Can you endure hunger and insult for Jesus?
"Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
(Mark 3:20-21 NLT)
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Do you know what Jesus is Calling you to do?
"Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him." (Mark 3:13 NIV)
"Then he appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles. They were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach, giving them authority to cast out demons."
(Mark 3:14-15 NLT)
Accept the Call and Mission, Receive the Anointing.
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Do you know that Jesus has absolute power to deliver us from all trials?
"Therefore Jesus is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf."
(Hebrews 7:25 NLT)
" Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens." (Hebrews 7:26 NIV)
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What is God's intention for the commandment, "Keep holy the Sabbath" (Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12)?
"They watched Jesus closely
to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath so that they might accuse him." (Mark 3:2 NABRE)
"Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him."
(Mark 3:4 NLT)
"Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath." (Mark 2:27 NLT)
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"For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do."
(Hebrews 6:10 NLT)
"Follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance."
(Hebrews 6:12 NLT)
God Never Fails!
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How and when do you fast?
"Once when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t your disciples fast like John’s disciples and the Pharisees do?”
(Mark 2:18 NLT)
“And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get."
(Matthew 6:16 NLT)
There is a time to fast and a time to feast.
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Who is Jesus for you?
"John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.”
"The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus." (John 1: 36-37)
Jesus is the Prince of Peace, King of Kings, Word of God, Light of the World. Jesus is Lord and Savior.
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What value do you place on Sacred Scripture?
"For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires."
(Hebrews 4:12 NLT)
"The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple." (Psalm 19: 8 NABRE)
The word of God is spirit and it is life.
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Where do you need healing today in your life?
"Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
(Mark 2:9 NLT)
"But that you may know positively and beyond a doubt that the Son of Man has right and authority and power on earth to forgive sins—He said to the paralyzed man, I say to you, arise, pick up and carry your sleeping pad or mat, and be going on home."
(Mark 2:10-11 AMP)
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How do you handle discouragement in your daily walk with Jesus?
"But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamor of his sin may play on him]." (Hebrews 3:13 AMP)
"Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God."
(Hebrews 3:12 NLT)
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Why is it necessary for Jesus to become like us in everything?
"Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people." (Hebrews 2:17 NLT)
"For because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able [immediately] to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried [and who therefore are being exposed to suffering]."
(Hebrews 2:18 AMP)
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"The people were amazed at his teaching, for Jesus taught with real authority—quite unlike the teachers of religious law."
(Mark 1:22 NLT)
" The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.”
(Mark 1:27 NIV)
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"One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.
Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” And they left their nets at once and followed him."
(Mark 1:16-18 NLT)
Jesus is Heir of All Things (Hebrews 1:2)
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“I, the LORD, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness. I will take you by the hand and guard you, and I will give you to my people, Israel, as a symbol of my covenant with them. And you will be a light to guide the nations.
You will open the eyes of the blind. You will free the captives from prison, releasing those who sit in dark dungeons."
(Isaiah 42:6-7 NLT)
The Choice. The Call. The The The Anointing.
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"And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us." (1John 5:14 AMP)
"So I say to you, Ask and keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on knocking and the door shall be opened to you."
(Luke 11:9 AMP)
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"While Jesus was in one of the towns, there came a man full of (covered with) leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cure me and make me clean.
And [Jesus] reached out His hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately the leprosy left him." (Luke 5:12-13 AMP)
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"For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith."
(1John 5:4 NLT)
What is this faith that overcomes the world?
Jesus is Lord. Jesus is God. Jesus is Savior. Jesus is Emmanuel.
Believe and do this and you will become an overcomer.
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"In souls abandoned to God everything is efficacious, everything is a sermon and apostolic. God imparts to their silence, to their repose, to their detachment, to their words, gestures etc., a certain virtue which, unknown to them, works in the hearts of those around them; and as they are guided by the occasional actions of others who are made use of by grace to instruct them without their knowledge, in the same way, they, in their turn, are made use of for the support and guidance of others without any direct acquaintance with them, or understanding to that effect.
God it is who works in them, by unexpected and often unknown impulses; so that these souls are like Jesus, from whom proceeded a secret virtue for the healing of others. There is this difference between Him and them, that often they do not perceive the outflow of this virtue and even contribute nothing by co-operation; it is like a hidden balm, the perfume of which is exhaled without being recognized, and which knows not its own virtue.” (John-Pierre de Caussade, SJ)
"And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us."
(1John 4:13 NLT)
"When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future."
(John 16:13 NLT)
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"This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins." (1John 4:10 NLT)
"Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love."
(1John 4:18 NLT)
No fear. No worry. No doubt.
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