Early in Jesus’ ministry we see Him healing a lot of sickness. In fact, His popularity began to soar in part because of that. In Luke 5:17-26, there is an amazing story of some friends of a paralyzed man going to great lengths, and heights, to get their friend in front of Jesus. Take a moment to read the story… What stands out to you in this narrative? There is a lot to unpack here, isn’t there? No doubt we see a lot of faith expressed in this story - the faith that thi

Have you ever looked in your rearview mirror to see those dreaded blue lights of a police car barreling down on you? Even if you weren’t the one the officer was after, your heart may still skip a beat. Do you know why? Because you know that, even if it wasn’t you this time, it has been you in the past who took some liberty with the law; maybe you exceeded the speed-limit a few times or rolled through a stop sign or hit the gas a bit late to quickly get through a yellow lig

Rejection is horribly painful. If you have ever been left out, blackballed, or outcast, you know how much it hurt and the sadness it caused. Some people wrongly think that God has rejected them, shunned them, turned His back on them; but the truth is, God doesn't reject anyone. He wants a relationship with us and He has gone out of His way to make that possible through the love and grace we can experience in Jesus Christ. A great example of God's desire to restore the rej

What would it look like for you to "experience Jesus" as you begin a new year, a new decade? At Watermark, we are spending the first eight weeks of the new year delving into some amazing, first-hand experiences captured in the Bible that people had with Jesus. We launched the series with the encounter Zacchaeus had with Jesus (Read Luke 19:1-10). Like me, you may have read this story many times, dating back to your childhood. It is a popular story about a man seeking Jesus

Happy New Year! Are you looking forward to a great year in 2020? Of course you are; I am too! Last night I was laying awake in bed, trying to go back to sleep. After spending some time in prayer, I decided to think back over the past five decades of my life (when you start thinking in decades, not years, you may be getting old). I had vivid memories from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s and 10’s. One of those my memories was from 1976. Not only was it the bicentennial year f