“Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.” —Mark 9:35 Selfishness abounds on this planet and the so called “black Friday” sales at stores surely bring this out in people. They push and shove and stampede others, sometimes crushing them, just to get into the store first to get whatever may be on sale. This is truly a pathetic picture of the sinful human condition. How many of us desire to be first? How many of us are willing to take the position of being last and have a desire to serve anyone and everyone we come into contact with? I don’t…

“I believe; help my unbelief!” —Mark 9:24 When you stepped out onto the frozen lake, did you have a tinge of doubt that the ice would hold you? How about when you were climbing that ladder to the 2nd story of the house, did you wonder if it would truly bear your weight? When you rappelled down that cliff, were there moments of doubtful trust in the rope? There are many things we believe, but then there are moments of doubt in those same things. So it was with the dad who spoke the words above to Jesus. This dad believed that Jesus could drive the demons from his son,…