Just One Crumb Lord - CWM - 052711

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C Y N T H I A W I L S O N M I N I S T R I E S , I N C .

Just One Crumb LordAnd He answered, It is not right (proper, becoming, or fair) to take the childrensbread and throw it to the little dogs. Matthew 15:26

The Canaanite WomanShe cried! O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Many are acquainted with the phrase deliverance is the childrens bread. It is taken fromthe parable of the Canaanite woman, whose daughter was demonically oppressed. Nodoubt she had heard many wonderful things of Jesus. She sought the Lord believing thatHe is the promised Messiah. She claimed Him as her Lord by declaring, O Lord, thou Sonof David! She had exceeding faith in Jesus. She believed as He had brought healing anddeliverance to many, surely He will perform a miracle for her daughter. This woman wasnot a descendent of Abraham, therefore, she was considered a Gentile, outside thecovenant of God.

Jesus and His disciples traveled to the areas of Tyre and Sidon, the Gentile district.They were looking for seclusion away from the opposing, vindictive Pharisees. This is afascinating parable, being that it carries a theme of humility, faith and persistence. My re-cent studies on prayer entailed a study on persistence in prayer; Im seeing how Jesustaught persistence in many of His parables, including this parable.

As this woman cried out to Jesus, He purposely ignored her, He didnt say a word toher. However, Jesus had a teaching lesson in mind for this woman, his disciples and for ustoday. The disciples became impatient and asked Jesus to just send her away. Have youever asked the Lord to do something for you and it seemed as if He didnt hear what youasked Him? Or it is taking too long for Him to respond. Well, lets take a closer look atwhat Jesus is teaching the Canaanite woman, His disciples and us today.

When Jesus responded to His disciples and this woman, He says, I am not sent butunto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Matthew 15:24. In other words, His primarypurpose while here on earth was to minister salvation to the Jewish nation. He was honoringthe Old Covenant with His Father God. The Jewish nation were originally intended to receiveand proclaim the good news of the Gospel. However, being that the Jewish nation rejectedJesus and the Good News, this opened the door to all nations to hear the gospel. The Gen-tile nations now have the opportunity to receive Jesus and become reconciled back to Godas sons and daughters. (Jewish nation) rather through their fall, salvation is come untothe Gentiles...Romans 11:11.


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Look at what this woman does next. She humbles herself and begin to worship Jesus andsays,Lord, help me. She was pouring her heart out to the Lord and sought the samemercy that He extended to so many others. Now, we must not perceive that we are re-jected by the Lord if He does not give us what we want immediately. There is no need topout, get angry or become bitter when the Lord does not give us the response we want.What Jesus want to see in us is humility, faith and trust in Him. He has your best interest atheart. There is a greater purpose that God has in mind for you and I. It is not always an-swering your prayer immediately or even soon, but He wants your faith increased; His ulti-mate goal is that you come closer to Him and increase in conformity to the image of JesusChrist. We dont like delays, as we are Americanized. We often feel our needs and desiresmust me met instantly and immediately. Im sorry to say that Jesus is not Americanized,He operates on His timetable and He wants us to declare that all things are working to-gether for our good, because we are humbly submitted to Him, His divine purpose and planis coming into fruition regardless of what things look like in the natural realm.

The next response Jesus makes to this woman appears to be a possibly degradingremark or outright rejection of Gentile people. However, lets not jump to conclusions. Wemust remember that many people that had already received healing by Jesus were Gentiles.And He answered, It is not right (proper, becoming, or fair) to take the childrens breadand throw it to the little dogs. Matthew 15:26. This remark were not meant to be degrad-ing, Jesus was simply stating that childrens bread which is the Word of God, salvation,healing and deliverance belonged to those in covenant with God. Healing and deliveranceis the rightful, normal, expected sustenance of the children of God, it is our inheritancethrough Jesus Christ (Downey 2000)! At that particular time it was the Jewish nation onlyin covenant with God. They were to have the first opportunity to receive salvation and allthat it encompasses, not the Gentiles. Jesus were also teaching His disciples that theywere to preach the gospel to the Jewish nation first of all, even though they had experi-enced much rejection from the Jewish religious leaders and many Jewish people.

