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Marching into Mark Chapter Five

Marching into Mark Chapter Five

(c)2023 M. Christine Wildman

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 72, March 13 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Five

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

  • Mark 5 (some cross referencing in Matthew 8 and 9)
    • Mk 5:1-20 Gadarene or Gerasene Demoniac
      • vs 1-2 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.[a] 2 As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met Him. 
      • Description:
        • 3 He lived in the tombs. 
        • No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains
        • 4 because snapped off the chains and smashed the shackles.
        • No one was strong enough to subdue him.
        • 5 And always, he was crying
        • out among the tombs and in the mountains
        • and cutting himself with stones.
        • recognized Jesus
        • 8 For He had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
        • 7 “What do You have to do with me,[b] Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg[c] You before God, don’t torment me!”
        • named Legion
      • Negotiation
        • begged to be send into a herd of pigs – about 2000
        • Pigs, demon possessed, committed suicide.
      • Results
        • The pig herders ran off and told the town
        • ex-possessed man now dressed and in his right mind, next to Jesus.
        • eyewitnesses repeated the story
        • townsfolk 17 Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.
      • He did not let him, but He said to him, Go home to your people and report them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you. Mark 5:19
      • The rest of the story
        • the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him.
        • given a mission – go back and tell
        • 20 So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.
        • Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Chapter 8
    • Mk 5:21-24, 35-42 Jairus’s daughter healed
      • Jairus came and begged Jesus to come and heal his daughter
      • 24 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.
      • “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”
      • 36 But  Jesus  said, , “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.”
      • 42 Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.
    • Mk 5:24-34 Women that touched His garment
      • 24 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him.
      • Woman suffering for 12 years (issue of blood made her unclean)
        • 26 had endured much under many doctors.
        • She had spent everything she had
        • and was not helped at all.
        • On the contrary, she became worse.
      • 28 For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”
      • Immediately healed
      • 30  Jesus said, “Who touched My robes?”
      • 34 “Daughter,” He said to her, “your faith has made you well.[h] Go in peace and be free[i] from your affliction.”

A place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example: Mark 5:28
  4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

  • 28 For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”
  • IF I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!
  • If I CAN just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!
  • If I can JUST touch His robes, I’ll be made well!
  • If I can just TOUCH His robes, I’ll be made well!

and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

He Touched Me – Joey + Rory

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Coloring pages for Jairus’s daughter story by Connect Us

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.  Some thoughts to dig deeper.

    1. Why do you think the demons did not want to be sent out of that region?
      1. I didn’t find great references to that, but I found GotQuestions starts by addressing why only one of two(spoken of in Matthew) and if you go to the additional resources, you can find more information about this account.
    2. Why did Jesus know power had gone out of Him?
      1. GotQuestions has  some insight into the Women with the Issue of Blood.

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Copyrights and Legal-eze
There are many organizations that support children and families. Here are ones that we are blessed to be a part of. Please consider sponsoring a child – the life you change could be your own.

Marching into Mark Chapter Four

Marching into Mark Chapter Four

(c)2023 M. Christine Wildman

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 69, March 10 )

On Facebook, you can join us at Itty Bitty Bible Study Group.

Passage
Mark Chapter Four

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

  • Mark 4 (cross reference Matthew 5, 7 and 8, mostly Matthew 13)
    • Mk 4:1-2
      • Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:
      • Mk 4:13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?
    • Mk 4:11-12 & 33-34 the reason for parables
      • 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
      • “‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
            and ever hearing but never understanding;
        otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’
      • Hew did not say anything without using a parable but when He was alone with His own disciples He explained everything.
      • 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
    •  Mk 4:3-8 and 14-20 The Parable of the sower and interpretation
      • 3 & 14 farmer sows seed – seed is the Word of God.
      • 4 &15 birds steal seed – satan steals word
      • 5-6 & 16-17 rocky places scorched – received with joy, but no root
      • 7 & 18-19  Thorns choke seed – worries of this life choke out  Word of God
      • 8 & 20 good soil, hears, accepts, and does therefore produces fruit.
    • Mk 4:21-23 Lampstand Parable
    • Mk 4:24-25
      • 24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more. 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”
    • Mk 4:26-29Parable of the Growing Seed
      • 26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
      • 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 
      • 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.
      • 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
    • Mk  4:30-31 Parable of the Mustard seed
      • 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
    • Mk 4:35-39 Jesus calms the storm – the Prince of Peace
      • And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be Still" and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark 4:39
      • Jesus and a bunch of boats start out to go to the otherside
      • 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.
      • 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
      • 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
    • Mk 4:40-  The rebuke,
      • 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
    • Mk 4:41 Shock and Awe
      • 41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

