Exodus 1:6–22; 1 Corinthians 12:12–26; Mark 8:27–9:1 “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to

Genesis 50:15–26; 1 Corinthians 12:1–11; Mark 8:11-26 “But Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Fear not, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today” (Genesis 50:19-20). We’ve touched

Genesis 49:29–50:14; 1 Corinthians 11:2–34; Mark 8:1-10 “In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and if I

Genesis 49:1–28; 1 Corinthians 10:14–11:1; Mark 7:24–37 “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the Blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the Body of Christ?” (1 Cor 10:16) To be completely honest, I don’t understand people missing Sunday (or Saturday) worship.

Genesis 48:8–22; Romans 8:11–25; John 6:27–40 There were Joseph’s sons, born in the land of slavery, being blessed by the patriarch. And right then and there, Joseph cried foul, for Israel had blessed the first-born with his left hand instead of the right. Things were not turning out as Joseph had thought, or wanted. Oh,

Genesis 47:27–48:7; 1 Corinthians 10:1–13; Mark 7:1–23 “And Jesus said to the Pharisees and scribes, ‘Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men” (Mark 7:6–7).

Genesis 47:1–26; 1 Corinthians 9:16–27; Mark 6:47–56 “For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! What then is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge…”

Genesis 46:1–7, 28–34; 1 Corinthians 9:1–15; Mark 6:30–46 “The apostles returned to Jesus, and told Him all that they had done and taught. And He said to them, ‘Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while” (Mark 6:30–31). If there is one thing most of us today are missing, it is