Jesus deliberately moves toward a man everyone else has labeled and avoided, showing that no one’s pain places them beyond His reach. Mark highlights the community’s failure before the miracle, reminding us that controlling, isolating, and labeling wounded people is not the same as loving them. True restoration is more than removing chaos—it is the return of dignity, stability, and personhood through presence, safety, and compassion. If the church is to reflect Jesus, it must become a place where struggling people are walked with, not managed, and where understanding replaces distance.

What seems to be running the family is what seems to be ruining the family.

Mesa Moment: Just because it in the family, does not mean it has to run through you.

Mesa Moment: You may share the family blood, but you don't share their judgement.

Mesa Moment: You weren't just born to survive your family's brokenness; you were chosen to break it and become the healing they never had.

This year's Senior Sunday we get three sermons by Alex Green, Shane Stewart, and Nick Schmerse.

WE HAVE TO RESIST THE IMPLICATION THAT SINGLENESS IS SECOND BEST… 

SOMETIMES IT IS GOD WHO HOLDING OUT YOUR PARTNERSHIP TO EITHER FIX YOU OR THE PARTNER PREPARED FOR YOU

I AM SINGLE… WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO ME?
1. FOCUS ON PERSONAL GROWTH AND HOLINESS
2. BE YOURSELF
3. MENTOR FOLKS COMING UP IN FAITH
4. BEING SINGLE IS NOT A REFLECTION OF YOUR MATURITY
5. NEVER ALLOW YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY TO BECOME ABUSED
6. ALLOW GOD TO LEAD YOU IN YOUR SINGLENESS
7. BEING SINGLE IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO
8. TAKE YOUR TIME