For other references and thoughts – Meditating in Matthew 8, and MMM13

A place to see the four gospels compared is from Synoptic Gospel Parallels.

Mindful Meditating

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example: Mark 4:39
  4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

  • And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
  • PEACE! Be still! and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
  • Peace! BE still! and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
  • Peace! Be STILL! and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
  • Peace! Be Still! AND the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

Peace Be Still – Hope Durst

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Several Jesus Calms the Storms coloring pages – Connect us

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.  Some thoughts to dig deeper.

  1. How do you think that Mark 4: 26-29 applies to us if we are not farmers?
    1. GotQuestions discusses the growing seed well.
  2. How do you react to the storms?
    1. Cry out to Jesus? Forget that He’s there?
    2. Deuteronomy 31 – He will never leave us nor forsake us.
    3. Heb 13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
    4. Matthew 2820 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Copyrights and Legal-eze
There are many organizations that support children and families. Here are ones that we are blessed to be a part of. Please consider sponsoring a child – the life you change could be your own.

Marching into Mark Chapter Two

Marching into Mark Chapter two

(c) 2023 M. Christine Wildman

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 65, March 6)

Passage
Mark Chapter Two

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

  • Mark 2 (cross referenced with Matthew 9)
    • Mk 2:1-12 – Paralytic Man comes through the roof
      • When He entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that He was at home.
        • 2 So many people gathered together that there was no more room,
        • 3 Then they came to Him bringing a paralytic, carried by four men.
        • THEY CLIMBED ON THE ROOF, TORE IT OPEN ENOUGH FOR A MAN AND A MAT AND LOWERED HIM DOWN!!!
        • 5 Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
      • Scribes and Pharisees got upset
        •  7 “Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
        • IT WENT AGAINST EVERYTHING THEY WERE TAUGHT
        • 10 But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” He told the paralytic, 11 “I tell you: get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
    • Mk 2:13 Levi called – went immediately
    • Mk 2:15-17 Dinner at Levi’s – snooping Sadducees and Pharisees
      • 16 When the scribes of the Pharisees[e] saw that He was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat[f] with tax collectors and sinners?”
      • “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
    • Mk 2:18- 22 Why don’t they fast?
      • 18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees[g] were fasting. People came and asked Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
      • “The wedding guests[h] cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.
      •  20 But the time[i] will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
        • Then the wineskin analogy – hitting the OLD religious ways again.
    • Mk 2:23-28 What’s the Sabbath about
      • disciples pick some grain on the sabbath –
        • 24 The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
      • Jesus brought up the AMAZING KING DAVID – and reminded them he ate the bread for priests.
      • 27 Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for[k] man and not man for[l] the Sabbath. 
      • 28 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

For more information go to Mindfully Meditating in Matthew chapter 9

Mindful Meditating

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example: Mark 2:5
  4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

  • 5 Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
  • SEEING their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, Son your sins are forgiven.
  • Seeing THEIR faith, Jesus told the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.
  • Seeing their FAITH, Jesus told the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.
  • Seeing their faith, JESUS told the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.

and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I use coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus heals the paralytic man by Connect Us

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

    1. Why did Jesus call the paralytic man Son?
      1. Biblical Hermeneutics has a very good explanation on this.
    2. What did Jesus mean with “I didn’t call the righteous but sinners”?
      1. BibleRef gives a clear observation as well as tying it back into the paralytic’s forgiveness.

