The disciples sailing across the lake in obedience to Jesus now find themselves in a violent storm. Often obeying Jesus can bring us into a storm, but God’s plan for the disciples and us is to go through that storm. The disciples probably feel very desperate, being already extremely tired, they are now rowing to save their lives.

While Jesus is teaching the crowds, none of them ever make the move to leave, so by the end of the day the disciples tell Jesus to send the crowds away. The people are going to get hungry, the disciples are already tired and hungry, and it’s time for Jesus to call it quits for the day.

Returning to Jesus, the apostles can’t wait to tell Him all the things that have happened to them. They want to pour out their stories to Jesus - tell Him all they’ve done and said. Patiently Jesus listens to them just as He listens to us when we come to Him in prayer telling Him of all we’ve

News about Jesus is spreading all through the area of Galilee, and people are willing to believe almost anything but the truth about who He is. For some reason the people find it easier to think that Jesus is John the Baptist or Elijah come back from the dead than to believe that He is the promised Messiah or

Jesus spends time training the disciples for when He will no longer be there. They follow Him around, listen to what He teaches, and see His miracles. Now He is going to send them out to ministry, so that they can gain experience of what it is like and what their weak points will be while He is

Jesus now returns to His hometown of Nazareth. This is where He has spent 30 years of His life, along with His family, and has worked as a carpenter. He has lived a perfect life here, but the town treat Him just like He has been the poorest, good-for-nothing in the whole town.

Imagine how impatient Jairus, the synagogue ruler who comes to Jesus because his daughter is dying, must have felt at Jesus’ slow progress through the crowd. Every minute is precious to Jairus because time for his daughter is running out. Then, Jesus stops and questions the crowd and talks to the woman He has healed, and we can

As Jesus returns to the other side of the lake, the crowds return including a ruler named Jairus who comes humbly to Jesus out of love for his dying daughter and a belief that Jesus can heal her. Jesus agrees to go with him, and they are followed by a large crowd. As

The men of the Gerasenes, ignoring the fact that Jesus has healed a man, are upset over the loss of their pigs and terrified at the power of Jesus. So, they ask Jesus to leave, and to their loss, Jesus agrees to go. The demon-possessed man begs to go with Him. Despite

Jesus has come through and calmed a storm on the Sea of Galilee, now He is going to deal with a spiritual storm. As Jesus and the disciples come to the land of the Gerasenes, they are met by a man possessed by demons. This is a picture of the terrible cruelty and power of Satan. This