October 16

Mark 4-5
It's interesting when we look at the Lord's miracles.  He seems to have had a single purpose behind each of them, and that purpose was wrapped up in faith.  He was either performing the miracle to demonstrate who He was, thus creating faith in the witnesses, or He was demonstrating the power of the faith that some already had, such as, the woman who touched his garment and was healed because of her faith.  Whatever the situation or circumstance, faith was involved.  Later on Paul would write that faith comes through hearing the word of God.  Does that mean that there was a shift of sorts?  I suspect that may be the case, since the age of miracles seems to have passed.  At least, miracles in the sense of what Jesus and His apostles performed.  Our primary source for the development of faith in this age comes from the Bible.  It would be interesting to see if His miracles would have the same impact today.