Today, I’m going to read the account of that first Holy Thursday from the Gospel of Mark. However, this story is also found in the Gospel of John with some extra details that I’ll be talking about today. I’ll give you references as I get to those sections. But first, here’s our text for today from Mark, Chapter 14 (10-26, NLT): Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests to arrange to betray Jesus to them. 11 They were delighted when they heard why he...
Good morning, everybody! Today, we continue in our worship series called ‘Fully Engaged’—looking at the power of a committed life. And we started with our scripture that’ll be our theme for this entire series. Do you remember? It’s from 2 Chronicles 16:9a and it says (follow along with me)… “The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him….” So, God looks over the whole world to find those fully committed to him—fully engaged with him. And God’s gives...
As we begin today, let me ask you this: DO YOU HAVE A SERVANT’S HEART? If we are growing in our discipleship—as followers of Jesus Christ, we will be growing in this area of our lives… Howard Snyder says in his work called Decoding the Church, “The purpose of the church is not to help people be religious; it is to help them live like Jesus Christ seven days a week.” — Howard Snyder, Decoding the Church And, folks, quite frankly … that’s exactly what Jesus was trying his best...
