Craving Crumbs - part of the Marked As Disciples series - was originally preached on April 24, 2016 at Crosspoint Bible Church in Omaha, NE by Pastor Kevin Stone.

4. Mark 7:24-30
Jesus left that place and went to the
vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and
did not want anyone to know it; yet he
could not keep his presence secret. 25 In
fact, as soon as she heard about him, a
woman whose little daughter was
possessed by an impure spirit came and
fell at his feet

5. Mark 7:24-30
26 The woman was a Greek, born in
Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to
drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 “First let the children eat all they
want,” he told her, “for it is not right to
take the children’s bread and toss it to
the dogs.”

6. Mark 7:24-30
28 “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs
under the table eat the children’s
crumbs.”
29 Then he told her, “For such a reply,
you may go; the demon has left your
daughter.”
30 She went home and found her child
lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

13. Luke 4:25
I assure you that there were many
widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when
the sky was shut for three and a half
years and there was a severe famine
throughout the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not
sent to any of them, but to a widow in
Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

16. Ephesians 2:13-14
But now in Christ Jesus you who once
were far away have been brought near
by the blood of Christ.
14 For he himself is our peace, who has
made the two groups one and has
destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall
of hostility…

19. We must approach others with compassion.

20. We must approach others with compassion.
We must approach Jesus with humility.

21. We must approach others with compassion.
We must approach Jesus with humility.
We must approach Jesus boldly.

22. Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach God’s throne of
grace with confidence, so that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help us
in our time of need.

23. 1 John 5:14-15
This is the confidence we have in
approaching God: that if we ask anything
according to his will, he hears us. 15 And
if we know that he hears us—whatever
we ask—we know that we have what we
asked of him.

24. We must approach others with compassion.
We must approach Jesus with humility.
We must approach Jesus boldly.
We must approach Jesus in faith.

25. Hebrews 11:1
And without faith it is impossible to
please God, because anyone who comes
to him must believe that he exists and
that he rewards those who earnestly
seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
Now faith is confidence in what we hope
for and assurance about what we do not
see.

27. Mark 7:31-37
Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and
went through Sidon, down to the Sea of
Galilee and into the region of the
Decapolis. 32 There some people brought
to him a man who was deaf and could
hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to
place his hand on him.

28. Mark 7:31-37
33 After he took him aside, away from
the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the
man’s ears. Then he spit and touched
the man’s tongue. 34 He looked up to
heaven and with a deep sigh said to him,
“Ephphatha!”
(which means “Be opened!”).

29. Mark 7:31-37
35 At this, the man’s ears were opened,
his tongue was loosened and he began
to speak plainly.
36 Jesus commanded them not to tell
anyone. But the more he did so, the
more they kept talking about it.

30. Mark 7:31-37
37 People were overwhelmed with
amazement. “He has done everything
well,” they said. “He even makes the
deaf hear and the mute speak.”

38. Isaiah 35:5-6
Then will the eyes of the blind be
opened and the ears of the deaf
unstopped. Then will the lame leap like
a deer, and the mute tongue
shout for joy.

42. Jesus demonstrated compassion.

43. Jesus demonstrated compassion.
Jesus frees us to hear and to speak.