Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

This year, we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study Christ and all of Scripture.

Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the New,

seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.

Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are

hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present

throughout the entire biblical story, but the center of it.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to a year in the Bible. I'm Beth and I am here with my co-host, Alexa.

Hi, friends. Today we will continue our discussion of Isaiah 5213 through 5312 and Mark 1045.

And today we'll be talking about how we can apply all that we have learned from these passages.

So Beth, how do you plan to put what we've learned into practice this week?

Yeah, so one thing we didn't really get to talk about yesterday is the context surrounding Mark 1045.

You see, what prompted Jesus to say those words that he came to serve rather than be served was a

request from two of his disciples.

They were asking if they could sit next to him when he finally takes his throne to rule

creation.

And Jesus scolded them, of course,

in the gentlest of ways, but he says that they're missing the point. Following Jesus is about doing

what he does, which means it's about sacrificial service. And I really struggle with this. I know that as a

Christian I'm supposed to love and serve my neighbors, but if I'm honest, I am often aiming to do the bare minimum,

which rarely requires true sacrifice. So when I hear of someone who's going through something

difficult, I usually will send them a text and say a quick prayer for them. But this cost me very,

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