Opening Prayer Read Psalm 130 together.This psalm is a “song of ascents”, meaning that it was a song sung by worshipers as they went up to Jerusalem to worship God in the temple. The Jerusalem and its temple were situated on Mount Zion. So no matter what direction you came from, you were always going …
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March 29 – Going Deeper
Read John 11:1-45. Watch the sermon video below. https://youtu.be/ddkjLaJxksA Listen. What did you hear in the Scripture reading and the sermon? What is God saying to you? What do we learn about Jesus in the “darkness” of Lazarus’ sickness and death? What do we learn about ourselves? Respond. If this is God’s word to you, …
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Listen. Watch the prerecorded Children’s Message together. https://youtu.be/cqiw_RGxi-M What are some of the things that Pastor Nate said we can see better in the dark? Jesus is going to allow things to get dark for some of his friends that he loves. This is not the kind of dark when the lights are off, but …
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Listen. Listen to the pre-recorded Children’s Message together. https://youtu.be/PG8cyoWOMRc What are the kinds of blindness that Pastor Nate talked about? We are going to read the first part of the story. Look for the man who has the first kind of blindness (he can’t see anything.) Read John 9:1-7 together. What happens to the blind man …
Sunday, March 29
Psalm: 88 Meditation Mark: Peter’s rebuke to Jesus, it turns out, is in direct opposition to the Father’s will. Selfishly Peter may have meant well, but that would thwart the divine plan. As for Jesus’ followers, “taking up his cross” (v. 35) simply means that discipleship is not cheap – it may eventually call one …
Saturday, March 28
Psalm: 80 Meditation John: “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” This “hard saying” was John 6:43-59 (readings from Thursday & Friday). I wonder if Jesus says things like this as a means of filtering out his followers. This teaching would certainly limit the number of those only giving lip-service to God. Several …
Last Sunday in Epiphany
Memorize this verse as a family: Matthew 17:5: While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him! Listen. Sometimes the truth about someone is hidden. For example, if you looked at …
February 23, 2020
Last Sunday in Epiphany Listen. Epiphany is the season where we learn stories that show us who Jesus is. No other event, except for Jesus’ death and resurrection, tells us more about his identity than the Transfiguration (Jesus’ big change). Here in Matthew 17:1-9 God pulls back the veil and we see a glimpse of …
Monday, February 24
Psalm: 97 Meditation The opening verses of Hebrews rank among the most beautiful in all of the Bible. They are a poignant (as well as poetic) rendering of OT prophecy acknowledging the sonship of Jesus and why He had to suffer and die. Unfortunately, we don’t often think of what had to happen in order …
February 16, 2020
Listen. Last week we learned that Jesus came to restore for us a full and complete understanding of God’s Law. He does this for two reasons: First, he leads us down the “poor in spirit” path. He teaches us that we need God’s forgiveness every day because we can’t keep God’s Law. Second, he leads …
