Today's Bible Verse: Mark 7:8
 
    "You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition."
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    What is the "commandment of God" for your life?
    To what "human traditions" do you hold?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to help you to know the "commandment of God" in your life.

Today's Bible Verse: Mark 7:6-7
 
    "He (Jesus) said to them, 'Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.'"
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    How do you "honor" Jesus?
    How "close" is your "heart" to Jesus?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to keep your heart close to Jesus.

Today's Bible Verse: Mark 7:5
 
    "So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him (Jesus), "Why do your disciples not live according tot he traditions of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?'"
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    According to what "traditions" do you live?
    What causes your life to become "defiled"?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to help you to sort through those "traditions" which are helpful to you and those which are not.

Today's Bible Verse: Mark 7:3-4
 
    "For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders; and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles."
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    What kind of "traditions" do you observe?
    Who are the "elders" who have helped set the "traditions" in your life?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to help you to understand the "traditions" in your life.

Today's Bible Verse: Mark 7:1-2
 
    "Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him (Jesus), they noticed that some of the disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them."
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    What do you "notice" about "disciples" of Jesus?
    What kind of characteristics do you think a disciple of Jesus ought to have?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to help others "notice" that you are a disciple of Jesus and that they might see the positive things you do.

Today's Bible Verse: Mark 6:56
 
    "And wherever he (Jesus) went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed."
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    Where does Jesus "go" today?
    How does Jesus bring about healing in your life?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to give you the gift of health, so that you might be healed of your diseases.

Today's Bible Verse: Mark 6:53-55
 
    "When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him (Jesus) and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they herd he was."
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    What do people do today when they "recognize" Jesus?
    What would it take for people to "rush about" and go to where Jesus is today?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to give you the ability to help people "recognize" Jesus in their lives.

Today's Bible Verse: Mark 6:51-52
 
    "Then he (Jesus) got into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened."
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    What "astounds" you about God?
    In what ways does your heart become "hardened"?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to keep your heart from being "hardened", s that you may share the love of God with others.

Today's Bible Verse: Mark 6:49-50a
 
    "But when they saw him (Jesus) walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out; for they all saw him and were terrified."
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    Where and when do you "see" Jesus?
    What is your reaction when you see Jesus?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to keep you from being "terrified" when strange things happen in your life.

Today's Bible Verse: Mark 6:48
 
    "When he (Jesus) saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he came towards them early in the morning, walking on the sea. He intended to pass them by."
 
Today's Reflection Questions:
 

    When in like does it seem like you are "straining...against an adverse wind"?
    Why do you think Jesus "intended to pass them by"?
    
Today's Prayer Topic:
 
    Pray for God to let you know that God is present with you and the God will not "pass you by".