ScriptureMark 2:55When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’DevotionalJesus saw their faith.Not just the man on the mat. The faith of the people carrying him mattered. They had no healing power. They could not forgive sin. But they were part of how God chose to move.God still works like that.Sometimes God answers prayer through a conversation. Through ...  Read More

ScriptureMark 2:3–43 Some men came, bringing to Jesus a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.DevotionalThe men in this story did not heal him. They did not fix him. They did not replace Jesus. They just refused to let him ...  Read More

ScriptureMark 2:1–31A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.Genesis 2:18The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a...  Read More

Scripture“Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself.”— Hebrews 13:3a (NLT)Devotional ReflectionTo remember as if you were there is a call to presence, not distance. Hebrews moves us beyond agreement into action—beyond sympathy into solidarity. Jesus Himself stood accused, bound, and treated as guilty, and He identifies with those who are incarcerated. Being “here” may look like writi...  Read More

Scripture“Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself.”— Hebrews 13:3a (NLT)Devotional ReflectionHebrews never asks us to remember those in prison because they are innocent—it asks us to remember them as if we were there ourselves. Scripture reminds us that all have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, and none of us stands righteous apart from grace. The difference between “us” and “...  Read More

Scripture“Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself.”— Hebrews 13:3a (NLT)Devotional ReflectionHebrews begins by calling us to remember those in prison—people, not cases or numbers. Incarceration may remove freedom, but it does not remove humanity. Every person, regardless of their actions, still bears the image of God. That image may be distorted by sin or buried beneath broken choi...  Read More