Psalm 105.4-5 Seek the Lord and his strength! Seek his presence continually! Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered. “Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go...
Hebrews 11.1-2 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a...
Mark 3.36-37 For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Part of learning the type of self-denial that Christ calls us to is to learn to value life the way God does instead of the...
Mark 8.34-35 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my...
Mark 1.14-15 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” “…it might be different if we...
Mark 1.12-13 And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. Daily living out Christ’s redemption in our lives “calls for...
