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Daily Devotion: Matthew 9:32-34

Matthew 9:32-34     " As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.  And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.  But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils." Jesus had taught the multitude with authority. He had performed healing miracle after healing miracle. He had calmed a raging storm. He had raised Jairus’s daughter from her deathbed. He had cast demons out of the two Gergesenes. As Jesus and His disciples were walking publicly, they brought a man who was dumb (either unable to speak or both unable to speak and unable to hear). An evil spirit possessed the man and rendered him speechless. When Jesus healed him, the multitude was astonished and declared that this kind of power had never been seen in Israel before. This was a people whose forefathers had walked through the Red Sea on dry ground as the waters ...
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Daily Devotion: Genesis 4:1-4

Genesis 4:1-4     "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.  (2)  And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.  (3)  And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.  (4)  And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering" It is not my intention to write about every single person in the Bible. Though it would be worthy, it would be a lifetime endeavor. But I do want to look at the first few that are mentioned; therefore, it is imperative that I look at these two brothers. We assume them to be the first two children of Adam and Eve. But we do not know that for certain. In fact, it's probable that they were not the first children since Cain "went out from the presence of th...

Sermon (Video): He Commendeth His Love - Romans 5:6-10

Daily Devotion: Matthew 9:27-31

Matthew 9:27-31      "And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.  And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.  Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.   And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.   But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country."   Jesus had done so many wonderful and amazing things, and had taught with such authority, that crowds followed Him wherever He went. It was evident that not everyone followed Him out of love and devotion. After He fed the multitude with the loaves and fishes, He told them that they were not following Him because they saw the miracle (something that honored God – John 6:26) but because they had got...

Daily Devotion: Matthew 9:20-22

Matthew 9:20-22     "And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:  For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.  But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour."   It might look like we are backtracking on our Bible verses this morning. The story of the woman with an issue of blood happened in the middle of Jesus going to Jairus’s house to raise his daughter from the dead. I skipped these verses last week to concentrate on the events surrounding the miracle of Jesus returning Jairus’s daughter to life. Today, we will consider this “other” miracle that transpired during that same time frame. Mark’s account of these events makes it clear that a great throng of people surrounded Jesus. Jesus had already healed many while ...

Daily Devotion: Genesis 2:7-8, 18, and 21-25

Genesis 2:7-8    "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.  (8)  And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed." Genesis 2:18    "And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." Genesis 2:21-25    "And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;  (22)  And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.  (23)  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.  (24)  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.  (25)  And t...

Daily Devotion (Video): The Promise Of Strength - Isaiah 40:29-31