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 …
Tag: Healing
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 …
Sunday, January 24
Psalm 63 Meditation: Mark – “Be opened.” Two short words to make up a phrase so simple yet produce such unbelievable results. We don’t know any information about the deaf man other than his condition and that people brought him to Jesus for healing. We don’t know about his life before or whether he followed …
Thursday, December 31
Psalm: 46 Meditation: John – Being ill or disabled is hard enough in our present time but when Jesus’s sandaled feet were on solid ground, it was even harder. People were entirely at the mercy of their family, and if their family turned their backs on them, they were at the mercy of every person …
Saturday, November 28
Psalm: 9 Meditation Matthew: This scene is a rather straight forward healing for a couple of blind men (near Jericho – perhaps to avoid the dreaded Samaria). Evidently, everyone else knew that Jesus was a busy man and they urged the bind men to “sit down and shut up”. Jesus had other plans and stopped …
Thursday, October 22
Psalm: 37 Meditation Matthew: Jesus was around the Sea of Galilee healing people and casting out demons. He discouraged people from spreading about the news of the healings. The good news of God’s forgiveness was a far timelier tiding to spread abroad. That is how Matthew saw it in quoting from Isaiah 42. Healings tend …
Thursday, October 8
Psalm: 134, 135 Meditation Matthew: What could be worse for a parent than the death of his child? Notice that this ruler knelt at Jesus’ feet. His daughter was not ill, she was dead and now the synagogue ruler is here seeking help. He could not have been a Sadducee because death would be the …
Monday, October 5
Psalm: 106 Meditation Matthew: In this passage Jesus says but one word “Go!” – a command to and permission for the demons to come out of the two men and to go into the herd of swine. This area is known to have been a Gentile region of the east side of the Sea of …
Bartemaeus – The One Who Sees
Listen. If you missed the Children’s Message on Sunday, you can watch to a recording of it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcz7MtZT2yk Read: Mark 10:46-52 together as a family. Review: Have you ever cried for something over and over? How about asked again and again for the same thing? What was it? Have you ever seen / met …
Friday, August 14
Psalms: 22 Meditation Mark: Mark’s gospel is the shortest and perhaps lighter on details. This is a “no frills” report on the healing of a blind man, Bartimaeus, by name. Here, Jesus simply says “Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately… In another gospel an unnamed blind man had to wash out the mud made …