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Copyrights and Legal-eze
There are many organizations that support children and families. Here are ones that we are blessed to be a part of. Please consider sponsoring a child – the life you change could be your own.

Marching into Mark, Passage, Meditation, Coloring, Music and Video

Marching into Mark Chapter One

Marching into Mark Chapter One

(c)2023 M. Christine Wildman

Marching into Mark Registry,
the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 65, March 6)

Passage
Mark Chapter One

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

The Images that I use are from Knowing Jesus and are available as downloads in every format that I can imagine for screen savers and wallpapers.

  • Mk 1:1 What Mark is talking about
    • The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of GodJesus Christ the Son of God Mark 1:1
  • Mk1:2- 3 John the Baptist – Fulfillment of Prophecy
    • 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:[a]
    • Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,
      who will prepare Your way.[b]
    • A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
      Prepare the way for the Lord;
      make His paths straight![
  • Mk 1:4-8 What John Did
    • 4 John came baptizing[d] in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance[e] for the forgiveness of sins.
    • 6 John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist
    • and ate locusts and wild honey. 
    • 7 He was preaching: “Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals. 
    • 8 I have baptized you with[f] water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
  • Mk 1:9- 11 John baptizes Jesus in the Jordan
  • He will Baptize you with the Holy Spirit
    • Heavens open,  spirit like a dove
    • A voice from heaven said:
    • You are My beloved Son;
      I take delight in You!
  • Mk 1:12-13 Temptation in the Wilderness
    • 12 Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. 
    • 13 He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. 
    • He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.
  • Mk 1:14 Jesus to Galilee and John to Prison
    • 14 After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news[h][i] of God:
  • Mk 1:15 FULFILLED
    • 15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”
  • Mk1:16-20 Calling the Disciples
    • Simon and Andrew, James and John
    • immediately left their ships
  • Mk 1:21-21 Taught in the Synagogue
    • 22 They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.
  • Mk 1:23-28 Dealing with an Unclean Spirit
    • 24 “What do You have to do with us,[m] Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
    • Jesus said “Be quiet,[n] and come out of him!”  and he did.
    • 27 Then they were all amazed,
    • 28 News about Him then spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.
  • Mk 1:29-31 Healed Simon Peter’s Mother-in-law
  • Mk 1:32- 34 many delivered from unclean spirits, healed from diseases
    • But He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew Him.
  • Mk 1:35-39 After praying, went to all of Galilee preaching
  • Mk 1:40-44 Jesus heals the man with skin disease (leprosy in other versions)
    • 42 Immediately the disease left him, and he was healed.
    • Tell no one, go, give the offering to the priests
  • Mk 1:45 He(the healed man) wasn’t silent
    • 45 Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere.
  • the time is fulfilled, the Kingdom of God is here. Repent and Believe the Gospel
  • Mindfully Meditating in Matthew 3 or MMM3
  • MMM4

Mindful Meditating

  1. choose a verse,
  2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
  3.  example: Mark 1:15
  4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

  • 15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.
  • THE time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.
  • The TIME is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.
  • The time IS fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near.
  • The time is FULFILLED, and the kingdom of God has come near.

and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Songs for Meditation

This is the Kingdom – Elevation Worship

We Declare that the Kingdom of God is Here – Ron Kenoly

Coloring – I us coloring to help me focus on the fullness of a verse.

Mark Coloring page – Ministry to Children – simple enough to finish in an hour or less

Jesus in the Desert Coloring page by Drawn and Creative

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

  1. Who is the voice of one crying in the Wilderness?
    1. Got Questions discusses this from Isaiah and how it applies to our lives today.
  2. Why did Jesus tell the unclean spirits to keep silent?
    1. The Gospel Coalition goes into great depth about the whole concept of Jesus revealing AND concealing Himself.

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Older woman with shades of coral in jewelry and sweater, glasses, silver and brown hair.

M. Christine Wildman

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Copyrights and Legal-eze
There are many organizations that support children and families. Here are ones that we are blessed to be a part of. Please consider sponsoring a child – the life you change could be your own.