“But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matthew 15: 24) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, Jesus whilst responding to the woman of Canaan, affirmed that He was not sent (to others) but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Jesus was simply affirming that He had no business granting a miracle to that woman of Canaan. Jesus, by His comment, was ruling her out of her desir

“But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.” (Matthew 15: 23) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. When the woman of Canaan came to Jesus to cry for mercy, the disciples told Jesus to send her away, as she had become a nuisance to them. Her cries had become a nuisance to the disciples of Jesus, and they pleaded that she be sent away, empty handed, without her miracle. They

“He encountered there a Canaanite woman who screamed out to him, “Lord, Son of David, show mercy to me! My daughter is horribly afflicted by a demon that torments her.”” (Matthew 15: 22 TPT) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. When the woman of Canaan came to Jesus, she complained that her daughter was grievously vexed with a devil. That woman had a daughter who was tormented by demons. There was a demon in her house, creating negative realities th

“And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.” (Matthew 15: 22) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, a woman of Canaan came to Jesus with a plea that her daughter was vexed with a devil. The matter she brought to Jesus was not about herself; it was about her daughter. It was about her next gene

“And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.” (Matthew 15: 22) That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today. In our Focal Scripture, the woman of Canaan addressed Jesus as the son of David. She was based in Canaan, where Jesus was not known that much. She was in an environment where people could even be forgiven for not knowi