1. God wants his word of promise to be the only thing we bank on, the only thing we have confidence in.
  2. Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
  3. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  4. The testimony of every son and daughter of God is, God has brought us through.
  5. A father's struggle to pray for his child's healing is one of the most difficult experiences he can face.
  6. This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
  7. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
  8. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  9. Jesus not only healed her daughter, but he also gave himself to her. Wherever she went from then on, he was with her.
  10. 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.
  11. From the beginning to the end of his letter, John really wants one thing: for us to be in Jesus.