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Jesus asks everything from those who follow Him. He will be second to none and nothing in the life of His disciples. Only He has the right to claim this kind of ownership of us since He created us, sustains us, keeps us alive, orchestrates our lives in the order in which we find them, and He knows the beginning from the end. God is supreme and Sovereign and there is no other being like Him. Jesus demonstrates to us the power and order and control of our God. We who follow Him lay down everything for Him. There is no other option for us for everything else is covetousness and idolatry. Jesus rescues us and brings us into his Kingdom where we find we needed no other things besides Him anyhow. He is present in our storms, able to calm when He is ready. He is able to heal and even the demonic forces know who He is and are under His authority as they, too, are something He created. He created them good, they turned away from Him, but they are no match for Him. That is sure. Be not afraid!

Often, even as followers of Jesus, we find our immediate response regarding behavioral psychological issues to be more in line with an unbelieving, materialistic, naturalistic worldview. This, in spite of the fact that Jesus regularly dealt with, talked about, and affirmed the reality of the meta-physical, the unseen spiritual world in which we live. At the very least, we should pause and pray, consider, and seek the LORD in the situations in which we find ourselves in relation to the people around us in regard to both their and our behavior. Maybe there's more to humans that random, electrical impulses, synapses, and chemicals. Where do we draw the line anyhow? And who gets to decide where that line even is? God has made a world full of powerful elements. Medicine can be good. We ought to trust in God and be wise. We are to live by faith. Shared by Jason Stuart Percy at Refuge Christian Fellowship Tallahassee on Sunday, February 23, 2020.

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Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11 It was the morning after a bad night of fishing if we read in from Luke 5 . The disciples were tired. Simon and Andrew were in one boat, and apparently James and John were in another. They were near shore and casting their nets. We get more details in Luke, but for purposes…

There is no faith we can hold or rely on without storms that rise up and threaten it

Start: Start Entice: Commitment can be hard. Even when we have emotional attachment and sunk costs it can be hard to change everything. Entice: Commitment can be hard. Even when we have emotional attachment and sunk costs it can be hard to change everything. 1 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing…

Have you ever noticed that the ceiling of the church looks like an up-side-down ship? This is no accident; it’s intentional. Ever since Christians began building churches, they have often been designed to resemble a boat – not just any boat, but a certain, very large, wooden boat. We do this because…

And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets” ( Lk 5:5 ). We all know that Peter said a lot of dumb things. He often put his foot in his mouth. But these words, recorded in Luke 5 , are probably the second best thing Peter ever said. “At…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Back in 1959 Ford Motor Company admitted they made a big mistake in making the Edsel. It cost 250 million to bring it to market, and they lost 200 million during the 2 and 1/2 years they produced it. It was the number one lemon in the history of the U. S. auto industry. But smart…

Where Is Our Faith? Matthew 14:22-33 Climbing the ladder on the house story. When I jumped off my faith was in the fact I had seen guys parachuting and landing safely. Now that was stupid faith, but I had faith. Luckily I didn’t break every bone in my body. But I stepped out on faith. This account in…