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I believe; help my unbelief! Mark 9:24 I find significant comfort in the transparency of others regarding their own flaws and imperfections. I’m not glad that others struggle. I’m just thankful when those who do struggle, admit it. It makes me feel much less alone to know that others are as flawed as I am.…
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Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed . . . Mark 8:38 When I was a kid, my dad and I knew a particularly foul-mouthed man (who has long-since passed away) who was accustomed to using profanity…
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Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. Mark 8:35 I’ve lived two very different lives. In one life, I was a reasonably successful ER physician who had a decent reputation. I was hiding a secret addiction, but as long as…
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Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man. Mark 8:33 Once, while driving in the fog, I turned south towards my destination. After a few minutes, I noticed the compass in my car telling me that I was headed back north.…
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They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind . . . Mark 5:15 Honestly, I struggle with today’s passage. In the story, Jesus encountered a demon-possessed man. Violent and impossible to restrain, this man lived naked among the tombs,…
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Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing? Mark 4:38 Often, in stupid, little frustrations, I find myself turning on God. When I’m late, can’t find my keys, the traffic is bad, and I’m low on gas, I find myself muttering, Come on God! I’m going to speak at the treatment center for you.…
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It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in…
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The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. Mark 4:26-27 It’s maddening to watch someone destroy his life in an addiction. We can’t stand by and do nothing, but no matter…
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Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? Mark 4:21 Ashamed and afraid of discovery, I did everything I could to keep my drug use secret. I lied. I used in the dark. I isolated. I certainly didn’t share my struggle with anyone. In…
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Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? Mark 4:21 Time in the car is good thinking time for me, so yesterday, as I was driving into the cities, I found myself meditating on today’s passage about being a light to the world.…
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