
Speaker: Milissa Ewing
Title: Standing Strong
Text: Mark 13
How to make it through when the world (as we know it) is ending:
- Put our trust in
- Keep watch and
- Remember the
Additional Texts: Ezekiel 10:18-19, 11:22-23
Key Questions:
• What has been your experience with “end times” disagreements? Have you heard Mark 13 used as a way to predict the timing of Jesus’ second coming?
• Charles Feldman describes trust as “choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to someone else’s actions” and he identifies the four components of trust as “care, sincerity, reliability and competence.” Is there anything in your life that you’ve trusted to save you, instead of trusting Jesus?
• Is there an area of your life that where perhaps you’ve fallen asleep and Jesus is urging you to wake up and keep watch?
• How is the hope of Jesus’ return good news in this present moment?
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” —John 16:33