[Sunday] Mark 6 | Hearts & Loaves - Revealing True Power
Questions for the week
What is the craziest abuse of power you’ve heard about in the news recently?
Read Mark 6:14-29. What words would you use to describe Herod as a leader? What does his reaction to the girl’s dance show us about him?
Read Mark 6:30-43. Specifically looking at verse 34, how is Jesus a different type of leader than King Herod?
When our hearts are hard, how does Jesus show us compassion? How does having a serving and compassionate king in Jesus change how we view power in the world?
Just as the Apollo 8 astronauts were awed by our tiny planet in a vast universe, Simeon’s joy reminds us that God proves His love by entering the most "insignificant" places—a manger, a small town, and our own ordinary lives—to bring us peace.