Companionship is what makes every journey enjoyable.

Today, we continue our journey with Jesus.

Join Scott Pauli as we make brief stops in the Gospel according to Mark.

We trust you will enjoy the journey.

Are you having a busy day today? Have you ever had one of those days where it seemed like

from the moment you began to the moment you dropped into

the bed that it just didn't stop.

Some of you're laughing right now and thinking, I have that kind of day every day.

We live in an extremely busy world and the people running here and there and everywhere,

such a busy society.

It's ironic really that with all of our fast food and our time-saving

devices and our technology, we seem to be busier than we've ever been. We live in a hurry

all the time. Some of it is personally created. Some of it is just our own pride. We'd like to talk

about how much we have to do. Some of it is the pressure that

comes on us from other people and things we have to get done. In Mark chapter one, we find one of

Christ's busiest days. As a matter of fact, theologians have often referred to Mark

Chapter 1 as Christ busy day in Copernium. I mean, look at this one day. This is an amazing day. In one day,

he preaches, he calls his first disciples, he cast out a devil, he heals Peter's mother-in-law.

I mean, this is quite a day. And you would imagine that in all of that busyness, that the Lord

Jesus would really have no time for prayer. But in fact, it's the

exact opposite. You see, the Lord Jesus was busy all the time. Remember, he said, I must be about

my father's business. I would argue that there was never a busier man that ever lived, because there

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