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PILLARS FOR SPIRITUAL MATURITY

Mark: Getting to Know Jesus-Part 32

October 19, 2025

Mark 9:14-29

 

1.   THE FOUNDATION: ______________________ (14-18)

“Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength. Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.” Ephesians 6:10-12 (CSB)

 

“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in Me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.”  John 15:5 (NLT)

 

• Fruitfulness equals __________________ in Christ.

 

2.    THE FUEL IS __________________________. (19-27)

“This is the confidence we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have asked of Him.” I John 5:14-15 (CSB)

 

“Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 (CSB)

 

3.    THE POWER IS _______________________. (28-29)

“Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 (CSB)

 

“Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Ephesians 3:20 (NLT)

 

“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”  Matthew 7:7-8 (CSB)