God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” Mark 5:30 (TNIV) It may be difficult for us to understand the mysterious force Jesus mentions that flowed out of Him and healed the ailing woman. We could speculate and attempt to... Continue Reading →
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark 5:28 (KJV) Doesn´t the story of the suffering woman who wanted to touch Jesus´ clothes seem to depict us today? Haven´t we all felt the pain of living in a world separated from our place with God and struggled with... Continue Reading →
As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Mark 5:18-19 (TNIV) When we... Continue Reading →
So they began to plead with Jesus to go away from their region. Mark 5:17 (NWT) What a poor reaction the townspeople had to the miraculous healing Jesus performed on the afflicted man in the graveyard. How could there be people so insensitive as to reject the opportunity to find out a little more of... Continue Reading →
And they appealed to him with the request “Send us among the hogs, so that we may go into them.” Mark 5:12 (Byington) Jesus was speaking with the evil spirits who had possessed this man. They had already shared with our Savior that there were many of them who had taken up residence in this... Continue Reading →
But on catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down to him. Mark 5:6 (NWT) What a frightening thought it is, that a raving mad man was so driven by evil spirits that he lived out in the cemetery howling out in the night. Nobody could subdue this stricken man until... Continue Reading →
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. Mark 4:39 (KJV) Perhaps today we are not in tune with nature as we were only a couple of generations ago. With the invention of cars and shopping centers we... Continue Reading →
Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” Mark 4:38 (NIV) Storm raging all around and Jesus seems to be fast asleep. Does this sound like us sometimes? Don´t we get the sensation once in a while where we... Continue Reading →
Now a great violent windstorm broke out, and the waves kept dashing into the boat, so that the boat was close to being swamped. Mark 4:37 (Reference Bible) There was a vast difference between the way Jesus acted while He walked amongst us, and that of those around Him. There are things He worked hard... Continue Reading →
With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything. Mark 4:33-34 (NIV) “As much as they could understand, as they were able to….”, and according... Continue Reading →
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