JESUS CALMS A STORM

On the evening of that same day, Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they left the crowd; the disciples got into the boat in which Jesus was already sitting, and they took Him with them. Other boats were there too. Suddenly a strong wind blew up, and the waves began to spill over into the boat, so that it was about to fill with water. Jesus was in the back of the boat, sleeping with head on a pillow. The disciples woke Him up and said, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are about to die?”

Jesus stood up and commanded the wind, “Be quiet!” and He said to the waves, “Be still!” The wind died down, and there was great calm. Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Why are you frightened? Have you still no faith?”

But they were terribly afraid and said to one another, “Who is this man? Even the wind and waves obey Him!”

(Mark 4:35)

May the Lord bless you and take care of you. May He be kind and gracious to you. May the Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.

With love filled blessings,

Your Sister in Christ

CHRISTEEN SECTION

THE RICH MAN

A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to receive eternal life?”

“Why do you call me good?”  Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.  You know the commandments:  Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely; respect your father and your mother.”

The man replied, “Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments.”

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do.  Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow Me.”  But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.

Jesus saw that he was sad and said, “How hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God!  It is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God, than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. 

The people who heard Him asked, “Who, then, can be saved?”

Jesus answered, “What is impossible for man is possible for God.”

(Luke 18 : 18 – 27)