WEEK OF MAY 20 Word of the Week Troubled-worried or anxious This Week's Good News is [Jesus said to his disciples,] "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid." John 14:27
WEEK OF MAY 13 Word of the Week Disciples-someone who helps spread the teachings of another person This Week's Good News is [Jesus said,] "I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:34-35
WEEK OF MAY 6 Word of the Week Perish-die This Week's Good News is [Jesus said,] "My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand." John 10:27-28
WEEK OF APRIL 29 Word of the Week Signifying-be a sign of This Week's Good News is [Jesus] said this signifying by what kind of death [Peter] would glorify God. And when he had said this, he said to [Peter], "Follow me." John 21:19
WEEK OF APRIL 15 Word of the Week Puzzling-causing a feeling of confusion because they cannot understand or make sense of something This Week's Good News is [The women] found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them. Luke 14:2-4
WEEK OF APRIL 8 Word of the Week Multitude-large numbers of people This Week's Good News is As [Jesus] rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen. Luke 19:36-37
WEEK OF APRIL 1 Word of the Week Condemn-express complete disapproval of, typically in public This Week's Good News is Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" She replied, "No one, sir." Then Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go and from now on do not sin any more." John 8:10-11
WEEK OF MARCH 25 Word of the week Squandered-waste something in a reckless or foolish manner This Week's Good News is The younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. Luke 15:13
WEEK OF MARCH 11 Word of the Week Exodus-a mass departure of people , especially emigrants This Week's Good News is And behold, two men were conversing with [Jesus], Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. Luke 9:30-31
WEEK OF MARCH 4 Word of the Week Tempted-tried to convince someone to do something they should not do This Week's Good News is Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry. Luke 4:1-2
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25 Word of the Week Goodness-the quality of being morally good or virtuous This Week's Good News is A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. Luke 6:45
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 18 Word of the Week Merciful-showing and exercising kindness and forgiveness This Week's Good News is Love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High...Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful. Luke 6:35-36
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11 Word of the Week Denounce-publicly declare to be wrong or evil This Week's Good News is [Jesus said,] "Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man." Luke 6:22
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 4 Word of the Week Astonishment-great surprise This Week's Good News is When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man." For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him. Luke 5:8-9
WEEK OF JANUARY 28 Word of the Week Proverb-a short saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice This Week's Good News is [Jesus] said to [those in the synagogue], "surely you will quote me this proverb, 'Physician, cure yourself,' and say 'Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.' Luke 4:23
WEEK OF JANUARY 20 Word of the Week Oppressed-to keep someone in hardship especially by the unjust use of authority This Week's Good News is [Jesus] unrolled the scroll [of the prophet Isaiah] and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me...He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives...to let the oppressed go free... Luke 4:17b-18a, 18c and Isaiah 61
WEEK OF JANUARY 14 Word of the Week Ceremonial-relating to or used for formal events of a religious or public nature This Week's Good News is Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twento to thirty gallons. Jesus told [the servers] , " Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim. John 2:6-7
WEEK OF DECEMBER 10 Word of the Week Expectation-a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future This Week's Good News is Now the people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Christ. John answered them all, saying, "I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier that I is coming." Luke 3:15-16a
WEEK OF DECEMBER 3 Word of the Week Salvation-deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss This Week's Good News is As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah: Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Luke 3:4a, 5-5: Isaiah 40:45
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26 Word of the Week Imminent-about to happen This Week's Good News is [Jesus said,] "Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man." Luke 21:36
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12 Word of the Week Generation-all of the people born and living at about the same time This Week's Good News is [Jesus said,] "Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." Mark 13:30-31
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 5 Word of the Week Contribute-give money in order to help achieve or provide something This Week's Good News is [Jesus said to his disciples,] "Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, had contributed all she had, her livelihood." Mark 12:43-44
WEEK OF OCTOBER 29 Word of the Week Kingdom of God-the power of God's live active in the world This Week's Good News is When Jesus saw [the scribe] answered with understanding, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared to ask [Jesus] any more questions. Mark 12:34
WEEK OF OCTOBER 22 Word of the Week Saved-keep safe from harm or danger This Week's Good News is [Jesus told the blind man], "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way. Mark 10:46-52
WEEK OF OCTOBER 15 Word of the Week Ransom-a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner This Week's Good News is [Jesus said to his disciples,] "Whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as ransom for many." Mark 10:43b-45
WEEK OF OCTOBER 8 Word of the Week Possible/Impossible-able to be done/not able to be done This Week's Good News is [The disciples] were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, "Then who can be saved? Jesus looked at them and said, "for human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God." Mark 10:17-30
WEEK OF OCTOBER 1 Word of the Week Indignant-feeling or showing anger at what is thought of as unfair treatment This Week's Good News is When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to the [disciples], "Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." Mark 10:14
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24 Word of the Week Reward-a thing given in recognition of one's service, effort, or achievement This Week's Good News is [Jesus said,] "Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward." Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 Word of the Week Servant-a person who performs duties for others This Week's Good News is [Jesus] sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all." Mark 9:35
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10 Word of the Week Deny-refuse to admit the truth or existence of someone or something This Week's Good News is He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me." Mark 8:27-35
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 3 Word of the Week Indignant-feeling or showing anger at what is thought of as unfair treatment This Week's Good News is When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to the [disciples], "Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." Mark 10:14
WEEK OF AUGUST 27 Word of the Week Summon-to order someone to come to a place This Week's Good News is Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but things that come out from within are what defile." Mark 7:14-15
WEEK OF AUGUST 20 Word of the Week Granted-gave someone something that they requested This Week's Good News is Jesus said, "For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by my father." John 6:65