The Place Where Faith Happens! Mark 9:14-29 The Place Where Faith Happens! Mark 9:14-29.
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The Place Where Faith Happens!
Mark 9:14-29
The Place Where Faith Happens!
Mark 9:14-29
It is so good to be back among
my church family, the body
of Christ!
The storms of life help uncover
the fragility in the issues of life
and faith!
“Seeds of faith are always within us;
sometimes it takes a crisis to
nourish and encourage their growth.” Susan
Taylor
“My brothers and sisters, when you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, because you know that these
troubles test your…
…faith, and this will give you
patience. Let your patience show
itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete and
will…
…have everything you need.” James
1:2-4 NCV
In Mark's Gospel we have an
example of this truth...
Jesus & His disciples have just returned
from the Transfiguration.
In Mark's Gospel we have an
example of this truth...They encounter a
man who has a son who has struggled from birth with a
mute spirit.
In Mark's Gospel we have an
example of this truth...
The disciples have not been able to
cast out this spirit.
In Mark's Gospel we have an
example of this truth...
The father appealsto Jesus.
Two Great Treasures!
A Humble Spirit!
A Humble Spirit!
Jesus Can OnlyWork In A
Broken, Humble, Contrite Heart!
A Humble Spirit!
“Lord, I believe;help my
unbelief!”Mark 9:24b
A Humble Spirit!
“True faith is always aware how small
and inadequate it is. The father becomes a believer not when
he…
A Humble Spirit!
…amasses a sufficient quantum
of faith but when he risks everything on what little faith he
has, when he yields…
A Humble Spirit!
…his insufficiency to the true sufficiency of Jesus...True faith
is unconditional openness to God, a
decision in…
A Humble Spirit!
…the face of all to the contrary that
Jesusis able.”
James Edwards
Two Great Treasures!
A Place of Testing!
A Place of Testing!
The Beginning of a Miracle is Not
Usually Very Pretty!
A Place of Testing!
“When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He
rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it…
A Place of Testing!
‘Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of
him and enter him no more!’ Then the
spirit cried out, convulsed…
A Place of Testing!
…him greatly, and came out of him.
And he became as one dead, so that many said, ‘He is dead.’ But Jesus
took…
A Place of Testing!
…him by the hand and lifted him up,
and he arose.” Mark 9:25-27
A Place of Testing!
Our greatest moments of Faith
will be in the midst of the
storm, when all seems lost, when
others have…
A Place of Testing!
…lost all hope, when there seems to be no answer,
this is when Christ does His best work
within us!
Jesus says“This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”
Jesus gives us a reason to
embrace our moments of
Testing & Trial with humility…
…and spiritual disciplines so
He can do GREAT THINGS
within us!
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