Sabbath. Study. Serve.

 Sabbath, Study, Serve 

Taking the Sermon Into Our Week 

Scripture of the Week: Mark 4: 1-34

From the Sermon:

Jesus starts with this little word that we often overlook, “___________”

Jesus is trying to get their __________.

The problem was that people didn’t ___________.

In Mark 4, we find this Gospel’s first expanded explanation of the ____________________.

Jesus is telling a parable, a story with a deeper meaning, that starts with a ________ that most people would understand.

The first problem is that we don’t listen. The second problem is that we ________________________________________.

The disciples come looking for clarification in one of the most beautiful displays of faithful discipleship - continuing to __________________________________.

Reflection Questions:

What chokes out the Word in our lives? Or where do we feel choked and what is leading to that?

What is this text asking of us?

Prayer:

God, help us to seek after Jesus by listening even more attentively to what he is telling us today. Amen.