Mark 9:29 Meaning and Explanation
“And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.”
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What Does Mark 9:29 Mean?
Jesus answers plainly: this kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting. The nine, it seems, had gone into battle on the strength of a past commissioning, treating their authority as a possession rather than a fresh gift to be received from God.
Prayer and fasting are not techniques that force heaven's hand; they are the posture of a life that knows where its power comes from. Some strongholds yield to nothing less than that whole-souled dependence. Authority in Christ's service is relational, kept alive by communion with God, never automatic. The deepest oppositions are not argued down or willed away; they are dislodged on our knees.
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What does Mark 9:29 mean?
Jesus answers that this kind can come out only by prayer and fasting.