1. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  2. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  3. Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.
  4. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  5. The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.
  6. The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
  7. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  8. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  9. Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.
  10. Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
  11. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.