Discovering Calm When Life Isn’t (Matthew 8:18-27)

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,…

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 “You can’t always get what you want.” – Mick Jagger Little kid wants a bike or bb gun but gets socks & underwear Getting married and what you want is $ but people give you pots & pans New parent baby showers get tons of diapers (man thinks: we’ll never use all these?) Prayer…