Three Questions

Welcome God every morning by reading 'A Slice of Infinity' before work (~5 min).

Verses pertinent to today's reading: As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water. Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?” When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!” (Mark 4: 35-41)

Slice of Infinity snippets: "For some reason, we think that because Jesus is in the boat with us, suffering will not come our way. But suffering does come, and the wind roars around us and the sky turns black, and the storm of all storms appears to envelop us in darkness and terror. Jesus, don’t you care that we are perishing becomes an incredulous statement because we think as Christians we are somehow immune from the troubles of life. But Jesus’s answer reminds us that faith does not insulate us from life’s storms. Indeed, as Craig Barnes has written “Faith...has little to do with our doctrines or even with our belief that Jesus could come up with a miracle if he would only pay attention. Faith has everything to do with seeing that we have the Savior on board”

Chad's comments: Welcome to the blog. We look forward to this being a great tool for helping us love others into a REAL relationship with Jesus Christ.

I want to ask a prayer for my grandfather, Dale. Dale is going in for hip surgery at 9am central time this morning. He is 86 years old. He has one hip replacement already but this was roughly 10 years ago. Dale is a strong man and a man of God. However, his wife is not alive to help him during recovery this time. Please pray for his surgery as well as for support during his recovery and after.

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