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In today's reading we will cover Matthew Chapters 4:23-25 and 9:1-15, Mark Chapter 2:1-45, and Luke Chapters 4:31-44, and 5:12-26. Today we will read about the great compassion that Jesus had for the people who came to him seeking healing from illness, disease, and demon possession. In today's reading Jesus' showed His compassion was not just for strangers, but for those people closest to his disciples. Jesus healed Peter's mother-in-law from her high fever as she lay bedridden. He took her by the hand, helped her up out of bed, and she was immediately healed. Later, a man with a skin disease approached Jesus and said that if Jesus was willing, He could heal the man. Jesus showed incredible compassion by both responding, "I am willing" and then reaching out his hand to touch the affected man. In this instance Jesus warned the man not to say how he had been healed but instead to go offer the gift that Moses described should be offered to God as a result of the healing. But the man, instead, began to proclaim and spread the word about what Jesus had done for him SO MUCH, that Jesus was no longer able to enter a town openly, but had to stay out in wilderness areas! Another man received so much compassion from Jesus that his sins were forgiven! Jesus tells us that He did so in order to show that He had the authority to do it, rather just telling the man to pick up his mat and walk home, which Jesus also did.
In our discussion for daily application we will talk about being compassionate on people as Jesus is compassionate on us, as well as the importance of being witnesses to the things Jesus does for us and sharing with others our experiences with Jesus' compassion on us. Jesus saved us from our sins by accepting the punishment for us. He gave us eternal life for believing in Him and sent God's Holy Spirit to live within us! The changes that we experienced as a result of this process are worth sharing and telling others about! We ALL have amazing stories to share, so let's SHARE THEM the way this man did and encourage others to come to a saving faith in Jesus as THEIR savior so that they, too, can experience amazing things with Jesus!
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