Thanks for the feedback received last week.
This coming Sunday I am speaking on Mark 3!
You may begin to notice that the sermon passages from now on will be the same as the reading for that Sunday in the bible reading program.
This is intentional!
Instead of picking a passage that I am comfortable with, or want to speak on, I am going to allow the scheduled reading for the day be the passage we use in our gathering.
The reason for this is because I want to equip people for reading the bible every day, hearing from God in every day’s reading.
I believe that every passage that we read each day has a message from God for us.
I also believe that God will arrange the readings and topics in a way that apply to each person present that day.
The outcome of all this, I hope, is that people will be better able to hear from the Lord themselves, and not be dependent on someone else (a ‘trained minister’) to use the bible.
So please share your thoughts, or questions… anything?
Let’s listen together to what the Lord is saying to us in Mark 3.
Where did I see Him today? A beggar at church who had a tracheotomy and was walking around with a note in french which I couldn’t read. I did at first ignore him, but God works in mysterious ways. We crossed paths again and I made a donation for his livelihood. I needed to be the cup of cold water quenching his thirst for daily bread. Beggars at church – not wanted? Not the right place? What is the purpose of the church – the meeting place for His people. Correct my vision!
GOD feeds His people constantly and does not send them away empty. What about me? How do I respond appropriately to the people crossing my path from day to day? How do I minister to them? I too am chosen – to do what? A living witness by my words and actions. And my actions as always speak louder than my words.
How do I speak this day?
Well… This week I was thinking about the passage that states you can’t serve God and Mammon (?). And I realized that maybe if I want more of God in my life I need to get rid of the stuff that isn’t from HIm. In reading Mark 3, I noticed that the “religeous” people of that day thought THEY knew what was from God and what wasn’t – to the point of accusing Jesus of having an evil spirit in him. It made me take a step back and want to think about Who God is – where is God working in my life? – what are the fruits of the spirit that would be evidence of HIm??
Cindy