The 260 Journey

Day 35Today’s Reading: Mark 7In today’s reading, Jesus makes a statement to religious people that we have to put the spotlight on. Jesus speaks to the Pharisees and Scribes these cutting words about their relationship to the Bible, God’s Word. Let’s read it from The Passion Translation:“You abandon God’s commandments just to keep men’s rituals, such as ceremonially washing utensils, cups, and...

Day 34Today’s Reading: Mark 6No one would disagree that Jesus had all the potential to heal anyone, anywhere, anytime. Can you imagine having the person who could heal you, your child, your family, or your marriage right in your town and nothing happens?How is that possible?By limiting Jesus.We have only two times in the Gospels that Jesus was shocked and both have to deal with the issue of...

Day 33Today’s Reading: Mark 5Wow, today’s reading is filled with action, miracles, and healing. It’s nonstop from verse 1 to verse 43. Mark 5 starts with a town demoniac who lived in a graveyard and acts as the welcoming committee for Jesus and the disciples and ends in a house where a dead twelve-year-old girl’s body is laid out and a bunch of laughing people who think Jesus is out of His mind....

Day 32Today’s Reading: Mark 4I want to tell you two stories about storms, Jesus, and a bunch of guys (the twelve disciples) in a boat. Both storms had winds and fear. But their endings were different.We encounter the first storm in today’s reading. Let’s read about it together:On that day, when evening came, He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Him...

Day 31Today’s Reading: Mark 3When you want to know the definition of a word, you look in the one trusted place that settles all doubt—the dictionary. When you think of the dictionary, you think of one name—Webster. But do you know who this Webster is?Noah Webster was a devout Christian. His word speller was grounded in Scripture, and his first lesson began, “Be not anxious for your life, what ye...

Day 30Today’s Reading: Mark 2I’ve never played poker in my life. I’m not saying that to sound righteous or religious, I’m just saying it. That being said, I had to google if four of a kind beat a full house. It does. That’s our story today.I want to show you this concept in Mark 2 in which two things are competing. In one verse we find a full house and in another verse we find four of a kind....

Day 29Today’s Reading: Mark 1Today’s reading showcases the cool way Jesus began His ministry. Who Jesus healed, what He healed, and where He healed it, makes this amazing. Take a look at this passage:[The people] were amazed at [Jesus’] teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he...

Day 28Today’s Reading: Matthew 28What does famed NFL player Barry Sanders and resurrected Jesus have in common? I am not trying to be disrespectful, but I do have a point.Barry Sanders is considered one of the greatest NFL running backs of all time. He holds many of the coveted NFL records. Two things make Barry iconic in the sport’s world. First, his elusiveness. Barry’s runs were choreographed...

Day 27Today’s Reading: Matthew 27If ever a man had a chance to become a saint it should have been Judas.Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Jesus.For more than two years, he lived with Jesus. He listened to His words, watched His miracles, and yet this man deliberately planned to betray Him. No one in history had a better chance than Judas. The rich young ruler only met Jesus once, and yet Judas...

Day 26Today’s Reading: Matthew 26Every time I get a new Bible, I write the same thing in each one before I start reading. I put it right on the flyleaf. It is a five-hundred-year-old poem a prison convict wrote: “There was a man, and they called him mad; the more he gave, the more he had.” That prison convict was John Bunyan.The more he gave, the more he had.It doesn’t make sense. It seems like a...