Week 1: The Messiah Heals · May 13
Read Isaiah 35:3-7 3 Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; 4 say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear;...
Week 1: The Messiah Heals · May 11
Read Matthew 8:5-13 5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” 7...
Week 1: The Messiah Heals · May 10
Read Matthew 8:1-4 1 When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2 A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you...
Messiah’s Mission: Worship Experience Response
Use this page to reflect on the worship service you experienced this week. You can include thoughts on the message, the prayers, the music—whatever impacted you the most! Feel free...
The Messiah’s Mission: Introduction
Introduction: While the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) described what life in the kingdom of God should look like, this next segment of the book of Matthew (chapters 8-12)...
Sand-Castles or Lego-Castles
Read Matthew 7:24-29 When I go to the beach, sometimes I build sand-castles with my brother. We can spend hours digging trenches, making walls, towers and everything. One thing that...
Real Response
Read Matthew 7:15-23 Do you remember playing the game, “follow the leader”? My kids used to love playing this game with me at the playgrounds around our house. They knew which...
The Hard Road
Read Matthew 7:13-14 “For the gate is narrow and the road hard that leads to life, and there are few that find it.” (Matthew 7:14) I wonder how many...