A Fresh Start

A Fresh Start

Mark 3 1-6

“And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.”

Mark 3:1-2, 4-5 KJV

https://bible.com/bible/1/mrk.3.1-5.KJV

A fresh start

On a natural sense we are beginning a fresh start from on year to another. A fresh start on our watch from one hour to another, A fresh start on our week from one week to another, and a fresh start on our calender from one year to another.My brothers and sisters it would not make sense for all these to have a fresh start and God keep us in the same situations that we've been in the last year. He's getting ready to give you a new start.

Growing up I loved to play the football game Madden on the PlayStation Don't tell nobody but occasionally in my free-time I may play. However. The good thing I like about the game is that when fame get to be to hard or difficult and or out of hand You can press the reset button and start from there

I came to talk to some people who has to deal with some things in 2022, it Got chaotic in 22 However God is about to the hit the reset button in your life.

I'm a firm believer that God does not intend for us to be in the same trials. The same problems, having the same issues year after year after year.

I don't believe we should be dealing with the same issues we dear with in 2019.

I know 22 may have dealt you a difficult hand but you Have to make up in your mind that you’re not going to allow what happens last year, last month or even on yesterday stop you from getting what God has in store for you in 2023

Look at somebody and say your getting ready to get a fresh start.

Fresh Start from weeping to joy

Fresh Start from turmoil to piece.

From worry to trust.

A fresh start requires us to change our mindset.

We have to prepare our minds for what God has in store for us within the next couple of months.

Because the truth of the matter is everyday requires us to shift our mindset and our spirit to prepare for what the devil is going throw our way.

A few years ago I stop making resolutions. If you do that's great but I've leaned about myself is that no matter how many resolutions I made with.my mouth if my spirit was not agreeing to with the resolution by the middle of January I'll forget. I started making up my mind.

My brothers and sisters many of us can take a glance at 22 and say that we have not had to deal with anything. We can say that we haven't had to cry any tears, suffered from any pain and all 365 days brought us bright days and sunny flowers. However, for most of us we can look at 22 and say there was some issues that you had to overcome some trials that you had to endure. Some troubles that you had to face. Some situations that you need to God to set the reset button on.

We can look back and say if it had not been for the Lord on my side I would have gave up. I would have gave in but it was because his grace and his mercy that you were not consumed.

I've heard someone say, if I've never been sick. I wouldn't know God to be a healer, If I've never had a problem I wouldn't know God to be a problem solver.

Somethings that happened to you in 22 didn't happen to you but it happened for you. So that God could prove who he really is in your life and prepare you for the shift.

What was meant to destroy you only made you stronger.

What was meant to kill you was preparing you for the a fresh start.

As we get to the text we find a man.... Sitting in the temple who had a withered hand.

The bible didn't say that this man was born ith this condition. So it could have been and incident that happened or a tragic event that I occurred that allowed this man to catch this ailment. His normal became abnormal. He was accustomed to functioning with both hands.

However, this man did not let his condition be his conclusion.

It was evident that this man had an issue. Because everywhere he went people will look at his hand.

He was at a disadvantage from everyone else.

When everyone else could use both arms he could only use one.

He was limited to what he could do.

He had to learn, be comfortable with the uncomfortable.

This one hand although it was one of the smallest limbs of his body affected his entire way of life.

2—— It was stated in Hebrews that this man was Mason a d that he once made a living using his hands.

However, this particular limb was powerless, it was not able to function.

It was slowly day by day withering and not useful.

The right hand is what most people use.

It's common and 90 percent of people are right handed.

I know we have some left handed people in the room.

But if he was right handed.

Basic function are taken away.

You cannot right. You cannot lift.

The thing that was abled him to make resources was the thing that was now taken away from him.

The right hand is also is also the hand of strength and power.

In biblical references the right hand as a representative of authority.

So the enemy did not just attack any part of his body. However, it attacked the part of his body that represented his power.

The enemy will not attack what is kit attached to your power and strength. The areas in your life that is most powerful now becomes a target to the enemy.

That's what happened in 21 you have a powerful marriage that's why the enemy attacked.

You have a powerful ministry that's why the enemy attacked.

You have a powerful family that's why he attacked.

You have a powerful position on your job.

That's why the enemy attack.

However, I came to encourage someone that the attack didn't destroy you.

You still made it out even while withered.

You still made it to the house of God, even while withered

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Even though the Man was Hindered….He was in the synagogue

However, do I have anyone that can agree with me to the point that I'm not here because I'm perfect and have everything figured out but I'm here because I'm withered.

Can I just tell you that you are in the right place at the right time for a fresh start.

When Jesus healed this man he gave him a fresh start.

He shifted his entire life in one moment.

A fresh start from dependence to independence

From abnormality to normalized.

From misery to joy.

From chaos to peace.

Often times when Jesus provided a healing there were two types of people in the room, or the church. There was the one who came in expecting a healing and deliverance and there was the ones who came in looking to condemn.

But I believe I have some people in the church. That's like this man who came in the withered and you made up in your mind that I refused to live 23 like I did in 22.

I need a something different I need a fresh start.

Im preaching to the people that walked around 22 withered. People saw you withered. People saw you spiritually functioning with one hand.

Some people instead of helping actually laughed at your hand.

Can I just encourage you that God is getting ready to give you a public healing.

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1——The healing took place on the Sabbath.

