Author: Dan Lacich
Why I Can’t Be Color Blind
Well actually I am color blind, the physical eyesight red/green color blind kind. Before you ask, yes I see apples as red and not grey, same with firetrucks and other things that are very red. Grass is green and when I have been to Ireland I have seen more shades of green than I can …
A Year of Listening to Jesus Day 34 Mark 1:38
38 And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.” Jesus has driven the demons out of a man by the power of his word. He has healed numerous people, including Simon Peter's mother-in-law. But now he is moving on to …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus The Power of The Word
Sorry for the hiatus of writing. It is amazing how a week of being down with an illness can put you weeks behind in so many areas of life. But we are back with A Year of Listening to Jesus. But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” Mark 1:25 The Bible begins …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus 2/1 John 4:50
50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. After chastising the crowd for their desire for a show of miracles and wonders, Jesus speaks a very simple command to the man who came and asked for healing for his son. "Go, …
A Year of Listening to Jesus 1/31 John 4:48
48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” Jesus returned to Cana where he changed water into wine. He is meet by a father whose son is near death. The man is desperate for Jesus to heal his son. You would think this is the perfect time for Jesus to …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus 1/30 Luke 4:33-35
33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” 35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus 1/29 Luke 4:23-27
23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus 1/28 Luke 4:17-21
17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus 1/27 John 4:35-38
35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus 1/26 John 4:25-26
25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” After debating the proper place for worship the Samaritan woman brings up the messiah. She leans into the idea that when the Messiah …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus 1/25 John 4:16-24
16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus 1/24 John 4:16-24
Imagine meeting a perfect stranger who proceeds to tell you some of your darkest secrets. It would certainly be disconcerting to say the least. You might try to deflect the conversation, change the subject, or flat out deny what they say. The woman at the well decides to change the subject and take advantage of …
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A Year of Listening to Jesus 1/23 John 4:7-15
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus …
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