Daily DEVOTIONAL

Mark 8:1-13: Believing

April 20, 2025

Judges 17-18, Psalm 89:19-52, Mark 8:1-13, 1 Corinthians 13 Mark 8:1-13: Again they gather—a great crowd—and they have nothing to eat. This time Jesus’ miraculous feeding of them is through seven loaves and a few fish. But the end result is basically the same. The hungry are fed. This “feeding of the four thousand” is another miracle pointing…

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