Jesus challenges religious leaders about empty rituals while demonstrating his power to heal both inner spiritual afflictions and outward physical conditions in Mark 7.• Religious leaders criticize Jesus because his disciples don't follow hand-washing traditions• Jesus confronts their hypocrisy by showing how they use traditions to avoid caring for parents• True defilement comes from the heart, not from what we eat or external factors• Jesus helps a Gentile woman by healing her daughter from demonic possession• Using unconventional methods including his own saliva, Jesus heals a deaf man with a speech impediment• God works creatively and uniquely, not according to formulas or algorithms• The most important prayer is not to understand God's methods but to trust Him more completelyTake a moment today to pray: "God, I have no idea why you're doing what you're doing or how you're doing it, but help me to trust you more than I ever have."We’d love to hear from you. (For questions, use the links above.)Contact us- Ask a QuestionSend Encouragement Take a Next Step- SOAP Bible Study Method.Bible Reading Plan.Free Weekly Newsletter. Socials- Facebook.Instagram.X. YouTube.The More We Dig. The More We Find. Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT). Copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

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