It is a prayer of surrender before God and it is the key to living freely and fruitfully in this world.

At the heart of our mission as a church is bringing people to Jesus. We know our own desperate need for Jesus - for forgiveness, for hope, for peace, for purpose.

Our hope and only true hope is in Jesus!

We come to the end of the line with Mark. Mark started out his gospel with this: ‘The beginning of the gospel about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.” So, what’s the news, and why is it so good? If you’ve got a chance before Sunday, have a skim back through Mark… and remind yourself… what have we learnt about who Jesus is as Messiah, the Son of God)? And how have we seen that that’s such a good thing?

The pursuit of truth can be a twisting turning journey. In the trial of Jesus there are two parts: The trial before the Jewish authorities who wanted him killed on the charge of Blasphemy; The trial before the Roman authority Pontius Pilate. Pilate was the only legal authority who could sign off on the capital punishment of treason, and death by crucifixion.

In this three-way power struggle Jesus displays his glory. The trial(s) of Jesus invites us to remember the Son of Man came not be served but serve and give his life as ransom for many. Here is a truth that some find hard to handle.

Failure and forgiveness.

A successful church, pastor, people - we are weak, proudly not listening to God, proudly trusting ourselves. We need Jesus strength to humble carry us.

In Mark 14.10-26 we are given an opportunity to join Jesus and his disciples at one last meal before his death. We will see God’s sovereign and gracious purposes for the entire world and all history coming to fulfilment in Jesus of Nazareth. We will see the immense love God has for us and the joy He has in suffering to bring His purposes about. We will see why it is he alone we are called to follow.

One Great Passion

Jesus is the Lord over love, sex and marriage