Rooted Together

Our love and worship of Jesus will be sacrificial and costly, but worth it. 

Today we look at a complex chapter and ask how might God be speaking through this chapter and into our lives. We will do that through looking at the warnings and promises spread throughout this chapt…

This third reflection from vacation is from Psalm 98. Sing a new song. 

In the midst of trials and tribulations, God gives even greater promises. Mark 13 is a devotional look at a very complex chapter in Mark. Many scholars have varying opinions. This episode will look a…

Now different groups would come up and test Jesus. None would succeed. However, Jesus will teach and all will be astonished, even his detractors. 

Jesus enters into Jerusalem to much fanfare. But the very people crying Hosana will be crying crucify in just a few short days. Using a fig tree as an illustration Jesus shows what it means to bare t…

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What does it take to truly follow Jesus? It takes everything. Numerous people approach Jesus in this chapter. Some to test him, some to ask him a favor, another to ask a question about eternal life, …

The transfiguration leaves no doubt that Jesus is God and King! Following this amazing moment was one of the most beautiful teaching moments for Jesus and his three disciples. His disciples fail to c…

Only Jesus can open our spiritual eyes and cure our spiritual blindness. Like the disciples, we often see but do not understand who Jesus is and why he says what he says. But once we see Him clearly …

In Mark 7 Jesus confronts the legalism of religious tradition in contrast to the true worship of genuine faith. 

Jesus will feed 5,000 and walk on water. Yet his disciples do not seem to understand in faith the meaning of the miracles. 

Jesus continues to have encounters with demonic forces, which submit His authority. In a surprising turn Jesus tells the man who was formerly possessed by demons, that he cannot come with him but mus…

Jesus speaks in Parables, yet his disciples lack understanding. Their lack of faith will be on full display for the next few chapters. We also get a glimpse of what the Kingdom of God will be like. 

Jesus again collides with the Pharisees over healing on the Sabbath. Jesus will call his 12 apostles, those whom he desired to be with him. His family, the Pharisees, and the crowd will give their an…

In this chapter, Jesus is questioned about who he eats with, why he doesn't fast, and why he is picking grain on the Sabbath. Yet all of these stories are a connected theme of who Jesus is and why he…