Worship Service for September 15, 2024

In today’s Gospel, the father of a possessed boy says, “If you can do anything . . .” As God in the flesh, Jesus can do anything—and He wants to! His concern is never an “if,” but an “always.” When our troubles increase, their resolution awaits not God’s intention but our waffling faith in His concern. Few of us have the resolve and bravado of Isaiah in the Old Testament Reading. Seldom do we recognize how we use our tongues for both good and evil. Today the Scriptures encourage us to turn from relying on ourselves to putting our faith-borne trust in Him alone.