What Do We Do Now? (Week 2)

Good morning. Everybody. You drop the mic first thing every go. How's everybody today was just a little bit ago. I went out yesterday and got a haircut for the first time in too long and I had on shorts cuz it was 68 degrees and then snowing today. I love Indiana weather a man. Oh, I can't believe it's actually I thought I get a boo may be. Alright, so weak to move our way through Mark doing very small chunks by comparison with these small chunks and Mark are a lot of stuff going on. So we'll be in for today. If you were here you were not here last week or if you ever have to miss a week or whatever all of our service recorded online. So I feel like you missed a trunk or want to know what we talked about. You can always go back and give it a listen and at least catch up for better or worse. So why don't we go ahead and start by reading let's read Mark 1:14 through twenty-eight if you have a Bible great. If not, there's one on the screen that you either way is all good. Now after John was arrested Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God and saying the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand repent and believe in the gospel passing alongside the Sea of Galilee. He saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the C4. They were fishermen and Jesus said to them follow me and I will make you become Fishers of Men and immediately. They left their Nets and followed him and going out a little farther. He saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother who are in the boat and ending in s and immediately he called them and they left their fathers ebony in the boat with the hired servants and followed him and they went into capernum and immediately on the Sabbath the end of the synagogue of his teaching and they were astonished at his teaching for he taught them as one who had a thority and not as the scribes and immediately there was in the synagogue a man with an unclean spirit and he cried out what have you to do with us G This is Nazareth. Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. The Holy One Of God, but Jesus rebuked him saying be silent and come out of him and he clean Spirit convulsing have been crying out with a loud voice came out of him and they were all amazed so that they question among themselves saying what is this a new teaching with authority He commands even the unclean spirits and they are and that once his Fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee. Let's pray. Emily father's we dive into the scripture today. I pray that you help us to put aside all the things of this world all the things that we brought into this place to concerns and the worries and that the day today just what burdens us Lord. I pray that you can move all that away from us. We can take this time as we see the beginning of your ministry here that that we can we can study this and concentrate on this Lord and allow your Holy Spirit to work in our lives this day Lord. You set an incredible perfect Divine example of how we should conduct ourselves and how we should reach out to others Lord help us to study at not from an interesting story perspective from a life changing perspective Lourdes in your son's name. I pray amen. All right. So this starts remember last week? There's a little bit of an intro a good salad in trouble to talk about John the Baptist and where he come from in the prophecy there in and it ended last week right after the Temptation. So he'd gone Gees a gun 40 days into the Wilderness to be tempted to do. And we pick up here and it says after China's arrested pretty pretty much just like we're going right to write the business. So we've got John at the beginning of these now after John was arrested we talk about this in our small group. But if you sound like Holly he's saying immediately a lot. It's because immediately is a lot in this book. Mark is a very fast-paced book. It's a very fast-paced read there isn't a lot of exposition in the thing about like what I mean by this isn't what's go back and think about all the different piece parts of this is more on us to make those connections because it is much more action-oriented. I understand timing. This would have been at least 40 days after his baptism because we know he went into the Wilderness for forty days much beyond that don't know not real sure, but we know it's at least forty days and I think it was important because it's no it's no coincidence that you just wait until John is arrested. These has gone. I've been tempted. He's overcome. His temptation is Outback. Remember John is heralding Jesus's Ministry many regardless what he's meant to do a shadow of it right giving all glory to God the Father baptizing people talking about repentance of the beginning of this chapter we cover this last week, but it says John was closed with a hold on John appeared baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the Forgiveness of sins. So John is talking about this kind of interesting concept about repenting of your sins be forgiven. Which of course is a big part of what Jesus is also going to Proclaim. So John has arrested in it with his arrest in a way concludes his if you will Ministry and thus Begins the ministry of Christ Jesus now will be getting baptized in the Holy Spirit Justice John prophesy according to this book at least of Jesus. Incarnate preaching is Mark 1:15. So he has had conversations with people but hear what we see is after John was arrested. Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God, but good news of God and saying the time is fulfilled the kingdom of God is at hand repent and believe in the gospel. That's does a Christ's words and God's word have to you if you think about what's said here. He's not mincing work. He isn't trying to be politically correct here. Let's go to the time is fulfilled. All prophetic requirements are met in and by Jesus. He has fulfilled there's a lot of lineage things that he had has no say over if you will really guarding your birth. That's all full filled. The steps have been taken by crisis actions are also fulfilling prophecy. There are no more signs to watch for or instruction needed signs big-time. Let's give me signs. I need signs. We still do this today Lord. That doesn't need to happen anymore. Christ is the one that this is very foreign to us because we have God's word. So we know what happens next if you will write we understand what he came to do. We know what he's going to do after this. We know what he did before this we can go back and look at Isaiah and read a wonderful, you know, Bible study that shows us how this prophecy is fulfilled and look at the long line of this would have been foreign. This would have been very near to them thinking about this. But that's what I have to worry about it. We know how it's all connected to them. That would have been like, oh we got to figure this out. What prophecy does he fulfill and let me get down to get up some paper and figure out how this is going. Turn over the Jews have been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for a messiah. A little bit about our in our father today. There's a 400 year or so Gap or God wasn't speaking his people before John the Baptist. I've got a long line of prophets and Priests and I'll just kind of quiet and I know what they're wanting. Savory going to come in here is going to take care of all this problem all the Strife in the world the stuff. It's burning the Jews and beating us up God's going to come he's going to fix all that. Bonang and John's going to hear all this person right next to me. See Jesus say the kingdom of God is at hand. So Jesus is not a Herald of God John Harold Jesus and he was very clear after me comes one who will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. I won't be doing that. I'll be baptizing you in water, but he who comes after me. Jesus is not heralding anything. Now the kingdom of God is at hand. He is God. Is disciples are not awaiting the kingdom there a part of it. This is this is I think this is important and it's easy to miss I missed it for a long long time of my life, right Heaven awaits that's in the future right or not. This is not having no under any circumstances is heaven, but the kingdom and the power of Jesus Christ is here today. He is alive. He is not we're not serving a savior that's going to come back to life and start doing Godly things. Once we get in or get to the end times. The power of the kingdom of Jesus is here. We're building is Kingdom as we build his church and we Proclaim his work. But how how do we enjoy that Kangen today? And this would have been a great question to talk to those Jews about at that time as well. They knew the law that a lot of people have been forced. It interpreted it for them Lord it over them and kept them in constant amounts of sacrifices all this kind of stuff. That would probably wasn't a lot of Joy. They're right here with your can't we hear Jesus saying the kingdom of God is at hand and people say go. I want to be a part of that. I want to be part of the kingdom of God today. The first thing out of his mouth after that repent. Repent means turn away from sin that we have sent and we will send again but how we treat that send matters. I've said it from the pulpit a number of times. What Jesus does he changes our our our perspective? We're no longer slaves to sin. We will send. But there's forgiveness in sin as we get we are in this forgiveness not because of anything we've done we don't learn it at all. It's Grace, but we repent because Christ told us to repent through that repentance comes forgiveness its gracious and repents of turning away from that's him putting sand in its place. Yes, I send but it doesn't drive me. I'm not a slave to it. It's not the fundamental thing that I am beholden to I still serve my sin I serve Christ.

