Today we hear from Dr. Walter Shepherd, our marriage ministry pastor, as he shares his personal walk through suffering and seeing the hand of God in his circumstances as he patiently waits for heaven.

As American believers, we have a debt of gratitude and a burden of responsibility to pray for our country and our leaders.

As Jesus travels from town to town, he continues to encounter different types of responses to who He is. Some are amazed, some are offended, some question, and some believe.

In Mark 5, Jesus heals a woman who has bled for 12 years and he raises a little girl from the dead. At one time or another, sickness and death has impacted all of us. When God delays, what is he trying to teach us?

Today Jason Barrow continues our study of the Gospel Of Mark as we start Chapter 5. Jesus casts a whole army of demons out of a possessed man and shows us that he has compassion for the enslaved as well as authority over darkness.

When trouble come up in our lives, it's easy to wonder if Jesus really cares. This is exactly what the disciples thought when they got caught in a storm in the middle of a lake. They asked Jesus, "Don't you even care that we're going to drown?" (Mark 4:38). We forget that the Lord has promised to be with us wherever we go and that He's sovereign over all the storms of life!

Faithful kingdom citizens believe that a little faith has huge kingdom impact. In Mark 4, Jesus shares a couple parables to tell us what the Kingdom of God is like. So as kingdom citizens, how do we grow spiritually here on earth?

What's the condition of your heart when God's Word is preached? Are you a listener or a hearer? Pastor Steve talks about the Parable of the Sower and how to determine if your heart is one that listens and obeys.

In Mark 3, Jesus encounters conflict from his family. Who's not also experienced this? Pastor Steve has some instruction from the life of Jesus that we can learn from.

Mark 3:7-19 drops us down into a day in the life of Jesus - he's surrounded by crowds of people following him after hearing about all of his miracles. He also then officially appoints the twelve disciples. A simple day in Jesus' life is full of insight into what he considered his ultimate purpose for coming.