Virtual Coffee Shop
This Wednesday, at 10:30, we'll be having our regular Virtual Coffee Shop, if you can join us for that, it would be great to see you.
I hope that these prayers are useful, and that you are able to spend a few minutes at noon each day, as we pray together as a church family. Please do keep sending your prayer suggestions to me, so that we can make sure we are praying around the needs, burdens and encouragements of our whole church family. This week, we have also added readings covering Mark chapters 1-10, and, on Saturday, the reading for Sunday morning (Mark 11:1-11).
“When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, [the blind man] began to shout, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ … ‘Go,’ said Jesus, ‘your faith has healed you.’ Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.” (Mark 10:47, 52, NIV)
The healing of the blind man in Mark 10 is the last of Jesus’ miracles recorded by Mark. It occurs straight after James and John seek positions of power and authority. All Bartimaeus, the blind man, wants is to see. His cry is not for status, but for mercy. When he sees, he immediately begins to follow Jesus. It’s no accident that this healing is recorded here - the picture is not just physical eyes needing sight, but spiritual eyes as well. Do we see clearly who Jesus is? Do we seek his mercy? Will we follow him? I hope that you’ll be able to join us online at 10:30am for our Sunday morning service.
Virtual Coffee Shop
This Wednesday, at 10:30, we'll be having our regular Virtual Coffee Shop, if you can join us for that, it would be great to see you.
I hope that these prayers are useful, and that you are able to spend a few minutes at noon each day, as we pray together as a church family. Please do keep sending your prayer suggestions to me, so that we can make sure we are praying around the needs, burdens and encouragements of our whole church family.