Key Verse
            11          But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
 
Meditation
Our faith is strengthened when our focus rests on God’s faithfulness. God’s steadfast love is our refuge, He leads His people in righteousness, and He hears our prayers. Jesus is the fullness of God’s faithfulness, and our hearts rejoice when we trust in His righteous refuge.
 
Today’s reading is a psalm of faith offering confidence in God’s covenant care. The Lord of the universe hears the voice of His people, gives attention to our prayers, and listens to our cries (vv. 1-3). By His steadfast love, believers are welcomed into the refuge of His presence (v. 7) and guided along righteous paths (v. 8).
 
In contrast, The Lord does not delight in wickedness and unrepentant evil cannot dwell in His presence (vv. 4-8). Deceit, violence, and rebellion are exposed before Him, and the wicked stand condemned by their own sin (vv. 9-10). God’s justice reminds us that righteousness and refuge are found in Him alone.
 
Those who seek refuge in the Lord respond with joy. All who trust in His steadfast love sing for joy, as God spreads His protection over them. Those who love His name rejoice in His care, knowing that the Lord blesses the righteous and surrounds them with favor as a shield (vv. 11–12).
 
Jesus is the fullness of God’s faithfulness and the perfect expression of His steadfast love. In Christ, believers are given confident access to God in prayer, a secure refuge in His righteousness, and gracious guidance in His ways. Covered by God’s covenant favor, our hearts are drawn into praise.
 
Today’s Reading
1  Give ear to my words, O Lord;
consider my groaning.
2     Give attention to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you do I pray.
3     O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
4     For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
5     The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
you hate all evildoers.
6     You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7     But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house.
       I will bow down toward your holy temple
in the fear of you.
8     Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
because of my enemies;
make your way straight before me.
9     For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is destruction;
       their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongue.
10    Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them fall by their own counsels;
       because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.
11    But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
       and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may exult in you.
12    For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
you cover him with favor as with a shield.
 
Richly Dwelling
-What parts of today’s reading, especially verses 1-3, 7-8, and 11-12 fuel and fortify your faith in focusing on God and His covenant care?
 
-Where does your heart seek refuge other than Jesus? Does that lead to sustainable rejoicing?
 
-How does the steadfast love of God, revealed in the person and work of Jesus, deepen the security you have in His righteous covering and lead your heart to rejoice?
 
Key Verse
            11          But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. 
 
 

Key Verse
14 “…Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.”
 
Meditation
Surrendering to God’s sovereign plan is marked with living by faith rather than sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
 
In today’s reading, Abram is described as “very rich” (v. 2) yet he refuses to rely on wealth’s influence. Istead, Abram surrenders to God’s sovereignty by allowing Lot to choose where he will live. Lot lives by sight, “lifting up his eyes” to see the fertile Jordan Valley and moving his family as far as Sodom (vv. 10-13). 
 
After Lot leaves, The Lord instructs Abram to “lift up your eyes” and see more than the land, specifically God and His promises (vv. 14-17). Abram believes God will give him the land of Canaan and that, through His promise, God will multiply Abram’s offspring throughout the earth. In meekness, Abram surrenders and God gives him the earth (Matthew 5:5).
 
Abram’s faith was fueled by worship. He builds an altar and calls upon the name of the Lord (v. 4). Worship anchors believers in God’s sovereignty by fixing faith on God and His promises, faith restored by His word and renewed by His work. Abram was rich, but rather than reply on what he could measure, count, or multiply, Abram looked to the Heavenly city (Hebrews 11:8-16). 
 
Abram will eventually stumble, reminding us of our need for a greater covenant representative. Jesus is the One who totally surrenders to the Father’s sovereign will, giving up everything to die for us so we can be forgiven of our idolatry of wealth and tendency to live by sight. Jesus’ grace is why we worship, moving our gaze back to God’s word and God’s work.
 
Today’s Reading
So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.

2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord. 5 And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, 6 so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together, 7 and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.
 
8 Then Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.” 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) 11 So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other. 12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.
 
14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
 
Richly Dwelling
-What jumps out to you from today’s reading, especially the contrast between Abram and Lot?
 
-How does this reveal Abram’s surrender to God and his sovereignty? Why is it tempting to live by sight in our own resources rather than trusting God and His abundant resources?
 
-Why does it fuel our faith to see Jesus totally surrendering to God’s sovereign plan, living to die for us so we can be forgiven and freed to totally trust in Him? Where do you need to surrender to God’s sovereignty, living by faith and not by sight?
 
Key Verse
14 “…Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.”

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Key Verse
1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”
 
Meditation
Jesus wants you to see His majesty, behold His beauty, and follow Him completely. 
 
Disciples of Jesus are “eyewitnesses to His majesty” (Peter’s personal reflection from the moment on the Mount of Transfiguration- 2 Peter 1:16). We know Jesus and enjoy Jesus so others can know and enjoy Jesus as well. The gospel is the power of God for all who believe, and real relationship with our resurrected King changes everything.
 
Today’s reading begins with Jesus’ bold statement that some of His disciples would not taste death until they “saw the Kingdom of God” (v. 1). Immediately afterward, three disciples witness Jesus transfigured into a glory too beautiful to behold. Moses and Elijah who appear with Jesus, and the cloud of God’s shekinah glory overshadows the group and the Father spoke: “This is my beloved Son…” (vv. 2-8). 
 
As the chapter unfolds, Jesus continues to make bold claims: 
            -He will suffer, die, and rise again (vv. 9-10, vv. 30-32), 
            -All things are possible for one who believes in Him (v. 23), and 
            -His kingdom is counter-intuitive: 
​
“If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all” (vv. 33-36). 
 
