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1 Day 1 Today s Reading: Mark 1.1-20 Today s Focus:.9-13 Jesus Gets Baptized 1. If Jesus got baptized do you suppose it s important for his followers to get baptized too? 2. Was Jesus life always easy after he declared his allegiance to the Father? 2 Day 2 Today s Reading: Mark 1.21-45 Today s Focus:.40-45 Jesus Heals a Sick Man 1. What words would you use to describe Jesus? 2. What do you naturally want to do when Jesus works in your life?
3 Day 3 Today s Reading: Mark 2.1-28 Today s Focus:.1-12 Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man 1. Why is having good friends valuable? 2. Which is more important: being healed or being forgiven? Why? 4 Day 4 Today s Reading: Mark 3.1-35 Today s Focus:.13-19 Jesus Calls the 12 Disciples 1. What made the disciples different from other people? 2. Can you think of a couple ways that you re different from people who don t follow Jesus?
5 Day 5 Today s Reading: Mark 4.1-20 Today s Focus:.1-20 Jesus Tells the Parable of the Sower 1. In order to grow, what needs to be planted in your mind and heart? 2. Which type of soil are you most like? 6 Day 6 Today s Reading: Mark 4.21-41 Today s Focus:.35-41 Jesus Calms the Stormy Sea 1. What do you learn about Jesus in this true story? 2. Do people have the same power in them as Jesus?
7 Day 7 Today s Reading: Mark 5.1-20 Today s Focus:.1-20 Jesus Heals the Demon-Possessed Man 1. How did the demons in the man feel about Jesus? 2. What do you learn about Jesus that should encourage you today? 8 Day 8 Today s Reading: Mark 5.21-43 Today s Focus:.25-34 Jesus Heals a Bleeding Women 1. Tell three or four things that are unexpected or surprising in this true story. 2. What did the woman have that made it possible for Jesus to heal her?
9 Day 9 Today s Reading: Mark 6.1-29 Today s Focus:.1-6 Jesus is Disrespected 1. Can you describe how the people treated Jesus? 2. Do you think you might sometimes be treated this way by others? 10 Day 10 Today s Reading: Mark 6.30-56 Today s Focus:.30-44 Jesus Feeds 5,000 People 1. What might the disciples have thought when Jesus told them to do something that seemed impossible? 2. What does Jesus want you to learn from this?
11 Day 11 Today s Reading: Mark 7.1-23 Today s Focus:.1-13 Jesus Scolds Hypocrites 1. What s more important to Jesus than saying just the right words or doing everything in just the right way? 2. What tells us more about the real person: what s on the outside or what s on the inside? 12 Day 12 Today s Reading: Mark 7.24-37 Today s Focus:.31-37 Jesus Heals a Disabled Man 1. What can you learn from the way Jesus treated a person with a disability? 2. Why do you think Jesus treated him this way?
13 Day 13 Today s Reading: Mark 8.1-21 Today s Focus:.22-26 Jesus Heals a Blind Person 1. Did Jesus heal the man all at once or a bit at a time? 2. What would you want to do if Jesus healed you? 14 Day 14 Today s Reading: Mark 8.22-38 Today s Focus:.27-30 Peter Calls Jesus the Messiah 1. After all the things he saw Jesus do, what did Peter conclude about Jesus? 2. What things have you seen that convince you that Jesus is more than a man; he s God?
15 Day 15 Today s Reading: Mark 9.1-32 Today s Focus:.1-13 Jesus is Transformed 1. Can you describe how God the Father felt about his Son? 2. If you saw Jesus in all his glory how might you respond? 16 Day 16 Today s Reading: Mark 9.33-50 Today s Focus:.33-37 What it Takes to be Great 1. The disciples were doing what kids do a lot. What is it? 2. What did Jesus mean when he said, if you want to be first, you have to be last?
17 Day 17 Today s Reading: Mark 10.1-31 Today s Focus:.17-31 Why Money Can Be Bad for You 1. The man had two problems: one, he thought he did no wrong; what was the other thing? 2. What is it about money that makes it hard for a person who has a lot of it to get into heaven? 18 Day 18 Today s Reading: Mark 10.32-52 Today s Focus:.35-45 Who s the Best? 1. What is wrong with James and John s thinking that they would ask Jesus to do whatever they want? 2. How is the attitude of a leader who serves different from one who wants to be served?
19 Day 19 Today s Reading: Mark 11.1-33 Today s Focus:.15-19 Jesus Upsets the Temple 1. What made Jesus so angry? 2. Is all anger sinful? When is anger not sinful? 20 Day 20 Today s Reading: Mark 12.1-27 Today s Focus:.13-17 Give What You Owe to Others 1. Should you spend all your money on yourself? 2. Can you think about some other ways you should use your money?
21 Day 21 Today s Reading: Mark 12.28-44 Today s Focus:.28-34 Jesus Tells What s Most Important 1. What two commands sum up all the commands from God? 2. In what ways can you love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength? 22 Day 22 Today s Reading: Mark 13.1-33 Today s Focus:.32-37 Jesus Is Coming Back Someday 1. Who alone knows exactly when Jesus will come back to earth? 2. If you really believe that Jesus could return anytime, how will you act?
23 Day 23 Today s Reading: Mark 14.1-31 Today s Focus:.12-26 The Lord s Supper 1. How did Jesus observe communion that is like the way we do today? 2. What makes communion so special? 24 Day 24 Today s Reading: Mark 14.32-72 Today s Focus:.32-42 Jesus is Betrayed and Arrested 1. Even though Jesus is God, what emotions did he feel? 2. When Jesus knew a difficult time was coming what did he spend time doing?
25 Day 25 Today s Reading: Mark 15.1-20 Today s Focus:.16-20 Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus 1. If people made fun of Jesus, do you think they might make fun of you sometimes? 2. What are some good ways to respond when someone teases you for being a Christian? 26 Day 26 Today s Reading: Mark 15.21-47 Today s Focus:.33-41 Jesus Dies 1. What about being crucified was worse for Jesus than the physical pain? 2. What do you think the centurion saw that convinced him that Jesus was the Son of God?
27 Today s Reading: Mark 16.1-20 Day 27 Today s Focus:.15-18 Jesus Tells the Disciples to Make a Difference 1. What is the last thing Jesus told his disciples to do before he went up to heaven? 2. What can a child do to help get the Good News out to people everywhere? 28
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