Psalm: 95 Meditation: MarkMark includes many miracles and allusions here. The miracles show Jesus’s mastery of nature and matter. We see parallels with the miracles that Moses did in the desert. The disciples hadn’t understood feeding the 5000 and after fighting a storm for 8 or 9 hours weren’t in any condition to be anything …
Tag: Miracles
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, January 3
Psalm: 68 Meditation: JohnHow often did the people of Jesus’s time miss the real message that he was giving? This passage includes several miracles that pointed to Jesus as the prophesied messiah. Instead the people focused on what they wanted from him- food, wealth, freedom and maybe glory. Jesus chastised them again, telling them His …
Friday, November 4
Psalm: 69:1-23 Meditation: MattHow much food does it take to feed five thousand men? How much more food is needed if you add 5-7 thousand more women and children? Now imagine that all that food came out of a lunch box. Like the miracles of manna and quail in the old testament, the people ate …
Monday, October 17
Psalm: 25 Meditation: MattJesus points out the unbelief of the towns that had witnessed His ministry and miracles. His pronouncements of woes or curses on those same towns shows God’s displeasure with people that were supposed to be dedicated to God and his kingdom. Using examples of utter destruction of cities from history, Jesus explains …
Sunday, October 2
Psalm: 118 Meditation: LukeWe have examples in scripture of miracles done by God’s prophets and by Jesus. While most of the time people asked, begged or even took action on their own, here Jesus was moved and reached out to help. How might you have reacted to the son brought back to life? The people …
Wednesday, September 7
Psalm:119:49-72 Meditation: 1 KingsHow many miracles are in this short passage? Here God shows His knowledge and command over nature, creatures, matter, sickness and life itself. Elijah’s presence and words are a witness to Israel and other lands of the power of the one true God and His ability to sustain those that follow and …
Thursday, August 25
Psalm: 18:1-20 Meditation: ActsHow do the miracles of the New Testament stack up against the Old Testament stories? What is the purpose of all the details given in this story? How did Paul’s prophecies save over 200 people? What do we learn about God through the trials and preservation of His followers? Gospel:Mark 14:12-26 New …
Friday, August 12
Psalm: 102 Meditation: JohnFor 3½ years the question for many people in the Holy Land was who or what is this Jesus? The Gospels give us many examples of His miracles. Why was it easier for foreigners to believe in Him? Did it take a desperate situation for someone to believe? Were scholars confused by …
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 …
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