1. The Holy Spirit isn’t so much the one you look at, as he is the one who turns you from looking at yourself and your sin to your Savior, Jesus.
  2. What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
  3. The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
  4. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  5. Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
  6. Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).
  7. The further up and further into the season of Epiphany we get, the bigger the grace of God in Christ is, the brighter the Light of Christ shines, and the more blessed we are in Jesus' epiphany for us.
  8. The good news of the Gospel is Jesus has come, and Jesus will come again.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.