Heart & Hand

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

Daily Thoughts 

January 21, 2025

Heart & Hand

That evening after sunset, many sick and demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. The whole town gathered at the door to watch.

Mark 1:32-33

Read Mark 1:21-34

Jesus taught with confidence and authority. Jesus had such compassion for the people he spent half the night in Peter’s home healing the sick and casting out demons. That was Good News for the people, and they were drawn to him. The verse quoted above reminds me of mission trips to Cuba where people filled the house where we were preaching and lined up by the windows and doors. I remember an evening in Ciego de Ávila where the crowd spilled out onto the front porch. A man and wife, out for their evening walk, curious about the singing and large crowd, stopped and listened from the street. Later, when I gave an invitation to receive Jesus, they were the first to respond.

Jesus had a heart of compassion for the people, and out of that compassion his hands brought a healing touch.

My Takeaway: My mission statement, seeking the life in Christ as my way of life, is inspired by Philippians 2:5 (NEB), “Let you bearing for one another arise from your life in Christ.” It is within my life in Christ that my Godly compassion for others is nurtured. And it is Godly compassion that empowers our healing touch for others.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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