Whether one is on the mountaintop of blessings or in the valleys of trials and tribulations, keeping one’s faith in Jesus is not an easy task! When we are the recipients of blessings it is easy to forget whom secured one’s feet and enabled one to reach such great heights. “Swimming” in blessings, is it not easy to take credit for our “good fortune” while forgetting the frailties of life and our utter dependence on our Creator? Is it any easier to have faith when in the valleys of trials and tribulations? While difficulties sometimes force us to cry out “Abba, Father I need You,” when these times are viewed as punishment from God for our repeated failures to be holy as He is holy, do they not promote in us unbelief not in God’s grace but in our ability to please Him? It is not that we do not believe that God cannot remove the habitual sins that so easily entangle us but our reluctance to believe that He will get involved or “interfere” in our personal lives that weakens our faith. This leads us with a hard question to answer: is it possible to have faith in God both on the mountaintops and in the valleys? Today’s sermon is going to review the story of Jesus healing the boy possessed by an impure spirit as found in Mark 9:14-29 and in doing so will show that true faith in God is not to be contingent on experiencing either the mountains or valleys of life but on the continual faith in a living Savior who will do good to those who love Him!