PORTRAIT OF POWER

The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to  drown?”  "Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.  Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”  “Who is this man?”  Mark 4:38-41 (NLT)

“For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.”  Ephesians 6:12 (NLT)

“Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?”  Mark 5:7 (NLT)

“Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.”  Mark 5:12 (NLT)

“A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons. He was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid.”  Mark 5:15 (NLT)

“And the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone.”  Mark 5:17 (NLT)

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him.  But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.”  So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them.  Mark 5:18-20 (NLT)