Mark 6:30-44; We always want more. Its never enough. Nothing ever satisfies. Our hearts are broken. Jesus came to satisfy our hearts with himself. We were made by him to have our hearts full of him.

Mark 6:14-29; In the midst of the spiritual awakening surrounding the ministry of the disciples Herod Antipas hears about Jesus and has an unusual response. His heart is hardened against belief in Jesus because of his own heart commitments. We have heart commitments as well. We always act according to what we love. The question is, what do we love?

Mark 6:7-13; Jesus in authority calls, sends out, delegates authority and charges his 12 closest disciples. The Disciples in obedience to Jesus went out, proclaimed the message of repentance, cast out demons and anointed many. Their mission is our mission. And by God' grace we get to see the fruit of obedience to Christ.

Mark 6:1-6; Jesus goes home, goes to the synagogue, faithfully teaches and is promptly rejected by his own people. They stumble over Jesus and rightly so because his message is offensive.

Mark 5:21-43; Everything happens in the Lord's Time. Even the terrible and horrible things. And because He controls it he uses it for his glory and to give us the gift of faith. In today's passage Jesus meets a wealthy man in desperate need and a poor woman with a long term illness. To both he gives the greatest need, Faith in himself.

Mark 5:1-20; Many people reject Christianity because it is strange and unnatural. It just doesn't make sense in the way that the world counts sense. The story of the demonic and the Pigs is just such a story. Here we see Jesus going to an unlikely location, to an unlikely man, with an unlikely victory that leads to unlikely results. Perhaps its the strangeness of Christianity that lends it credibility. No one would make this up.

Mark 4:25-31; What are you afraid of? What keeps you up at night? What chills you to the bone? Fear is a wonderful diagnostic tool that the Lord uses to reveal our hearts. The Disciples' hearts were revealed on a stormy sea in a tiny, sinking boat. They were in dread until the realized just who Jesus is...then the real fear started.

Mark 4:21-33; Jesus teaches about his kingdom in Parables. His kingdom is revealed through the message that he preaches. Jesus teaches that his kingdom grows even when we least expect it. Finally he teaches us that his kingdom multiplies so that it is the largest of all kingdoms in the earth. In all of these there is a call to believe in the message that we have heard and to respond in faith to Christ.

Mark 3:22-20; What is the unpardonable sin? In context Jesus' confusing words make sense. The Jewish leaders make an accusation, Jesus responds with a logical confrontation. Jesus then offers a gracious exoneration and concludes with the only disqualification.

Joshua 1:1-9; Be Strong? How can I be strong when i am so weak and pathetic? How can I keep a command when I am not empowered to do what is commanded? The good news is that God gives us the gospel to empower and strengthen his people.