God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
“Whoever does the will of God, this one is my brother and sister and Mother.” Mark 3:35 (Reference Bible) What a wonderful thought to be considered family to our Savior. Who would not want to have their part with the Son of God? It is so nice of a thought that many people grab a... Continue Reading →
And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? Mark 3:33 (KJV) When Jesus speaks these words, is He talking only to those who stood there before Him that one day telling Him that His family was waiting for Him outside? Do we truly believe that the words of Jesus are the... Continue Reading →
“However, whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of everlasting sin.” Mark 3:29 (Reference Bible) These are not times to be speaking loudly about spirits. History has recorded many horrible atrocities committed by spiritualist and the common man´s dealings with such people. It is a subject that is not... Continue Reading →
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