“These stories stir in us a passion to draw near to God and trust his will to truly be best for all of us, and God’s will is most dramatically seen and given to us in the words and life of Jesus Christ.”
Tag: Mark 4
Owed Some Explaining
“Maybe the heart of anything we’ve read or heard about Jesus today or any Sunday, any quiet time of devotions or study is found in our last verse today – “He explained everything in private to his disciples.” You and I are still owed some explaining.”
What We Ought to Do
Luke 17: 5-10 Three Indians/Native Americans – a Navajo, a Hopi and an Apache – were speaking about how powerful their prayers were. The Navajo said, “You know, we Navajos praying for healing, and the sick get well about half the time.” The Hopi said, “Well, we Hopis pray for rain, and it happens about…
Great Big Things
Happy Father’s Day. “My kids are always so nice to me on Father’s day,” said one father. “They will do anything I ask them to do.” A co-worker replied, “Well, I must say that Father’s Day is the one day that my children do listen to me. I tell them not to spend a lot…
Ask Him
Mark 4: 26-34 It is in the fourth chapter of Mark the readers and hearers are told if you don’t understand the parable of the sower of seeds, how will you understand all parables? In this chapter, there is the parable of the sower (we read together Matthew’s version last July), the parable of the…
Nine O’clock
April dreamed last month of a clock face reading nine o’clock. She found that nine means visitation & deliverance. We claimed both in Jesus’ name. She researched the number nine further. The ninth hour is the beginning of the second watch, from nine to midnight, the darkest watch. When she dreamed, we were in the…
The Will of God
<!–[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> The fishing was fair. The sun was high. The wind was blowing, and the waves were growing. I was certainly glad there was no storm on the horizon, but the waves were getting the better of me. My stomach was growing more and more uneasy. That bothered me more than physically. …
Psalm 102 in The Message 