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How Serious Should We Take Sin?
Do you know what I think? No, you don’t, so I’ll tell you. I don’t think we talk about sin enough. I don’t think we confess our sins like God wants us to. And I don’t think we really care. Sure, we seek God’s grace-filled forgiveness when we remember, but when we don’t remember, oh well. Better luck next time, I guess. Except when we read Jesus’ words in Mark 9:42-50 “oh well” is just not the tone.
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The Greatness God Is Looking For
Do you know what’s really hard for humanity? Humility. Pride is what we fancy. We’re more at home with appreciating our significance than we are at recognizing our insignificance. I mean how many of us enjoy being passed over for the next guy? I rest my case. Watching someone else gain what we want is about as fun as having a colonoscopy. And if you think that’s fun then, well, we should probably be having a different discussion.
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The Most Incredible Invitation to Follow Jesus
If you’d rather listen to today’s Deeper Devo click HERE. And for all my perceptive readers, no, I did not skip Mark 8:34-38. We just already talked about it HERE. Devotional Scripture: Mark 9:1-13 Key Verse: “And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them.” Mark 9:2-3 I’ve seen some neat things in my time. I’ve watched the heart of man be enveloped by the heart of God as understanding lit the soul. I’ve watched the…
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Did the Kingdom of God Really Come?
To listen to today’s Deeper Devo click HERE. Devotional Scripture: Mark 1:14-15 Key Verse: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15 Let’s pretend for a few minutes that we take a time capsule back to Galilee in the days of Christ and we are a devout Jew. Though under Roman rule most of life has been quiet. We do our daily thing—feeding the family, keeping the Sabbaths, going to the temple when we’re supposed to. Then out of the blue life gets a little noisier with this guy they call John the Baptist, who’s baptizing people in…
