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pastor, author, and teacher David Platt.

Today, we're going to read a story where Jesus sees a dad and a son who are both hurting.

And it's going to lead us to some time and extended prayer together.

So in preparation for that time, I just want to invite all of us to bow our heads and ask

God to speak to each one of our hearts in any way he wants to today.

So would you just take a moment just to bow your head

and just say personally from your heart to God, God, please speak to me however you want today.

I invite you to do that now. Oh God, with all we have going on in each of our lives, I pray that over the next few minutes,

every single one of us would feel in a fresh way that we are seen by you.

I pray that you would speak to each one of us supernaturally through your word.

And we pray for humility to respond in prayer however you lead us a few minutes from now.

In Jesus' name, amen.

All right, let's start by reading this story.

So we'll start in Mark chapter 9, verse 14.

The Bible says, when they came to the disciples, and they is referring to Jesus and

three of the disciples, Peter, James, and John.

So when they came to the rest of the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and scribes

arguing with them.

And immediately all the crowd when they saw Jesus

were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. And Jesus asked them, what are you arguing

about with them? And someone from the crowd answered him, teacher, I've brought my son to you,

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