Category: From the Pastor

Scripture: 9 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” “Twelve,” they replied. 20 “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” They answered, “Seven.” 21 He said to them, “Do you…

Scripture: Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”  Mark 7:15 NIV  https://bible.com/bible/111/mrk.7.15.NIV Observation: Our heart (internal disposition toward God) is the most important offering we make toward God. No external act of piety can overcome a hardened heart.… Read…

Scripture: 23 And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.” Observation: Herod made a foolish promise based on incenstuous lust for his wife’s daughter. His sin had a consequence, but it was not just for himself. It also cost John the Baptist his life…

Scripture: Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.  Mark 5:17 NIV  https://bible.com/bible/111/mrk.5.17.NIV Observation: Why on earth would people ask Jesus to leave their region? The answer is that some people have a lot to lose when Jesus brings healing and deliverance. Those who willfully profit off of sin, disobedience, and…

Read Mark 4: http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=482994953 Scripture: 13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? Observation: The parable of the sower is the only parable to which Jesus gives an interpretation of his own words. The parable, as Jesus interprets it, focuses on the obstacles of living by Jesus’…