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The father instantly cried out, "I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!" —Mark 9:24 NLT Key Thought All through this story, each of the people involved is so genuine about his emotions and faith. Rather than pretending he had full faith, the father acknowledged he believed, but...

"What do you mean, 'If I can'?" Jesus asked. "Anything is possible if a person believes." —Mark 9:23 NLT Key Thought "Anything is possible ...!" 'Nuff said, let's choose to believe! Today's Prayer Forgive me, forgive us, O God for doubting your power and might. In Jesus' name. Amen...

[A man in the crowd said to Jesus,] "... I asked your disciples to cast out the evil spirit, but they couldn't do it." Jesus said to them, "You faithless people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to me." —Mark 9:18-19 NLT Key Thought Don't you know...

"What is all this arguing about?" Jesus asked. One of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, "Teacher, I brought my son so you could heal him. He is possessed by an evil spirit that won't let him talk. And whenever this spirit seizes him, it throws him violently to the ground. Then he foams at...

[During the Transfiguration,] a cloud overshadowed [Jesus, Moses, Elijah, and the three apostles], and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my dearly loved Son. Listen to him." —Mark 9:7 NLT Key Thought God makes himself very clear to the amazed followers of Jesus. As important as Elijah...

[At the Transfiguration,] Peter exclaimed, "Rabbi, it's wonderful for us to be here! Let's make three shelters as memorials — one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He said this because he didn't really know what else to say, for they were all terrified. —Mark 9:5-6 NLT Key Thought...

Jesus went on to say, "I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God arrive in great power!" —Mark 9:1 NLT Key Thought The Kingdom and the power of heaven belong to the Son. Those who belong to Jesus can experience his power and belong to...

[Jesus continued teaching the crowd,] "If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." —Mark 8:38 NLT Key Thought We live in times when believers are...

[Jesus said to the crowd,] "If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it." —Mark 8:35 NLT Key Thought So often what we most passionately pursue because of our earthly perspective is what we...

Then [Jesus] asked [the disciples], "But who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Messiah." But Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him. —Mark 8:29-30 NLT Key Thought Jesus' warning seems bizarre to many folks today. However, if we follow the story of Jesus in the Gospel...

Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" "Well," they replied, "some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets." —Mark 8:27-28 NLT...

Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" —Mark 8:27 NLT Key Thought If you ask people today who they think Jesus is, you will get a myriad of answers. Many folks don't know...

[Continuing his rebuke of the disciples for arguing about forgetting to bring enough food, Jesus said,] "When I fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread, how many baskets of leftovers did you pick up afterward?" "Twelve," they said. "And when I fed the 4,000 with seven loaves, how many large...

When [the Pharisees demanded a sign from Jesus], he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, "Why do these people keep demanding a miraculous sign? I tell you the truth, I will not give this generation any such sign." So he got back into the boat and left them, and he crossed to the other side of...

[After the disciples distributed the seven loaves of bread and the few fish to people in the crowd, they] ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food. There were about 4,000 men in the crowd that day, and Jesus sent them home after they had...

Jesus asked [his disciples], "How much bread do you have?" "Seven loaves," they replied. So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to his disciples, who distributed the bread to the...