Devotional Thoughts

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...

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 ...

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...

Matthew 9:18-19     " While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.  And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples."  Matthew 9:23-26     " And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,  He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.  But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.  And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land."   While Jesus was teaching about not putting new wine in old bottles, a ruler of the synagogue came to Jesus. He immediately bowed before Jesus (worshipped). We know by reading Mark 5:21-37 and Luke 8:40-50 that this man’s name was Jairus. His young daughter was dying when he left home an...

Genesis 1:1-5    "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  (2)  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  (3)  And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.  (4)  And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.  (5)  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day." "In the beginning God created..." Again as we begin our study of people in the Bible, we must begin at the beginning. We are told that before God began to move, there was nothing. "The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep." But then, "... the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." It was only after the Spirit began to move that light was divided from the darkness. We can say darkness is the absence ...