Unveiling Divine Wisdom: Keys to Personal Growth in Faith
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How can I recognize faith beneath my doubt and where does that idea start?
I do believe, help me overcome my unbelief.
I'm not asking God to just take it away. I'm asking God, help me overcome it. Help me. My faith is not gone. I just have to learn where to look." Sometimes the greatest faith is right underneath that biggest doubt. Sometimes the greatest thing God wants to show you is if you will start lifting and looking. You see what I'm saying? We can't just cover over it. We can't just come to church for a fresh coat of paint over our problems. We can't just come to church for a three-hour scriptural sugar boost to get us feeling good for a moment.
It won't work, and we'll end up like the disciples saying, why did I shout and sing and listen and take notes in church?
Because you didn't invite Jesus into the real place of your pain. You didn't lose your faith. You just stopped looking at the surface. It's gone. It's gone. One boy broke up with you. I guess I'll never be loved. You're 14 years old.
I guess it's gone.
I guess you can't trust anybody. See how we do it? It's gone. You have to know where to look. Can I preach something else? Sometimes you are so intimidated by it that you forget about him. When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. He didn't argue with the disciples. He didn't argue with the teachers. He didn't have to. He was bigger than it. So the disciples said, why couldn't we drive it out?
Why is addressing pain beneath the surface more than a 'church pep talk'?
He said, because you lost your focus. This kind can only come out through prayer. When we think about prayer, we think about maybe like a list of things that we say to God. But God is showing me lately that prayer is more about a lens than a list. And it's more about what I see than what I say. So if my prayer is always just, let me just say my prayers. When Jesus said this kind can only come out by prayer, the King James says, and fasting, but the original manuscripts don't say by fasting. Even the fact that he said this kind can only come out by prayer, he's letting you know you can't do it alone. You can't do it alone. I looked on my message last week, and somebody said on a comment… I don't usually read the comments.
Pray for me. I read them more than I should. They said, you left out fasting. It said by prayer and fasting. They didn't get the demon out because they didn't fast. Isn't that just like us to think if we'll just do one more thing, if we just do one more step… But it was their inability to rely on God's power in them that got them in the predicament to begin with. He said it's only by prayer. It's intimidating. How dare we judge the disciples that they couldn't cast out a demon? That's like all the out-of-shape people watching these Olympic athletes. I'm talking about, well, that was pretty good. I mean, second place. It's all right. I want to judge the disciples. Why couldn't you drive out the demon? You should have confessed the name of Jesus and prayed and fasted.
I can't even get my kids to clean their room, y'all, and I'm going to judge the disciples for not casting out a demon? This is a demon that's been with this boy since childhood. How dare we judge them for that? It was intimidating. He said, this kind can only come out by prayer. This isn't going to be like one of your other problems that you can fix in your own strength. I wonder, have you been losing it because you've been fighting on the wrong level? One of my friends went into a business situation a few weeks ago, and he said when he pulled up to the person's house for the meeting, the house was so big and so beautiful that he lost his confidence. He said, and I went in there, and I thought, I can't do this.
I can't do this. When he went in to meet with the people, after he left, they sent him a text and said, you are amazing. We have not stopped talking about how your spirit… He's a great Christian. He has an amazing… Man, this guy changes the atmosphere of every room he walks into. He said, afterward, they were texting me how amazing the meeting was and how they were so impressed with me. He said, I couldn't believe it because I went in so scared.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How can I recognize faith beneath my doubt and where does that idea start?
0:00–2:24
2
Why is addressing pain beneath the surface more than a 'church pep talk'?
2:24–8:54
3
What does Jesus' response to the disciples teach about relying on God vs. self?
8:54–11:04
4
How is prayer described as a lens rather than a list and why does that matter?
11:04–13:49
Speakers
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