... this, that even wind and sea obey him?" I. The Fury of the Storm There are three elements of this word picture that Mark has painted for us that we need to ponder this day. The First is the fury of the storm. Storms are part of ... of the country's best competitive divers. That makes it almost unbelievable to think that she suffers from a dizzying condition called vertigo. Mary Ellen experienced her first attack of vertigo after a dive in a college meet in Australia in 1988. After plunging into the water, she ...
... at the church and served as coach. And, after a few years, was chosen as a deacon to serve in the youth ministry. In short," says Mary Hollingsworth, "he stopped ACTING like Jesus and began LIVING like Jesus." (6) That can happen in a person's life. Jesus reveals God to us. He ... (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1996). 4. Put Your Best Foot Forward by Jo-Ellen Dimitrius and Mark Mazzarella, Scribner, New York, 2000, p. 49. 5. Peter Lewis. The Lord's Prayer: On Our Knees and in His Arms (Chicago: Moody Press, ...
... part of what was said. Neither visions nor voices can compare with the value of the word of God. Let me be very plain. Between Moses and Matthew, Malachi and Mark, Lamentations and Luke, Jeremiah and John, Amos and Acts, and Proverbs and Paul, we have God's complete once-for-all revelation. We don't need Joseph Smith, Mary Baker Eddy, Ellen White, Nancy Fowler, golden tablets, dreams and visions, or another testament; all we need is what we have, which is the inspired truth of the infallible word of God ...
... on her.” After 15 years of praying daily for her mother, the woman asked herself, “Why am I wasting my breath?” At the 19-year mark, she considered giving up. The woman admitted that her faith was weak, that she wanted to give up on her mother meeting Christ and making a ... -Johnson http://www.gbgm-umc.org/wats1stumc/sermon0820.html. 4. Contributed. Source unknown. 5. By Ellen Peach @Sent by Mary Sutherland. RichardWimer@xc.org @Wit & Wisdom. 6. Charles Colson’s Breakpoint. Cited in MONDAY FODDER, ...
... lesson opens Jesus is in Bethany, where Mary and Martha and Lazarus lived. Bethany was a small village about one and a half ... the sidewalk. The old man observed, “We hear what our ears are trained to hear.” Psychologist Ellen Langer says that many people are so preoccupied with their daily tasks that they rarely listen to ... ) How well do you listen to those around you? How well do you listen to God? Author Mark Buchanan tells about a scene from the movie Ray which was based on the life of musician ...
... the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny the only Lord God and ... . We don't need a revelation of new truth. We just need an application of the old truth. We don't need Joseph Smith, Mary Baker Eddy, Ellen White, golden tablets, or dreams and visions. All we need is what we have, which is the inspired truth of the infallible Word of ...
... her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them.” (Mark 1:30-31) Years ago, I thought nothing of it, but now... She was sick in bed, Jesus healed ... world. The twenty-first century has seen the Harvard-educated Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf elected as President of Liberia, Africa’s first ... scripture —Rebekah, Sarah, Rachel, Hannah, Ruth, and Queen Esther. In the New Testament we have Mary, of course. Women were the first witnesses to the resurrection. In the early church we ...