Wednesday, March 21, 2007 @11:40 PM
-Prayer and Fasting-
Mark 9:14-29
A Boy Is Healed
14 And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. 15 Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, greeted Him. 16 And He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?” 17 Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. 18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.” 19 He answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.” 20 Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. 21 So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22 And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 23 Jesus said to him,
“If you can believe,[a] all things are possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” 26 Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29 So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but
prayer and fasting.”
Here look at Jesus power of casting out unclean spirit. Jesus told his disciples in last verse to answer their doubt. Even Jesus had to fast, how about us? And through this, Jesus also answer us that without prayer and fasting, you can never experience the power of God in your life.
Easter is around 2 week time. Let start come together pray and fast for this year Easter that more friends will be saved and Emerge is coming up in 2 month time, start fast and pray that God will bring you up into next level and show you more of your destiny ahead and shine for Him. Not just fast and pray, look at verse 23 Jesus said to him,
“If you can believe,[a] all things are possible to him who believes.” I started my fasting plan from this sat till Emerge every weekend. How about you? Be
XtraOrdinary!
Love,
ZhenLong