Just Jesus

About this episode

This episode explores how Jesus addresses our deeper needs beyond our immediate requests to God.

We all come to God seeking something - a better marriage, help for a child, healing, provision, or answers. But what if the very thing that brings us to Him isn’t actually our greatest need? Again and again, Jesus shows us that He looks past what we think we need in order to give us what we truly need most. While we’re focused on immediate problems, He sees the deeper need underneath it all and moves to restore what matters most - our relationship with God. Join us this Sunday as we discover how Jesus meets us in our requests, but refuses to stop there, offering something greater than what we came asking for. Mark 2:1-11 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 2 And when He returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that He was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And He was preaching the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are…

Topics covered

• faith
• relationship with God
• spiritual healing
• Jesus' teachings
• deeper needs
• requests to God

Keywords

• Jesus
• faith
• healing
• relationship
• spirituality
• Capernaum
• Mark 2:1-11

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Faith Lutheran Church

Books & works: Mark 2:1-11

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