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Day 12 of 14 · Overcoming Fear

And He said to them, Why are you so cowardly? how have you not faith?

And they feared with a great fear, and continued to say to one another, Who then is this, because the wind and the sea obey Him?

CONTEXT

Original word: πίστιν; (pístis) · persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvati

REFLECTION

Fear is not a sin; it is a signal. Mark 4:40 shows where to bring it.

PRAYER

Jesus, you calmed the storm. Calm my heart today. Amen.

QUESTION

What reason for courage does Mark 4:40 give?

ONE ACTION TODAY

Memorise Mark 4:40 today.

Reflections are drafts awaiting pastoral review.

Source

Godbey New Testament. Public domain. Source: CrossWire SWORD module Godbey (converted to USFM; no wording changed). Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.