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August 26
Sunday


SPIRITUAL
DECOMPRESSION

READ:
Mark 1:35-39
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Casting all your care
upon Him for He
cares for you.
__1 Peter 5:7
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On May 24, 1883, New Yorkers celebrated the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, the first steel-wire suspension bridge. This engineering feat, however, was not accomplished without sacrifice. To lay the bridge's giant foundations in the water, huge watertight chambers called "caissons" had to be used. Men would work in them for 8 hours while under tremendous air pressure.

Returning to normal atmospheric pressure resulted in terrible symptoms later known as caisson disease. It was discovered that a rapid decrease in air pressure releases tiny nitrogen bubbles in the blood. This cuts off the oxygen supply, resulting in nausea, achy joints, paralysis, and even death. Today, scientists know that the use of a decompression chamber allows a gradual reduction of pressure, which prevents the nitrogen bubbles from forming.

Similaly, we need a place to reduce the pressures of life. God has provided a way to "spiritually decomprress." A personal devotional time can be a place where burdens are lifted (Mark 1:35-39). there we can cast all our care upon Him (1 Peter 5:7). By focusing on God's sufficiency we can experience His peace (Isa. 26:3). Do you have a place of spiritual decompression? __Dennis Fisher
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~There is a quiet resting place,~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Where peace and joy are found;~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Where burdens may be laid aside~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~And faith and love abound. __Moore~~~~~~~~~~~
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Those who wait on the Lord
shall renew their strength. __Isaiah 40:31

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Mark 1:35-39**************

35 Now in the morning,
having risen a long while
before daylight, He went
out and departed to a
solitary place; and there He
prayed. 36 And Simon and
those who were with Him
searched for Him. 37 When
they found Him, they said
to Him, "Everyone is
looking for You."

38 But He said to them,
"Let us go into the next
towns, that I may preach
there also, because for this
purpose I have come forth."

39 And He was preaching
in their synagogues
throughout all Galilee, and
casting out demons.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The Gospels present Jesus as a man of constant prayer (Heb. 5:7),
often withdrawing to lonely places (Luke 4:42, 5:16). praying
through the night (Luke 6:12). We are not always told what Jesus
prayed. And when His prayers are recorded, they are usually short
and pithy (Matt. 11:25; 26:39; Mark 7:34; Luke 23:34; John 11:41-
42). But when Jesus prays a long time, He prays alone (Luke 6:12).
John 17 gives us a rare, lengthy glimpse into what He prayed.
Tellingly, Jesus' very last words on the cross were a prayer to His
Father (John 19:30; Luke 23:46). __SKT