Psalm: 50 Meditation: MarkCan you imagine the love and faith of the friends of this paralyzed man? They are committed to carrying him to the Healer(Jesus) and when they couldn’t get close enough to Jesus they came up with a new plan and delivered their friend to Jesus. Compare this to the scribes present, looking …
Tag: Healing
Sunday, January 29
Psalm: 63:1-11 Meditation: MarkIn the Gospels, Jesus uses many different methods to reveal and perform the miracles that he does. Have you wondered why certain details in these stories are there at all? Here we learned that Jesus traveled through gentile lands and how He cured the deaf and mute man. Although Jesus asks those …
Tuesday, July 5
Psalm: 5, 6 Meditation: ActsThis passage highlights the activity of the Holy Spirit in, and through, the members of the early Church. The works of the Spirit done by the Church allowed more people to witness the power and love of God first hand. The people of Lydda watched Aeneas be healed of his long …
Wednesday, March 9
Psalm: 118 Meditation John: Once when Jesus was in Jerusalem during the Passover, He was healing and teaching the crowds. Along came a “real” teacher of the Law and approached Jesus by night to be taught by this unschooled “teacher” from Nazareth. The message Nicodemus received was hardly what he expected. In essence, Jesus told …
Monday, January 17
Psalm: 7 Meditation Mark: Apparently, Jesus’ popularity fostered great crowds to gather and so crush upon Him. Well, He was healing and teaching which also served to augment the crowds following Him. It becomes evident that those following Him believed they could be cured just by touching Him or His cloak. This proved to be …
Saturday, January 8
Psalms: 99, 101 Meditation John: John recounts 7 signs (miracles) of Jesus of which this is the second. I might wonder why this royal official would leave his dying son to traipse after some itinerant preacher with a reputation for healing folks. Let’s face it, the distraught father cannot, of himself, improve the lot of …
Sunday, August 22
Psalm: 92 Meditation Mark: This is a great example of the power of faith. This poor woman (and she was poor) had heard how much Jesus had helped and healed many; what did she have to lose? She believed all that she had heard about Jesus, and then took matters into her own hands. And, …
Sunday, July 4
Psalm: 86 Meditation Luke: Talk about “missing the boat” and a complete lack of compassion… This is a study in legalism. This unfortunate woman had been crippled, bent over, for 18 years. One Sabbath day Jesus sees her in a synagogue and exercises God’s lovingkindness on her by healing her. But the leader of the …
Monday, March 1
Psalm 56, 57 Meditation: Mark – Why does Jesus insist that people not spread the word that he is the Son of God? He wasn’t hiding his ability to heal the sick and cast out demons. He wasn’t doing miracles while hiding in a dark corner so people couldn’t see him or what he was …
Jesus Fixes Broken People
Craft Ideas Read Mark 1:21-34 The reading has a lot of different broken people. What do we do with broken things? Have you ever had something that broke? What happened? Usually, if it is inexpensive we throw it away - if worth a lot we try to fix it. Right? Do we see Jesus throwing people away or fixing them? How …
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