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Daily Devotions

  • Thursday, February 4: Scripture – Mark 1:39


    39 And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.   Prayer Focus: Jesus does what he says he came to do. He goes throughout Galilee proclaiming the message. And yet, notice what else Mark includes: “and casting out demons.” Jesus’ word has power; his teaching makes things happen;…

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  • Wednesday, February 3: Scripture – Mark 1:38


    38 He answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do.” Prayer Focus: Jesus’ response to Simon’s declaration that everyone is looking for him is to say, “we’ve got to go.” Jesus is not going to be…

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  • Tuesday, February 2: Scripture – Mark 1:36-37


    36 And Simon and his companions hunted for him. 37 When they found him, they said to him, “Everyone is searching for you.” Prayer Focus: When Simon and his companions awoke and discovered Jesus was gone, they went looking for him. Jesus was not where they expected him to be. So they went to find…

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  • Monday, February 1: Scripture – Mark 1:35


    35 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. Prayer Focus: As we continue through the first chapter of Mark, you might remember that yesterday we read how the whole city had gathered around the door of the home where…

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  • Sunday, January 31: Scripture – Mark 1:32-34


    Sunday, January 31: Scripture – Mark 1:32-34 32 That evening, at sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered around the door. 34 And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit…

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  • Saturday, January 30: Scripture – Mark 1:29-31


    Saturday, January 30: Scripture – Mark 1:29-31   29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. 31 He came and took her by the hand…

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  • Friday, January 29: Scripture – Mark 1:28


    Friday, January 29: Scripture – Mark 1:28 28 At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee. Prayer Focus: While Jesus does not intend his healing of the man with an unclean spirit as a publicity stunt, that is the result. Jesus’ fame begins to spread throughout the surrounding region of…

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  • Thursday, January 28: Scripture – Mark 1:27


    Thursday, January 28: Scripture – Mark 1:27   27 They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”   Prayer Focus: Those in the synagogue are amazed. Have you ever seen something and just had to…

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  • Wednesday, January 27: Scripture – Mark 1:25-26


    Wednesday, January 27: Scripture – Mark 1:25-26 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. Prayer Focus: Jesus’ ministry of healing and confrontations with unclean spirits are an essential part of his ministry…

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  • Tuesday, January 26: Scripture – Mark 1:23-24


    Tuesday, January 26: Scripture – Mark 1:23-24   23 Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, 24 and he cried out, “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.”   Prayer…

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