Power in Preparation


February 16

Read Mark 3:13-19 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY?  13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He...


February 15

Read Mark 2:13-17 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY?  13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them....


February 14

Read Matthew 4:18-25 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY?  18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew....


February 12

Read Ephesians 2:11-22 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY?  11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision”...


February 11

Read John 3:1-15 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY?  Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came...


February 10

Read Isaiah 61:1-3 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY?  The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the...


February 9

Read Luke 4:14-21 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY?  14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15...


February 8

Read Isaiah 9:1-7 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY?  Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of...


February 7

Read Matthew 4:12-17 and Mark 1:15 OBSERVATION: WHAT DOES THE TEXT SAY?  12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 Leaving Nazareth,...