Jesus said, go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you.

Mark 519

Welcome to this daily encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our Worth in Christ was written by Mike Whitmer and read by Stephen Tabor. Mark chapter 5 verses 1 through 6, 12 and 13, and 18 through 20.

They went across the lake to the region of the Jerocenes. 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 could bind him any more, 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. And now picking up at verse 12. The demons begged Jesus, send us among the pigs, allow us to go into them.

He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs.

The herd, about 2,000 in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

And now verses 18 through 20.

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him.

Jesus did not let him, but said, go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord

has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.

So the man went away and began to tell him the Decaphalus how much Jesus had done for him,

and all the people were amazed.

Our Worth in Christ, written by Mike Whitmer.

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At his sentencing, the judge said he was a waste of human life.

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