Then Jesus got into the boat and
started across the lake with his disciples. Suddenly, a terrible storm came up,
with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went
to him and woke him up, shouting, "Lord, save us! We're going to
drown!"
And Jesus answered, "Why are
you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he stood up and rebuked the
wind and waves, and suddenly all was calm. The disciples just sat there in awe.
"Who is this?" they asked themselves. "Even the wind and waves
obey him!"
When Jesus arrived on the other side
of the lake in the land of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons
met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so dangerous that no one could go
through that area. They began screaming at him, "Why are you bothering us,
Son of God? You have no right to torture us before God's appointed time!"
A large herd of pigs was feeding in the distance, so the demons begged,
"If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs."
"All right, go!" Jesus
commanded them. So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the
whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the
water. The herdsmen fled to the nearby city, telling everyone what happened to
the demon-possessed men. The entire town came out to meet Jesus, but they begged
him to go away and leave them alone. (NLT)
This reading is taken from Thirty Scripture Readings on God's
Amazing Power. The complete book can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005HEHSNQ
HOLY BIBLE, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. Copyright © 1996. Used
by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All
rights reserved.
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