Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

Mark 10. 13  And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. 14  But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15  Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all .” 16  And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them. Psalm 96. Sing to the Lord a new song; Sing to the Lord , all the earth. 2  Sing to the Lord , bless His name; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. 3  Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

Great faith is the answer to the problems of Great sinners in need of Great grace which is motivational to Great love. Luke 7. 36-39  One of the Pharisees asked him over for a meal. He went to the Pharisee’s house and sat down at the dinner table. Just then a woman of the village, the town harlot, having learned that Jesus was a guest in the home of the Pharisee, came with a bottle of very expensive perfume and stood at his feet, weeping, raining tears on his feet. Letting down her hair, she dried his feet, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfume. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man was the prophet I thought he was, he would have known what kind of woman this is who is falling all over him.” 40  Jesus said to him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Oh? Tell me.” 41-42  “Two men were in debt to a banker. One owed five hundred silver pieces, the other fifty. Neither of them could pay up, and so th...

Mark 10. 10  Getting up, He *went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds *gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them. 2  Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to [ a ] divorce a wife. 3  And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4  They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and [ b ] send her away .” 5  But Jesus said to them, “ [ c ] Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6  But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female . 7  For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother [ d ] , 8  and the two shall become one flesh ; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9  What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” 10  In the house the disciples began questioning Him about...

Mark 9 38  John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” 39  But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me. 40  For he who is not against us is [ x ] for us. 41  For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink [ y ] because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward. 42  “Whoever causes one of these [ z ] little ones who believe to stumble, it [ aa ] would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he [ ab ] had been cast into the sea. 43  If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into [ ac ] hell, into the unquenchable fire, 44  [ [ ad ] where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched . ] 45 ...

Mark 9. 30  From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it . 31  For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be [ r ] delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.” 32  But they [ s ] did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him. 33  They came to Capernaum; and when He [ t ] was in the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34  But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. 35  Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, [ u ] he shall be last of all and servant of all.” 36  Taking a child, He set him [ v ] before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, 37  “Whoever receives [ w ] one child like this in My name receives ...

Mark 9. 14  When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. 15  Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him. 16  And He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?” 17  And one of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; 18  and [ k ] whenever it seizes him, it [ l ] slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth , and grinds his teeth and [ m ] stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it .” 19  And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” 20  They brought [ n ] the boy to Him. When he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling around and foaming at the mouth . 21  And...

Mark 9 9  And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” 2  Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and [ a ] James and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; 3  and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4  Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. 5  Peter *said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three [ b ] tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6  For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified. 7  Then a cloud [ c ] formed, overshadowing them, and a voice [ d ] came out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son, [ e ] listen to Him!” 8  All at once they looked around and saw no one wit...

Mark 7. 24  Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre [ k ] . And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it ; [ l ] yet He could not escape notice. 25  But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet. 26  Now the woman was a [ m ] Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27  And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not [ n ] good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 28  But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.” 29  And He said to her, “Because of this [ o ] answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” 30  And going back to her home, she found the child [ p ] lying on the bed, the demon having left. Psalm 91. [ b ] For you have made the Lord , my refuge,...