Beyond the Notes: "What Genuine Faith Looks Like

What do you do when your faith feels too small to change anything?

When the disciples could not heal a suffering boy, they pulled Jesus aside and asked why. Pastor Mark Bricker takes us Beyond the Notes from Sunday's message in Matthew 17:14-20 to focus on the answer Jesus gave, the part there was no time for on Sunday. He walks through what Jesus meant by faith like a grain of mustard seed: that the power is in the object of our faith, not its size; that real faith is a living thing meant to grow and bear fruit; and that "nothing will be impossible" is a promise that operates inside the will of God, not a blank check for our own desires.

You walk away with two clear marks of genuine faith to test your own: faith that is steadily growing, and faith that is centered on God rather than on what you can do. This one is for anyone who has prayed "Lord, increase our faith" and wondered what that actually looks like.

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