{"id":1420,"date":"2009-03-02T07:39:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2009-03-02T07:40:02","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T12:40:02","slug":"soap-stop-doubting-just-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/soap-stop-doubting-just-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"SOAP: Stop doubting. Just believe."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--> <strong>Scripture: Mark 9:23-24<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><sup>23<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cWhat do you mean, \u2018If I can\u2019?\u201d Jesus asked. \u201cAnything is possible if a person believes.\u201d<strong><sup>24<\/sup><\/strong> The father instantly replied, \u201cI do believe, but help me not doubt!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Observation:<\/strong> In this passage a man has asked Jesus to free his son of an evil spirit within him. The disciples were unable to do it while Jesus was away, so the man asks Jesus to do it if he can. Jesus responds that of course he can, anything can happen\u2026 if the man believes. The man then says that he does believe, yet he has questions, although he does not want to have doubts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Application:<\/strong> Perhaps I am projecting some of my own thoughts on the man in my observation. Sometimes I want to pray big, but my head isn\u2019t completely in it\u2026 \u201cHow can this prayer <em>really<\/em> happen,\u201d I might be thinking to myself as I pray.<span> <\/span>I need to stop that thinking. Our god is the almighty God, and all things are possible through Him. I need to pray my prayers, big and small, and let him sort out the details. If I believe, and it is in his will, the prayer will come about. And either way, He will answer. I must stop the doubting prayers and ask in complete faith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Lord, I am sorry that I doubt you, even as I believe you. Please forgive me for not having complete faith and instead questioning sometimes. Please guide me in my prayer times and everyday faith so that I will pray as you would have me to pray, and believe fully in your will. Guide me in listening to you so that I can hear you better and grow as you would have me to grow. And thank you, Lord, for loving me through all my faults and questions. You are an amazing god.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-207\" title=\"momflower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\" alt=\"momflower\" width=\"80\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: Mark 9:23-24 23\u201cWhat do you mean, \u2018If I can\u2019?\u201d Jesus asked. \u201cAnything is possible if a person believes.\u201d24 The father instantly replied, \u201cI do believe, but help me not doubt!\u201d Observation: In this passage a man has asked Jesus to free his son of an evil spirit within him. 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