Jesus told the disciples, “I discerned their illness, and they were healed. You discerned their hunger. You feed them.”
Category: Jesus
Let Them Grow Together
Matthew 13: 24-30 The phrase that catches me in this parable is, “Let both of them grow together.” The slaves of the householder ask how those weeds got among the wheat, and do you want us to go and gather them? The common weed that grew among wheat in those days in those circumstances appeared…
Perceiving Our Visitation
Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 Jesus leaves the house to go sit beside the Sea of Galilee. Large crowds gathered around him. The story of a large crowd pressing in on him and his disciples comes to mind. He then moved to a boat in the sea while the crowd remained on the beach and from…
To the Infant and The Weary
Matthew 11: 25-30 We’re going to look at this eleventh chapter of Matthew this morning. Jesus and his disciples, his friends, went out as a team to share the good news of God’s kingdom in deeds and words. We’re going to have a bit of Bible study looking through chapter eleven, and it starts with…
Welcome!
Matthew 10: 40-42 Jesus said this morning in our text, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me.” Earlier this week, I read this little story, and it seemed to be appropriate. A teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents. They were appalled by his appearance: leather jacket, tattoos, and multiple piercings. Later, the…
I’m Staying Home
Matthew 10: 27-39 Maybe because of this text of scripture or that I was at Annual Conference this week, this illustration seems appropriate. Jesus was walking along one day when he came upon a man crying, and he said, “My friend, what’s wrong?” The man replied, “I’m blind. Can you help me?” Jesus healed the…
Out of Compassion
Matthew 9: 35 – 10: 8 “The laborers are few,” the text says. The laborers are few. The interviewer said to the farmer who’d just won the lottery, “Congratulations on winning the eighty-million-dollar prize.” The farmer responded, “Thank you.” The interviewer asked, “Do you have any special plans for spending the money?” The farmer said,…
Watching What Jesus Did
Matthew 9: 9-13, 18-26 I think we’ll talk a little bit about sin this morning. A twenty-seven-year-old minister was assigned to his first church only a short time when he noticed that one of his parishioners, an elderly woman, had missed several Sundays in a row. He decided to see her and find out the…
What Should We Do?
Acts 2: 29-42 Those who heard Peter explain how Jesus was the Messiah and reiterated the promise of the Father to send the baptism of the Holy Spirit asked what they should do in response to what they heard. Peter said they should repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the…
What We Will Be
Acts 1: 1-11 A few minutes ago we confessed our belief he ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. Not to be disrespectful, but does that mean he flew? A lady was flying with her infant daughter. When they landed, they were met in the waiting area by…
Psalm 102 in The Message 