Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often fail to rightly discern and take the wisest course of action between our allegiance to You as image bearers and our lesser allegiances. (Mar...

Dear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday we will hear Jesus respond to the Sanhedrin's false humility with the Parable of the Tenants in Mark 12:1-12. His parable summarizes Israel's rejection of the prophets over the years and culminates with a warning about the Sanhedrin's opposition to Him as the Beloved Son of God. The Sanhedrin's opposition to Jesus will set the...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. Weconfessthat we often fail to see yourgrace inour lives due to our hardness ofheart.(Mark 12:1-12) We confess these things before You because You are faithful to fo...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often question Jesus's authority as Lord over us. (Mark 11:27-33) We confess these things before You because You are faithful to forgive us in Ch...

Dear Family at Christ Community, As Mark's Third Act begins, he artfully tells the story of Jesus cursing a fig tree and cleansing the temple. It's not linear storytelling that lays it out neatly for us as audience; it's the type of storytelling that demands our attention by calling us to lean in with our questions. Mark begins with the cursing of the fig tree in Mark ...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance.. We confess that we too often show only the outward appearance of our relationship with You without bearing the fruits of faith, prayer, and forgiveness through our ...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we would rather Jesus follow us where we want to go than for us to follow Him where He is leading. (Mark 11:1-11) We confess these things before You ...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we too often fail to see Jesus as the Son of David who reigns over the whole of our lives and calls us to follow Him in both death and resurrection. ...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We don't want to suffer for the sake of Your redemptive mission which robs us of the joy of bearing good fruit in Christ's name. We confess these things before You b...

Dear Family at Christ Community, As has been the pattern in Mark's Gospel, Jesus's humble proclamation of His passion is immediately followed by the arrogant blathering of His disciples. Mark 10:32-34 gives us the most detailed declaration of Christ's pending crucifixion; Mark 10:35-40 gives us the most foolish words uttered by the disciples so far. In Mark 10:41-45, J...