Daily Devotion Text

August 17, 2020

Mark 1- 2020-08-17

By gracepoint In Devotion Text, Mark with Comments Off on Mark 1- 2020-08-17
  • Journal

    Please use one of the prompts below to get your journaling started.

    • Explore your fears and what’s behind them.
    • Write about a relational conflict you are experiencing.
    • List out all that you are grateful for.
    • Recall a significant reaction, conversation or event.

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  • Bible Text:

    Mark 1:21-28

    21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22 And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!”

    26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

    28 And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

    Questions

  • The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

    Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

    And Jesus’ first message to the world was:

    Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

    Please choose from one or more of the prompts below to reflect over and apply today’s text.

    • What do I need to repent of? 
    • What false beliefs do I need to reject? 
    • What do I need to believe? 
    • How is the gospel good news for me?
    • What does this text reveal about Jesus?
    • What does this text reveal about me?

    Prayer 

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