Water.  I need water.  Water quenches my thirst.  Washes me - my skin and hair feel clean after water. Water sustains me.  Without it there would be no food, neither vegetables or dairy products or grains or meats.  Without water…

I love the messengers in my life.  I love the people and the music and the books and pastors and podcasts and nature and my cup of coffee in the morning and all these things that remind me that Your…

John's call to prepare the way for Jesus, to make straight paths for You, does not stop being relevant in my life once I meet You (Mark 1:1-8).  I need You to come in new ways, to places in my…

As far as getting involved and introducing people to Jesus, there are 2 extremes I can go to. 

I don't care enough to get involved or

I want to be too involved. 

John was pointing people to Jesus, not…

I can introduce myself to someone I don't know, but being introduced by someone else has its usefulness.  They can tell me a little something about the one I am meeting, help me get acquainted, dispel any doubt or question…

Did all these people going to John to be baptized realize their need for forgiveness? 

Did they all realize that the system of keeping the law wasn't working for them? 

Did they know that they were doomed if God didn't…

It's not just any story.  It's the story of a king - THE King.  My king. 

“Christ” in Greek and “Messiah” in Hebrew both mean “anointed one,” which usually referred to the king.  

So, saying, “Jesus Christ” (Mark 1:1) is…

Mark 1:1-8 starts, “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ…”. This seems like the middle of the story to me, not the beginning. John the Baptist is already baptizing people at the Jordan and Jesus is about to…