Good morning. I hope everything is well with you. After facing the storm going to the other side, of course everything is great, right? Well Jesus meets these two demon possessed men. In another gospel is says just one. They were exceedingly violent, and no one could pass by where they were. They cry out "what do we have to do with You, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?” Notice that they recognized Him as being the Son of God. They recognize that there is going to be a time when they will be subjected to torment. They are concerned that the He has come there specifically to start the torment ahead of time. They asked to be cast into a herd of pigs, and Jesus permits them. The pigs run into the water and die. The men watching the pigs run into the city and tell everything, including the incident of the demoniacs. The people of the city come and beg Him to leave. The owners of the pigs just lost a lot of money. Everyone from the city is afraid of someone who has that much power over demons. Who knows what He might do next. God cared so much about the souls of these two men, that He sent His Son, Jesus, through a storm just to liberate them. What do Jesus and the disciples do? They get into the boat and go back over. People bring a paralytic lying on a bed to Jesus. In Mark, Jesus is inside a house that is so full that the men cannot get inside the house with the paralytic. Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “take courage, My son, your sins are forgiven.” It wasn't just the paralytic’s faith, it was also the men who were carrying him's faith. They all could've sat around their house moaning and groaning that Jesus was not there to heal their friend. Instead they did something about it. They went to the source of healing – Jesus. Too often we sit around the house and moaning and groaning about whatever problem we have instead of going to our source – Jesus. We will continue this tomorrow. Father thank You that You that You care so much for the reader that You would send someone through a storm just to meet his/her needs.

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