PrayerBits
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Sunday
Scripture lesson: Mark 6:1-13 shake off the dust
Time to reflect: Jesus and his followers were greeted with a great deal of indifference, unbelief and even hostility. He was not so obviously the “Messiah” and “Son of God” that people couldn't just write him off as “Mary's kid,” and big brother to James and the others.
Moving through the day: Visualize a Jesus that looked, sounded, acted – actually was – just like you. Does this diminish his divinity in your eyes? Would the disciples have to shake the dust off their sandals if the visited you, your town, your church?
That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"
He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"
They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"
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