Imagine God the Son giving power to twelve men.  Imagine God the Son giving His power to His followers.  Imagine God the Son giving power to you!  He has, if you are a follower of Christ.   Jesus empowered His twelve chosen disciples by His authority.  By His authority He gave the power over […]

   Have you considered where your life began?  Your physical life?  Immediately you think of your parents.  But where did the life of people begin?   The God of the Bible tells us: (NASB) Genesis 2:7 “Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of […]

  The true story of a twelve year old girl’s return to life by the power of Jesus has many applications for us today…the following are a few: Fact: The girl had died and the father was told not to “trouble the Teacher anymore.”  (Luke 8:49)  When a loved one (or even perhaps us) is […]

   Jesus had been approached by a grieving father to come to his home, for his twelve year old daughter was dying.  On the way, in the middle of a large crowd, pressing in on Him, a woman received healing (see yesterday’s devotional) by faith in Jesus.   Now, someone came to the father and […]

  Jesus was on His way with a grieving father whose twelve year old daughter was dying.  There were many people crowding Him, pressing in on Him as He made His way to the man’s house.  It doesn’t take much imagination to “see” that the going was s  l  o  w.   Then the story […]

 (NASB) Luke 8:40 “And as Jesus returned…”   Jesus returned to Galilee from the pagan country of the Gerasenes by boat. (NASB) Luke 8:40 “…the people welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.” How long had they been waiting?  Scripture does not say, however, from careful reading it would seem to have […]

(NASB) Psalm 105:1-4 “OH GIVE thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples, 2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders. 3 Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. 4 Seek the LORD and […]

The Power of Jesus to… *Heal from a distance…Luke 7:1-10 *Raise a dead son to life for a widowed mother…Luke 7:11-17 *What Jesus did to demonstrate Who He was to imprisoned John the Baptist’s disciples… (NASB) Luke 7:22 “And He (Jesus) answered and said to them (John the Baptist’s disciples), ‘Go and report to John […]

A Man’s Condition – Changed or Unchanged?    A man had been delivered from his many demons by Jesus.  In this scene the man is sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind.  He was no longer under the power or the brutal oppression of the demons.  This man was not […]

A Man’s Condition – Changed or Unchanged?  (NASB) Luke 8:37 “And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear; and He got into a boat and returned.” Because a demon-possessed man had been delivered from many demons, because […]