Pay attention to the events of life
An Unexpected Lesson on Prayer
Prayer is an absolute necessity for every follower of Jesus
We think about the prayer life of Jesus from time to time. Here he takes a challenge and unexpectedly links it to prayer.
Jesus took the ordinary and desperate circumstances of life and used them to demonstrate the power of God.
In this story, he is coming down from the mountain where he had been with Peter, James and John. On the mountain, he was transfigured and spoke with Moses and Elijah! It was an awesome experience.
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And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”
And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.”
And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to…
