Mark 5:19 But Jesus refused to permit him, but said to him, Go home to your own [family and relatives and friends] and bring back word to them of how much the Lord has done for you, and [how He has] had sympathy for you and mercy on you. Amplified Bible (AMP)
Jarm, our youth pastor, was telling us of the upcoming missions trips for the coming year. In introducing them he said they were about life change, both for those being served and those serving. In our youth group we are taking a look at 8 different miracles that Jesus performed. When you stop and think about it, they all involved life change as well. For those being healed from illness, disability, or release from demons or the weight of sin their lives would never be the same.
Can you relate to this?
In today's passage, the demoniac is freed from his "demons". He wants to stay with Jesus, to follow Him. Instead, Jesus instructs him to go and tell his story, what Jesus had done for him, to his friends and family. I was reminded of the song that some of us may have learned as a child in Sunday School. Stop; and Let Me Tell You.
Stop; and let me tell you
What the Lord has done for me.
Stop; and let me tell you
What the Lord has done for me.
He forgave my sin
And He saved my soul,
He cleansed my heart
And He made me whole.
Stop; and let me tell you
What the Lord has done for me.
What the Lord has done for me.
Stop; and let me tell you
What the Lord has done for me.
He forgave my sin
And He saved my soul,
He cleansed my heart
And He made me whole.
Stop; and let me tell you
What the Lord has done for me.
What has the Lord freed you, delivered you from or through this year. This Thanksgiving and Christmas season, as we spend time with family and friends, may we take time to "stop and tell the story" of what the Lord has done and is doing in our lives. Some may be astonished.
In Christ,
Mike
Mike
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Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace NIV
Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace NIV
Mark 5:18-20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
18 And when He had stepped into the boat, the man who had been controlled by the unclean spirits kept begging Him that he might be with Him.
19 But Jesus refused to permit him, but said to him, Go home to your own [family and relatives and friends] and bring back word to them of how much the Lord has done for you, and [how He has] had sympathy for you and mercy on you.
20 And he departed and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten cities] how much Jesus had done for him, and all the people were astonished and marveled.
18 And when He had stepped into the boat, the man who had been controlled by the unclean spirits kept begging Him that he might be with Him.
19 But Jesus refused to permit him, but said to him, Go home to your own [family and relatives and friends] and bring back word to them of how much the Lord has done for you, and [how He has] had sympathy for you and mercy on you.
20 And he departed and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten cities] how much Jesus had done for him, and all the people were astonished and marveled.
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