Morning Meditations

In this episode, the religious leaders question Jesus and he answers their question with a question, and then refuses to feel the need to answer their initial question. We are reminded that when we know whose we are, we can allow God to vindicate us!

In this episode, Jesus curses a fig tree and teaches his disciples about having faith!

In this episode, Jesus heals people in the temple and the religious leaders can't recognize God at work, while the children are giving God praise.

In this episode, we see Jesus cleansing the temple. We realize that he isn't being petty, but rather overturning a corrupt system. and we are challenged to let Jesus overturn our corrupt systems as well!

In this episode, Jesus comes riding into the city, not on a white horse, but on a donkey!

In this episode, we encounter two blind men who receive their sight, immediately following a story about the blindness of two of Jesus disciples!

In this episode, the mother of James and John asks Jesus to put her kids at Jesus right and left when Jesus enters into his Kingdom. Jesus says that his Kingdom is one of service!

In this episode, Jesus tells a parable about the workers in the vineyard, and we are reminded that God is free to give His grace to whomever he chooses!

In this episode, Jesus warns those who follow him that it is difficult for the rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

In this episode, the Rich Young Ruler encounters Jesus and learns what he need to do to be "perfect."

In this episode, we hear Jesus telling his disciples to not hinder the children from coming to him because the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!

In this episode, we are reminded that both marriage and being single are a gift and that sometimes remaining single means we have unique opportunities to serve God!

In this episode the Pharisees try to trap Jesus by asking him a question about divorce.

In this episode, Peter asks Jesus how many times he must forgive his brother or sister, and Jesus tells a parable about forgiveness!

In this episode, we hear Jesus give instructions about dealing with difficult conversations especially in the area of dealing with sin in the church.

In this episode, we see that God does not want any of His children to perish, but leaves the 99 for the one lost sheep!

In this episode, Jesus warns his followers that we should avoid the things that make people stumble at all costs, even if it means taking drastic measures!

In this episode, we are reminded that we are called to change and become like children in order to enter the Kingdom of God!

In this episode, Jesus is asked about paying the temple tax, and he finds the coin in a fish's mouth.

In this episode, the disciples can't cast out a demon and Jesus tells his disciples that just a mustard seed of faith can make the impossible possible.

In this episode, Jesus tells his disciples that Elijah has already arrived in John the Baptist. We see that both he and Jesus suffered and so we are reminded that suffering is part of what it means to follow Jesus!

In this episode, we see Jesus and 3 of His disciples on the mountain of transfiguration and we are reminded that our encounters with God should be followed up with listening to His teaching.

In this episode, we hear Jesus saying that anyone who does not take up their cross and follow him cannot be his disciple!

In this episode, Jesus tells Peter he will suffer and Peter won't believe that the Messiah will die. But Jesus insists that His Kingdom is different than the kingdoms of this world.

In this episode, Peter recognizes Jesus as the Christ, and we are asked the same question as Peter: Who do we say Jesus is?

In this episode, Jesus is warning his disciples to refuse to miss out on what God is doing because they are bound to our position in society or our religious systems!

In this episode, the Pharisees and Sadducees are asking Jesus for a sign, and he refuses to give them one except the sign of Jonah.

In this episode, Jesus feeds 4000 men plus women and children, because he has compassion on them. We also see that Jesus has his disciples share in His ministry!

In this episode, Jesus meets a woman who is willing to simply receive whatever God gives her!

In this episode, Jesus says it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles, but what comes out of the mouth. We are reminded that our heart motives matter!

In this episode, the crowds continue to seek after Jesus and hope just to be able to touch the hem of His garment!

In this episode, Peter walks on the water and then he begins to doubt, but even in his doubts he encounters God in a new way!

In this episode, Jesus once again gets away to be with the Father, and then walks on the water.

In this episode, the crowds catch up to Jesus and he has compassion on them and ends up feeding all of them with 5 loaves and 2 fishes.

In this episode, Jesus cousin, John the Baptist, is killed and Jesus goes off to be with his Father in his time of mourning.

In this episode, Jesus is in his hometown, and he is unable to do many miracles because of their lack of faith!

In this episode, we see that Jesus encourages the teachers of the law who want to be disciples to treasure both their tradition and the new thing Jesus is doing!

In this episode, Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to a net that is cast wide to catch all kinds of fish!

In this episode, we see that the Kingdom of God starts small and grows, in spite of our failures, until it becomes something more than we could imagine!

In this episode, we hear two parables about finding a great treasure and selling it all!

In this episode, we hear Jesus tell a parable about weeds and wheat, and we are reminded that vengeance is the Lord's.

In this episode, the disciples ask Jesus why he speaks in parables, and what we learn that we often encounter God in the wrestling.

In this episode, we are challenged to spread the seeds of the gospel everywhere, and to become good soil where the word of God can grow and take root!

In this episode, Jesus mother and brothers are outside waiting for him, and Jesus redefines the family for his disciples!

In this episode, we see that God wants more for us than to just manage sin, but rather to be transformed from the inside out!

In this episode, Jesus chastises the religious leaders for needing a sign and says the only sign they will get is the sign of Jonah.

In this episode, we are reminded that what Christ wants to do is transform us from the inside out!

In this episode, the religious leaders are claiming that Jesus is driving out demons by the prince of demons and Jesus warns them to stay sensitive to the Spirit's work in their lives!

In this episode, the religious leaders are giving Jesus a hard time about "working" on the Sabbath!

In this episode, we are reminded that living in a relationship with God offers us a life that is easier than the life we are often trying to carve out on our own!

In this episode, Jesus is questioned about paying the temple tax, and he pulls the tax from a fish's mouth.