For Reading and meditation: Mark 16: 17-20
Here we see a call of great commission given to all Christians. Jesus said “go in to the all world and preach the gospel to every creature (mark 16:15). He has also given us the power to drive out demons, speak in new tongues, heal the sick etc… The only condition for doing all these things was to believe. The bible says: And these signs will accompany those who believe (Mark 16:17a). The signs and wonders are given to us as promise to those who believe. If we think about these days, signs and wonders are not regular incidents in our churches. (May not be all the churches but church at large). May be we have to pause for a while to think about what we believe. Not just to see the miracle but to expand the kingdom of God. Bible says : Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it(Mark 16:20).The Greek root meaning for the word confirmed given here is to make firm, establish, secure, guarantee etc… The miracles that accompanied disciples preaching confirmed to the people the disciples were right. God was backing up their message with supernatural phenomena. We need miracles today not to bring glory to ourselves but to confirm the word we are preaching. The church should be proactive in their faith to establish the kingdom of light over darkness. We need to ask God to give us the passion of the early church to revive us…….
Prayer: Dear Father, May our heart be enlightened in order that we may know the hope to which you have called us, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. In Jesus name. Amen
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