MOTIVATE Chaos in past month … EXAMINE Discovering Calm When Life Isn’t (Matthew 8:18-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-35) *Yet, another event in all the Synoptics. 18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said,…
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Jesus Went
Jesus spent time with disciples, and was known as a friend of sinners. He did not spend all his time in synagogues. He took faith in community settings, public venues, and the marketplace. Jesus was the thermostat, warming the cold and callous, cooling the hot and hardened, and pushing back afflictions. Jesus people are not…
Mending The Broken (Mark 2:1-12; Matthew 9:1-7; Luke 5:17-26)
MOTIVATE This happens all the time in life. We ask for items we want but God has a way of giving us what we actually need. You see, most of our presenting problems – one’s that we voice and those in public might observe – are not our greatest trouble. Our greatest need is not…