mark 10

Jesus' wise dealings with the rich young man is so tender, rather than rebuffing him and rebuking him for claiming he had kept the commandments, Jesus tests him by offering him a further challenge. This then reveals his true heart.

The blind in sight were not blind in faith!

Luke 6

Its not easy pulling out just one thing from a chapter. However, I was drawn to this verse:
'Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.'

Sometimes we are quick to judge others & harsh in our judgements yet... 'For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you'.

A sobering thought...

Mark 9

There are some short but amazing verses in this chapter.

I love how it says that when the disciplesheard the voice of God they looked around but `they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus only'... It just reminded me of how we must sometimes see Jesus only in our sights. We can get so easily distracted. Then the other verse was 'I believe; help my unbelief!'. Such a simple proclamation of our state before God. Awesome.

Luke 5

The fishermen were delighted with their miraculous catch of fish but they had to obey Jesus first. This must have helped them to forsake all & trust & follow Christ.

Mark 6, 7, 8

Mark 6 -
What depths of wickedness people will stoop too when they are confronted with truth but choose to reject it. Herod's wife would stop at nothing, using her own daughter to get her own way.

Mark 7 -
Do our hearts as well as our lips honour God? When someone has trully met Jesus they can't help telling others.

Mark 8 -
Even the closest people to Jesus did not understand what he had to do. v36 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

Luke 4

This is the time of the year of the Lord's favour.

As Jesus read out this Scripture all eyes were fixed on Him. He spoke with authority & in the power of the Spirit. He IS the fulfilment of the Scriptures. It begins & ends with Jesus.