Rooted Together

Jesus is crucified for our sins. The curtain is torn in two from the top to the bottom and the stage is set for the greatest comeback story ever told. 

Jesus will take his disciples to the garden to pray. In so he demonstrates a model prayer through a time of anxiety. "Let this cup pass," "not my will but your's be done." This type of praying becomes applicable during times of trials and tribulations, "let this cancer pass." is a worthy prayer, but we must conclude, "yet not what I will, but your will be done." We must submit to the sovereignty o...

We introduce a two-parter for chapter 14 of Mark. 

Our love and worship of Jesus will be sacrificial and costly, but worth it. 

Today we look at a complex chapter and ask how might God be speaking through this chapter and into our lives. We will do that through looking at the warnings and promises spread throughout this chapter. 

This third reflection from vacation is from Psalm 98. Sing a new song. 

In the midst of trials and tribulations, God gives even greater promises. Mark 13 is a devotional look at a very complex chapter in Mark. Many scholars have varying opinions. This episode will look at this chapter's warnings and promises as we seek God through the Scriptures. 

Here is another episode from my meditations during my morning devotion time. I hope today you will with renewed desire, dwell deeply in fellowship with God. 

Now different groups would come up and test Jesus. None would succeed. However, Jesus will teach and all will be astonished, even his detractors. 

Just some thoughts from my recent vacation as I meditated on God's word every morning.

Jesus enters into Jerusalem to much fanfare. But the very people crying Hosana will be crying crucify in just a few short days. Using a fig tree as an illustration Jesus shows what it means to bare true fruit. 

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What does it take to truly follow Jesus? It takes everything. Numerous people approach Jesus in this chapter. Some to test him, some to ask him a favor, another to ask a question about eternal life, and one just to ask for mercy and healing. Children approach Jesus in humility whereas his disciples see him as a gateway to power. Jesus sets the record clear. To follow him you must be humble like a...

The transfiguration leaves no doubt that Jesus is God and King! Following this amazing moment was one of the most beautiful teaching moments for Jesus and his three disciples. His disciples fail to cast out a demon, fail to understand His Kingdom and allusions to his death and resurrection. Our understanding is lacking and our faith weak, we believe Jesus, help our unbelief.  

Only Jesus can open our spiritual eyes and cure our spiritual blindness. Like the disciples, we often see but do not understand who Jesus is and why he says what he says. But once we see Him clearly we will also see the cost of following our master. 

In Mark 7 Jesus confronts the legalism of religious tradition in contrast to the true worship of genuine faith. 

Jesus will feed 5,000 and walk on water. Yet his disciples do not seem to understand in faith the meaning of the miracles. 

Jesus continues to have encounters with demonic forces, which submit His authority. In a surprising turn Jesus tells the man who was formerly possessed by demons, that he cannot come with him but must stay and proclaim what he has done for the man. The man does this and people are amazed. 

Jesus speaks in Parables, yet his disciples lack understanding. Their lack of faith will be on full display for the next few chapters. We also get a glimpse of what the Kingdom of God will be like. 

Jesus again collides with the Pharisees over healing on the Sabbath. Jesus will call his 12 apostles, those whom he desired to be with him. His family, the Pharisees, and the crowd will give their answer to the question: "Who is Jesus?" 

In this chapter, Jesus is questioned about who he eats with, why he doesn't fast, and why he is picking grain on the Sabbath. Yet all of these stories are a connected theme of who Jesus is and why he came. He is the Son of God who forgives sins, the good doctor who heals the sinner, he is not a person to plug into an old system but the bringer of all things new. Jesus is truly remarkable. Yet the...

Jesus is the good news, the long-awaited for Messiah, God in human flesh, and the fulfillment of all Scripture! He healed with compassion, taught with authority, and commands both the physical and spiritual worlds. Who is Jesus to you? 

This is my new podcast where we take a journey through God’s Word together!