“Amidst all that WE ARE and all that we’re not, all WE SHARE and all we keep to ourselves, all WE HAVE in common and all we have not in common, the consistent, common plead WE ALL EXPRESS is, ‘Jesus, help us.'”
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The Spirit Leads
“‘Experiences of the Holy Spirit not only warms our hearts; it also strengthens our hands and puts our feet in motion. . . In these activities, God is busy acting upon us, placing something into our empty hands, enlivening our cold hearts, enabling us to be transformed in ways that we could never be on our own.'”
More Stubborn Than Righteous
“The Pharisees were more stubborn than righteous in confronting Jesus, and the disciples were prone to be more stubborn than righteous to defend Jesus from a waste of time in blessing children. WHAT ABOUT US? ARE WE MORE STUBBORN THAN RIGHTEOUS.”
Hand, Eye & Foot
“Being in the inner circle with Jesus may make you egotistical and arrogant if you focus on the benefits of the relationship rather than sharing the good news of God in deed and word to everyone in your path.”
What We’re Meant to Do
“I was certain about pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree. That certainty transformed into and remained a certainty of what I was supposed to do, what I was to return to doing and being. For a particular reason? That’s not the right question right now.”
They Knew He Would
Mark 7: 24-37 During the presidency of Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, the prime minister of Israel, visited the president at the White House. They were talking in the Oval Office when Begin noticed the three phones on Carter’s desk. One was platinum, one was red, and one was gold. Begin joked, “What are those phones…
Have You Washed Your Hands?
“A pastor’s small son was told by his mother that he should WASH HIS HANDS because there were germs living in all that dirt. He refused and complained, ‘Germs and Jesus! Germs and Jesus! That’s all I ever hear around here, and I’ve haven’t seen either one!'”
Where Would We Go?
“‘Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.’ I once heard a preacher put it this way: ‘WHEN YOU SPEAK, WE COME ALIVE INSIDE.’ Peter knew there was nowhere else to go and no one else to go to. When Jesus speaks, we come alive inside. Peter then made his confession like he did in the other gospels in Caesarea Philippi, ‘You are the Holy One of God (the Christ, the Son of the living God).'”
Why Not Remain and Learn?
“Turning away from him, ignoring his words because they’re just too hard to understand is not profitable, not life-sustaining. IF YOU DON’T GET IT TODAY, HANG AROUND. You might get it tomorrow. He said his words were Spirit, the very Spirit of God, and life eternal. Good luck finding such stuff like that somewhere else.”
Into Our Predicament
“God is very intentional, very active. God comes, God reveals, and God acts on our behalf. Amid God’s actions, there is something that begins to take place. We begin to believe that God’s activity is for our benefit, AND WE BECOME ACTIVE, AS WELL.”
Psalm 102 in The Message 