The only reason working or healing could take place on the Sabbath was if the it was a life or death situation.

The pharisees did not see this as a Life or death Situation. They figured he could wait another day…

However this man was not willing to wait another day because he had been in the situation for too Long.

Not another hour not another minute but I need yiu me

I know some.hall.are waiting for God to do at 12:00am. However, some us can say God do it now

He could not wait another day hour or another minute.

They where people in the temple who had the same opportunity that he had, however they didn’t seek a miracle they where concerned about him.

When you are called, when you are anointed, when you have assignment people in 2023 are gonna watch, people in 2023 are going talk. Jesus response was since you are talk anyway I might well do what God assigned you to do.

1.Jesus tells the man to Stand forth-

Although his hands was withered there was nothing wrong with his legs....

In a sense Jesus asked him to trust him with what he could do, and if you can trust me with what you can't do I can heal what you can't do.

Although it was not his feet that were bothering standing still required strength.

I'm talking to someone that can say after all you been through you can pat yourself on the back that yiur still able to stand.

Yes after all I've been through I'm still standing.

After done all but stand stand

There many different reasons and representations for standing in the bible, in some references standing meant showing honor, some meant stamd in reverence to God and some used the reference as a means of standing on faith and what you believe.

This man my brothers and sisters I believe stood on faith.

He didn't know how it was going to work out. But he stood anyhow.

Stand anyhow.

He then tells the man who had already stood forth… Now that you have stood forth—

Stretch out your hand

It seemed as though this was impossible task. Seemed as though this was unreasonable ask for him to tell him to stretch forth his hand knowing that it was withering.

He didn't complain and said lord you see the condition of my hand here you are asking me to..stretch it out. You see the pain my hand is in and here you are asking me to stretch it out.

He didn't complain. He just stretched it out.

Someone can say lord you see the condition of my family and hear you are asking me to stretch it out.

You see the condition of finances and here you are asking me to stretch it out

You see the condition of my marriage and here you are asking me stretch it out.

He knows your condition. All he is saying is give it to him.

He said come onto me all who are weary and heavy Laden and I'll give you rest.

Whatever. Your dealing with you have to learn to let God work on it

We've been walking around all 22 with withered situations but in 2023 stretch it forth

It was miracle for him to even stretch but stretching is saying lord I've done all I can do now it's in your hands. But I'm trusting that you will what is best. Even

The moment he stretched was the moment his situation shifted

I'm here to encourage you to

Stand up, stretch out, and restoration is yours.

Once he stretch forth his hand was immediately restored…..

The problem the people had with the healing was not the fact that Jesus healed him. However, it was the fact that he healed him on the sabbath. It was the timing of the healing.

It was Jesus responsibly to heal this man.

He broke their rules in order to meet a need.

He is will g to break what is common to meet yiu were yiu are at.

He needs not the approval of others. When he get ready to bring you out. He's going to do bring you out. When he gets ready to bring you peace he is fijnf to do it. Rather they approve it or not.

Yes, it was considered wrong according to man's law of sabbath to heal in the sabbath. However, Jesus understood that the ultimate wrong would be to see a man thay needs healing and look past it because of what others would think.

Some of us need to understand that we have to get over the opinions of others.

We lived all 22. Worrying about how we are perceived to be. However we need just do what God told us to do. If people lie yiu great if the don't great. As long as you fulfill yiur call and please the man up stairs.

If he would have done nothing they would have said something. So he might as well had of done his job.

If you nothing opinions are going to come if yiu do something opinions are going to come

So you might as well so something.

So something in 23.

I might be taking a risk. However, I know I have a call and anointing on my life

Ultimately yiur not responsible for how folk respond to what God told you to do. However. You are responsible for what God told me t do.

All of our hands are spiritually withered.

What withered you in 2022

Sickness

Death

Family issues,

Financial issues,

Can have us withered.

Psalm 34:18 says, “The Lord is near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit.”

Revelations

Although our hands are withered There is someone who has the power to restore…

No matter how hard we try.. We can not restore any wounds that we have..

What once an a shame now became a public display of a miracle

But there is someone that heal the very being of us that has been hurt….

His name is JESUS..

I can see this man with the with the withered hand singing Father I stretch My Hands to thee. No other help I know….If thy will draw this self from me whether shall I go….

What is it that his withered Can I suggest you today to those who have been trying to heal the issue yourself…..

Its time for you to give it to GOD and Stretch forth…….

Technically Jesus did not do any work. All he did was speak the word….

All the withered man did was Obey and respond to the word.

There are certain things that God want to for us but it will require our obedience.

He heard the word he acted on the word and then he got his healing,

He didn’t act on his situation. Because if he would have acted on his situation.

He could step up, he could sit up…

But there was something that Jesus asked him to that was beyond his own capabilities.

That was to stretch out his hand.

Because his Hand was withered.

Have God ever asked you to do something that that felt as though it was beyond your own capabilities and strength?

Truth of the matter is sometimes God will as us to make sacrifices the that’s beyond what we can do our own because he knows with his strength we can a

The day was the Sabbath… Place-Synagoe The healing power came from God.

This disease was a sickness that caused this man’s hand shrivel, the and it gradually moved up his arms if not healed quickly it would have consumed his entire arm or body.

Stand forth-Rise up-

Stretch forth

Be restored

The withering is getting ready to stop.

I'm getting ready to restore it as it once was.