Category: Mark
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The Only Way Up
Mark 9:35 “And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, ‘If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.’” Matthew 23:12 “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” One of the prevailing themes of the Scriptures is that…
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Your Best Life Now?
Mark 9:33-35 “And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, ’What were you discussing on the way?’ But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to…
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The Truth About Worry
Matthew 28:20 “And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Philippians 4:19 “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:28 “ And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,[a] for those…
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Soils
Mark 4:10, 13 “And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables . . . And he said to them, ‘Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?’” As was often Jesus’ approach to the questions of his apostles, He answered them with…
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A Path to Joy
Mark 4:10,13 “And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables . . . And he said to them, ‘Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?’” In Mark’s account of Jesus’ parable of the sower, it is revealed that Jesus explained the…
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What does it mean to “receive” God’s Word?
John 17:8 “For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them. . .” Mark 4:16-17 “And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.” What…
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Unclean! Unclean!
Leviticus 13:12-13 “ And if the leprous disease breaks out in the skin, so that the leprous disease covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see, then the priest shall look, and if the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce…