DAY 7 – Sunday Daily devotional Read Psalm 23 (or another passage of Scripture that is meaningful to you right now). Reflect Today we get to practice lingering. Carve out some time today where you can spend open-ended time with God uninterrupted. Read His Word. Don’t leave. If anything is distracting you, write it down […]
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DAY 6 – Saturday Daily devotional Read Mark 4:23-24a with John 20:1-18 and Ephesians 1:17-20. Ask How has following Jesus made hidden things come to light in your life and walk with Him? Reflect I love John’s story of the empty tomb. I love John’s sense of humor and competitiveness, boasting that he outran Peter. […]
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I was sitting in my classroom in Oxford on a cold Friday morning in January when two gentlemen, unfamiliar to me and the rest of the 19 students at the Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics, walked into the room. There was an empty seat next to me and one of them sat in it. I […]
DAY 5 – Friday Daily devotional Read Mark 4:24-25 with the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30. Ask “To the one who has, more will be given.” How do you relate to this parable? How have you personally experienced the truth of verses 24 and 25 in your life? Spend time journaling or sharing […]
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DAY 4 – Thursday Daily devotional Read Mark 4:21-23 along with Jeremiah 23:29, Luke 8:16-18 and John 8:12. Ask How does the lamp represent the kingdom of God in these passages? What impact does it make for a believer to “put their light on a stand” instead of hiding it under a basket or under […]
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DAY 3 – Wednesday Daily devotional Read Mark 4:23 with 1 Samuel 3:1-11; Mark 4:9-20; and Matthew 5:14-16. Ask In your own words explain what you think “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear” means. Reflect We jokingly tell our teenaged daughter that she has bionic ears. If we smack our gum or […]
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DAY 2 – Tuesday Daily devotional Read Mark 4:22 with Mark 4:10-12 and Mark 4:33-34 Ask How does 4:22 continue to develop our understanding of the purpose of parables explained in 4:11? Reflect As we learned last week, parables are usually “stories out of ordinary life used to illustrate spiritual or moral truth, sometimes in […]
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WEEK 2 This guide pairs with Mark 4:21-25 and the sermon preached at Chapel Hill on May 11-12. Written by Kim Maxwell Teacher and LifeGroup leader at Tuesday morning Women’s Life. I married my college sweetheart, Steve, almost 28 years ago, and I am proud to be Nate and Brynna’s mom. I love spending time […]
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DAY 1 – Monday Daily devotional Read Mark 4:1-25 Ask How do verses 24 and 25 remind you of what we learned in the parable of the sower about the nature of the kingdom of God? Reflect This week’s parable is a continuation of Jesus’ parable of the soils. Let’s refresh our memories. Who? (Who […]
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DAY 7 – Sunday Daily devotional Read Mark 4:8, 20; Psalm 1:1-6; James 1:22-27 Ask What characterizes a person who is the “good” type of soil? What does this look like in everyday life? Would you describe your life right now as “fruitful”? Why or why not? Reflect – The Soils (Part 4): Good Soil […]
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