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Healing Mercy – Matthew 20:29-34

“Although we have no claim on God’s mercies, and although they are altogether undeserved, nonetheless they never cease. We have done much to provoke God and give Him cause to cut off His mercy

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Mustard Seed Faith – Matthew 17:14-20

I remember thinking that this poor man who could not speak and who desperately wanted to speak needed a miracle. He had come to the center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where we were ministering to street children

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The Blind See – Matthew 9:27-31

Do blind people see anything? Seems like a strange question, but it really refers to whether blind people see something with their minds rather than their eyes. People who have been blind from birth say

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Raising the Dead – Matthew 9:18-26

Pastor David Platt, pastor and former head of the Southern Baptist Mission Board, shared a story with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee on September 19, 2016, in Nashville, of a man

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Forgiveness as Healing – Matthew 9:1-8

Brandt Jean offered forgiveness and a hug to Amber Guyger, the police officer who shot Brandt’s brother in his own apartment, mistakenly believing it was her apartment and he was an intruder. Many

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Healed to Serve – Matthew 8:14-17

I came across a blog by a woman whose mother died in 2011 of cancer. She was grief stricken but came to the decision that rather than becoming bitter she would write to encourage others who are in pain.

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Astonishing Faith – Matthew 8:5-13

Hudson Taylor, the missionary to China in the 1880’s, was known for his faith. With his fellow missionaries he was believing God for 100 new missionaries and $50,000 dollars in donations in 1887

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The Touch That Heals – Matthew 8:1-4

Paul Zak, also known as Dr. Love, has a prescription for making the world a better place…eight hugs a day. He has demonstrated that hugging is a way of raising one’s oxytocin levels and increased

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Places of Desperation: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 10:46-52)

We reach places of desperation in our lives.  Some of us let desperation drive us to despair.  Some of us maintain stiff upper lips.  Some of us take our lives.  Some of us call out for help. Jesus

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Should I Be Doing Miracles?: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 9:14-29)

You have no doubt heard reports of certain Christians or ministries experiencing the power of miracles in their work.  What do you do with that?  Immediately discount it?  Immediately embrace it? 

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Waiting For the Final Healing: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 8:22-26)

Many of us, no, I guess I should say all of us, have experienced a partial healing from God.  All of us who are born again, that is.  We have been restored to relationship with God, but there are still

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Crumby Faith: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 7:24-30)

Does it sometimes feel like the only way to get your requests of God answered is to have someone really spiritual pray them for you, or say the requests the right way, or be holy enough to deserve an answer? 

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Daily Thoughts from Mark: No Placebo Affect (Mark 2:1-12)

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word

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