“THE FEELING OF BEING IN HIS PRESENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED AGAIN. Not merely a picture on the wall or a celebrity in a train station, it was feeling familiar when they encountered Jesus again.”
Tag: healing
Why Not Now?
Luke 13: 10-17 When Jesus saw her. . . She caught Jesus’ attention. This story always reminds me of the days I worked at a department store while I attended college. I worked an evening shift, and there was a woman who came in the store from the transit bus stop just outside the door….
This Is What I Came to Do
Isaiah 40: 25-31 Mark 1: 29-39 It was a very busy Sabbath day. Jesus fell asleep late and got up early the next day. We might say that’s what only Jesus would do. Have you ever been at a place in your relational life or professional life or when you were a child when you…
The Whole Package
Mark 1: 21-28 A bible commentary I read recently depicted Jesus in the gospel of Mark in three facets: preacher, teacher and exorcist. In our lesson today, he’s described as a teacher with authority, not like the scribes. We don’t know what he taught in the synagogue that day. Chances are he taught about the…
Manifestations of God In You, Part 2
1 Corinthians 12: 4-11 The next three gifts from 1 Corinthians 12 are healing, working of miracles, prophecy. I feel the need to say I believe in the manifestations of the gifts of God in and through believers in and through the church. I believe, as Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 12:7, “To each is…
Bring Him What You Are
And he stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out before all of them; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” — Mark 2: 12 Great God, I love you. We have never seen anything like this! Alleluia. “Bring him your best. …
Forgetfulness Removed
While driving home from work one day last week, I stopped by to see April’s uncle at the hospital. As I neared the hospital, I recalled visiting a woman from Albertville at Marshall South Medical Center in Boaz six years ago. She’d been diagnosed with cancer. I shared with her being prayed for by a…
Shame, Labor, Destiny
We sense, no, we know seasons have changed. I saw a posting by Kris Vallotton on Facebook. Its a quote from Thomas Leonard, a major contributor to the development of personal coaching. “Motivation is an external temporary high than pushes you forward. Inspiration is a sustainable internal glow which pulls you forward.” Motivation is…
And, Again, Alleluia!
“There is going to Jesus in an uncertain environment and believing or taking Jesus with you into a mourning or defeated environment and believing. Be it going to him or taking him with you where you’re going, victory is had in believing, trusting in him where you find him or where you ask him to go.”
Psalm 102 in The Message 