Focus:  The family you are born into has a profound impact on your life.  As sinners we’re all born into slavery.  But we have been set free by the Son, and through baptism we’re born into God’s family.  What legacy have you been born into?  What will your legacy be? Main Text: John 8:31–36

Focus:  There is a pretty big difference between “difficult” and “impossible”.  For people who trust in and find security in blessings, and in their ability to store up God’s blessings, it is difficult to trust in and find security somewhere else.  And it is impossible enter the kingdom of heaven by trusting in anything you or another person can do.  As you look to your future, and consider things like financial stability, savings, and investing, where is your trust?  What will your legacy be? Main Text: Mark 10:23–31

Focus:  What is the one thing you wouldn’t give up?  Jesus said, “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”  Often are our hearts tied to money, sometimes to our surprise, because other goals or desires in life have money or wealth as an intermediate step.  What will your legacy be? Main Text: Mark 10:17–22

The only reason Moses allowed divorce was as a concession to the hard heart of the people.  Instead of receiving the kingdom like a little child, just as it is, we often try to make it fit what we want.  What will your legacy be? Main Text: Mark 10:2–16

Focus:  Walking with Jesus isn’t being part of an exclusive clique where we keep His things for ourselves.  While we wouldn’t say that we exclude others, how often are we skeptical of or do we look down on others who call themselves Christians but aren’t part of our Lutheran heritage?  Instead looking to defend our blessings from those outside, Jesus points us inward when looking for problems.  Jesus, speak, “be opened” and free us from an us vs. them mindset and those attitudes and desires within us and in our own circles that cause us to sin. Main Text: Mark 9:38–50