Week Six
For the second time, we are walking the final journey with Jesus and the disciples towards Jerusalem. The disciples are amazed at Jesus’ determination to go to the very place where he is predicting his death sentence. The others who follow are not as close to Jesus and may not have been fully aware of what He had been saying, feel a sense of dread and fear (Mark 10:32). But Jesus isn’t done teaching, healing, casting out demons, rebuking the legalistic, or raising the dead! He presses on with tremendous purpose and destiny. I hope those words are in your list about what the gospels are revealing about who God is.
No, I didn’t forget that I asked you to make two lists. Did you forget? One list is characteristics of God and the other is who you are in Jesus. By now, you may find a great deal of repetition and that might have caused you to stop. Let me encourage you to take another look.
Sometime this week, create a table on a sheet of paper with a column for every letter in the alphabet. Under each letter, write words that describe God’s character that begin with that letter. For example, “A” could have the words, able, attentive, affectionate, abundant. See if you can think of one or more words for every letter in the alphabet.
THEN do another list the same way for who you are in Jesus. Have a separate column for each letter of the alphabet.
What are the similarities? What are the differences?
Consider how you could you use these lists as prayer prompts each day. One letter a day for 26 days to praise God! It could look like this: “Lord God, you are so able to help me with ________. I thank you for your affection and attention. You have been so generous and your love is so abundant in my life. Like David, my cup truly overflows with your goodness and lovingkindness.” See? It’s not very hard.
These lists are not simply academic. They are meant to help us grow in our journey with Jesus. How else might you be able to use these lists? How could the second list help you remember who you are in Jesus? Can you also pray through that list?
I love hearing from you! Write a comment below sometime this week or reach me, Melissa, directly at mrightmire@crnaz.com . Below are the readings for week 6!
February 6, 2025 Mark 13 NIV, Ps 35:14–28 NIV
February 7, 2025 Mark 14:1–42 NIV, Ps 36 NIV
February 8, 2025 Mark 14:43–15:20 NIV, Ps 37:title–12 NIV
February 9, 2025 Mark 15:21–16:20 NIV, Ps 37:13–40 NIV
February 10, 2025 Luke 1:1–38 NIV, Ps 38:title–8 NIV
February 11, 2025 Luke 1:39–80 NIV, Ps 38:9–22 NIV
February 12, 2025 Luke 2 NIV, Ps 39 NIV
