Devotional Guide Table Of Contents Table Of Contents 2 Introduction 3 The King’s Identity 4 The King’s Ministry 15 The King’s Disciples 27 The King’s Parables 39 The King’s Power 51 The King’s Rejection 63 Big and Small 77 Form/Faith 89 Demands 101 Dense Disciples 113 Money, Marriage, and Power 126 The King Enters 138 The King Teaches 150 The King Promises 162 The King Dies 175 The King Lives 188 Writer Biographies 200 Artwork By 201 2 Introduction Welcome to the Mark Devotional Guide! Written by members of Exodus Church, this guide is a labor of love from us to you. We sincerely pray this guide will be a blessing to your family as we study the gospel of Mark. The guide is broken into weekly sections with suggested dates for each reading and family devotional. These dates are simply to help keep you on WUDFNVRSOHDVHIHHOIUHHWRDGMXVWWKHPWREHVW¿W\RXUIDPLO\¶VVFKHGXOHDQG needs. The daily readings and family devotionals are designed to be done the ZHHNEHIRUHWKHVHUPRQ)RUH[DPSOH\RXZLOOEHJLQ\RXU¿UVWUHDGLQJVDQG devotionals on Monday, December 30, in preparation for the sermon that will be given Sunday, January 5. The Community Group Guide for each section will be used during the ZHHNDIWHUWKHVHUPRQWRUHÀHFWRQWKHPHVVDJHDQGWRJRGHHSHUWRJHWKHU Thank you for joining us on this journey through Mark! 3 The King’s Identity Mark 1:1-13 Written by Valerie Stranathan Sermon Date: January 5, 2014 Reading Day 1 (December 30) Isaiah 40:3-5, Luke 3:1-18 Day 2 (December 31) Mark 1:1-4, Luke 1:67, 76-80 Day 3 (January 1) Mark 1:5-8, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 2:2-4 Day 4 (January 2) Mark 1:9-11, Matthew 3:13-17 Day 5 (January 3) Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4:1-13 5 Reading Day 1 (December 30) Isaiah 40:3-5, Luke 3:1-18 R - Read ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ E - Examine ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ A - Apply ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ P - Pray ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 6 Reading Day 2 (December 31) Mark 1:1-4, Luke 1:67, 76-80 R - Read ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ E - Examine ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ A - Apply ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ P - Pray ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7 Reading Day 3 (January 1) Mark 1:5-8, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 2:2-4 R - Read ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ E - Examine ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ A - Apply ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ P - Pray ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 8 Reading Day 4 (January 2) Mark 1:9-11, Matthew 3:13-17 R - Read ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ E - Examine ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ A - Apply ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ P - Pray ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 9 Reading Day 5 (January 3) Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4:1-13 R - Read ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ E - Examine ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ A - Apply ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ P - Pray ________________________________________________________________