Amber Hocker

I am just curious, any idea how long the apostles were out traveling and doing their work?!

So he answered them, “Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them. ...

So I really like reading these words in Luke that are not in the other gospels (right?!?!)… Mary’s song of praise and Zechariah’s words (prophecy/praise). They both seem so powerful and I am amazed at...

I really like how Jesus responded in those first few verses when John the Baptist sent his disciples to find out if Jesus was the “one to come or if they should look for another”. ”Go tell John what y...

These are very challenging passages. Jay, thank you for the reminder of that sermon, these warning signs. I think a question I have to ask myself in this first part is what is the fruit in my life?? I...

I counted 5 women… is that right Vickie?!! I get lost real quick In genealogies, but it does help me, especially when I notice names I can remember from back in the day! @Bill Parks, makes me real tha...

Jimmy thanks for all this. I had never caught or thought of what the word "brought" meant here. I just visualized it like he was walking carrying his cross, but I think this makes sense that they were...

Reading this I feel all the emotions! (I am a pretty emotional person myself). Jesus- the desperation for a different plan, the frustration of his friends falling asleep, the hurried and maybe anger h...

I feel the drama in this encounter and these questions. Things are really starting to get ugly (this is how I feel about it). My Bible notes say that in this passage that no matter what Jesus said in ...

Same thoughts Travis and Shelley. As it’s been rolling around in my mind this AM I was thinking about how I have to trust, fully, God in his sovereignty, but I do believe the Spirt gives us power and ...

Thank you for the visuals yesterday, so good! @Travis Bruno I also appreciated what you wrote so much. This is such a defining moment, wow. I hadn't thought of it like that. I know Jesus was doing eve...

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was goi...

I feel like this is where Jesus speaks more plainly than ever. This. Is. A. Heart. Thing. It must be so hard though for these people living in this time who are so deeply steeped in their human tradit...

Well really Mark ch. 5 may be a favorite of all. Jimmy I really resonated with what you said. Jesus is bringing rescue and salvation to these people. Death to LIFE. He is SO good! And let us not forge...

Travis, and something I was thinking about after listening to the podcasts was that all these people come to Jesus in my mind desperate. They KNOW He can cast out and heal and I sense this from each o...

This is so great! I am so visual, so it helps me so much. I am also like Bonnie though and think "how did she even gather this info." Also, I WANT TO GO! Thank you!!!

So I am just getting to read all the discussions this AM! It made me think with the whole discussion @Jimmy and @travis were having… so when Jesus says to the paralytic “son your sins are forgiven” wa...

This was great!! Thank you for the additional thoughts and teaching on this.

So I went and read some of Leviticus… and I’ve read it before, but it’s so wild all that someone like this man has to go through to “be clean”. Yet, Jesus touches him and he’s immediately clean! I fee...

I love the pre-dawn hours to sit with Jesus. It's something I try to always do, but I am so thankful for all the thoughts you all shared below because there are times it doesn't happen (like when I've...

I had the same thought of how quickly the men just dropped everything and followed him. It’s interesting that in other books it didn’t seem as sudden, so it makes more sense with the way Mark writes t...

Something that stuck out to me and I went back and didn’t see anymore info. on it is that the Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness. Why?! I guess in my quick reads or maybe it’s elsewhere in scr...