The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
Jesus is no longer with us physically, but does he still hear and answer prayer? I think we learn from this passage that a word or promise from Jesus is just as powerful as his physical presence. Of course, the nobleman wanted Jesus go with him, but he took Jesus at his word when he said “Thy son liveth.” Oh, let us take Jesus at his Word today. He does hear and answer prayer.
1 minute x 365 days = 1 year of working your way through Bible passages from most NT chapters in chronological order and some from the OT.