We behold the beauty of the King through faith in Jesus and His work, obedience to His teaching, and faith to embrace the upside-down values of His kingdom.
 
It is faith like a child, not intellectual capacity or will power or powerful leadership, that enables us to be “eyewitnesses to His majesty.” Faith in Jesus is how we see rightly, believe deeply, and follow Him fully.
 
Today’s Reading
And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

The Transfiguration
2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6 For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” 8 And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

9 And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. 11 And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?” 12 And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit
14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16 And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17 And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. 18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.” 19 And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.” 20 And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. 21 And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.22 And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”23 And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” 25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” 26 And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29 And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”

Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection
30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32 But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

Who Is the Greatest?
​33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” 36 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us
38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40 For the one who is not against us is for us.41 For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

Temptations to Sin
42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,[g] it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.47 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, 48 ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ 49 For everyone will be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
 
Richly Dwelling
-What stands out to you from today’s reading, especially Jesus planning to reveal His majesty to His disciples? 

-Who do you identify with in today’s reading: One of the three apostles, the desperate father (help me with my unbelief!), the non-praying disciples who want to heal, the insecure disciples who are threatened by other people working in the name of Jesus, or the prideful disciples who need to learn child-like faith? Why?
 
-Faith and faith alone is how we know Jesus, enjoy Jesus, and follow Jesus so others know, enjoy, and follow Jesus, too. Where, specifically, do you need to believe and see the majesty of King Jesus? Be specific.
 
Key Verse
1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

Key Verse
3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
 
Meditation
Through faith in Jesus, Christians are children of Abraham (Galatians 3:7) and apart of God’s forever family that is His Church. Today’s reading reveals that this family’s fountainhead flows from God’s election and is sustained by the power of God’s promise and commitment to His purpose.
 
In contrast to those building the tower of Babel for their own namesake (11:4), God chose Abram so God’s own name would be made great. Though Sarai was barren (11:30), God promised that through Abram’s family all other families of the earth would be blessed (vv. 1-3).
 
Abram was not chosen for his moral uprightness. In fear, he lied to Pharaoh to protect himself, placing Sarai in harm’s way and jeopardizing God’s promise (vv. 10-20). God protected both. God’s sovereign grace, not human performance, is the ground from which His promise grows.
 
God’s promised blessing to Abram to bless all the families of the earth is ultimately realize in Jesus. If you are in Christ, you too are “heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). Jesus’ finished work redeems fractured families by creating a new family of faith focused on Him (Mark 3:31-35), the Church as a foretaste of the New Heavens and New Earth.
 
The fullness of God’s forever family will be revealed when peoples from every tribe, tongue, and nation gather around the throne of Jesus, in celebration of His great salvation (Revelation 7:9-10). Until that day, God’s grace remains the ground on which we walk forward in faith, rejoicing in the family of God and trusting the power of His promise and His covenant commitment to His purpose.
 
Today’s Reading
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.

Abram and Sarai in Egypt
10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.” 14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

17 But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.” 20 And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.
 
Richly Dwelling
-What jumps out to you from today’s reading, especially in regards to God’s promise and His plan?
 
-Why is it significant that God remains faithful to His promise and plan even when Abram lies and puts his wife in harms way? 
 
-Do you prioritize your family of faith in Christ? Why or why not?
 
-How does the work of Jesus redefine family, not only in teaching us to love but forming us with His plan, promise, and purpose?
 
Key Verse
3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
 

Key Verse
24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 
 
Meditation
God’s patience allows for process in discipleship. Jesus does not disregard disciples who are slow to believe or struggle understand. Instead, Jesus walks with us in long-suffering love.
 
In today’s reading, the patience of Jesus is displayed in the two-stage healing of the blind man (vv. 22-25). After Jesus’ first touch (where Jesus used spit as a medium -gross), the man could see but only partially: people looked like trees. After a second touch, the man’s sight was fully restored and “he saw everything clearly.” Jesus is patient with the process of His people having eyes to see.
 
Jesus’ patience frames the entire chapter. After a second account of Jesus miraculously feeding a multitude (vv. 1-10), the disciples still fail to understand. Jesus asked, “Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes do you not see…?” (vv. 14-21) Their confusion does not exhaust Jesus’ compassion.
 
Peter comes the closer than anyone in Mark’s gospel to clearly seeing Jesus (vv. 27-30). “You are the Christ,” Peter proclaims. But even here, Peter is short sighted. When Jesus describes how the Christ must suffer and die, Peter rebukes Jesus! Rather than disregard Peter as a disciple, Jesus rebukes Peter’s mindset and continues with His mission (vv. 31-38).
 
Jesus did not abandon His slow to understand disciples or start over with new ones.  Jesus went to the cross to die for them. Jesus gave more than spit to open the eyes of His disciples. Jesus gave His life, knowing that while we now see dimly as in a mirror, the day is coming when we will see His face clearly (1 Corinthians 13:12). 
 
Today’s Reading
​In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, 2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. 3 And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away.” 4 And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?” 5 And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.” 6 And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. 7 And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them.8 And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. 9 And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. 10 And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

The Pharisees Demand a Sign11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” 13 And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod
14 Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”16 And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18 Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” 20 “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” 21 And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ
27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 30 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.35 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. 36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 37 For what can a man give in return for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
 
Richly Dwelling
-What stands out to you in today’s reading, especially the patience of Jesus with His disciples? 
 
-Where are areas you need a second touch of grace to more fully see Jesus’ face, fueling faith to focus on Him?
 
-Jesus is abounding in steadfast love and committed to the flourishing of disciples’ faith. Take a moment to ask Jesus to re-awaken your heart so that you can continue in the process of more fully seeing Jesus the King. Lord, give us eyes to see!
 
Key Verse
24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.