Today's Reading: Mark 6: 7-13
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Bible Study
Mark 3: 13-19 talks about how Jesus appointed His twelve apostles.
From Mark 3: 20 to 5: 43 we see how Jesus demonstrated His power and way of doing Kingdom work to heal, driving out demons and preaching.
But in Mark 6: 1-6, right in Jesus own home village, even Jesus could not do any miracles. Verse 6 says that Jesus was amazed at their lack of faith.
Right after that Jesus sent all His twelve apostles to practice what they had been learning to test their faith. It was like a kind of mid-term examination. They did the same things Jesus taught them, to preach, to drive out demons and to heal the sick.
They all did well with what they had learned from Jesus.
How do you practice what you learn from Jesus to heal, to drive out demons and to preach?
Have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage of scripture we have just read. Offer this time up to God as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"
My Spiritual Journal
What I heard from Jesus today is: Practice! Practice! Practice!
I bought a T-shirt from the gift shop of Carnegie Hall. The front is "Do you know how to get to Carnegie Hall" and the back is "Practice! Practice! Practice!"
This is such an inspiring T-shirt for me as a musician as well as a pastor. What can we get if we do not practice what we have learned?
The standard coaching process is this:
I do, you watch
I do, you help
You do, I help
You do, I watch
You do, your apprentice watch
You do, your apprentice help
your apprentice does, you help
You apprentice does, you watch
Right after Jesus seems discouraged of His family and people from His home town were lack of faith, Jesus gave all His twelve disciples a faith booster. And after this practicing of what they had learned they reached a new level of faith!
How do you practice what you have learned from Jesus? Or, you are doing nothing?
Come on, get up and practice!
Do you know the way to be a faithful disciple of Jesus?
Practice! Practice! Practice!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to have the courage and the willingness to practice what we experience and learn from you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Chinese praise song - 这一生最美的祝福 The Most Wonderful Blessing of My Life
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