When Life Is Going From Bad to Worse – February 20th
Mark 5:25-34 Key Verse: Now a woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothing. For she said, […]
When You’ve Been Thrown a Curveball – February 19th
Read Daniel 1:1-7 Key Verse: “In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it. The Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with some of the vessels from the house of God.” (Daniel 1:1-2a CSB) Life doesn’t always […]
Tell Your Story – February 17th
Mark 5:1-20 Key Verse: Jesus did not let him but told him, “Go home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.” (Mark 5:19 CSB) One of the reasons why I love watching people get baptized is because they often […]
Does Jesus Really Care? – February 16th
Jonah 3:10-4:4 I have always imagined the prophet Jonah as a young man. I don’t know why, but I can’t see him as an old man with a long white beard. Whether or not he was in fact young or old, he had some lessons to learn. Jonah apparently had a ministry as a prophet […]
Does Jesus Really Care? – February 15th
Mark 4:35-41 Key Verse: A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher! Don’t you care that we’re going to die?” (Mark 4:37-38 CSB) Nobody likes […]
Watch Out for a Hardened Heart! – February 14th
Mark 3:1-6 Key Verse: “After looking around at them with anger, he was grieved at the hardness of their hearts and told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against him, how they might kill him.” […]
Who’s In Your Circle? – February 13th
Mark 2:13-17 Key Verse: “Then, passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the toll booth, and he said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him. While he was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for […]
Jesus Can Make You Clean! – February 12th
Mark 1:39-45 Key Verse: “Then a man with leprosy came to him and, on his knees, begged him: “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched him. “I am willing,” he told him. “Be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made […]
The Lord Is My Helper – February 11th
Psalm 94 Key Verse: “Who stands up for me against the wicked? Who takes a stand for me against evildoers? If the Lord had not been my helper, I would soon rest in the silence of death. If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your faithful love will support me, Lord. When I am filled with […]
What Are You Counting On? – February 8th
Key Verse: “More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a […]