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In Matthew chapter 17 Jesus' disciples are unable to cast a demon out of a boy.

Jesus comes and he cast the demon out. And then the disciples in

verse 19 came to Jesus privately and said, why could we not cast it out?

Jesus said to them, Matthew 17, verse 20,

because of your little faith.

For truly I say to you, if you have faith

like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,

move from here to there and it will move.

And nothing will be impossible for you.

What a promise!

To these disciples who, I'm guessing, had begun to almost look at

ministry, casting out demons healing the sick as kind of mechanical

depending on our own ability our own strength so what do we need to do what what do we

need to change up in order to be able to cast this demon out and Jesus looks at them and says

much like we saw Jesus say to Peter back in Matthew 14 on the water as Peter was

falling he said put your focus on me as the object of your faith.

Trust not in yourself but in me. Trust not in your ability but in my ability

trust not in your ability but in my ability trust not in your power trust in my power and

he uses this figurative picture of saying to a mountain you move there and it

will move the reality that Jesus is communicating here to his disciples

is that nothing is impossible for the man or woman who trusts in the power of God to accomplish the will of God.

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