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5 min readYou Didn't Lose It
The father had been living with this for years. His son was possessed by a spirit that threw him into fires, into water, robbed him of speech, and left him rigid on the ground. When he brought the boy to Jesus' disciples, they couldn't drive it out. By the time Jesus arrived, the teachers of the law were arguing with the disciples, and the crowd was watching. The father's first words to Jesus were a question wrapped in exhaustion: "If you can do anything, take pity on us and help us."
Jesus turned the question back on him. "If you can? Everything is possible for the one who believes."
The father's response is one of the most honest prayers in scripture. He didn't pretend to have perfect faith. He didn't claim certainty. He said: "I do believe. Help me overcome my unbelief."
Steven Furtick, preaching from Mark 9, argues that this father reveals something crucial about how faith actually works. Faith doesn't require the absence of doubt. The father believed and had unbelief at the same moment. Jesus healed the boy anyway.
The difference between having unbelief and being an unbeliever
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:04) **Opening Scripture and Thesis** - Steven Furtick introduces Mark 9:14-29 and the core message: "You didn't lose it."
- 2 (05:58) **Personal Confession: The Fear of Losing It** - Furtick shares his own struggle with feeling like he has lost his gift, faith, or relevance.
- 3 (11:34) **The Valley After the Mountain** - The disciples come down from the Mount of Transfiguration only to face failure in the valley.
- 4 (13:53) **You Are Not Your Feelings or Failures** - A key distinction: your identity is separate from your struggles.
- 5 (16:09) **The Miracle of Asking for Help** - The father's request for help is itself a miracle.
- 6 (18:48) **Lifting While You Look** - Practical teaching on how to find what feels lost.
- 7 (20:45) **Unbelief vs. Being an Unbeliever** - A crucial theological distinction.
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Show Notes
It's okay to have doubts. In "You Didn't Lose It," Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church reveals that the presence of doubt doesn't mean the absence of faith.
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