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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Mark 9:19-23 If you can…
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 9:19-23 19 “O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me.” When Jesus says, “unbelieving generation,” he is talking about the world being unable to trust in him as Savior. For this reason, Jesus’ words […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 9:14-18 He foams at the mouth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 9:14-18 Jesus Heals a Boy With a Demon 14 When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes were arguing with them. 15 Then everyone in the crowd saw Jesus. They were very agitated and ran to greet him. 16 He asked […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 9:8-13 Elijah must come first
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 9:8-13 8 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus. 9 While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. After the Father’s command to […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 9:5-7 Listen to him
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 9:5-7 5 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. We should put up three tents: one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6 He did not know what to say, since they were very frightened. A chronology of Jesus’ […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 9:1-4 The Transfiguration
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 9:1-4 9 And he said to them, “Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.” This is a passage that troubles many readers. How shall we take Jesus’ words? Let’s establish right away […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 8:36-38 Ashamed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 8:36-38 36 For what good will it do a man to gain the whole world but forfeit his soul? 37 For what could a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this, this adulterous and sinful generation, the […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 8:34-35 Pick up your cross
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 8:34-35 34 Then he called the crowd to come to him with his disciples, and said, “If any man would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 8:31-33 Get behind me, Satan
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 8:31-33 31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. Now that the disciples had confessed their faith that […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 8:27-30 The Christ
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 8:27-30 Not without good reason, Professor R.C.H. Lenski makes this point the beginning of the second half of the Gospel of Mark. The reason for this is that, prior to this account, there has been almost no hint of Jesus’ suffering mentioned. But from this point, “the note of suffering […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 8:22-26 Like trees walking
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 8:22-26 Jesus Heals a Blind Man 22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man’s hand and led him out of the village. He spit on the man’s eyes, placed his hands on him, and […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 8:14-21 Talking of yeast…
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 8:14-21 Watch Out for the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 14 Now, they had forgotten to take bread along except for one loaf that they had with them in the boat. 15 “Watch out,” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.” […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 8:9b-13 No sign will be given
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 8:9b-13 After he sent them away, 10 Jesus got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha. Dalmanutha has not yet been identified with certainty. In the 1980s, a first-century fishing boat was discovered in the Ginosar valley, along with a cargo including glass and […]
