The Gramazin Blog
One article every day from Charles Wagner's two commentaries on the New Testament.
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01
Aug
Peter Confesses Jesus is the Christ
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Thursday August 01, 2024
Matthew 16:13-20, Mark 8:27-30, Luke 9:18-20
Father, help me to have the courage to bring the gospel into places where the gospel is not welcome. Give me a heart for the lost, those who believe in things that make no sense to me and are not in accordance with Your Word. Help me to engage them in friendship, conversation, and ministry. Father, lead me to ask them who they say Jesus is. Give me the words to say in response. Father, I say Jesus is my Savior and my Lord. He is the Son of God who came down to die on the cross for my sin. He rose again from the dead and ascended into heaven. He is reigning by Your side. He will judge me one day and find me innocent, not because I am a good man, but because He washed away my sin. Father, thank You for salvation. I would never have chosen it for myself. You opened my eyes to it. I also thank You for the ways You have transformed my heart and mind. Please continue to do so. Help me to minister to others who need the ......READ MORE.
31
Jul
Jesus Heals a Blind Man in Bethsaida
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Wednesday July 31, 2024
Mark 8:22-26
Father, help us to be prepared for the coming of Jesus. Help us to watch for Him to come into our hearts and minds even in the late of night. Help us to be prepared to go out and see Him while everyone else sleeps. Father, make us a people that begs You for the healing, not of ourselves, but of others. Help us to be faithful to pray for others day after day after day. Father, lead us into a solitary place where we are not distracted by the noise of daily living. Meet with us there. Teach us and guide us. Father, Jesus may heal us by methods we cannot understand. Give us hearts that are alright with that. He knows what is best. Father, after You have answered our prayer, help us to meditate on what You have done for us. Amen.
Father, Jesus, and his disciples, returned to Bethsaida. This is the general area where He had fed the 5,000. In this passage we read of no reference to crowds gathering around Him. Either the crowds have lost ......READ MORE.
30
Jul
Jesus is Asked for a Sign by Pharisees and Sadducees
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Tuesday July 30, 2024
Matthew 16:1-12, Mark 8:11-21
Father, please forgive me for each and every time I’ve ever demanded a “sign” from You. When I did so, I was revealing my doubt and lack of faith. Help me to trust in You wholeheartedly, without requiring any more evidence or proof. Help me to come to the permanent and unshakable conclusion that You are who You say You are in Your Word. Please help me to be vigilant, defending my soul against all false teachings. Please use Your Word as my defense against the attacks of the evil one and the desires of my own sinful heart. Amen.
Father, word got to the Pharisees that Jesus had once more fed a large crowd of people with a few loaves of bread. The Pharisees were at war with Jesus for the heart and soul of the population. The Pharisees had to undo the spiritual gains Jesus’ had just achieved with this miracle. They had to derail His ministry. Confident in their superior wisdom and understanding, ......READ MORE.
29
Jul
Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Monday July 29, 2024
Matthew 15:32-39, Mark 8:1-10
Father, please give me a heart that desires to minister to the basic needs of the people around me. Give me a heart that longs to make sure people who cross paths with me are ok before I depart from them. Please give me a heart that not only anticipates You performing a miracle but also plans for it. Please remove from me my inclination to forget the miracles You've already performed in my life. Amen.
Father, Jesus had been healing people from the crowd for several days. Filled with the compassion of the Holy Spirit, Jesus knew that the people were hungry, and they needed something to eat. He made it known to His disciples that He didn’t want the people to leave from His presence without their basic needs being met. He knew that many of them would collapse on their journey back to their homes faraway.
Father, it is clear from this text that Christia......READ MORE.
28
Jul
Jesus Heals a Deaf Man
Take Every Passage to Prayer - Volume 2, The Gospels
Sunday July 28, 2024
Matthew 15:29-31, Mark 7:31-37
Father, there are countless people to whom Jesus has ministered that we never hear about. There are millions, if not billions, of stories of encounters with Jesus that cannot be read on the Internet. Jesus is still doing ministry today, touching lives privately in every community on earth. He does not rest. I thank You that Jesus came into my life on a mission to save me. Father, lead me to bring the physically and spiritually lame, the blind, the mute, and the deaf before You in prayer. Give me a heart of compassion so that I'm the one that connects someone in need with the Son of God who can heal them. Father, as a follower of Jesus, help me to do all things with excellence. However, help me also to give all the glory to Him and not receive it for myself. Amen.
Father, the text tells us that Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre. His destination was the Decapolis, about 50......READ MORE.
