Prayerful Pondering
by Pat Luffman Rowland
Author: Pat Luffman Rowland
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Mark 7:32-37 “Again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis. They brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they implored Him to lay His hand on him” (Mark 7:31-32 NAS). When this story takes place,…
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Here we have the report of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law being very ill with a fever. If her fever had been a simple one, I don’t think Luke, a physician, would have bothered to record it as one of Jesus’ healings. Luke defined the fever as a high one (v38). That this woman’s fever was also reported by…
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I once heard a missionary tell of watching an arm grow back due to a new believer’s faith. It happened in a country where faith was new and pure. When they came to believe in God, they believed every word of the Bible along with it. Faith like this provides a means for miracles that…
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Some of those healed by Jesus had afflictions of long duration: a woman with a 12 year hemorrhage, another bent over for 18 years, and a man who had been an invalid for 38 years. Healed from 12-year hemorrhage (Matthew 9:20-22, Mark 5:25-34, and Luke 8:43-48) Mark 5:26 says “She had suffered a great deal…
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(Matthew 9:27-31; Mark 8:22-25; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43; John 9) We depend on our senses to help us through life. Only through loss can we understand the extent of their importance. The blind depend greatly on touch as a means of getting around and understanding what something is or looks like. Because they are void…
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The gospels tell of two accounts where Jesus healed men who were paralyzed. In both stories, it is the faith of others, those aiding the ones needing to be healed, that is seen. Centurion’s Servant (Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:1-10) A centurion was a Roman officer who commanded one hundred men; he was in a position…
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The healings of Jesus are told in the first four books of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the synoptic gospels because they each tell the stories of Jesus’ life and ministry with a similar view and structure. The gospel of John focuses on proving that…
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If we do not take time to dig deep into scripture, we will miss the wisdom and direction for our personal journeys. We read the experiences of others, but there, in the midst, we find truths for ourselves. If we search scriptures for hidden truths, we will see how there is something there just for…
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Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, when I said, “This far you may come and no farther; here is where…
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There is an important and revealing lesson on Christ-like behavior in Luke 7:36-50. The caption over this section in my Bible reads “Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman.” Before reading further, would you say the word that grabs your attention most is sinful or anointed? I suspect it is the first, that which describes the…