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A text – Mark 4:35-41 4:35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.”4:36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him.4:37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves beatContinue reading “Who Is This, Then? Mark 4:35-41”

A text – Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15 92:1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;92:2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,92:3 to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.92:4 For you,Continue reading “A Life of Gladness – Psalm 92”

2 Corinthians 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-17 5:6 So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord —5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.5:8 Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and atContinue reading “No Longer Just for Ourselves – 2 Corinthians 5”

A text — Mark 4:26-34 4:26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground,4:27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.4:28 The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, thenContinue reading “The Kingdom Is Like… – Mark 4:26-34”

A text – Psalm 130130:1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.130:2 Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!130:3 If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?130:4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.130:5 I waitContinue reading “Deep Suffering, Deeper Hope – Psalm 130”

A text – 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:14:13 But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture–“I believed, and so I spoke” –we also believe, and so we speak,4:14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring usContinue reading “Chipped Away for God’s Kingdom – 2 Corinthians 4”

A text – Mark 3:20-353:20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.3:21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”3:22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by theContinue reading “Messiah Work – Mark 3:20-35”

A text – Psalm 2929:1 Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.29:2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory of his name; worship the LORD in holy splendor.29:3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over mighty waters.29:4 The voiceContinue reading “Great Power and Peace – Psalm 29”

A text – Romans 8:12-178:12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh–8:13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.8:14 For all who areContinue reading “Full Heirs by Blood – Romans 8:12-17”

A text – John 3:1-173:1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.3:2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence ofContinue reading “Tenderness – John 3:1-17”