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; and others, one […]
He Still Can
In The Word Read: Mark 8:1-26 Four Thousand Men Fed 8 In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesussummoned His disciples and *said to them, 2 “I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me for three days already and have nothing to eat. 3 And […]
Magnet Life
In The Word Read: Mark 7:24-37 The Syrophoenician Woman 24 Now Jesus got up and went from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know about it; and yet He could not escape notice. 25 But after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter […]
The Relationship
In The Word Read: Mark 7:1-23 Followers of Tradition 7 The Pharisees and some of the scribes *gathered to Him after they came from Jerusalem, 2 and saw that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unholy hands, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the other Jews do not eat unless they carefully […]
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 little while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.) 32 And they went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves. Five […]
A Labor Of Love
In The Word Read: Mark 6:7-30 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 were to take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their […]
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 He stayed by the seashore. 22 And one of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, *came, and upon seeing Him, *fell at His feet 23 and *pleaded […]
It’s A Trust Fall
In The Word Read: Mark 4:35-5:20 Jesus Stills the Sea 35 On that day, when evening came, He *said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”36 After dismissing the crowd, they *took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. 37 And a fierce gale of wind […]
Not On The Surface
In The Word Read: Mark 4:21-34 21 And He was saying to them, “A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, or under a bed, is it? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand? 22 For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that […]
Time Will Tell
In The Word Read: Mark 4:1-20 Parable of the Sower and Soils 4 Again He began to teach by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat on the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. 2 And He was […]