Mark 9:23

S- Mark 9:14-29 is a story of Jesus healing a boy with an evil spirit. the verse i want to highlight is Mark 9:23 "If you can?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."

O- For me i get really excited when i read scripture with Jesus doing big things. In my head he becomes this super hero, cape and all, fighting off bad guys, pulling off unbelievable acts and always rescuing the person in harms way. This story has everything in it to make it a good one, a bad guy, an innocent guy, a hero and a great ending.
In this story a dad brings to Jesus his son who has been possessed by a demon. This man goes on to tell Jesus that he has already brought his son to the disciples for help and they could not help him, so now he is begging Jesus to heal his son. This is where Jesus has almost had enough of disbelief, look at vs.19 how Jesus references the crowd "O unbelieving generation". Jesus now has the boy at his feet in convolutions and foaming at the mouth and the dad says in vs.22 "if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us." Jesus responds with vs.23 "if you can?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes." The dad knows he said the wrong thing. He says " i do believe; help me overcome my unbelief." Jesus heals the boy and commands the evil spirit out of the boy. This story ends with the disciples asking Jesus, Why could we not drive that demon out? Jesus says in vs. 29 "this kind can only come out by prayer."

A- There is power in prayer and the name of Jesus. In the story above the disciples must had forgotten briefly that through prayer everything is possible for those who believe.
So for all of us who read this passage lets apply this to an area of our life where we have not fully given it over to the Lord and pray earnestly with confident faith believing that everything is possible for those who believe.

P- Jesus i pray right now for Nikki and the baby growing inside of her that you will protect both of them from harm psychically and spiritually. Jesus keep Nikki's heartbeat down and allow her body to get the rest that it needs. Help me to be the husband i need to be right now to help out more and be available to give her a break when she needs it. Thank you Jesus for all that you have done for me and thank you for all that you will do. I pray this in the powerful name of Jesus believing that a healing on Nikki's body can be done.