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“Jesus the Servant”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 23, Session 1: Jesus Teaches About Discipleship
So often those who knew Jesus missed the fact that He was the Messiah because He did not come to earth in the way that they had envisioned. While they expected Him to throw off the yoke of their Greco-Roman society, He was crucified under its reign. By turning the Jews’ expectations of the Messiah …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 22, Session 4: Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
Jesus’ answer to the disciples’ question about the man who was blind wasn’t what they expected. They asked Him for a cause, but Jesus responded in terms of purpose—this man had been blind all of his life so that the works of God would be displayed in him. God used the healing of this blind …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 22, Session 3: Jesus Heals a Man at Bethesda
Jesus approached the disabled man and asked a curious question: Do you want to get well? The answer seems obvious—of course, he wanted to get well! Why else would he be lying there at the side of a pool that offered the hope of healing? Why wouldn’t the man want to get well? He didn’t …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 22, Session 2: Jesus Heals a Woman and Raises a Girl
Life isn’t easy. Things happen. Look at Jairus and the woman who suffered from bleeding. Mark 5:22 says Jairus was a synagogue leader. He was a community leader. Everyone knew him. He was well off. Then his daughter got sick. And as time went on, she grew worse and worse until she was at the …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Servant”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 22, Session 1: Jesus Heals the Ten Lepers
Every Christian has received God’s merciful compassion (Luke 1:78), and Paul says God is rich in mercy (Eph. 2:4). God isn’t stingy. He doesn’t ration His mercy to save enough for a rainy day. No, God is pouring out His mercy on us even now. It never ends. You can use up all you need …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 21, Session 4: Jesus Teaches About Living Water
It has been said that everyone is wired to worship—the issue is that we often worship the wrong things. We see this desire in the woman’s question to Jesus. The Samaritans worshiped in Samaria rather than traveling to Jerusalem. This was, in part, why the Jews detested the Samaritans and saw them as compromised ethnically …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 21, Session 3: Jesus Teaches About New Birth
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 21, Session 2: Jesus Reveals His Mission
It’s called “the mic drop.” The phrase refers to when a speaker makes such a strong and compelling statement that it requires a prolonged pause or stage exit for full effect. Dropping the mic, whether physically or figuratively, adds a dramatic ending to bold and shocking words. In the synagogue of His hometown, however, Jesus …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 21, Session 1: Jesus Reveals His Power
The miracle stories in the Bible are fascinating as they reveal the power of God to override the natural order of things for His glory. Most often these miracles also work for the benefit and blessing of God’s people. On this night in Capernaum, the Lord Jesus healed numerous people, all those who were sick …
Continue Reading“Jesus the Messiah”: Weekly Leader Training—Unit 20, Session 4: Jesus Calls His Disciples
As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret. He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from …
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