Daily Bread Pastor Mike Anderson

As rioting and looting rage again tonight in many of our cities, many of us wonder what can we do? What is the answer to the rage and anger we see parading across the streets of America?  Importantly WHERE do we look for the answers to these problems?  Do we look to the government? Do we look to social media?  Where do we look for the answers to life's biggest problems?  If we believe in Jesus don't you think we might want to look at his solution?  Jesus brought real change to the people he came in contact with.  Their lives were a mess and he addressed their true need to accepted and loved and sent out to a life of meaning and purpose.  He came to show people they had value because they were made in His Father's image.  Their instrinsic related to the divine imprint they were given on the 6th day of Creation by the Creator.   Today Jesus gives some final instructions to his disciples about how to continue the movement he started, an...

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples Then Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people. 7 And he called his twelve disciples together and began sending them out two by two, giving them authority to cast out evil[ c ] spirits. 8 He told them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick—no food, no traveler’s bag, no money.[ d ] 9 He allowed them to wear sandals but not to take a change of clothes. 10 “Wherever you go,” he said, “stay in the same house until you leave town. 11 But if any place refuses to welcome you or listen to you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.” 12 So the disciples went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their sins and turn to God. 13 And they cast out many demons and healed many sick people, anointing them with olive oil. Observation: The first five chapters of Mark was the disciples’ seminary program, now its time for their internship. Importantly Jesus sent...