God is worthy of our praise, but what if your praise muscles don’t seem to be working? This week we see from Psalm 103 that by remembering together who God is and all he has done for us in Jesus, we can respond by joining all creation in thankful praise.

This week we see from Ephesians 1:1-14 that the Lord is worthy of all blessing because he has blessed the church. The Lord has blessed you. The Lord has lavished upon us blessing after blessing. These blessings are ours now and they’re safe. They’re in the heavenly places so the they can’t be stolen. Moths and rust won’t destroy them.

Jesus has absolute power over life and death. How can we be sure? This week we see from John 11:1-54 that we can face death with confidence because Jesus has power over life and death, and has faced death for us.

How do we follow Jesus with endurance? This week we see from Hebrews 12:1-3 that we need to get down to race weight, keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep our eyes on the prize.

This week we see from Mark 15 that Jesus died in our place. Jesus took our place when he was forsaken by God. Jesus did these things and more for us. Jesus connects with us and loves us. 

This week we see from Mark 14 that we should join together with Jesus and support him as He goes to die to ransom us. This is gut-wrenching, hard and painful. Let’s be on guard, stay awake, and follow Jesus.

Is it the end of the world? No one really knows. This week Jesus will warn us in Mark 13 that while no one knows, we should be on guard, depend on Jesus alone and be ready for his return.

What does it look like to truly love God and love others? This week we'll see Jesus show us in Mark 12:13-44 what it looks like for God’s people to love God and love others, even though the religious leaders didn’t get it.

When Jesus finally comes to the impressive temple he’s not impressed. Instead he passes judgment on its showy, plastic religion and calls his people to authentic, fruitful faith. This week we'll see from Mark 11:1-12:12 that while showy, plastic religion only leads to judgment, through Jesus we can have fruitful faith.

“What do you want me to do for you?” Imagine Jesus’ asked you this. What might you say? We'll see Jesus ask two people this question in Mark 10:32-52 revealing that the road to true glory is the road of the cross, both for Jesus and for us as we follow him.