God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
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 →
Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that... Continue Reading →
So he went on to say; “In this way the kingdom of God is just as when a man casts the seed upon the ground, and he sleeps at night and rises up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows tall, just how he does not know.” Mark 4:26-27 (Reference Bible) Jesus is back... Continue Reading →
He also said to them: “A lamp is not brought out to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Is it not brought out to be put on a lampstand?” Mark 4:21 (NWT) The first and easiest interpretation to place upon this text is that we should let our light shine... Continue Reading →
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the Word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. Mark 4:20 (KJV) As we come to the pinnacle of Jesus´ parable on the sower, we receive the sweet thought of those who do hear... Continue Reading →
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