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Week 4 Jesus healed people of all kinds of illness and injuries, he was able to bring peace to people’s hearts and minds, he multiplied bread to feed people, and he even brought people back to life once they had died. If that was not enough, he died on a cross for the sins of […]

Week 4 On the third day of our devotional, we found out the bad news – we are separated from God because of our sin. But the good news is that God did not and does not give up on us. He developed a plan to call us back to himself. That plan led to

Week 4 If God’s main goal is to bring us into relationship with him, then our main goal as his followers is to invite others into this relationship by loving them with God’s love. This was made very clear when Jesus was approached by a teacher of the law who asked him what the greatest

Week 4 Granted, the disciples were not the cream of the crop. They were not religious scholars or leaders by any means. They were simple, average Jews. Yet, even simple, average Jews knew about prayer. They prayed at set times each day. They prayed at the synagogue. They prayed at the temple. They knew about

Week 3 Jesus and the disciples had traveled a long way by foot. Jesus sat down by the well while the disciples went into town to get food. It’s hard to image that the creator of the universe was hot, tired, hungry and thirsty. While Jesus was waiting, a Samaritan woman came to the well.

Week 3 While in Jerusalem, Jesus goes to the pool of Bethesda where many sick people would gather. It is a place that they could ask for money, but it was also known as a place of healing. It was believed that every so often, an angel would disturb the water and the next person

Week 3 Jesus begins his ministry by preaching, teaching and healing people. Crowds soon start to gather when they hear he is coming to town. They even travel outside of town to see him and hear him. On this occasion, a crowd has gathered on a hillside to hear him talk. He talks about what

Week 3 It’s a hard decision to make. Will I do life my way or God’s way? Most of the time, our way seems so much better. Jesus had to make the same decision about his life and ministry – my way or God’s way. Even before he started his ministry, he decided to get

Week 3 We only have one story about Jesus as a child. It is when he was 12 years old while his family was in Jerusalem for Passover. When Passover was over Mary and Joseph headed for home, thinking Jesus was with their family as they traveled. At the end of the day, they looked

Week 3 Who would have looked in a stable to find the birth of the Messiah of Israel and all the world? No one saw that coming. Not even the lowly shepherds that his birth was announced to. But this is how it happened.Luke 2:1-7 (NIV) [1] In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree