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Jesus meets a man named Levi, who is a tax collector, and what Jesus does with this tax collector is going to show us something incredibly important about the kind of people Jesus came to save.
There are moments that can change the direction of a person’s life. In Mark 2, we meet a paralyzed man and his friends, who come to Jesus and think they know what the paralyzed man needs, but Jesus was about to give him something even greater than he ever imagined.
We all know what it is like to be desperate, but in our desperate times, we need to go to our compassionate Savior.
How can we tend to our fields?
How do you react when someone corrects you? Whether your spouse, your boss, a friend...Proverbs 9 says that reaction is the tell: it reveals which of two tables you're eating at, and this week we'll discover why the door to Wisdom's feast only opens to the hungry.
Proverbs 16:9
When we look back on the foolish moments in our lives, we don't want those moments to define us. And that's exactly what Paul wants for the Galatian church. He doesn't want them to be marked by one foolish decision, trading God's grace for their own works.
Knowing God's will begins with knowing God's heart. When we trust Him completely and walk with Him daily, He faithfully leads us one step at a time.
Words are powerful. And sometimes it seems like we can't control them. But one of the goals of Proverbs, is to help us know and understand the power of our words. and how we use our words when talking to one another.
Jesus rose early—before daylight—after what was likely one of the busiest days of His ministry. He woke up early to meet with the Father, Simon and the others slept in. When they finally woke up, they weren’t looking for intimacy with Jesus; they were looking for Him so they could keep the crowds happy. Simon wanted to ride the momentum of public excitement more than he wanted the presence of Christ.
Authority and authority figures can stir up all kinds of feelings and emotions. But when it comes to Jesus and His authority, we should find comfort. And in one day we see Jesus' authority on display in 3 different ways.
This scene of Jesus being baptized is here for us…to learn something from Him. Jesus wants to show us something, not with His words, but with His actions. Jesus is showing us who He is and how we are to follow Him.
Mark is a fast-paced book of the Bible that takes us by the hand to show us how Jesus changed the world!
We are busier than we ever have been before. There are all these things calling for our attention. But in the busyness of our lives, we can forget what is most important.
Empty is usually something negative. We don't like the feeling of emptiness in our lives. And for some, we spend our lives trying to fill that emptiness. But an empty tomb is good news! Because Jesus will satisfy every desire of our lives!
Palm Sunday reminds us that the greatest danger to the human soul is not what’s happening around us, but what’s happening inside us. The crowd shouted “Hosanna — save us now!” But by Friday they shouted “Crucify Him.”
Forgiveness seems like a great idea until we have to forgive. And just as we daily depend on God for what we need, physically and spiritually, we need to depend on God daily for forgiveness.
Give us this day our daily bread, can feel like a prayer that we pray before a meal, or even pointless because we have such abundance in our lives. But this part of the Lord's prayer will challenge how we live, and our belief about who is in control.
Jesus continues His teaching on the components of prayer to help guide us in our own prayers to our Heavenly Father.
