Author Archives: L. Lyden

Our Shepherd    And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.  Mark 6:34 This passage makes me think of the 23rd Psalm because it says that the Lord Jesus isContinue reading “June 10, 2022”

            Peer Pressure For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.  Mark 6:17 Have you ever felt pressured to do something you didn’t want to do?  Something that a friend or co-worker wasContinue reading “June 9, 2022”

Shake it off And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”  Mark 6:11 IContinue reading “June 8, 2022”

Unbelief And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. Mark 6:6 Nothing stops the power of God in a life faster than unbelief.  Unbelief is nothing more than doubt and fear.  When you doubt something is true and question its authenticity or are afraid that something is tooContinue reading “June 7, 2022”

Producing Results And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying. Mark 5:40 Have you ever gotten a direction from God and were excited in your spirit to takeContinue reading “June 6, 2022”

Press into God “When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”  Mark 5:27-28 I can’t even imagine what this woman must have been going through.  She was sick!  Sick for twelve years. Continue reading “June 5, 2022”

Humility And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet.  Mark 5:22 I have read this passage many times and heard many messages on the power of Jesus to raise Jairus’s daughter.  Only after reading it again today did I seeContinue reading “June 4, 2022”

Go to Him Then they came to Jesus and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. Mark 5:15 Recently, as I was in prayer, the Lord showed me a picture of what it looks like when we go toContinue reading “June 3, 2022”

He calms the storm And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”  Mark 4:41 Jesus did several miracles that involved the natural elements during His earthly ministry.  He walked on water, turned water into wine, and He fed a multitude withContinue reading “June 2, 2022”

Recognize your harvest “But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” Mark 4:29 This is a puzzle to me, because I am not a farmer, but how do you know when a harvest is ready?  I know that if it is fruit, you want to get itContinue reading “June 1, 2022”