Daily Word: Mark 5:21-43
Here we see two very different people both driven to Jesus in a moment of difficulty and desperation. If desperate times drive you to Jesus, then they are good gifts, because near him is the safest place you can be.
Read MoreDaily Word: How Jesus Frees Us
Mark 5:1-20 Song: Were You There? Notes: On Good Friday we think about how Jesus frees us. 1. There is a confrontation 2. There is an extermination 3. There is a transformation
Read MoreDaily Word: How evil takes you: Gain -> Chain -> Pain
Mark 5:1-20 Song: Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended Notes: This is a story about how evil can take you, and how Jesus can take you back. But for today: how does evil take you? 1st there is GAIN 2nd there is a CHAIN 3rd there is PAIN But how does Jesus take you back? By…
Read MoreDaily Word: Mark 5:1-20. Don’t Die Before You Die
Mark 5:1-20 Song: O Sacred Head Now Wounded Notes: First Jesus calms an external storm and then he calms an internal storm. In this man, we see one of Satan’s primary strategies: to kill whatever he can. If he can’t kill you, he will kill your joy, your hope, your peace. But don’t die before…
Read MoreDaily Word: Mark 4:35-41. 3 Questions and why my boys love Publix
Song: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Notes: Question 1: Don’t you care that we are dying? They assume that since they lost control of the world then the world was out of control. That is a bad assumption. Question 2: Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith? Central Theme: of…
Read MoreDaily Word: Mark 4:35-41. The Storm Stopper
In his gospel Mark is showing Jesus’ victory over death and how Jesus dealt with death’s many invasions into human life. Because of Jesus’ resurrection, all the disciples believed that death was defeated, but the central question is why does its shadow still remain? To help us, Mark gives us 13 “case studies” in how…
Read MoreDaily Word: Psalm 24:7- An invitation to become royalty.
Psalms 24:7 Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Song: O Come to the Altar Notes: This verse is both a declaration and an invitation. It is a declaration that the Lord of Hosts is the victorious King of Glory. And…
Read MoreDaily Word: Psalm 24:2
He has founded the earth upon the waters…and that is good news. It means he can bring stability out of chaos, order out of disorder. He is the solid rock on which we stand.
Read MoreDaily Word: Psalm 27:7-9: Wobbly Faith and the Silence of God
Psalms 27:7-9 Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me! You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.” Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me…
Read MoreSermon: Psalm 24
The Prescription for Peace Psalm 24 is a prescription for peace. It tells us how we can be free from fear. It gives us the: Perspective we need: (Psalm 24:1-2) Prescription we follow: (Psalm 24:3-6) Presence we experience: (Psalm 24:7-10)
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