Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

Mark 6. 46  After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray.

Mark 6. 33  The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them. 34  When Jesus went [ q ] ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

Sheila and I were blessed to live in Denver, Colorado, for thirty-three years.  We had many snow days and I enjoyed them until a few of them together pushed me to move back to Texas for my "retirement years" (no retirement). In the last week we went to Denver for the first time together in eighteen months to celebrate some good friends, Jerry and Fern Pierce, on their 60th anniversary. We returned on one of the last flights to Dallas last night prior to airports being closed.  This morning I heard 3,000 flights are cancelled in the DFW area. So my devo today D150305 Things to do on a snowy day. Here's what you can do if you are physically active. Sled down a hill. Build a snow man. Have a snowball fight. Help someone stuck in the snow. Here's what you can do if you are all and any age with our without physical limits. A snow day will be a chance to take more time to . Call a friend and encourage him/her. Pray for peace. Dare keep going...

Mark 8. 33  But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on [ s ] God’s interests, but man’s.”

Mark 8. 27  Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” 28  They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.” 29  And He continued by questioning them, “ But who do you say that I am? ” Peter *answered and *said to Him, “You are [ q ] the Christ.” 30  And He [ r ] warned them to tell no one about Him.

Mark 8. 22  And they *came to Bethsaida. And they *brought a blind man to Jesus and *implored Him to touch him. 23  Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24  And he [ o ] looked up and said, “I see men, for [ p ] I see them like trees, walking around.” 25  Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.

Mark 8. 15  And He was giving orders to them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” 16  They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17  And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet see or understand? Do you have a [ n ] hardened heart? 18  Having eyes, do you not see ? And having ears, do you not hear ? And do you not remember , 19  when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.” 20  “When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.” 21  And He was saying to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

Mark 8. 11  The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a [ h ] sign from heaven, [ i ] to test Him. 12  Sighing deeply [ j ] in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek for a [ k ] sign? Truly I say to you, [ l ] no [ m ] sign will be given to this generation.” 13  Leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.