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Lesson 5<br />

Faith-Lesson Failure<br />

MARK 6:14–8:21<br />

“Do you still not see or underst<strong>and</strong> what I say<br />

to you?<br />

Are your hearts still hard? You have good eyes,<br />

yet you still don’t see, <strong>and</strong> you have good ears,<br />

yet you<br />

still don’t hear, neither do you remember.” (<strong>Mark</strong> 8:17–1)<br />

Consider a time in your life when you were required to<br />

have a lot of faith. Now imagine being asked to feed thous<strong>and</strong>s<br />

of people with nothing more than some bread <strong>and</strong> fish—twice!<br />

That’s what Jesus had in store for his disciples. He told them to<br />

feed the crowds with nothing more than a few loaves <strong>and</strong> fish.<br />

And they failed to trust that Jesus could help them do the<br />

impossible. Even after they had witnessed Jesus heal so many,<br />

save them from drowning by calming a storm, <strong>and</strong> release<br />

people from spiritual strongholds, they still had no faith.

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