Emphasis Preaching Journal

There is an old story about a magician who had great powers. He could heal the sick, make cripples walk, bring love to the lonely, find lost items, and tell the future with extraordinary accuracy. People came to him from miles around, and eventually, he took on an apprentice. To this apprentice he revealed all his secrets -- to go to a certain place in the woods to pray; the proper words of the magic spells, the ingredients for the cures, and how to look into a calm pond and see the future. At last, he died, but his apprentice went on to use what he had learned.