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Today’s passage
John 11:17-44
Experience
Jesus’ friend Lazarus was very ill. Lazarus’ sisters, Mary and Martha (the same women from two days ago) sent for Jesus. However, He delayed in coming, and when He did arrive, Lazarus had been dead for four days. Martha, Mary, and the others had given up any hope that Jesus could act. Mary [...]

Today’s passage
Matthew 13: 31-33
Experience
Have you ever seen a mustard seed? It’s incredibly small, yet after it’s planted, it can grow to a height of ten feet or more. One of the largest of all garden plants, it provides rest for birds seeking sanctuary.
That’s what happens when we allow the kingdom of God, which is His [...]

Today’s passages
Luke 10:38-42, John 14:28
Experience
Do you find it strange that Jesus rebuked Martha for doing good things? There she was, cooking and cleaning and serving Jesus, and we read that Jesus tells her she’s completely missing the point. Don’t get me wrong, Martha’s hospitality makes her kindness and servant’s heart very obvious, and those gifts [...]

Today’s passage
Luke 10: 25-37
Experience
The man asked a simple question, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus gave him two answers: Love God and love people. Those answers sound simple, too, don’t they? The man, an expert in biblical law, recognized the worth of loving God, but he, like many of us, was [...]

Today’s passage
Matthew 18:21-35
Experience
Sometimes we think that because the Bible was written thousands of years ago, that it no longer applies to us. But every word in Scripture is useful to us as Christians. And that requires us to pay attention to all of it, even the hard parts. This parable, however difficult to accept, is [...]

Today’s passage
Matthew 17: 1-8
Experience
God has created some amazing things: Niagara Falls, the Rocky Mountains, Old Faithful, the Dead Sea, the Himalayas, the Gobi Desert, Victoria Falls, glaciers, oceans, beaches, sunrises, and sunsets. All of these things reveal the splendor and the creativity of God. Even the simplest creations in nature show us His glory. In [...]

Today’s passage
Mark 4:3-20
Experience
Many of you may be familiar with this parable. Jesus often taught using stories the people would be familiar with, like farming or fishing. But Jesus always included unique spiritual truths. In this parable, Jesus used imagery of a farmer sowing seeds to describe the conditions of His listeners’ hearts.
In the parable, the [...]

Today’s passage
Mark 4:35-41
Experience
One of my dearest memories from growing up was watching the summer storms roll in. My family and I would sit in the rocking chairs on the front porch, eating spoonfuls of frozen peanut butter and staring at the lightning and the dark clouds. For some reason, we were never scared of the [...]

Today’s passage
Luke 9:10-17
Experience
We know Jesus cares about our needs, but He wants us to meet the needs of others. When Jesus and His disciples were faced with the difficult task of feeding a crowd of people, Jesus told the disciples something very interesting. He said, “You go feed them.” The disciples were shocked. Can’t you [...]

Today’s passage
Luke 7:1-10
Experience
Only twice in the New Testament is it recorded that Jesus was amazed. He was amazed by the unbelief of the people in His hometown of Nazareth (Mark 6:4-6), and He was amazed by the faith of the centurion in today’s reading.  Obviously, few things could amaze Jesus, but the centurion’s faith did.
Let’s [...]