[Sunday] Mark 11 | Throw This Mountain - Revealing True Power
Questions for the week
Describe a time when you got so busy that you missed out on what God was doing.
Read 1 Kings 8:22-56. This is Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the temple. What does this prayer show us about the purpose of the temple? What does this prayer show us about God?
Read Mark 11: 12-26. What has the temple turned into? Is it reflecting the prayer Solomon prayed? How does Jesus respond to what He sees in the temple?
As you are baptized and have the Holy Spirit dwelling in you, how might you reflect the presence of God to those around you this week?
What Had happened at Grace this week.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – Dec 15th. Starring Lauren Graham, Judy Greer, and Pete Holmes.
The Magi following the light of a star mirrors how God has always worked, giving a light to follow through the wilderness, away from the darkness that holds us down.
Christmas expectations are often Joshed. Yet the name Emmanuel breaks all expectations as Jesus comes to be with us.
Listen to the bells being rung, God’s promise of peace, hope, and salvation breaking into the world, even in the midst of suffering.