The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 4, 2021
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 4, 2021 Mark 5:21-24a, 35-43 Faith in Jesus Never Disappoints! When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so…
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost June 27, 2021
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost June 27, 2021 Mark 4:35-42 The Lord of Creation is the Lord of My Life! That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus…
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 20, 2021
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost June 20, 2021 Mark 4:26-34 Look at God’s Kingdom through His Eyes! He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the…
The Third Sunday after Pentecost June 13, 2021
The Third Sunday after Pentecost June 13, 2021 Mark 3:20-30 There is Only One Unforgivable Sin! Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebub! By the…
The Second Sunday after Pentecost June 6, 2021
The Second Sunday after Pentecost June 6, 2021 Mark 2:23-28 The Sabbath was Created for You! One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? In the days of Abiathar…
Trinity Sunday May 30, 2021
Trinity Sunday May 30, 2021 Isaiah 6:1-8 O Holy Trinity— How Great Thou Art! In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is…
Pentecost Sunday May 23, 2021
Pentecost Sunday May 23, 2021 John 14:25-27 God the Holy Spirit is Your Counselor! “All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts…
The Seventh Sunday of Easter May 16, 2021
The Seventh Sunday of Easter May 16, 2021 1 John 4:13-21 God’s Love Has Goals for Us! We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and…
Easter 6/Mother’s Day May 9, 2021
The Sixth Sunday of Easter May 9, 2021 Acts 11:19-26 God’s Children Make God’s Grace Visible! Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews. Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. The Lord’s hand was with them, and a…
The Fifth Sunday of Easter May 2, 2021
The Fifth Sunday of Easter May 2, 2021 1 John 3:16-24 How Will You Show Your Love? This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possession and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or…