MARK 1:21-27 – And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, “What have you to…
MARK 1:17-20 – And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. And immediately he called them, and they left their…
MATTHEW 4:1 – Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. THEME OF THE DAY. YES, HE WILL TEST US. We need to establish two things before we go into “the meat” of today’s nugget. First, the temptation of Jesus itself. Obviously, this was not a temptation to sin. Jesus could not have…
PSALM 73:25 – Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. THEME OF THE DAY. THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Ask any Christian, “Do you love the Lord Jesus?” and a resounding reply will be, “Yes, I do. Of course, I do.” And that should be expected. It is what…
JOHN 15:9 – As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. THEME OF THE DAY. THE LOVE OF CHRIST FOR HIS OWN. In today’s scripture, our Lord Jesus said the most profound truth a human being may ever hear and experience. To know the love of Christ, not in our heads as knowledge but in our hearts with power,…
JOHN 12:24-26 – Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I…