Mark 5:1-20
Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon
5 They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. 2 And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. 3 He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, 4 for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him. 7 And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” 8 For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” 9 And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” 10 And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. 11 Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, 12 and they begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.” 13 So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.
14 The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. 15 And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 16 And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs. 17 And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region. 18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. 19 And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Father, I marvel at all You have done for me!
Lord I want to walk with you. I want to live a clean and blessed life with you. I want a beautiful life as a child of God. In Jesus name, Amen 🙏🏻✝🙏🏻✝💜💜🙌🏻🙌🏻
God, be merciful to me, a sinner. May I put away my soiled clothes.
I fall down before Jesus…
When you encounter Jesus you are changed from the inside out.
I am undeserving,yet thankful and blessed by Your mercy, forgiveness, and love.I love You and want to please You by serving others.
You, Jesus, are the air I breathe. Your love is transforming my life!!! Thank you, Jesus!!!
Dear Father,
you know our daughter’s childhood lifetime best friends husband has stage 4 cancer and is currently in the hospital and all the family is devastated. I know even now you can heal him if it be Your will.
Please be with the family and give them your peace and comfort whether or not it is in YOUR WILL to preserve his life on this earth.
Thank you Lord God and help us all to appreciate every blessed day that you give us.
Amen.
We should be telling family and friends what God has done and is doing in our lives today. How He has shown mercy and given grace when we didn’t deserve it. Telling them the change take place when we accept His word is true and believe Jesus is the son of the living God.
Be blessed church
I like to imagine how excited the man was as he told the amazing story of his healing. I wonder how many heard his story and decided to follow the Great Healer, too. He asks us to share our stories in the same manner!