God calls us to be His witnesses. He doesn’t ask us, He tells us, and then He empowers us with His Holy Spirit to witness in the circumstances He has placed us in, and to the people He has placed in our lives. He doesn’t ask us to ‘close the deal’, just to invite people to meet Jesus.

When Jesus lays His hands on the daughter of Jairus she is healed. Fascinating story. When Jesus gets a hold of a life, that life is transformed. The laying on of hands has been part of the Christianity throughout the ages as a symbol of God’s love.

As we look at Jesus calming the storm, we see that Jesus, through His death and resurrection, comes to bring peace before, in, and after the storms in our life.

The devil wants you fathers, but God wants you more. You have a very important job to do for Him. God wants you to guard, gird, and guide your family, and to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him. - Mark 4:26-34

The way the world is, is not the way the world should be. Some thing has gone terribly wrong. Sin has infected everything. But we have a good good Father who pursues us and saves us. Genesis 3

In addressing the Pharisees who follow the rules of the Sabbath Day, and the issues they have with Him not following them, Jesus tells them that the Sabbath was made for man, and that He is the Lord of the Sabbath. Mark 2:28-3:6

When life doesn’t add up, when we can’t make sense of things, what we believe, teach, and confess about the Trinity, the person and work of God, can help us makes sense of things and help us to witness to others about God.

We will be persecuted because of the Bible. Jesus said so. He also said He will protect us. How? We learn an important lesson from the early church. Acts 4

As we celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the disciples who then spoke in other languages the Good News of Jesus, we remember that we are here because of the Holy Spirit at work in our own life and because of that first Pentecost.

What happens between the day we confess our faith and the day we go to heaven? The answer might not be what you think. But I’ve got to tell you what to expect.