Despite the weakness of faith the father received an antidote to his ailing faith, the working of Jesus’ power. Some of us will receive the antidote to our weak faith in trusting Him to death. Jesus healed the man’s son, but healing does not always come. Sometimes He helps our …
“I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief” (Mark 9:24)! The father, perhaps at the moment he spoke, must have realized his own mistake. Mark tells us that the man immediately exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief” (Mark 9:24)! How often our vigorous faith is drowned by …
“Everything is possible for him who believes.” Mark 9:23 I consider myself a man of faith. Yet I tremble when I consider the words of Jesus to the desperate father of the demon-possessed boy; “Everything is possible!” I must conclude then, that my weak faith limits God’s power and effectiveness …
We are fond of saying what we would do in the face of great trials. Experience, however, has a way of silencing such presumption. When the trial comes, when the storm arrives, it will put our boasting to the test. For now we can only hope that our faith will prove …