Our passage for this weekend is Mark 10:46-52. Let’s read it:
Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47When he heard that it was [...]

Our Scripture passage for this Sunday will be Mark 2:1-12. Here it is, so we can be thinking about it. What stands out to you? What’s difficult to understand? What does it show us about Jesus?
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
1A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. [...]

Today’s reading focuses on God as the Great Provider, and us as His children. The point: because God cares for us, we can respond by trusting Him.
Let’s read Luke 12:22-28:
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, [...]

God has called His people by name. He has removed every obstacle to make our knowing Him possible, removing the barriers of sin and shame. We are His. That means whatever experiences He sends our way, or are meant for our harm from the evil one, we will endure them with God suffering alongside us. [...]

I confess. I’m a bread snob. Really. I only like really good bread. Especially homemade bread my wife makes. It’s awesome. Without her homemade bread in my sandwich eat day I don’t like my lunch very much. It’s that important. Bread is like the most basic of all foods. It’s so good and so necessary [...]

This story is worth retelling. It happened in the early church, more than 1900 years ago. Let’s read Acts 16:22-34:
22 The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. 23 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them [...]