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…
How do we handle interruptions in the plans we have in our lives? I know I don’t handle them very well at all. Jesus shows us a much better way on how to handle such things. Rather than seeing the interruptions to our plans and our life as interruptions we can see and accept them…
Think: About how we are received and not forgotten by God and how it is He has called us to do the same for others. Know: God has not delayed in His response and His timing is always perfect. Nevertheless, in our fear and doubt, Jesus is always speaking into our life carrying us along…
THINK: About how God has called them to grow into their crops of 30, 60, and 100 fold. What this looks like? How do they actually do it? What Jesus actually means and expects from us when we have the seed of the Gospel planted within good soil in our own lives? KNOW: Jesus is…
THINK: About who they are in the story in their day to day life. KNOW: Jesus is who the Bible shows us He is. He is the only way truth and life. Do we truly live like this in regards to our relationship with others? Do we do whatever it takes to get others to…
Everyone’s calling and charge in the name of Jesus is to repent, to believe, and then to go fish. The Gospel and the whole of the scripture story make this clear. We realize this fully as we begin our brand new series over the Gospel of Mark. THINK: Have I repented, have I believed, am…
No matter what happens next we know one thing remains the same. God is still in control and has a plan and will use both hardship and tragedy to win the day. Hindsight is indeed 2020. This is a message about transitioning boldly from 2020 to 2021 without fear, but in the assurance of what…