The Gramazin Blog
One article every day from Charles Wagner's two commentaries on the New Testament.
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Jul
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men and a Mute
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Wednesday July 17, 2024
Matthew 9:27-34
Father, like the two blind men, help me to believe that You, the unseen God, hear my prayers and that You will heal me of whatever burdens my heart. Father, please take away spiritual blindness within me. I want the clarity of Your righteous light to guide my steps. I thank You for the resources You have given me - possessions, skills, talents, etc.,. Please use them to advance the Kingdom of God. Use them in ways no one else may ever know about. Father, I want to have genuine belief in Your goodness. I don't want to "hope" or "think so" or "I guess" about who You are. I want to "know" who You are and have confidence in that knowledge. Father, wherever there is an evil foothold in my life, please get rid of it. Whatever joy for the gospel Satan has taken away, please bring it back. Please open my lips that I will share the gospel of Jesus Christ with confidence, courage, and enthusiasm. Father, help me......READ MORE.
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Jul
Jesus Raises a Girl Back to Life, Heals Woman of Bleeding
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Tuesday July 16, 2024
Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43, Luke 8:40-56
Father, please help me to walk humbly before You so that my prayers for healing and deliverance may be answered. Please help me to minister to those who cross my path. I want to have the attitude that whomever I am with is the most important person in ministry for me. Father, please lead me to ask for the healing that I need. Prompt me to bring each and every concern before You. Father, please help me to be a man of hope - for myself and for those who are desperate for healing. I don't want to be the naysayer, the doubter, the pessimist, or the sceptic. Please forgive me for each and every time that I have mocked hope in miracles. The absence of such miracles may be caused by my lack of belief in them. Amen.
Father, the text tells us that Jesus, and the disciples, sailed across the Sea of Galilee to return to where they had been before. A large crowd was expecting His return.READ MORE.
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Jul
Jesus Sends Demons into Herd of Pigs
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Monday July 15, 2024
Matthew 8:28-34, Mark 5:1-20, Luke 8:26-39
Father, I don’t think believers fully understand the heart of rebellion. It is strong. It is determined. It is persistent. It is focused. Though You may do a good work in the life of someone who is rebelling from You, they will refuse to yield. They will refuse to surrender their hearts to You. They will refuse to be grateful. Just like the people of the Gadarenes, they will tell You to go away. Father, if I have told You to go away, I change my mind. Come back, Lord Jesus! Come and dwell with me! Teach me! Mold me! Use me! Do good works in my life. Exorcise the sinful nature out of my life. Purify me so that I may be empowered to share my testimony of transformation with the lost in my community. Amen.
Father, while the disciples were marveling at how Jesus had just calmed the storm they had encountered crossing the Sea of Galilee, two demon-possessed men approached Jesus as they disembarked fr......READ MORE.
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Jul
Jesus Calms the Storm
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Sunday July 14, 2024
Matthew 8:18, 23-27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25
Father, I don’t want to be a believer who panics with every wave of adversity in my life. “Oh, no! I’m going to die! God is not faithful! He doesn’t have this! Woe is me!” Father, do You know who I want to be? The believer who can sleep in the boat when the storm is raging, confident that You have everything under control. Please help me to stop responding to adversity with a heart of panic but to face that adversity with the peace that comes from knowing that everything is under Your loving and all-powerful sovereign control. Amen.
Father, Jesus just had a conversation with disciples about them not being fully committed to the work of the Kingdom of God. Human nature being what it is, I can imagine the other disciples feeling pride because they weren’t making excuses why they couldn’t commit to the ministry. However, Jesus knew that even His most loyal di......READ MORE.
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Jul
Jesus’ Disciples Make Excuses About Ministry Service
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Saturday July 13, 2024
Matthew 8:18-22, Luke 9:57-62
Father, please help me to commit my life full-time to the building of the Kingdom of God. I don’t want to offer any feeble excuses to You. I want to give up my life for You because You gave up Your life for me. I want to get up in the morning desiring to serve You every hour of the day. I want to return to bed at night reflecting on a busy day of ministry where You used me to bless others. Father, please make me this kind of man. Amen.
Father, as Jesus taught by the Sea of Galilee the crowds continued to swell. Jesus wanted to find some space away from the crowd. He instructed His disciples that they will take a boat across to the other side of the lake.
A teacher of the law, who apparently considered himself a disciple, approached Jesus and said:
“I will follow You wherever You go (NIV)<......READ MORE.
