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What is the Problem?
When: Sara and I have been fasting for Sept and Oct.
What: Based on the Daniel fast.
We modify it a bit.
Why: We used to do it during Lent but that doesn’t work for us around here.
So, we did it during the fall.
It coincides w/ Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Jewish New Year and Repentance.
We pray and repent for ourselves, family, Munds Park, and our church.
A weight problem?
It’s part of our regular spiritual disciplines.
We get healthy.
Spiritually and physically healthy.
We feel better.
Prayer and focus on God’s impact in our lives.
We eat better.
More efficient calories.
My body isn’t storing preservatives and processed stuff.
As a result I’ve lost a few pounds.
I’ve learned a lot.
I learn about God.
I learn about myself.
One of the things I’ve learned is I don’t have a weight problem.
I have an eating problem that causes me to gain weight the rest of the year.
If I want to lose weight and maintain this weight I have to accurately identify the problem.
By focusing on the wrong thing, or denying altogether that I have a problem, I can fix the problem.
I can deny and pretend all day that I don’t gain weight throughout the year.
Or, I can mis-identify the problem.
My clothes shrink in the dry air.
I have a weight problem and focus on the scales.
Neither of these will help me solve the problem.
I have to admit I eat too much junk.
Processed food.
I don’t have a weight problem, I have a eating problem.
By admitting this and focusing on the real problem I can fix the problem.
Stomach pains?
No diff than dealing w/ stomach pain.
Men: We don’t go to the doctor.
We’re never sick.
B/C, if the doc doesn’t tell me I’m sick, then I’m not sick.
Therefore,… don’t go to the doctor.
Denial!
Don’t have a problem.
In a weak moment, I go to the doctor and tell her I have pain in my stomach.
Her options:
Do nothing.
Pain meds.
Treat me for an ulcer.
What if it’s cancer?
What if it’s gas?
Treat the wrong problem!
Denying I have a problem or treating the wrong problem not only won’t solve the problem but will create more problems.
What Happened
Hillary Clinton wrote a book, “What Happened”
The first thing critics noticed was the punctuation.
Not a question, a statement.
The book is her statement about why she believes she lost the election.
I have not read the book.
I have read reviews of the book from both sides.
There is a concensus.
She didn’t address the problem.
So, if someone reads the book and applies the lessons she wrote about then runs for president they likely won’t win.
B/C, according to the reviews, she doesn’t address the real problem.
We can’t solve a problem, either by denying we have a problem, or by addressing the wrong problem.
This is true whether we’re talking about losing weight, stomach pains, or winning a presidential election.
It is also true spiritually speaking.
Jesus will help those who recognize their need and humbly ask Him for help.
He will not help those who deny their problem, do not recognize their need, therefore see no reason to ask Him for help humbly or otherwise.
How do we know?
Miracle #32
Blind Bart.
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Mark 10:46-52
Mark is the primary passage.
But first, the Context.
Context
9:14-23
“This kind can only come out by prayer.”
Problem?
The disciples tried to do it on their own.
38-41
“Someone was driving demons out in your name but he’s not one of us so we told him to stop.”
Problem?
Control issues.
Insecurities.
If he’s not against us he’s w/ us whether or not he’s w/ us.
42-50
Don’t cause anyone to stumble.
If someone or something causes you to stumble cut it off.
Problem?
sin is serious.
Treat it that way.
It’s better t/b crippled and walking w/ Jesus than ambulatory and walking away from Jesus.
10:1-12
Divorce is a heart problem.
13-16
Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.
Problem?
Adults are too proud to act like a child.
17-31
Harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go thru the eye of a needle.
Problem?
Materialism.
35-46
James and John request seats of honor in Heaven.
Problem?
Arrogance.
They think they are more honorable than they really are.
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