Do you hear? Do you see? Do you remember?

Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?
Mark 8:18 BBE

When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.
Mark 8:19 BBE

having eyes do you not see having ears

have you no hearing and have you no

memory a lot of times we just get caught

up in the moment we don’t remember we

don’t hear we don’t stand and listen and

hear from the Word of God or from God as

to what to do but going all different

directions then go all sorts of strange

things get scared at every problem we

encounter so how are we gonna do this

how are we gonna do that but don’t you

remember how the Lord saved you the last

time don’t you remember his grace and

mercy don’t you remember what he did to

help you the previous time that you were

in a big trouble why do you want to do

something else having eyes do you not

see having ears have you no hearing why

do you want to go through the wall when

next to it is a door why do you want to

do it the hard way the way of the world

when the Lord is next to you saying I am

here do you hear do you see do you

remember how the Lord sent his servant

to help you do you remember stay on that

way sail the path that he has laid out

for you

listen see and remember remember the

goodness of God blessed be your Lord and

I pray that you may see that you may

hear and that you may remember remember

how it was that the Lord is helping you

yes I mix it up past tense with present

for the Lord does not know time as we

know it to him a thousand years is one

breath and a breath a thousand years

blessed be your Lord blessed be your

Lord in Jesus mighty name amen

so lord give us your word speak with

your voice speaking to the hearts of

those who are under the power of your

voice in Jesus mighty name amen

mark 8 verse 1 in those days again when

there was a great mass of people and

they had no food

he made his disciples come to him and

said to them I have pity for these

people because they have been with me

now three days and have no food if I

send them away to their houses with no

food they will be overcome by weariness

on the way and some of them have come

from far and his disciples said in

answer how will it be possible to get

enough bread for these men here in a

waste place and he put the question how

much Brad have you and he said seven

cakes and he made the people be seated

on the earth and he took the seven cakes

and having given praise he gave the

broken bread to his disciples to put

before them and he put it before the

people and they had some small fishes

and blessing them he had them put before

the people in the same way and they took

the food and had enough and they took up

seven baskets full of the broken bits

the Lord when he sees the people in need

when he sees you in need he sends out

his disciples he is the one who blesses

everything but he sends out his

disciples for just as he had to come in

the form of a man for the word became

flesh and dwelt among us

so he sends his disciples and the people

took the food and remember Brad is not

man’s only need but every word that

comes from the mouth of God

he took the food and had enough and they

took up seven baskets full of the broken

bits his grace his mercy his gifts is

always overwhelming the exceeding power

of God when they got manna in the desert

there was so much manna that some tried

to store it but it would rot for there

is no fear in God there is no need to

build up a store for the Lord if he so

wills provides day after day too much

for you to finish up every day he

provides it in a certain way through his

man of God but he provides it he blesses

it and gives it do you not see do you

not hear do you remember don’t you

remember when you had nothing and

everyone thought that you were nothing

and no one what did the Lord do did he

send you out into the world

or did he send his disciples his men to

help you blessed be your Lord blessed be

our Lord the word

that became flesh and dwelt among us

marquise verse nine and there are about

four thousand people and he sent them

away and he got into the boat with his

disciples straight away and came into

the country of Dalmanutha and the

Pharisees came out and put questions to

him requesting from him a sign from

heaven testing him the Pharisees and it

is not indicative of an ethnic group but

of a class of people in society always

come out and put questions testing verse

12 and he was very sad in spirit and

said why is this generation looking for

a sign truly I say to you no sign will

be given to this generation and he went

away from them and again got into the

boat and went across the other side he

went across to the other side and they

had taken note ought to get bread and

they had only one cake of bread with

them in the boat and he said to them to

his disciples take care to be on the

watch against the leaven of the

Pharisees and 11 of Harran the leaven of

those who say they bring the Word of God

but don’t but are after filling their

own pockets and against the leaven of

worldly authorities the leaven their

principles their rules their wisdom the

thing that in sneers you

and they said to one another we have no

bread and Jesus hearing it said to them

why are you reasoning among yourselves

because you have no bread do you still

not see and is it still not clear to you

are your hearts so hard no matter how

little you have as his workers as his

disciples as his man of God through his

word through his presence there is

always enough there is always a way of

taking what you have through God and

letting it be a grace a blessing for

many more always no matter how small you

are no matter how little money you have

all of these things do not matter to God

for God is ruler over everything

verse 18 having eyes do you not see and

having ears have you no hearing and have

you no memory they just came over from

where he took seven cakes of bread and

some fishes and fed everyone and there

was over he fed thousands and there was

still over and immediately after he went

