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Forward Day By Day TUESDAY, May 10
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TUESDAY, May 10

Luke 4:31-37. I know who you are, the Holy One of God.

It’s one of the many ironies of the gospel accounts that only the demons immediately know who Jesus is.  Jesus asked his friends who people thought he was. The demons knew the answer and responded, “Let us alone! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?”

Who is Jesus, the Holy One of God? That’s a question I find myself asking when I pray, trying to fathom  the mystery of divine love—a love that comprehends the darkness within me, and in spite of this darkness calls me into the light.

The demons asked the question as a way of ­keeping their distance, out of fear that getting too close to this all-powerful and all-loving healer would be the end  of them. We ask this question for the opposite ­reason—not to keep God at a distance, but to seek God’s guid-ance, God’s presence, God’s wisdom, God’s compassion. While the demons flee into the darkness, we crowd nearer to the Holy One of God.

Jesus…came among us and showed himself to us as that which we could never have thought to see: the synthesis of all perfections so that now each must of necessity see him and feel his presence, and must either hate or love what he sees.

—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin  

PRAY for the Diocese of Nicaragua (Central America)

Ps 26, 28 * 36, 39; Daniel 4:28-37; 1 John 4:7-21

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May 10, 2011 at 6:16 am

Written by John Ingrisano,

What a great question: Who is this Jesus? Even though we supposedly know, how easy it is to forget or to doubt. God bless. -- jri
How well to we know Jesus?

May 10, 2011 at 6:41 am

Written by Chris,

It is a great question. The more I diligently seek to know Jesus, the more I realize there is so much more to know. Peace+
...and must either hate or love what he sees.

May 10, 2011 at 9:10 am

Written by Steve Doutt,

Create in me a clean heart, God. Renew a right spirit within me; now, and each hour, each minute going forward, day by day.
"be silent" He said "and come out of him"

May 10, 2011 at 9:38 am

Written by JP,

Amazement is what I feel when I am aware of Jesus working in and around my daily life. Keeping Him close and my hand in his makes my journey through this day meaningful and helps love pour forth in abundance. Have a wonderful day!
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May 10, 2011 at 10:27 am

Written by E. Linda Cushner,

When I was little girl, I lived with my grandparents for a time. My grandfather was a Minister and Missionary. He was preaching in a little church in Texas. There was an Indian Reservation nearby and my grandfather would visit the natives once or twice a week. He was part Indian and they welcomed him. He told them about Jesus. The tribal Shaman or Witch Doctor got angry with my grandfather. He told him that if he did not stop this, he would send a demon to him and his family.
One weekend, my grandfather went to a conferance out of town and left my grandmother and I alone. The unclean spirit came. It entered through the kitchen. My grandmother prayed. She picked me up and took me into her bedroom. I would wake up on occasion and could hear her praying. I could hear terrible noises coming from the kitchen. I was not afraid. There were two doors from the kitchen. One led into a sun room and another led into the dining room. The unclean spirit destroyed the kitchen; flour everywhere, broken dishes, pots and pans thrown around. Anything that was not nailed down was destroyed, but the unclean spirit never left the kitchen. My grandmother continued to pray until the early hours of the morning when the thing finally left and it was quiet. She called the police. They were astounded that we were not harmed. They found it hard to believe!.
Yes the demons know Christ, but so do we and "greater is He that is within in us then he who is in the world."
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May 10, 2011 at 3:35 pm

Written by Steve Doutt,

Linda,

Thank you for sharing your experience.
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May 10, 2011 at 11:02 pm

Written by lois,

I am reading a book by Francis McNutt "Deliverance from Evil". I talks about getting rid of demons.
On another note. I feel like a happy child when I am surrounded by God's Love.
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May 11, 2011 at 10:55 am

Written by melissa Wiesmann,

Thank you so much, Linda, for sharing your remarkable experience. I showed this to my teenage daughter, to try to bring home to her the knowledge of real good and evil in this world. . . and that God's love can conquer ANYTHING the demons throw at us!!

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