PRAYER OVERWHELMED & AMAZED (Mark 7)
I. Power in Numbers
32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf
and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him. Matthew 18:19 "I
tell you that if two of you agree about anything you ask for, it will be done
for you by my Father in heaven. Mark
2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Son, your
sins are forgiven."
II. One-on-One in Private
33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd,
III. The Healing Touch
Jesus
put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.
34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him,
“Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). 35 At this, the man’s ears
were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. 36 Jesus commanded them not to
tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. 37
People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,”
they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
