Text: Mark 6:45-54 Theme: Take Heart ______________________________ Intro –   What happens to your heart when you get scared? “When you’re afraid or stressed, it’s your brain—not your heart—that first responds. The hypothalamus releases epinephrine, commonly known as adrenaline, which triggers the fight-or-flight response many of us recognize. This can cause...

Text: Mark 6:30-44 Theme:  The finish line is the starting point ______________________ Intr –  We were coming down the mountain after a few good hours with the Master. He had invited us, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” I have to say that was...

Text: Psalm 85 Theme: hate and Love ___________________________ Intro – Listen to this quote and see how it sounds to you: “He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.”[1] Take it in a poetic or an ironic way, you still find some truth in it....

Text: Mark 6:1-13 Theme: “Rejection meets more Grace” ___________________________ Intr – Imagine a small-town bakery run by a kind and patient baker named Alice. One day, a new customer named Mark comes in and loudly complains about the quality of the pastries, claiming they’re not fresh and taste terrible. Despite...

Text: Mark 4:35-41 Theme: On board through the storm ___________________________ Intr – One night when my son was already in bed a thunderstorm broke out. After a very loud thunder, I heard him crying, and I went to his room to be with him and bring him comfort. He asked...