Nov 10, 2017 | Word Among Us
They were afraid to ask him. Jesus must have really scared the apostles when he told them that he would suffer, be rejected by the elders, and be killed. Even though they couldn’t fully understand what he meant, they caught his ominous tone, and that frightened...
Nov 9, 2017 | Word Among Us
I saw you under the fig tree. What was going through Nathanael’s mind as he sat under that fig tree? Being familiar with Scripture, he may have recalled the words of Micah, where the prophet promises that “they shall all sit . . . under their own fig trees,...
Nov 8, 2017 | Word Among Us
The Lord takes delight in his people. “Lord, I am overwhelmed by these words. I know that you made me. I can even accept that you love me because you love everything you made. But to hear that you take delight in me? That’s more than I ever expected! It’s...
Nov 7, 2017 | Word Among Us
They set out. Pause for a few minutes right now and imagine that you are among the Twelve as Jesus is giving them power and authority to cast out demons and cure diseases. Picture him looking you right in the eye and saying, “Go. Proclaim the kingdom of God. Heal...
Nov 6, 2017 | Word Among Us
Lord, you can work through anyone The Bible is filled with examples of unlikely heroes. When Samuel went to anoint a king for Israel, he chose David, the youngest and least likely of Jesse’s seven sons. When it was time for Jesus to become man, God chose Mary, a...
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