Devotionals from the Life of Christ

Mark taught devotions from the Life of Jesus about advent—Jesus is Coming. Are you ready? John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus – Luke 1:17. He’s coming. The future has purposes, the past has meaning. Although God’s ways can sometimes be perplexing – Luke 1:25-30, focus on watching for God’s hand in our lives […]

Mark shares the differences of calendars and how we celebrate Advent of the church calendar, the four Sundays preceding Christmas. We learn how Advent looks forward to the arrival of Jesus in three ways: 1) His arrival in Bethlehem, 2) HIs arrival in our heart, and 3) His coming again. Learn more how the first […]

Mark continued the series, Devotions from the Life of Jesus #16 with a focus on Jesus’s interaction with women. Much of the misinterpretation of how Jesus and other New Testament writers considered women is due to cultural barriers of ancient times vs. today. Jesus came to make a difference for all men and women. In […]

Mark taught #15 in the series: Devotions from the Life of Jesus. Today’s devotions are themed around what Jesus said about worship. Mark explained the word “worship” comes from the Anglo-Saxon words meaning to “ascribe worth.” He expanded on these facets of worship: 1) Gratitude: Luke 17:11-19 teaches us that gratitude to God is worship and praise. 2) God-centered: Matthew 2:1-8 shows us true worship is […]

Devotions from the life of Jesus #14. Mark continued with his series showing how Jesus dealt with the interruptions or detours of life. Matthew 19:10 shows us that Jesus had time for children, the future of His kingdom. The disciples’ problem was not seeing an opportunity to practice Jesus’ teachings. Luke 10:25 shows us who […]

Mark continued Devotionals from the Life of Jesus #13 with a focus on Jesus teaching about the Holy Spirit. Jesus spoke of the Holy Spirit in one setting in John 14-16. Mark also looks at passages both before and after those teachings to see how Jesus’ teaching of the Holy Spirit occurred.

Mark continued with his series: Devotionals from the Life of Jesus #12. This week focused on the sayings of Jesus from Revelation, as spoken to John on the Island of Patmos. The first topic is what Jesus had to say about fear in Revelation 1:17-19. What do you fear? Jesus is fighting for us and […]

Mark shares how we can see ourselves in six of the stories of Jesus. Journey to: 1) Bethlehem – Our world is not at peace …but we can have peace with God, 2) Capernaum – We are unclean, but we still need Jesus, 3) Caesarea Philippi – How does 1+1+1 = 1? , 4) Sea […]

Mark continued with #10 of Devotions from the Life of Jesus. Today’s lesson focused on the sometimes confusing “say-what” sayings from Jesus; those sayings that deal with us in various circumstances. 1. When we are off track: Mark 12:26-27. When we aren’t authentic: Matthew 12:33-34. When we should stop complaining: Matthew 11:16-19. And when Jesus […]

The story of the woman at the well in John chapter 4, gives Mark a chance to understand Jesus’ interaction with the woman and his instructions to her. He gives devotionals for everyday living from the the interactions with the woman. She represents each of us and our sins and how much God cares for […]

In Part 8 of the Devotionals in the Life of Christ series, Mark examines the phrase, “Jesus is Lord”. As Christians the idea of Jesus being Lord is one of the earliest sayings of the Church. Join Mark as he takes a closer look at the vocabulary being used so as to better understand certain bible passages […]

Mark continues Devotions from the Life of Jesus #7. Today’s lesson placed us on the prayer road, specifically what Jesus said about prayer. The first passage was from Mark 1:35 Mark points out that Jesus spoke on His own authority. In a second devotion, we learn how Jesus modeled quiet time with the Father. After […]