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“The father instantly cried out, "I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!" 

Mark 9:24

G. Campbell Morgan

• Disputing scribes: arguing with the disciples about healing the boy.
• Distraught father: upset that the disciples couldn’t heal his boy.
• Demon-possessed boy: a boy possessed with an evil spirit since he was small.
• Defeated disciples: frustrated that they couldn’t heal the boy.

Then Jesus:

• Silences the scribes
• Comforts the father
• Heals the boy
• Instructs the disciples

Chats with Jesus change everything.

Chats with Jesus generates:

• Intimate Conversation
• Heartfelt Conviction
• Sincere Confession
• Stirring Consciousness

The boy’s healing followed the man’s confession. We see the power of God when we chat with Jesus.

What am I missing because I’m not willing to have a sit-down with Jesus?

“While men have no faith, they are unconscious of their unbelief; but, as soon as they get a little faith, then they begin to be conscious of the greatness of their unbelief.” - Charles Spurgeon

Jesus paid the Temple tax.

On their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?” “Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house.
Matthew 17:24-25a

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Have regular chats with Jesus.