into a boat and started well we don’t

have enough bread there’s always enough

the presence of the Lord is enough more

than enough more than enough

blessed be your Lord

when I made a division of the five cakes

of bread among the 5000 what number of

baskets full of broken bits did you take

up they said to him 12 and when the

seven among the 4000 what number of

baskets full of broken bids bits did you

take up and he sat seven and he said to

them is it still not clear to you my

brother my sister is it still not clear

to you the world runs after numbers how

much how many this amount and that the

Lord says if you have me you will always

have more than enough for in his way

that is not a way of the wisdom of the

world you have more you will have more

in a way you did not expect it in a way

you did not plan it blessed be your Lord

is it still not clear to you mark 8

verse 22 and they came to Bethsaida and

they took a blind man to him requesting

him to put his hands on him and he took

the blind man by the hand and went with

him out of the town and when he had put

water from his mouth on his eyes and put

his hands on him he said do you see

anything and looking up he said I see

men I see them like trees walking then

again he put his eyes on his eyes his

hands on his eyes then again he put his

hands on his eyes and looking hard he

was able to see and saw all things

I pray that if you do not see that if

you do not hear that if you do not

remember that the Lord may put his hands

on your eyes that the Lord may put his

hands on your ears that the Lord may

give you his mind so that you might

remember remember how it was that the

grace of the Lord came upon you the last

time you had need remember and go back

for where you are searching now my

sister where you are searching now my

brother is the world is the reign of the

enemy and they will take you with snares

and break you down little by little

through thoughts that seem to have

wisdom but are of the world and worldly

people will advise you and say do this

and do that the Lord says don’t you see

don’t you hear don’t you remember

may the Lord put his hands on your eyes

on your ears on your mind blessed be

your Lord so that you may see all things

clearly in Jesus mighty name amen and he

sent them away mark 8 verse 26 to his

house saying do not even go into the

town don’t even go and mingle with the

world don’t even go into the town

and Jesus went out and you know why he

said don’t even go into the town stay

away from the leaven of the Pharisees

and the people of Herod stay away you

can go wherever you like you can speak

with whomever you like but do not let

their thoughts which are worldly take

you over that is the leaven and Jesus

mark 8 verse 27 went out with his

disciples into the little towns round

Caesarea Philippi and on the way he put

a question to his disciples saying who

do men say that I am and he made answer

John the Baptist and others Elijah but

others one of the prophets and he said

to them but who do you say I am Peter

said in answer you are the Christ and he

put them on their orders not to say this

of him to anyone and teaching them he

said that the son of man would have to

undergo much and be hated by those in

authority and the chief priests and the

scribes and be put to death and after

three days come back from the dead and

he said this openly and Peter took him

and was protesting but he turning about

and seeing his disciples said sharply to

Peter get out of my way Satan for your

mind is not on the things of God but on

the things of men you see Peter wanted

to keep him alive in the flesh

but the thing of God was that there had

to be a sacrificial lamb whose blood

washed away all sin whose blood marked

everything it came in contact with so

that the Evil One the destroyer could

not touch them

the Lord said these things must happen

these things must happen for the Word of

God once gone out whether it be the new

or the Old Testament is valid is valid

get out of my way Satan for your mind is

not on the things of God but on the

things of men that is the nature that is

how you discern a thought whether it be

from God or from Satan and this was a

positive thought Peter says no Lord we

don’t want them to harm you that is a

positive thought yet it is a thought

rooted in preserving flesh in preserving

the things of men and not in acquiring

in getting the grace the exceeding power

of God get out of my way Satan for your

mind is not on the things of God but on

the things of men do you not see do you

not hear do you not remember blessed be

your Lord and turning to the mass of

people mark 8 verse 34 and turning to

the mass of people with his disciples he

said to them if any man

has the desire to come after me let him

give up all other desires oh that’s a

hard one let him give up all other

desires and I speak of my own experience

that is a hard one let him give up all

other desires take up his cross and come

after me whoever has a desire to keep

his life his worldly life will have it

taken from him and whoever gives up his

life because of me

and the good news will keep it what

profit has a man if he gets all the

world with the loss of his life and what

would a man give in exchange for his

life whoever has a feeling of shame

because of me and my words in this false

and evil generation the son of man will

have a feeling of shame because of him

when he comes in the glory of his father

with the Holy Angels I pray I pray that

the Lord may open your eyes may open

your ears may bring to remembrance what

and how he did it for you so that he

might find you standing unwavering with

unmovable fate doing his works with your

mind sat on the things of God and not on

the things of men when he comes in glue

Corie in the glory of his father with

the Holy Angels when he comes in clouds

of glory rewarding every man for their

works that I pray for you in Jesus

mighty name amen

blessed be the name of the Lord

Have faith in the Lord, he is our provider

And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?
Mark 8:17