Jesus wanted this woman and His disciples to understand that through the parable ofthe dogs; God had ordained this covenant relationship with the Jews, Gods people were torightfully receive healing, deliverance, and salvation before any other group of people. Theword dogs were symbolic of pet dogs around the table; everyone at that time who wasnot of Abraham descent were excluded from a covenant relationship with God. Being thata father would feed his own children first, not allowing them to go hungry in order to feedthe pet dogs around the table. Jesus would not spend His precious ministry time reachingthe Gentiles when His primary purpose while here on earth were to reach out to the Jews.(John 1:11).


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Lets look at this womans response at being called a dog. If this was spoken to us to-day, many would take offense, maybe even retaliate with words that isnt so pleasant.However, the Canaanite woman didnt take offence. This demonstrates true humility thatGod desires to see in our heart. Today, we claim so many rights, some of us would exhibita prideful attitude. Some would retaliate and stomp off to home muttering the nerve ofhim, calling me a dog.Lets look at the wise, humble and gracious words of this woman. She said, Yes, Lord,yet even the little pups (little whelps) eat the crumbs that fall from their [young] masterstable. In other words, Lord I just want one little crumb from the masters table. I admirethe wisdom, meekness and great faith of this woman! She did not have a chip on hershoulder, she was not easily angered or provoked, she did not respond to Jesus with rude-ness or pride did not rule in her heart! I believe that Jesus desires for us to come closer toHim with a heart of humility, exceeding love, persistence and great faith! This woman didnot give up on what she needed for her daughter, healing and restoration to wholeness.I want Jesus to say to me as He said to this woman, O woman, great is thy faith: be itunto thee even as thou wilt. (Matt. 15:28). And her daughter was made whole from thatvery hour. Do you want great faith? We must choose to walk in humility, it is the humbleHe teaches His way, we must choose to be persistent in our prayers, we must demonstrateby our actions, exceeding faith; for faith without works is dead.Freedom in ChristIs there anything that is causing bondage in your life or family members? Addiction, com-pulsions, torment, ongoing sickness, generational bondage are all signs of bondage.However, we have a Great Deliverer and Healer, His name is Jesus. Seek healing and de-liverance with a heart of humility, faith and persistence. Let your ultimate motivation be todraw closer to Jesus in an intimate relationship, conforming to the image of Jesus Christ.Spiritual EmpowermentBehold, I give unto you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all thepower of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19 The enemywill seek to attack with fear, but stand your ground against Him, and rebuke Him with theWord of God. When we receive Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are positioned withChrist. He imparts to believers authority to take a stand against the forces of darkness.


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To exercise our authority to it s fullest, we need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. But youwill receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, tell-ing people about me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to theends of the earth." (Acts 1:8).Therefore, we see that God through His Son has provided everything that we need to en-gage in the spiritual warfare battle. The Canaanite woman were no doubt, despaired ofseeing her child day after day tormented by the devil. The good news is that Jesus haveendued His people with the same spiritual resources, the Word of God, the Holy Spirit,power, love and soundness of mind. When will the church awake out of the sleep and real-ize there is no advantage to us in ignoring Satans forces and methods, it only permitsSatan to work undetected and unchallenged (Hammond p. 18).I realize that many Christians today have not been taught the importance of spiritual warfareand many are unknowledgeable about how to engage in spiritual warfare. Which says a lotabout todays contemporary church, it has its own agenda and its not Gods vision forthe church. The so-called emergent church grants an invitation to the devil to wreakhavoc on Gods people. Today, the enemy flaunts his power through spiritism, occultism,false religions, cults, false doctrine and heresy creeping in the church.Begin today, husband and wife to take a stand against the works of the enemy in yourhome. Start afresh by committing your heart wholeheartedly to God. Equipping yourselfwith the whole amour of God as in Ephesians 6. Recognizing that strife, division, raginganger, disharmony is not of God. Praying out loud against such works of the enemy in thehome and your relationship, binding and loosing as in agreement with Gods Word. Pray-ing and taking authority over spirits controlling yourself or your children. Next, seeking de-liverance through a reputable, God-ordained deliverance minister.Praying the scriptureover your husband, wife, family member, othersFather God, I give you thanks to you for my husband. I will not cease to pray for _______.Lord I pray that _______ will be filled with the knowledge of your will in all wisdom and spiri-tual understanding; That _____ will walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful inevery good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, ac-cording to Christ s glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.Colossians 1:9-11.


