Mark 1:9-13: // The sermon explores various wilderness journeys of scripture, beginning with the temptation of Jesus. A some point, God leads us all on a wilderness journey.

Isaiah 35: Continuing our search for joy in the Old Testament, we learn from Isaiah’s prophecy of blooms in the desert, strength for the weak, and a highway of holiness.

Mark 5:11-20 // The story culminates not with escape, but with commission, as Jesus sends the healed man back as a living witness. A terrified town sends Jesus away, but a man once bound goes home to tell a new story.

Esther 7:1-10:3: The book of Esther teaches us how the unseen hand of God can carry us in to joy.

Galatians 2:20: In response to his disagreement with Peter, Paul implores the people of Galatia to find their lives in Christ. To understand that if they are crucified with Christ, they will rise with Christ to a new life in Him.

Mark 5:1-10: This two-week series in Mark 5 traces Jesus’ journey into the most broken and avoided places of human life, where isolation and despair seem to have the final word. Jesus steps into the brokenness that others avoid and exposes our need for His restoring authority.

Philippians 2:5-11 : To faithfully perform the gospel in our own lives, we need to study the script. Discover who this Jesus is, and you’ll discover who our God is.

Habbakuk 3:16-19: The prophet’s poem invites us to a joy that is rooted in God’s faithfulness in the midst of all the life brings.

1 Samuel 30: God does not give based on our merit; God gives based on His grace. We are to follow His generosity with our own.

Philippians 2:1-4: We’ve been cast in the drama of the gospel. So, think like a cast-member, and let all your living be Jesus-shaped.