Have you ever felt stuck in your life of faith? Have you ever felt like things in life were not moving forward? Paul gives us some practical advice in a much different situation than our own, but surely applies to our own about how we could truly move forward in our relationship with Jesus, and…
Join us on a journey of discovering the hope there is in the Resurrection of Jesus. The hope there is in being a child of the resurrection, a child of Easter Day, and a child of God. For in Jesus there is no reason to have hoped. Rather, there is every reason to have hope. Even…
Yes, it is still Easter, it is a season, and as we discussed last week it is a lifestyle and way of living as Children of the Resurrection, but the reality is Easter day has come and gone. The resurrection of Jesus has taken place. HE HAS RISEN!!! What now? What do we do now…
Ever wonder why verses 9-20 of Mark’s Gospel in the 16th chapter are in brackets, and why there is typically a note tied to those brackets that says something along the lines, “Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9-20.” It has this because it wasn’t Mark’s original ending. Rather it was an ending…
It is so easy to get swept away with the pervasive opinion of the day and to just go along with the crowd. May it never be so for us in matters of faith. May we truly celebrate and worship Jesus for who He really is and what He really is doing. Not what it…
Jesus gives us moments to hold on to. So many moments to hold on to. So many moments given to people to know Jesus is exactly who He says He is. Moments to remember. Moments to hold on to in the darkest of hours and the most difficult of times. Moments to be reminded to…
What Jesus says will happen, will happen. We can trust in what Jesus says because time and time again He proves what He says happen will happen. In this, we should respond accordingly to what He has to say and trust He has it all taken care of each and every day. KEY PASSAGE: Mark…
What is one of the really often forgotten things about the commandments? Not just the big 10, but all of them. Especially when Christ would sum them all up in two of the 613 commandments we have within the Torah, which the first five books of the Bible. This often forgotten truth, this often forgotten…
THINK: About the purpose of Mark writing about the fig tree and the temple the way he does relates to what Jesus is teaching us. KNOW: We have become the temple of God. Have we cleared away the things that don’t belong and made way in our life for the fruit of the Spirit to…
Ever feel like you just don’t get it? Ever feel like your unsaved friend or family member will never get it? The Gospel of Mark intentionally teaches us a very important truth throughout chapters 8 through 10 to remind us of something very important. Sometimes it takes more than once to open the eyes of…