Post by Woody Williams on Jun 24, 2007 7:04:32 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Luke 8:26-39
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Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite
Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons
met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live
in a house but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he fell down before
him and shouted at the top of his voice, "What have you to do with
me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me" ,
for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.
(For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound
with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven
by the demon into the wilds.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your
name?" He said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. They
begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.
Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the
demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them
permission. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the
swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was
drowned.
When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it
in the city and in the country. Then people came out to see what had
happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom
the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his
right mind. And they were afraid. Those who had seen it told them how
the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed.
Devotional
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Jesus sometimes traveled in what were gentile regions -- mostly
non-Jewish areas. In this case it was a region across the Sea of
Galilee. He performed and exorcism and gave back this man his life.
This man wanted to stay with Jesus, but Jesus gave him a mission to
spread the news of what Jesus had done for him among his people. His
testimony would give powerful evidence of the kingdom of God among
them and would say that the kingdom of God is for all people.
Prayer
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Help me to look to Jesus for healing and direction, Holy Spirit. Amen
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Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite
Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons
met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live
in a house but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he fell down before
him and shouted at the top of his voice, "What have you to do with
me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me" ,
for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.
(For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound
with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven
by the demon into the wilds.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your
name?" He said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. They
begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.
Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the
demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them
permission. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the
swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was
drowned.
When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it
in the city and in the country. Then people came out to see what had
happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom
the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his
right mind. And they were afraid. Those who had seen it told them how
the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed.
Devotional
----------
Jesus sometimes traveled in what were gentile regions -- mostly
non-Jewish areas. In this case it was a region across the Sea of
Galilee. He performed and exorcism and gave back this man his life.
This man wanted to stay with Jesus, but Jesus gave him a mission to
spread the news of what Jesus had done for him among his people. His
testimony would give powerful evidence of the kingdom of God among
them and would say that the kingdom of God is for all people.
Prayer
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Help me to look to Jesus for healing and direction, Holy Spirit. Amen