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Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” Mark 1:38 At the tender age of 30, I already find that I’m becoming quite forgetful. I’m renowned at school for being absolutely hopeless at remembering names. I also occasionally suffer from that problem …
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That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door. Mark 1:32-33 When I worked in London, I used to sneak out from work occasionally to get myself a coffee from Starbucks. I worked right in the middle of the City, and the nearest …
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Arsenal v Arsenal? Unlikely! “Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? And if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, …
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And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. Mark 1:21-22 Everyone remembers a good teacher. But everyone remembers a bad one too! When I was …
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21They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. 22The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. 23Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out,24“What …
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Will you fish? ’Behold, I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. For my eyes are on all their ways. They are …
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Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel’. Mark 1:14-15 Sometimes I get excited about the most ridiculous things. Over the last few years, I’ve got into the Harry …
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Getting ready for the messiah A voice cries: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And …
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Let us run the race marked out for us Therefore, since we are surrounded by a such a great crowd of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1 I was recently in training …
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An Impressive First Impression! 1The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2It is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”— ? 3“a voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ …
