31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went by way of Sidon toward the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32 They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. 34 Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37 They were astounded beyond measure, saying, “He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”
Prayer Focus: It is remarkable at the different ways that Jesus heals in the Gospel of Mark. In the story we considered yesterday, Jesus merely told the woman that the demon had left her daughter. In our verses today, Jesus puts his fingers in the man’s ears, he spat and touched his tongue, before looking up to heaven and saying “Be opened.” Pray that you might not think there’s only one way for Jesus to work in your life and in the life of others today. Pray that you might “be open.”
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