I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me will live, even though they die. — John 11:25 Welcome to our final week of the Jesus Online Bible Study! This is the pinnacle. Of this study. Of Jesus’ life on earth. Of all of history! Palm Sunday was yesterday. We marked…
Jesus OBS week 5 — Miracle Worker
[Jesus] gave thanks and broke the loaves… They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve baskets of broken pieces. — Matthew 14:19-20 Jesus showed us time and time again that God not only knows what we need, but can and will provide for us when we trust in Him. ~ Max…
Learning from the Master Teacher (Capernaum)
With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when He was alone with His own disciples, He explained everything. — Mark 4:33-34 Although Jesus grew up in the town of Nazareth, the Bible tells us…
Why Love Is Worth Breaking Your Heart
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. ~ C. S. Lewis “I’ve got more than sixty years of evidence that every day looks better with bacon.” My pork-raising dad’s a streak of confidence on the other end of the phone. “And…
Jesus OBS Week 4 — Great Teacher
Coming to His hometown, He began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. — Matthew 13:54 The Hope Diamond of the Bible — “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” — John 3:16…
Jesus OBS Week 3 — Compassionate Physician
Great crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet; and He healed them. — Matthew 15:30 Jesus went into the towns and countryside and sought out those who had been affected by all forms of ailments. And He healed them. Jesus…
Jesus OBS Week 1 — God with Us
The power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. — Gabriel to Mary in Luke 1:35 We have a high priest who is able to understand, and since He understands we find mercy and grace when we need it. When we…
Wrapping Up Rhythms of Renewal OBS!
God pours into us in the still and silent places so He can pour us out in the world He loves. ~ Rebekah Lyons It’s wrap-up week already, friends! It’s time to grab your study guides and review our journey together, and if you haven’t finished the videos, or you want to rewatch them and…
Rhythms of Renewal OBS Week 5 — Create
Create helps us build the Kingdom, grow the Church, and make us more like Him. ~ Rebekah Lyons For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do. — Ephesians 2:10 The blank page. Sometimes it stares back at me with a…
Rhythms of Renewal OBS Week 4 — Connect
Every one of us wants to be fully known and with that… be fully loved. When you’re vulnerable and alone, you’re afraid, but when you’re vulnerable with other people, you become brave. ~ Rebekah Lyons My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to…