Prince of Peace | Isaiah 9:6

and his name shall be calledWonderful Counselor,Mighty God,Everlasting Father,Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 ESV For the Hebrews, peace encompassed more than just the absence of war and strife. Peace was the state of perfect existence, the world as it was meant to be. Peace is what we were made for, the nagging feeling in our …

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The Lord’s Supper: The Love We Remember

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also …

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Eyes to See | Mark 8:22-26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2li2Gngj-4&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=32 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do …

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Ears to Hear | Mark 7:31-37

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zarMmEITk2w&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=29 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. And taking him aside from the …

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Evil Things Come from Within | Mark 7:14-23

And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” And when he had entered the house and left …

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Making Void the Word of God by Traditions | Mark 6:53-7:13

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he came, …

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Feeding the 5000 | Mark 6:30-44

The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a …

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The Sending of the Twelve | Mark 6:7-13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsXI9I20F-A&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=22 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. And he said …

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He Marveled Because of Their Unbelief | Mark 6:1-6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hstzX1c4mKU&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=21 He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done …

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Do Not Fear, Only Believe | Mark 5:20-43

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgnbohswgiA&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=20 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is …

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