Help My Unbelief

“I do believe, but help my unbelief.”

These words came from a desperate father in Mark 9, whose son had suffered for years under an evil spirit. The disciples had already tried and failed to cast out the spirit, so when he approached Jesus, hope was running low. You can almost hear the weariness in his voice when he says, “If you are able to do anything…”

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Don’t Scale Back the Dream

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” — Matthew 19:26

Being Kingdom-minded means learning to dream from the mind of Christ. When my husband and I first started dreaming with the Lord about what He wanted to do, we would share those visions with friends. They loved us deeply, and they meant well, but often their encouragement sounded like, “That’s amazing! But maybe you should scale it back a bit, make it something more realistic.”

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