When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the evil spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” he said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.”But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up. - Mark 9:22-27 NIV
'If you can?' was Jesus' question to the man who the disciples unable to cast a demon out of a his son. It was not to question the man's ability. It was to repeat the question the man has asked Jesus. "If you can, would you heal my son?" A question that many of us secretly ask every day and then we wonder why our prayers are not answered. Jesus' reply reveals the truth about him and about ourselves. "Everything is possible for him who believes." It echos another of Jesus' sentiments. "You have not because you believe not." Perhaps we need to stop phrasing our petitions as a question and phrase them as a statement instead. Jesus already said everything is possible for him who believes. We need to announce that to the heavens.
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