Let us go and tell our friends what the Lord has done for us

When I shared my reflection on the Gospel of today this is what my senior brother Rev Moses Tetteh sent back to mean – Thanks for great teaching. My only worry has been the owners of the pigs who through no fault of theirs lost two thousand pigs. Were they compensated? I think when we go to evangelize, we should take care of the losses that the innocent might incur so that Christianity is seen as globally caring. My views. 🙏🏽😆😄. Very interesting thought that we need to keep in mind. Read on and let’s have your comment too

Mark 5:1-20

[1]They reached the territory of the Gerasenes on the other side of the lake,
[2]and when He disembarked, a man with an unclean spirit at once came out from the tombs towards Him.
[3]The man lived in the tombs, and no one could secure him any more, even with a chain,
[4]because he had often been secured with fetters and chains but had snapped the chains and broken the fetters, and no one had the strength to control him.
[5]All night and all day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he would howl and gash himself with stones.
[6]Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and fell at His feet
[7]and shouted at the top of his voice, ‘What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? In God’s name, do not torture me!’
[8]For Jesus had been saying to him, ‘Come out of the man, unclean spirit.’
[9]Then He asked, ‘What is your name?’ He answered, ‘My name is Legion, for there are many of us.’
[10]And he begged Him earnestly not to send them out of the district.
[11]Now, on the mountainside, there was a great herd of pigs feeding,
[12]and the unclean spirits begged Him, ‘Send us to the pigs, let us go into them.’
[13]So He gave them leave. With that, the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand pigs charged down the cliff into the lake, and there they were drowned.
[14]The men looking after them ran off and told their story in the city and in the country round about; and the people came to see what had really happened.
[15]They came to Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there – the man who had had the legion in him – properly dressed and in his full senses, and they were afraid.
[16]And those who had witnessed it reported what had happened to the demoniac and what had become of the pigs.
[17]Then they began to implore Jesus to leave their neighbourhood.
[18]As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed begged to be allowed to stay with Him.
[19]Jesus would not let him but said to him, ‘Go home to your people and tell them all that the Lord in His mercy has done for you.’
[20]So the man went off and proceeded to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.

Reflection: Even the evil forces recognised Jesus. So it is not enough to recognise the Lord. We need to go a step further and accept Him as our Lord & personal Saviour.

Christ would deal with us no matter our state and how unclean we are. He would clean us up and restore us.

He commissions us to go and tell those who have not heard what He has done for us. That is our duty. He has done so much for us.

We need to tell all about the goodness of the Lord

Prayer: Christ the Healer and Deliverer. We are grateful for all You have done for us. Cleanse us of all that is evil and unclean.

We pray to commit all who have mental challenges. May we not neglect them but come to their aid

Heal them, we pray & bless all who care for them

We ask this through Christ our Lord

Amen

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