Scripture: Mark 1:14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God… Thought for the Day: Those who proclaimed the arrival of God’s Kingdom did not find the message well received by the gatekeepers of change. You know the people I’m talking about – the administrators of maintenance, the enforcers of conformity. Both John and Jesus were not simply street corner preachers
Scripture: Acts 8:36 As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said Philip, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?” Thought for the Day: Nothing! There should be no other answer when someone echoes the query posed by the Ethiopian Eunuch. Baptism is an amazing and joy-filled experience, but at the end of the day, it
Scripture: Romans 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Thought for the Day: I read a lot of pithy little sayings, but occasionally one will speak to me. Recently, I came across a Chinese Proverb that spoke to my heart. It read, “You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your
Scripture: Isaiah 56:5-7 I will give, in my house and within my walls, a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the sabbath, and do
Scripture: Mark 1:12 And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. Thought for the Day: This verse follows the story we talked about yesterday in worship – the story of Jesus’ baptism. And in Mark style, Jesus is immediately driven into the wilderness. There is no elaborate description of what happened in the desert, but what happens there is important enough that the Spirit drove him
Scripture: Luke 3:3-6 John went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made
Scripture: Matthew 3:4-8 Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for
Scripture: John 21:15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” Thought for the Day: In light of Christian Piatt coming to Cypress Creek Christian Church tonight (Friday), I offer you this lengthy quote from his
Scripture: Luke 17:11-18 (the Message) It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance but raised their voices, calling out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” Taking a good look at them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” One of them,
Scripture: Matthew 7:26-27 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall! Thought for the Day: On this day in 1990, the Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed