David Anthony's Blog launched today with the following post. He is another friend of mine IRL and so I hope he doesnt say anything to embarrass me.......

"I was looking at Luke 8v22 - 9v1. Here we have 4 incidents that are all beyond human control. Experienced sailors out of their depth in a storm; a demon-oppressed man who no one could control even with chains; a young girl dying; a woman who was a social outcast because of her bleeding and who was beyond medical help. In all 4 incidents the people involved are in fear or cause fear in others because of their circumstances. But in all 4 encounters Jesus shows there is nothing beyond his control, so there is no need to fear our circumstances. He displays his authority over disaster, demons, disease and even death. He points out in 8v25 and v50 that true faith believes that nothing is beyond his control and leads to a right fear - of him! He is God so nothing is beyond his authority. Do you recognise that and live your life by this liberating truth? Then astonishingly Jesus finishes in 9v1 by giving power and authority to his apostles to do the same things. Luke ends his gospel by Jesus promising the same power to ALL his followers by his Spirit so they can be his witnesses to the end of the world. "