Hi friends, I am Annie F Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles.

Listen, if you are enjoying this podcast and me too, me too, I'm having such a good

time this year with this rhythm. Would you take a second and

rate and review the show especially as we're getting close to February when people might

want to jump in with us with a brand new month and they want a new rhythm? Your five stars, your couple of words about what the show

means to you really changes things over on Apple Podcast. So if you get a chance to do

that that would mean a lot. Here's how this works. I'm going to read one chapter

to you today. You can listen, read along in your own

Bible and then I'll mention it first or an idea that stood out to me and then I'll pray and that's

it. So today is January 26th. I'll be reading Mark 5 from the new international version.

Mark 5.

They went across the lake to the region of the garacines.

When Jesus got out of the boat,

a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.

This man lived in the tombs, and no one combined him anymore, not even with a chain.

For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet.

No one was strong enough to subdue him.

Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

When he saw Jesus from a distance he ran and fell on

his knees in front of him. He shouted at the top of his voice,

what do you want with me Jesus, son of the Most High God? In God's name, don't torture me. For Jesus had had said to him come out of this man you and pure spirit

Then Jesus asked him what is your name my name is legion he replied for we are many and he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.

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