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May 10, 2020

The Pain of Parenting

The Pain of Parenting

Passage: Mark 9:14-32

Preacher: Dr. Steve Brown

Series: Family Matters

Detail:

KALA: What is a memory you have of your Mom that makes you smile?

 

And they could not is often because they would not…pray

 

Mark 9:14-32

 

  1. Because of the difficulties we encounter, we never advance beyond our need for Jesus.

 

  1. We encounter criticism of detractors.
  2. 14-16

 

  1. We are confronted with demonic.

vv.17-18

 

 

  1. We have conviction in our defeats.

 

  1. 18c-19a

 

  1. 29

 

  1. We have the compassion of Divinity.

 

  1. Because of the devastation we experience, we never advance beyond our need for faith.

 

  1. We realize the distance of Jesus.
  2. 14

 

 

  1. The distance creates desires.

vv.17-18

 

 

  1. The desires can leave you in desperation.

 

  1. 20, 26

 

  1. The desperation causes a dilemma.
  2. 18c, 22b-24

 

  1. 23

 

  1. 24

 

 

Heb. 11:6

 

  1. The dilemma provides the opportunity for dependency.

v.23

 

Matt. 13:58

 

Heb. 11:19

 

  1. Because of the deliverance we expect, we never advance beyond our need for prayer.

 

  1. In prayer, we trust Jesus to rebuke Satan.

 

v.25

 

1 John 3:8c 

 

 

  1. In prayer, we trust Jesus to restore the struggling.
  2. 26-27

2 Cor. 5:17

 

 

  1. In prayer, we trust Jesus to reveal the solution.

 

vv.28-29

 

1 Pet. 5:6-9

 

James 4:7-8a

 

Eph. 6:11-13, 18