11:1 - Sheldon and I will be teaching on this in a couple of weeks. I love how the disciples desire to pray like Jesus. They have seen the power that he wields...they have seen that after every spiritual encounter and before every big decision - he prays. They come to him and say, "Please master, teach us to pray like you!" Do I have that same desire...am I allowing Jesus to teach me new and different ways to connect to my Father in heaven?
11:24ff - You can't just sweep out the bad through your own power and think it's over with...oh no, if you were weak enough to be overtaken before, you will be weak enough to be overtaken when the temptation comes back stronger with more friends. It is not enough to simply clean house in our lives...we must invite God in. We clean out the sanctuary and invite Him in, and when the evil spirits and temptations barged through the door and the all-powerful God of the universe is dwelling inside...uh, needless to say, it is ON!
11:32 - See, the Ninevites needed no miraculous sign...the only sign they got was Jonah and he didn't even want to be there. I imagine that he was kinds mumbling the words he needed to say, because he didn't even want the Ninevites to get a second chance...he wanted them dead. So this random Jewish dude shows up with the truth and the Ninevites are clued in enough to understand it when they hear it - what is our excuse? The Jews are begging for a miraculous sign and Jesus says, "Am I not sign enough? When you hear my words and see my life, is that not enough?" Do you really need to see miraculous signs to believe...I hope not...just look at the way Jesus is calling us to live out. It is so different, so beautiful, it cannot be anything but the truth. It is the truest thing I have ever come in contact with.
11:34 - The eyes are the keys to your own personal purity. What you let in, shapes who you become. Never forget that.
11:52 - What is the key to knowledge? I believe the key to knowledge is humility and teachability...understanding you don't know it all...understand that you cannot save yourself...understanding that you need God to show you the true path...understanding that we all need correction from prophets that come into our lives. See the Jewish religious leaders had destroyed the key to true knowledge by thinking they had it all figured out. They fought viciously against anything or anyone that tried to correct them in their folly. Not only did they destroy themselves...but they brought alot of other people down with them. Never forget that you are a human who has only a sliver of the picture of what is going on in God's universal plan.
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Msg vs 23 - This is war, and there is no neutral ground. If you're not on my side, you're the enemy; if you're not helping, you're making things worse.
Kinda cuts to the point - there is only One side to be on in the end - who are you fighting for?
j
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