60IN60 Day 4 - Thurs Jul 9

It's Day 4 and we're in Mark 4.

If you've got questions about your reading, I love answering those. Feel free to email me. Unless it's something personal, I'll usually anonymously share the question (and answer) in the following day's email so everyone can benefit from it. 

Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 22 - I want all the truth I can get - bring it all out in the open.  Lord, take away the false things that I've learned and hold onto and reveal the fullness of Your truth to me.

Help:
- Verse 12 - The way "otherwise they might" sounds at first reading, it makes you think it's saying, "I'm doing this because I don't want them to get saved."  I think it actually should be read, "Otherwise they could turn and be forgiven!"  The issue at the center is the hardness of their hearts, not God keeping them at arm's length.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.

60IN60 Day 3 - Wed Jul 8

It's Day 3 and we're in Mark 3.

Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 5 - What makes Jesus angry?  One thing is stubborn hearts.

Help:
- Verse 21 - This tells us that Jesus was not seen by His family from the beginning as Super-Savior.  Evidently before He began His ministry He did not appear all that different from everyone else.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com. 

60IN60 Day 2 - Tues Jul 7

It's Day 2 and we're in Mark 2.

Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 9 - The spiritual miracles are even greater than the physical ones, as amazing as they were.

Help:
- Verse 14 - As I shared yesterday, Mark tends to move quickly through stories, so this sounds like Jesus walks up to Levi having never met him and gets him to follow.  In fact, from the other gospels, we know they had talked before.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.

60IN60 Day 1 - Mon Jul 6

It's Day 1 and we're in Mark 1.

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Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 40 - "If you are willing" - I think a lot of people doubt whether God wants to help them.  They've messed up too much or they've wandered too far, they think.  And yet the truth is that God is always willing.

Help:
- Verses 17-20 - Because Mark tells stripped-down versions of these stories and moves through scenes quickly, this sounds like Jesus walks up to total strangers, tells them to follow Him, and they do it.  We know from other gospels, though, that Jesus had talked to them before.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.

Your Questions and Comments:

- A comment from one of our 60IN60 participants:  Acts 8. "I've always wondered if Simon the Magician accepted Christ. I know he gets a bad reputation here as he offered Simon Peter money for the gift of the Holy Spirit, but it should be pointed out that, until then, currency was all he knew. Surely he knew his spells were claptrap, for when he saw something he couldn't control or pretend to summon, he bargained in the only way he knew how. Also, after Peter curses him for such thoughts, he immediately asks Peter to pray for him. Did an acceptance of Christ follow?"

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60IN60 Day 60 - Thurs Jul 2

It's Day 60 and we're in Acts 8.

Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 1 - This persecution at the time must have seemed a horrible thing, yet used it to force the believers to spread out all over the region and share the gospel.

If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.

If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.