woman came to Jesus and asked Him to heal her daughter. He replied that He had come to heal the nation of Israel. The woman and her daughter were not Jewish, they were gentiles. The woman replied, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master’s table.”

Jesus answered, “Great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

Crumbs still fall under tables more than 2,000 years later, and Jesus still responds to the cry of faith. He heals, He hears, He blesses, He answers. Even when the prayer is no bigger than one tear, one anguished cry.

“Before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.” Isaiah 65:24.

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