Day 11 The kind of claims Jesus made did not make him very popular with the religious elite. But Jesus knew his purpose, and he spent much of his time with ordinary people who had ordinary human needs. One such person was a woman he met in the region of Samaria. Women were second-class citizens […]

Story of jesus Day 14   Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons. These are the twelve he […]

    Day 10 Jesus began to reveal who he was, and he was like no other person anyone had known. Although he was fully human, he was also fully God. With his 12 disciples as interns, Jesus began his itinerant ministry of teaching and healing. Soon he traveled to the city of Jerusalem to […]

The story of Jesus   Day 20   Jesus commissioned his closest followers, the 12 disciples, to spread out and tell people that the kingdom of God had come. He also gave them spiritual authority to heal people from sickness and demonic oppression.   This first band of preachers was sent out with almost no […]

The story of Jesus   Day 18     Besides teaching in parables, Jesus also taught in a more direct style, as seen in what came to be known as the “Sermon on the Mount.”   Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to […]

Story of jesus Day 15   Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. He taught them many things by […]

THE STORY OF JESUS   Day 19   Jesus’ teachings moved many people and changed lives. However, those who continually heard his parables and sermons were his disciples. At one point during their travels together, the disciples’ trust in Jesus was put to the test when a violent storm overtook their boat.   That day […]