Posts with the tag “week-40”

Matthew 8:28-34; 9:18-26; Mark 5; Luke 8:26-56.  “Living Out What You Believe”          What do you know about faith?  Most often people tend to make some kind of emotionally active connection with descriptions like “hope.”  However, today’s passage makes a physically active connection.         She had been hemorrhaging for 12 years with no hope in sight, but then she heard about Jesus.  She belie...  Read More

Matthew 8:23-27; 13:10-52; Mark 4:21-41; Luke 8:9-18, 22-25. “Teachable Spirit”          Dad says to his son, "You better get ready.  The bus will be here in a minute to pick you up and take you to Sunday School."  His son asked, "Did you go to Sunday School when you were a boy?"  Dad replied, "Yes I did."  The boy said as he was getting dressed, "It probably won’t do me any good either!"        ...  Read More

Matthew 12:22-13:9; Mark 3:20-4:20; Luke 8:1-8, 19-21.  “A Heart Search”          “Your walk talks and your talk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.”  Jesus went beyond just saying good things.  He went beyond just saying He was equal with God.  Jesus also did good things.  He also did things which displayed His power.  But to many of the unbelieving it wasn’t enough: “Teacher,...  Read More

Matthew 8:5-13; 11:1-30; Luke 7.  “Their Faith”          Jesus gives us a short commentary on the faith of three individuals in today’s reading.  First, we read of the Roman officer who had the faith that Jesus could just “say the word” from wherever He was and his servant would be healed.  Jesus said He had not seen faith like that in all of Israel.  Second, we meet John the Baptist who preached ...  Read More

Matthew 6:5-7:29; Luke 6:37-49. “Submitting to Others”          Think of what today’s passage teaches us about submission: Submit to the Father in prayer; Submit to the words and direction of Jesus; Display submission through forgiveness, fasting, and treating others as you would have them treat you.  Often we do well with the first items but not the last.  We may struggle with forgiving others. ...  Read More

Matthew 5:1-6:4; Mark 3:7-19; Luke 6:12-36.  “Searching for Happiness”          Would you like to know how to experience hope, joy and happiness?  The Beatitudes (Mt. 5 & Lk. 6) tell us how.  The first thing to note is that we will never get anywhere in our search for true happiness until we give up trying to find it by our own efforts and receive it instead as God’s free gift.  God is the source ...  Read More

         This week’s theme has to do with what Jesus taught.  The Beatitudes, the entire Sermon on the Mount, the majority of His parables and a wide variety of other topics are included in what Jesus teaches in these passages.  Yet more than just the elements of what is taught is the significance of remembering who taught.  Jesus is the perfect Teacher and therefore His teachings are perfect. Mat...  Read More

This week’s theme has to do with what Jesus taught.  The Beatitudes, the entire Sermon on the Mount, the majority of His parables and a wide variety of other topics are included in what Jesus teaches in these passages.  Yet more than just the elements of what is taught is the significance of remembering who taught.  Jesus is the perfect Teacher and therefore His teachings are perfect.  Read More