Mark 4:24a prayer paraphrased Lord, Your word is important to Listen to! You warn all who are listening: Be careful what you listen to. We should be careful of the things we read, listen to, or watch! How am I best encouraged? By reading and studying Your word, O Lord. How do I get discouraged? […]
The book of Mark focuses on the works of Jesus and His power and authority to accomplish what God called Him to do while He was on earth. Jesus serves God and people like you and me. Jesus is God. He has the divine power of God. He has the authority to wield power. […]
The Mount of Olives is located east of Jerusalem about a Sabbath day’s journey. (Acts 1:12) Jesus rode on the back of a donkey on His triumphal entry into Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. (Mark 11:1) Jesus took His twelve disciples to the Mount of Olives during the last week of […]
Before Jesus ascended into heaven we need to remember none of the New Testament had yet been written; none of the four Gospels (and not how the Holy Spirit worked in the lives of the Apostles), none of the letters, nor the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ…nothing had yet been recorded. […]
Have you ever been walking into a building and a young mom ahead of you is trying to juggle a toddler, a stroller, and a diaper bag? Her hands are full, and she can’t open the door. Our typical response, “Here, let me get the door for you”. John 19:16b-17 (NIV) “So the soldiers took […]
Mark 4:35-39If Jesus never stilled the raging Sea of Galilee with His word… Jesus would STILL be God!BUT Jesus DID speak, and the wind and waves of the Sea of Galilee were stilled… Jesus IS God Who is concerned for all who are in the boat with Him. Jesus is STILL God! a blind man: […]
People say things and later, much later, you remember their words. For they were important and had an impact on you. Same thing happened in the days following the death of Jesus. Actually, after His resurrection, some women were told by two angels what Jesus said a couple of years earlier. NASB Luke 24:6-7 “‘He […]
Jesus talked to His disciples, and He is talking to us today!(NASB) Luke 17:22-25 “And He said to His disciples, ‘The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.23 ‘They will say to you, ‘Look there! Look here!’ Do […]
Are you doing what the Lord Jesus has called you to do, despite people who show you disdain and wanting you to be gone from your position in life?
How did the living God of the Holy Bible show His love for you and me? NASB Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” God’s love demonstrated for you and me – “Christ died for us.” God the Father watched His […]