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Help My Unbelief

Donnie Rader
06/22/21 - Gospel Meeting

Series: Donnie Rader Meeting - June 2021

Mark 9:14-21 
This is a story of faith and doubt…
    - There was a broad statement to the Jews regarding their faithlessness.
    - The father expressed doubt. 
    - Disciples were told the problem was a lack of faith. 
We may need to ask God to help us have stronger faith.
    - It is possible to have faith, yet not as strong as it should be. 
    - The faith you have can be shaken.
    - Faith is strengthened through the word. 
    - The goal: to have faith that fully trusts.
We may need to ask God to help settle our doubts. 
    - The father in Mark 9 had doubts.  
    - There will be times when we have doubts, even though we have faith. 
    - Doubts can be and must be settled. 
We may need to ask God to help our disobedience. 
    - Disobedience is unbelief. 
    - Every act if disobedience is a crack in our faith. 
    - Ask God to help us be stronger in the faith and be more obedient. 
We may need ask God to help with our rejection of The Word. 
    - It is possible to have faith and yet reject The Word. 
    - There may be times when we have a hard time believing God.
    - Ask God to help with our lack of confidence in The Word.
We may need to ask God to help us when we fail to use the faith we have. 
    - The disciples had faith, but they didn't use what they had. 
    - It's not always a matter of how much faith we have, but using the faith we have - to do what we know. 
    - Anytime I fail to do what I really know I should, I fail to use the faith I have. 
We may need to ask God to help us in the midst of emotional turmoil. 
    - The father in Mark 9 was frustrated with emotional turmoil over his son.
    - Emotional turmoil could plague any of us at any given moment. 
    - When we are under emotional turmoil, we can still have faith yet struggle.