It matters not the situation. In every situation Jesus meets people where they are, in the present “now moment” of their lives. He loves them.
https://www.davidjcollum.com/blog/mark-day-23
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Faith in Jesus only happens when we personally engage Him.
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Only Jesus death and risen life provides the firm foundation we all need for the demands of discipleship.
https://www.davidjcollum.com/blog/mark-day-21
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The Kingdom of God is a Kingdom where people actively live with faith.
https://www.davidjcollum.com/blog/mark-day-20
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Life with Jesus is never static. We don’t receive Him and stop. We receive Him and are to grow.
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Jesus’ plan is SIMPLE. Go, Plant, Share, The Word.
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Today however, the path with Jesus is the same, to follow him is to commit.
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What does it take to recognize Jesus? It would seem you either have to dwell in the spiritual realm (such as a demoniac), or desperately believe you need Him for your life.
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The conflict between Jesus and His opponents will often be most intense when he heals on the Sabbath. Jesus is challenging their power. Their power flows from their position as the keepers of all the rules.
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Jesus and the Gospel is so new, and so completely fulfills all of God’s designs, that all the human ideas- past, present, and future, find their meaning in Jesus. You don’t “fill Jesus” into something. Jesus fills you. You don’t tack Jesus onto something. Jesus makes all things new.
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Jesus calls us to engage those around us, even if it makes us uncomfortable. Who has Jesus put in your path to engage?
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Do you believe that today Jesus can forgive your sins and make you whole? Many people will believe that Jesus lived. That He taught. That He did amazing things. Many people believe in some parts of the Jesus of the past. But what about Jesus of the present? Do you believe?
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As humans we are formed by our experiences. Our fully human Jesus was being formed by this experience, formed for the ultimate moment when he will go to the Cross, to defeat the forces of sin which have writhed havoc on His very good creation.
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After reading how Peter’s mother is healed, some folks have scratched their heads that moments after recovering from being ill, she gets up and serves Jesus. It is her response to grace, by offering grace.
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Jesus’ physical presence brings the forces who oppose Him into our view. The forces that oppose God are those of evil. In the coming days, we will read about this evil in every form and shape. We will read that it is a battle to the death.
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With this text, many people are rightly amazed that these fellas immediately responded. I am. I also suggest we be rightly instructed about how we “Go into the world and make disciples…”
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Today, in Christianity, some people can tell you the day (date and time) when they turned to follow Jesus. That is a cool thing. There are other people, who have spent their entire lives raised in a Christian home. They’ve always known the love of God. They’ve always known Jesus.
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I worry we are “selling the wrong sort of Jesus”, so that when people do accept Him as Savior, they are unprepared to follow Him into the inevitable battle as Lord.
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Mark wants to make sure that we more than merely understand his message of what is happening in our world, and God’s plan for it all—but that this message penetrates and changes us.
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