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Warfare prayer against fear, worry and anxietyFather God, I confess my sin of fear, worry and anxiety. I submit my problems to you andask for your forgiveness. Thank you Lord that you are compassionate and forgiving, par-don me for my sin of worry and anxiety. Father God, thank you for giving me power totread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the powers of the enemy. I speak to everylying, deceiving spirit that desires to cause fear, worry, and anxiety. I bind you spirits ofworry and anxiety and forbid you to attack me in any form in the powerful name of Jesus! Icommand all such spirits to go from my presence in Jesus name!

Father God, I come to You, as my Deliverer. Lord, cover my mind, spirit and body in theprecious blood of Jesus. I refuse to accept anything that comes from Satan; I bind theforces of the enemy that comes to cause bondage, spiritual blindness, torment, sickness,defilement or harassment; by the power and authority of my Lord Jesus Christ. By theSword of the Spirit, I loose myself from every dark spirit that comes to cause oppression,depression and discouragement. I command all such spirits to leave me now in Jesusname!I am translated into the Kingdom of God s Dear Son, delivered from the powers of dark-ness! I declare this in the powerful name of Jesus!

Prayer for you familyFather God, I declare your Word over my family that we shall be established in righteous-ness (rightness, in conformity with God s w ill and order): we shall be far from even thethought of oppression or destruction, for we shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall notcome near. (Isa. 54:14Amp. B.). Thank you Father, that you watch over your Word toperform it and it will not return void.

Prayer for raging anger, strife and contention in the homeFather God, I thank you for being the God of Peace, for you are Jehovah Shalom. I standon your Word that we shall have perfect peace as we keep our minds stayed on You. Inow speak to the powers of darkness, I bind you spirits of raging anger, strife and conten-tion in the powerful name of Jesus. I forbid you to operate in _________! I command youto stop stirring up rage, strife and contention in this home. I command all such spirits toleave my home now in the name of Jesus! Father God, by the power of Your Spirit, I looseyour love, joy and peace in each family member in the powerful name of Jesus!


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Submitting to the Lordship of Jesus and obtaining deliverance, one must have: Honesty and transparencyacknowledge the need for deliverance. One

can only receive the blessings of deliverance by being truthful with God,himself, and the deliverance minister.

HumilityPride will prevent submission to God, therefore, we must humbleourselves under the mighty hand of God and declare our dependence is onHim. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.James 4:6

RepentanceOur hearts must turn to God in Godly sorrow and true repen-tance. A broken and contrite heart He will not despise. It requires openconfession of all sin to remove any legal rights gained by the enemy.

Renunciationit is the forsaking of all evil ways. Your repentance will needto produce fruits that aligns with true repentance, genuine life change.Producing a thorough break from Satan and all his works.

ForgivenessForemost essential act to gain and maintain deliverance.The candidate must fulfill this requirement in order to be free indeed, thedeliverance minister can only minister freedom to you when youve doneyour part.

PrayerSeek God in prayer for your deliverance, He is your Deliverer.Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be delivered.Joel 2:32.

WarfareSubmit to God, resist the devil and He will flee from you; you andthe deliverance minister actively confront the forces of darkness with theSword of the Spirit-the Word of God, the Blood of Jesus Christ and thepower and authority of God that has been endued in you. Identifying rootcauses of bondage, addressing the spirits in a commanding voice(shouting is not necessary, it doesnt move the enemy, but knowing whoyou are in Christ and what He has done for you as a believer). In faithcommanding the evil spirits to go in the name of Jesus. Standing yourground with perseverance; tenacious faith in that Jesus is your Deliverer!


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I pray that this article will be a blessing to you, if you have any questions or comments feelfree to send me an email through my websitewww.cynthiawilson.orgBlessings to you,Minister Cynthia Wilson

Cynthia Wilson Ministries, Inc.www.cynthiawilson.orgCopyright 2011 Cynthia WilsonScripture references: King James Version.Scripture taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright 1954,1958,1962,1964,1965,1987 by The

Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

References:Hammond, F. & I. M. (1973, 2008). Pigs in the Parlor. Kirkwood, MO: Impact Christian Books, Inc.

Downey, D. (2000) The Childrens Bread,retrieved from http://www.savedhealed.com/children.htm

Reagan, D. (2001-2011) Casting the Childrens Bread to Dogs,retrieved from http://www.learnthebible.org/casting-the-childrens-

Matthew 15:26 retrieved from http://www.biblestudytools.com/

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