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March 18 - Mark 5 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Wednesday.
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  It's the 18th of March, which is Global Recycling Day.
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  That's right. This is the day all around the
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  world when people think how can I reduce my waste?
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  For example, in the Connery household, we drink a lot of
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  tea. When I say a lot of tea, at
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  least 15 tea bags. We're getting disposed of every
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  day. And I thought there has to be a
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  better way. And we worked out we can
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  actually buy tea in these enormous 2K bags which will last
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  us for months. And now we make a pot of tea
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  with loose leaf tea. And then I Chuck out those tea
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  leaves onto the grass. And that's where we play
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  cricket. And I don't know whether that
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  makes it a more British or maybe more Indian or maybe more Sri
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  Lankan. So many parts of the world, so
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  many cricketing nations have ownership over tea.
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  I'll have to ponder that, what that makes our cricket pitch.
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  But anyway, what is something that you could do?
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  And I guess for me, what is one more thing that I can do today
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  to try and reduce my footprint in this world so that we can
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  pass on a functioning planet to our grandkids?
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  There you have it friends, Global Recycling day.
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  What can we do to make a difference, even if it's only
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  one tea bag at a time and talking about make a difference.
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  Wow. Today we will continue reading
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  the story of Jesus life as he certainly more than any other
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  human on the face of our planet, made a difference to all of us.
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  And so today we're going to continue reading through the
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  Gospel of Mark, hearing about Jesus teaching Jesus actions,
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  Jesus miracles. Incredible.
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  So strap yourselves in friends, as we read together Mark chapter
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  5. So they arrived at the other
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  side of the lake, in the region of the Garrucines.
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  When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil
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  spirit came out of the tombs to meet him.
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  This man lived in the burial caves and could no longer be
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  restrained even with a chain. Whenever he was put into chains
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  and shackles, as he often was, he snapped the chains from his
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  wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to
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  subdue him. Day and night he wandered among
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  the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting
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  himself with sharp stones. When Jesus was still some
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  distance away, the man saw him, ran to meet him, and bowed low
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  before him. With a shriek he screamed.
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  Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God,
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  in the name of God, I beg you, don't torture me.
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  For Jesus had already said to the Spirit, Come out of the man,
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  you evil spirit. Then Jesus demanded, What is
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  your name? And he replied, My name is
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  legion, because there are many of us inside this man.
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  Then the evil spirit begged him again and again not to send them
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  to some distant place. There happened to be a large
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  herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby.
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  Send us into those pigs, the Spirit begged.
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  Let us enter them. So Jesus gave them permission.
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  The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and in
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  the entire herd of about 2000 pigs plunged down the steep
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  hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
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  The herdsmen fled to the nearby town and the surrounding
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  countryside, spreading the news as they ran.
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  People rushed out to see what had happened.
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  A crowd soon gathered around Jesus and I saw the man who had
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  been possessed by the legion of demons.
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  He was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly sane, and
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  they were all afraid. Then those who had seen what had
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  happened told the others about the demon possessed man and the
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  pigs, and the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away
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  and leave them alone. As Jesus was getting into the
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  boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him,
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  but Jesus said no. Go home to your family and tell
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  them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he
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  has been. So the man started off to visit
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  the 10 towns of that region and began to proclaim the great
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  things Jesus had done for him and everyone was amazed at what
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  he told them. Jesus got into the boat again
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  and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd
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  gathered around him on the shore.
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  Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was
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  Jairus, arrived, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet,
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  pleading fervently with him. My little daughter is dying, he
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  said. Please come and lay your hands
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  on her. Heal her so she can live.
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  Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around
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  him. A woman in the crowd had
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  suffered for 12 years with constant bleeding.
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  She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the
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  years she had spent everything she had to pay them.
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  But she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse.
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  She had heard about Jesus. So she came up behind him
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  through the crowd and touched his robe.
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  For she thought to herself, if I can just touch his robe, I will
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  be healed. Immediately the bleeding stopped
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  and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her
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  terrible condition. Jesus realised at once that
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  healing power had gone out from him.
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  So he turned around in the crowd and asked, Who touched my robe?
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  His disciples said to him, Look at this crowd pressing against
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  you. How can you ask who touched me?
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  But he kept on looking around to see who had done it.
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  Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realisation of
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  what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front
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  of him and told him what she had done.
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  And he said to her daughter, Your faith has made you well.
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  Go in peace, your suffering is over.
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  While he was still speaking to her, messengers arrived from the
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  House of Gyrus, the leader of the synagogue.
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  They told him, your daughter is dead, there's no use troubling
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  the teacher now. But Jesus overheard them and
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  said to Gyrus, Don't be afraid, just have faith.
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  Then Jesus stopped the crowd and wouldn't let anyone go with him
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  except Peter, James and John, the brother of James.
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  When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw
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  much commotion and weeping and wailing.
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  He went inside and asked why all this commotion and weeping.
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  The child isn't dead, she's only asleep.
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  The crowd laughed at him, but he made them all leave and he took
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  the girl's father and mother and his three disciples into the
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  room where the girl was lying holding her hand.
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  He said to her, Talitha Kum, which means little girl, get up.
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  And the girl who was 12 years old immediately stood up and
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  walked around. They were overwhelmed and
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  totally amazed. Jesus gave them strict orders
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  not to tell anyone what had happened, and then he told them
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  to give her something to eat. Well Jesus, you are officially
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  unbelievable. Not even death nor the powers of
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  evil and darkness can do anything but flee in your
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  presence. You are Lord over all.
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  You are supreme over all creation, everything in this
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  universe and beyond in the realm of life and death.
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  So we worship you and we say that you are the most High
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  Creator, the one who always was, the one who is, and the one who
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  always will be. And we just fall at your feet in
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  worship of you and the magnitude of all that you are.
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  You are remarkable, Jesus, and we just praise you.
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  Thank you for loving us. Thank you for drawing near to
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  us. And as we read this gospel, we
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  see these stories of you drawing near to people taking an
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  interest in the small things of their lives to show that your
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  love is not just a global love, but it's a love intimate for
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  each one of us. So we thank you and we pray all
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  of this in your name, Jesus, Amen.