Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional. The goal is to help you understand and apply

scripture as you go through a New Testament Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday,

as we move from Matthew straight through to Revelation. In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's word with you, so let's get started.

Good morning. Let's get into Mark chapter 6 together. Jesus returns to his hometown but is not

greatly honored there. He does few miracles because of their unbelief. He then summons the 12

apostles and sends them out in pairs to work miracles and teach people to repent of their sins.

They have wonderful success in the ministry. Following this, Jesus works two large-scale

miracles. He feeds the 5,000 followers with five loaves and two fish, and after sending the disciples

across the sea in a boat, he approaches them walking on the water. The disciples are astonished,

because their hearts are not yet fully softened to understand the glory of Christ.

Between these events, the author Mark records the story of John the Baptist being beheaded by Herodot,

at the request of the daughter of Herodius.

Let's look to some application amidst all those different stories.

This chapter shows the challenges Jesus faced in his ministry.

He was the perfect teacher, and yet people in his hometown doubted him.

He sent out the apostles, and they did well, but at other times they didn't understand his power to feed the people, or control the water on the sea.

Added to this, Jesus' cousin John the Baptist died at the hands of

evil men, and this brought Jesus' great sorrow. Two lessons emerge. First, Jesus never gave up. He stayed

patient and committed and kept going and teaching. Two, we must carry his spirit into our daily walk.

Some will doubt us, while others support us. Some may leave us. We must carry His Spirit into our daily walk. Some will doubt us while others support us. Some may leave us. We must keep going in Christ.

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