YOUR STORY OF HIS WORK As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” —Mark 5:18-19             As we read the context of the verses above we find out that this demon possessed man: lived among the tombs, could not be restrained with a chain, had broken chains and shackles, nobody could subdue him because of his strength, cried out night and day…

TRUST HIM IN THE STORM And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they…

ONLY GOOD SOIL PEOPLE ARE FRUITFUL Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life,…

 FAMILY TRAIT— DOING GOD’S WILL! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother. —Mark 3:35             Doing God’s will bears evidence that we are part of the family of God.  Of course “it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”  But the evidence of that salvation is that “we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:8-10).  God’s will will work the works of God— “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will…

JESUS— NO OTHER GREATER NAME! And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”  —Mark 3:11 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” —Mark 3:20-21             Isn’t it interesting how the demonic world knows who Jesus is without a doubt— “they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”  We are told in James that “Even the demons believe that—and shudder” (James 2:19). …

FAITH’S ACTION SEEN (Hebrews Chapter 11) And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why…

GO WHERE HE DESIRES YOU TO GO! Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons. —Mark 1:38-39             Jesus, among many other reasons, came to preach the good news all over and not just in one place.  This is a good example for us to emulate.  Let us not be rigidly focused only on our immediate area where we live, but let us consider where else our Lord would want us to bring His Word.  Who else other than those in our immediate area does He…

CALLED TO BE FISHERS OF MEN Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him.  And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.  And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him. —Mark 1:16-20             Jesus called His first disciples to Himself. …

FOLLOWING THE LIE OR THE TRUTH While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.  —Matthew 28:11-15 Now the eleven disciples…

MAN’S FEEBLE ACTIONS So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard. —Matthew 27:66             Man thinks that denying who Jesus is and thinking that those who believe in Him will manipulate to deceive others are simply wrong.  They can seal tomb and believe that they have accomplished their desires by killing Jesus.  They can seal the tomb and trust that once three days are over they have victory over both Jesus and those who follow Him, but they are dead wrong.             Denying who Jesus is and thinking that the tomb was the end of the story are figments of people’s imagination…