Jesus said to him, "If you can believe all things are possible to him who believes."  Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!"  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!"  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."  But Jesus took him by the hand...

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"  So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.  However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting." Matthew 17: 20, 21, NKJV. Gracious God, today we come before You, willing, and eager, to learn.  Please help us as we study, to understand, and accept, Your...

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"  So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.  However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting." Matthew 17: 20, 21, NKJV. Blessed LORD, in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, we enter Your presence.  Please make Your Word plain before us.  In His...

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. James 1: 6, NKJV. Dear Lord, thanks for showing us how to ask, knock, and seek.  May we heed Your counsel and be blessed, in the name of Jesus we pray.  Amen. Today we continue on the topic of prayer.  Whenever we conduct study on a subject, one of the first areas we look at are the "dos" and don'ts."  We realize that if we are to be successful, it is important to know what we should,...

Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go!  It will be done just as you believed it would."  And his servant was healed at that very hour. Matthew 8: 13, NIV.  "LORD, we believe.  help our unbelief."  As we gather to study Your holy Word, please speak to our hearts, in the name of Jesus.  Amen. For a few days we will be looking at prayer; bold prayer; fearless prayer; expectant prayer!  We long for the day, when we are so sure that our prayer has been answered, not will be answered; that we will begin to live the results of that...

As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?"  She said to him, "Give me a present; since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me springs of water as well.  So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. Joshua 15: 18, 19, NRSV. Gracious God, you have invited us to ask, to knock, to seek.  Sometimes we just don't know how to do this.  So please teach us how, as we come into Your presence this day.  In the name of Jesus we pray!  Amen. I truly believe...

Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you:' I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth that You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I am become two companies.  Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him lest he come and attack me with...

Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you:' I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth that You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I am become two companies.  Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him lest he come and attack me with...

Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you:' I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth that You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I am become two companies.  Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him lest he come and attack me with...

But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings..." Jeremiah 23: 22, NKJV. Our Savior and our GOD, here we are once again in Your holy presence waiting for You to speak to us words of wisdom; words of hope; words of comfort; in the blessed name of Jesus; Amen. Two days ago we started looking at the responsibility that lies with ministers of the gospel.  Among other things, their duty is to faithfully feed God's sheep...