Miracles ~ teach me to pray: Matthew 14 talks about Jesus Walking on the Water

Ah Man! I’m gonna make this short…

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Again…

How many times did Jesus confront individuals and crowds of people because they
...we...
need signs and miracles to trust his Word?  
I don’t have that answer simply because the answer requires too much work.  

For Jesus to say it ONCE is enough for me to ask the Prayer Question, 
“Do I need a sign or miracle to hear God’s Word...
to trust the Word Incarnate...
to live with the desire to love God...
to believe Jesus is God?”

That ONCE is Mark 8: 11 & 12.  
I break everytime I hear, 
“(Jesus) sighed from the depth of his spirit.”

Thomas Jefferson wrote a bible.  He deleted all signs and miracles from his text so he would concentrate only on Jesus’ message.  Find a copy.  What do you think?  What do you feel about Jefferson’s efforts?

Yet, I love the miracles!

If it IS NOT about the miracle…

Find, read and pray with Matthew 14: 22-27.

Immediately

Jesus made the disciples get into the boat 

and go on ahead of him to the other side,

 while he dismissed the crowd. 

After he had dismissed them, 

he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. 

When evening came, 

he was there alone, 

but the boat was already 

a considerable distance from land, 

buffeted by the waves 

because the wind was against it.

 During the fourth watch of the night

 Jesus went out to them, 

walking on the lake. 

When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, 

they were terrified. 

"It's a ghost," they said, 

and cried out in fear.

 But Jesus immediately said to them:

 "Take courage! 

It is I. 

Don't be afraid."

Matthew 14: 22-27

Jesus was alone.

Jesus missed his friends.  
Jesus wanted to be with his friends.

I can see Jesus seeing his friends 
in the boat so far away 
buffeted by waves.

I can see Jesus wanting to be with them so badly he just starts running toward them  
I believe Jesus didn’t even notice he was walking on the water until his friends told him.  

Jesus wanted to be with them...
    with me...
    with you...
    with us...
so badly nothing got in the way; not even the shoreline!  

No obstacles to being with them...
    with me...
    with you...
    with us!

Emmanuel!

Pray with me...