Tuesday March 9, 2021
Mark 8:22-33
Dear Heavenly Father, please help us remember you are always with us as we travel through our days, in the good times and the bad. As we move through this Lenten season, help us to remember to take time to use our eyes to look for evidence of you all around the world. Help us to see more of you in the wonders around us so we know we are not alone. Thank you for being with us always to guide us and protect us in all that we do. Amen.
Mark 8:22-33
Dear Heavenly Father, please help us remember you are always with us as we travel through our days, in the good times and the bad. As we move through this Lenten season, help us to remember to take time to use our eyes to look for evidence of you all around the world. Help us to see more of you in the wonders around us so we know we are not alone. Thank you for being with us always to guide us and protect us in all that we do. Amen.
by Matt Greenlee
| Wednesday March 10, 2021 Mark 8:34-9:13 What does success look like? To the disciples, they thought it was Jesus. Jesus the Messiah as ruler and king, sitting on the throne ruling the Kingdom. The Messiah did come, but not in the way they expected. Not as a king, but as a servant. This cannot be looked at as a failure, but that success is something else entirely. Reading this scripture, I too felt called to redefine success. Maybe a diet is successful when it leaves you feeling nourished and joyful. Maybe a career is successful when it is mission driven, and full of hard won successes and inspiration, but is balanced enough to leave you plenty of time with your family. Maybe a company is successful when it meets the needs of all employees, innovates systems to conserve resources, and creates meaningful products. Maybe a successful penal system rehabilitates people – preparing them for an honest and meaningful life. Maybe success is not being on top, but finding joy in helping others rise. Maybe winning has nothing to do with power or riches or glory. “After all, what use is winning all the world if you lose your life?” (Mark 8:36) by Amy Zapalac | Thursday March 11, 2021 Mark 9:14-29 Many believe that faith and doubt are opposites. Maybe you do, too. The truth is, the opposite of faith is not doubt, it’s certainty. If you’re certain of something, then what’s the point of faith? Faith or belief is essentially trust. We trust, despite not having complete certainty, that something is true. Sometimes believing is hard. Whether it’s our past, our current circumstances, or fear of the future, we may struggle to believe like we wish we could. But take heart! Jesus loves to prove himself to us, and he’ll do it again. Lord, I want to believe! Help me overcome my unbelief. Flood my heart and renew my mind. Reassure me of your grace, today. by Pastor Johnny |
| Friday March 12, 2021 Mark 9:30-50 Dear Heavenly Father, So many times you tell us, teach us, warn us of things that are to come, but we are so busy focusing on the unimportant that, although we may hear you, we do not listen and understand. Refocus us, God. Help us to hear your words, and to act upon them. Help us to work in kindness and love, and to cut out of our lives those things that would lead us to sin against our neighbors and you. Help us to be at peace with one another, and ourselves. In Jesus’ Name, Amen by Aidan Amling | Saturday March 13, 2021 Mark 10:1-12 Have you ever asked a question not because you wanted to know the answer, but because you wanted to test the person you were asking? I am guilty of that. So much of the time the questions that we ask are not to learn from someone, but to trap them. Questions are beautiful tools to help open our mind and broaden our understanding of God, the world and the people that live within it. I think about a young child that is always asking their parents questions. They are motivated by their curiosity about the world and their desire to know more about what it is and how it works. May we be childlike in our questions to God and to those around us so that we may deepen our understanding of others and of God. by Katie Lamoureux |
