23 Jesus said to him, “What do you mean ‘if’? If you are able to believe, all things are possible to the believer.”
24 When he heard this, the boy’s father cried out with tears, saying, “I do believe, Lord; help my little faith!”
25 Now when Jesus saw that the crowd was quickly growing larger, he commanded the demon, saying, “Deaf and mute spirit, I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”
26 The demon shrieked and threw the boy into terrible seizures and finally came out of him! As the boy lay there, looking like a corpse, everyone thought he was dead. 27 But Jesus stooped down, gently took his hand, and raised him up to his feet, and he stood there completely set free!
28 Afterwards, when Jesus arrived at the house, his disciples asked him in private, “Why couldn’t we cast out the demon?”
29 He answered them, “This type of powerful spirit can only be cast out by fasting and prayer.”
Tori's Comments:
"If you are able to believe, all things are possible to the believer". Let's just rest on that for awhile....
So many excuses we make for God not moving are shut down with this statement from Christ. Have faith, and Lord, help our unbelief.
Terrie's Comments:
Fasting and Prayer are two things that turn our focus from our physical needs to completely focused on Jesus! Just as the Israelite's were saved from the deadly snakes in the desert by fixing their eyes intently on the bronze snake on the pole. We need to refuse to give attention to the problem and keep our eyes fixed on our solution... JESUS! We are able to be used of God through the gifts of the Holy Spirit when our eyes are fixed solidly on Jesus alone.
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