The people who crowded round Jesus all had their opinions about him. But their opinions were largely built on ignorance. Peter and the apostles knew who Jesus was. And their certainty was based on facts.
Read more...The twelve returned from their mission-trip drained & exhausted. Jesus took them away for a time of rest. But they soon found their holiday interrupted! Following Jesus means keeping going when it seems impossible…
Read more...The twelve had learned and worked under Jesus’s eye. But there came a day when Jesus sent them out for the first time on their own. How would they handle the impossible tasks Jesus sent them to do? How do we face the impossible tasks Jesus gives us to do? We trust and obey.
Read more...A rich and respectable synagogue ruler; an outcast and destitute woman… they could not have been more different. But at the feet of Jesus, they became equals: equally needy, equally blessed.
Read more...Jairus begged Jesus to come to his house and save his dying daughter. The situation was urgent but delay followed delay. How did Jairus feel as time ran out? We can only imagine. Desperation? Panic? And when the news came that his daughter had died, devastation. Yet Jesus told him to carry on trusting. How can we trust Jesus when all our hopes fail and it seems too late for anything to change?
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