Christians are to expect their faith in God to be testing by Him. To be refrind into mature faith that can withstand the storms that come with serving Him. In this sermon, James Lindly covers the woman who refused to take no for an answer when her child was possessed by an evil spirit.
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Key Verse:
Mark 7:24-30 NIV
The Faith of a Syrophoenician Woman
24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.
25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet.
26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to their dogs.”
28 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
29 Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”
30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.