
The Desperate Father
Read: Mark 9:14-29 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” (v. 24) Very young children believe their parents can fix anything. Mommy’s

Read: Mark 9:14-29 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” (v. 24) Very young children believe their parents can fix anything. Mommy’s

Read: Luke 7:36-50 Standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. (v. 38) When was the last time you felt great remorse

Read: Isaiah 61 He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted. (v. 1) There are many Messianic passages in the Old Testament, but this is the passage that Jesus

Read: Lamentations 3:37-51 Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD! (v. 40) The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian believers, “Godly sorrow brings repentance that

Read: Lamentations 3:19-33 This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope. (v. 21) For 40 years, Jeremiah had been a faithful prophet of God—and it hadn’t been easy.

Read: Lamentations 3:1-18 Surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long. (v. 3) Jeremiah was the man who had seen affliction. He was called

Read: 1 Samuel 30:11-25 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives. (v. 18) Focusing on loss and grief can be like staring into

Read: 1 Samuel 30:1-10 David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. (v. 4) In January 2025,

Read: 1 Samuel 1:21–2:11 For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition that I made to him. (1:27) Last fall I contracted a terrible case