In The Word Read Deuteronomy 1 Israel’s History after the Exodus 1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab. 2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. 3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh […]
Month: April 2017
Even Though It May Be Painful, Pluck It Out!
In The Word Read Mark 9:30-50 Death and Resurrection Foretold 30 From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it. 31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He […]
We Can Conquer
In The Word Read Mark 9:1-29 The Transfiguration 9 And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” 2 Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John, […]
Eternal Eyes
In The Word Read Mark 8:27-38 Peter’s Confession of Christ 27 Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.” 29 And He continued by questioning […]
He Still Can
In The Word Read Mark 8:1-26 Four Thousand Fed 8 In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them, 2 “I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them away hungry […]
Magnet Life
In The Word Read Mark 7:24-37 The Syrophoenician Woman 24 Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.25 But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came […]
The Relationship
In The Word Read Mark 7:1-23 Followers of Tradition 7 The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, 2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions […]
Perfect Love
In The Word Read Mark 6:31-56 31 And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.) 32 They went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves. Five Thousand Fed 33 The people saw them going, and many recognized them and […]
A Labor of Love
In The Word Read Mark 6:6-30 6 And He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around the villages teaching. The Twelve Sent Out 7 And He *summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits; 8 and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff—no […]
The Faith Factor
In The Word Read Mark 5:21-43, 6:1-6 Miracles and Healing 21 When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore. 22 One of the synagogue officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet 23 and *implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is […]