God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. Mark 6:42-43 (TNIV) One could spend endless amounts of time trying to define faith. Much of our efforts are spent studying it or teaching it to others. But more important than what it is, is... Continue Reading →
They went out and preached that people should repent. Mark 6:12 (TNIV) Jesus sent out His Disciples into the surrounding towns and cities to preach the good news. It was time, heaven knew that the world was ready to hear that God was at work and that man could draw near to Him. But WHAT... Continue Reading →
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 →
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4:9 (KJV) Isn´t this an interesting expression? Our Savior liked to use it? Should we try to imagine our Lord referring to people who possess a physical ear as opposed to the ones who have lost theirs in an accident... Continue Reading →
“Why does this man speak so? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but one, God?” Mark 2:7 (Byington) The scribes sitting there were thinking to themselves and they could not find reason for Jesus to declare the forgiveness of sins. They were completely right in that forgiveness does not originate from any man, only... Continue Reading →
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. Mark 1:31 (KJV) What a beautiful scene is portrayed here. Simon´s mother-in-law is suffering in bed with a fever when Jesus and the disciples come into the house. When He hears that... Continue Reading →
So Jesus said to the: “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.¨ Mark 1:17 (New World Translation) What does it mean; “Fishers of Men?” Why would Jesus want to take men who sought and gathered fishes and change their direction towards men and women? What is there to catch? All the... Continue Reading →
And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” Mark 1:7-8 (NIV) This was the message used to prepare the Way for the hearts... Continue Reading →
John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins. Mark 1:4 (ASV) Here he was, this voice in the wilderness, and the people flocked to hear him. Something within them needed filling, and his words moved them into action. He awoke within them an awareness of the... Continue Reading →
¨Blind Pharisee, Cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside of it also may become clean.¨ Matthew 23:26 (Reference Bible) In Matthew 23 Jesus goes off on the people who would go to lengths to look godly and good but not filled with the Lord on the inside. This... Continue Reading →
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