Day 15 of 365 Devotional Year 2026

 Thursday, 26 Tevet 5786 / January 15, 2026

Event

Work, meet Achi Grace neighbor, Bible Study with Michael tonight

Here and Now

I woke up late at 6AM even though I slept earlier than usual, sleep was not as sound as when Michael prayed for our sleep

SOAP

Scriptures

Matthew 15
English Standard Version
Traditions and Commandments
1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,”[a] 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word[b] of God. 7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
8 “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
What Defiles a Person
10 And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” 13 He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” 16 And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?[d] 18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. 20 These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
Jesus Heals Many
29 Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, 31 so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” 33 And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?” 34 And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35 And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 38 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 And after sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

Observation

Matthew 15 - I have always loved this story of JESUS meeting the Canaanite woman who impressed JESUS so much, that HE praised her publicly for her great faith. During this time, JESUS was going about healing everyone else in Tyre and Sidon, both Gentile places, and this Gentile woman shouts at HIM in desperation over her daughter who was oppressed by evil. She did not wait for her turn, her case needed urgent attention. But JESUS ignored her! This was what struck me, why did JESUS ignore her? But I realized further down the line that JESUS purposely ignored her at first because HE wanted to test what was in her heart. She wasn't offended by JESUS actions towards her but all the more she came to HIM and begged HIM to heal her daughter. HE responded even more with an insulting tone, saying "I can't help you gentile woman, I wasn't sent for you but for the lost sheep of Israel" because at the time before JESUS died, there was a separation between Jew and Gentile. But this response once again was to test if she would be offended by GOD. But her desperation and humility caused her to answer GOD the right way saying "It's true, we are only nothing compared to the Jews, but even dogs (she was referring to gentiles) are able to eat the crumbs that fall from the children's table. And this shocked JESUS so much because her response was exactly what HE wanted to hear. So that upon hearing this, JESUS praised her faith publicly and gave her what she asked at that moment.

Application

I am receiving a lot of rhema from this same story today than I did from the years that GOD has been emphasizing this story to me. I believe GOD did not want me to be offended by the way GOD has been ignoring my prayers to have a faithful husband for many years that I have been waiting on HIM and trusting HIM to give the best for me. That Canaanite woman was not offended even when JESUS didn't answer her at first, she wasn't offended when they tried to send her away, she wasn't offended when kneeling and begging before HIM, HE said "I wasn't sent for you right now" She insisted and she won GOD's heart, she was desperate and she won GOD's heart, she was humble that's why she wasn't offended and that is why she won GOD's heart. I don't need to prove my faith to the world by enduring various troubles because I am afraid of troubles and my heart is weak. But I want to please GOD by doing HIS will, and today I believe I am in the part where I am kneeling before GOD and begging HIM "I ask YOU to heal Michael not because I want him to be mine since he wasn't sent for me, I ask YOU to heal Michael because I want YOU to be glorified over his family, and save them, not for me but for YOUR Glory" 

Prayers 

Dear AVI,

Blessed are YOU O GOD Almighty O HOLY ONE YESHUA KING of the Universe!!! I come before YOU kneeling and begging YOU to heal my brother Michael Rhys who is oppressed by the enemy and by the curses of his family. I pray that YOU breakthrough in Michael's life, remove all the curse for he is YOUR son and set him free to live a life that is pleasing and holy unto YOU because he has been seeking YOU O LORD. I am alone in the TV room asking YOU these things privately, I am alone because I don't need to be applauded by the world. I am asking YOU FATHER, I worship YOU FATHER, I trust YOU FATHER that since I met Michael YOU wanted me to help him so that YOU can save his entire family. O GOD, do a miraculous work in Michael I pray, help me to help him, I can't help him on my own, help me. O GOD. I pray healing, breakthrough, miracles, for Michael Rhys Po and Marcelino, Babe and Phoebe, his family, I pray deliverance, salvation for Janie Rose and Mark and Michael P., I pray healing for Manuela, Raymond and Baby Thalia. I pray surrender humility and fear of YOU for my own family because our wealth can make us proud, so GOD please help us to stay humble and focused on YOU, help us to please YOU in this evil world, help us to redeem the times. I pray help me to know which dog to give to Manong Celso, I pray give me wisdom everyday to live for YOU to do YOUR will, to operate in the Spirit because this world is not my home, YOU are my home. I need YOU everyday Father, please give homes and loving families to my dogs that needs to go, please KING JESUS have mercy on me. I need YOU and I cling to YOU please help me to fast once again according to YOUR purpose and will for me. For YOU deserve all the glory, honor, power and praise!!! 

In the Name of YESHUA KING of GLory, AMEN!