
Matthew 8:28-34
GET THIS: Storms within and powers of evil are no match for the love of Jesus, but not everyone chooses the Kingdom.
Jesus Confronting Another Storm!
Read Matthew 8:28
Other Scriptures: Mark 5:3-5; Luke 8:27, 8:29; Psalm 2:2-3; Romans 6:20-21
Resource Article: Does Demon Possession Happen in the West?
Jesus Confronting the Powers of Evil!
Read Matthew 8:29-32
Other Scriptures: Mark 4:38
Not Everyone Chooses The Kingdom
Read Matthew 8:33-34
“I would like to buy $3 worth of God please, not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of him to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant. I want ecstasy, not transformation; I want the warmth of the womb, not a new birth. I want a pound of the eternal in a paper sack. I would like to buy $3 dollars worth of God please.” —-Wilbur Rees
Other Scriptures: Mark 5:18-20; 2 Corinthians 5:21
Take Time To Reflect
(1) Are you experiencing any storms within?
(2) What owns your life sometimes that isn’t Jesus? What are your besetting sins within?
(3) Who do you know who is a slave to sin? Who is seemingly under the control of sin and shame?
(4) What is the thing in your life, that if you lost it as “kingdom collateral” might cause you to push Jesus away?
GET THIS: Storms within and powers of evil are no match for the love of Jesus, but not everyone chooses the Kingdom.