ADHD Gospel, Day 17 Leave things the same! Read Mark 5:1-10. How many times have we begged Jesus to not change things in our life? Certainly, we all have the specific things that we want Jesus to improve or to heal, but ultimately, most of us really don’t want him to upend our life. We want to maintain the status quo and just continue on that way. Jesus never leaves people the same. Satan and his demons knew it then, and they know it today. As we read this story of a man who was possessed by multiple demons, their one cry to Jesus was to let them be. Let…

ADHD Gospel, Day 16 Does Jesus care? Read Mark 4:35-41. Often as I’ve gone through life, I’ve heard many people talk about how they just don’t feel like Jesus cares. They just don’t feel like God cares about their situation, their struggles, or the pain that they’re going through. That feeling is nothing new. Here, we see Jesus and his disciples in a boat going through difficult situation with storms. The disciples actually end up asking him. “Hey, don’t you care?” Jesus responds by addressing their situation. However, Jesus could never have been upset or worried. He knew what control he had. He knew what the storm could do and…

ADHD Gospel, Day 15 Understanding. Read Mark 4:26-34. How much do we really understand? So many times we think we know things and we think we have a good grasp of concepts. Yet, the older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve realized that I really don’t understand much of anything at all. As Jesus was speaking with the people and speaking with the disciples, he used parables as a way to help them understand difficult concepts. He was helping them understand. Jesus gave them as much information as they could understand at that point. So often, Jesus is doing the same thing today. He is giving us as much information as…

ADHD Gospel, Day 14 What are you hearing? Read Mark 4:21-25 As one of the 5 senses, our hearing impacts a tremendous amount of our daily life. All the things that we listen to and hear can influence the actions that we take. It influences where we look and where we go. You’re hearing is often considered to be the second most valued sense, behind sight. So Jesus asks the question, what are you listening to? What are you using your hearing to hear? When we start to think about having ears to hear, are we open to hear in the message of the Gospel? Are we open to hearing…

ADHD Gospel, Day 13 Which soil are you? Read Mark 4:1-20. Jesus often speaks in parables. Here in Mark, the first that Mark shares is the parable of the soil. Jesus shares a story about seed being left on four different types of soil and how that how each soil responds. A few verses later, Jesus explains this parable to his disciples. The seed is the message of the kingdom of God and each soil is a difference in how a person responds. Certainly as we read it, everybody wants to be the good soil. But I just noticed that there’s actually different types of good soil. Some of the…

ADHD Gospel, Day 12 Family. Read Mark 3:31-35. Who is your family? That can be a difficult question for some people. Others know exactly the answer. Sometimes family are the people that we enjoy and love, and other times family is not a source of encouragement or joy. While he was speaking, his mother and brothers showed up. They were trying to stop him from doing what he was doing. As a result, Jesus makes a statement that his family are those who do the will of God. Sometimes we have amazing family that helps and encourages us in our walk with God, and other times our families are not…

ADHD Gospel, Day 11 Crazy. Read Mark 3:20-30. Have you done things at times where people have looked at you and thought you were crazy? They didn’t understand why we were doing what we were doing. Maybe we really were doing something that was completely off-center. As we read in today’s verses, Jesus was definitely thought to be crazy at different points. In the span of these 10 verses, we see people accuse Jesus three times of being somewhat crazy, whether or not that’s just out of his mind or concerned that he might have a demon. They don’t understand what he’s doing or why he’s doing it, and they’re…

ADHD Gospel, Day 9 Jesus was angry. Read Mark 3:1-6. For many people, it can seem really odd to think of Jesus as angry. We tend to picture him as the loving shepherd with his arms open, gathering children to himself. We miss that there are certain things that will make Jesus angry. Now, Jesus never sinned, so being angry is not a sin. However, the way we respond in anger and what motivates our anger could potentially be sinful. Looking at Jesus in this situation, Jesus knew that the religious leaders, we’re trying to exploit this man with an injury. They were using him as a pawn to try…

ADHD Gospel, Day 8 Supreme. Read Mark 2:13-28. Jesus is continuing his ministry and as he does so, we see an interesting theme in their conversations play out through these verses. Jesus’s disciples are doing several things and the pharisees, or other church leaders, are upset about it. They come and they complain and Jesus explains that he is greater than whatever it is. They are complaining about. Sometimes, it’s about what they’re doing on the Sabbath. Sometimes it’s about how he’s teaching. Ultimately, God seeks to help us understand that he is supreme over everything else in this world. People can say a lot of things, and they can…

ADHD Gospel, Day 7 Bad people. Read Mark 2:13-17. Most parents tell their children to find good friends and to seek out the people who will be good, positive influences on their lives. That is great advice for us. However, Jesus was perfect. He was never going to find anyone who was better than he was. So why did Jesus come to Earth? He came to seek out the people who needed him. He was looking for those who understood that they were lost. He did not come to surround himself with the good people of the day, but with the people who understood that they needed a Savior. Now,…