And this is the first thing you mention. I say your first things first. I could be one first thing and repentance is Paramount.

The last bullet is very critical here. Jesus leads us here as well. Right? We're not alone in our repentance. Yes, we are commanded to repent and we must repent. But this isn't something we're just so you know Christ is standing aside and you guys better you better repent, you know, you're on your own but you better figure it out to piss test, you know, he's right in the middle of this right repentance changes things to repented my sin. I must understand my sin if I have no concept of my sinfulness then I don't really understand what I need to repent us if we see ourselves as good people that aren't sitting then there's no need for repentance. So we must understand our sent but to understand my said I must understand God God is root decide what sin is and is not it's his gig. He said here's the law. Here's what's the outside of this is send. That's how we do it. Well, then I must understand God understand. I must read his word must do it. That's this is the way we understand God God tells us how to understand him to the best of our abilities to understanding. Ignored understand his word the Holy Spirit must change me. It's not that the word of God ever is without power write the word of God has immense power it always always gets the job done because the Holy Spirit gets out there and do some work with it, right if you go out and take a Bible Beat people over the head with it and I probably will not come to Christ if you scream it in people's faces when they're trying to figure out which way is up. Probably not going to change their lives in a positive way. The Holy Spirit needs to do that. We absolutely must understand is where but the Holy Spirit must have a have an event there has a big hand in that but no Law & Order for the Holy Spirit to change me. God chooses me. God decides this person and that person today is the day you're going to hear the word. It's going to have an impact on you for those of us that are say it if we go back and talk about your salvation of end of the day you gave your life to Christ. You can probably remember it was some degree of detail the moment when the lights came on when that choice when the change began and suddenly the scripture made something different and Jesus was something different and so on so forth something changes. Yes, I Repent but God makes it happen through every step of the way of my repentance God. Is there moving along with right? The first thing Christ says this is the time is fulfilled the king of God has his hand repent and believe in the gospel I can't believe in the gospel to have repented. But why would I repent and believe in the gospel of God man? And God, how does Jesus how could there be three people? This is a mystery to believe. I must repent and to repent I must believe Gospel means good news believe in the good news that we use the gospels and we say gospel and it's become sort of a synonym for the book describing. Jesus is life. They were using it in that manner gospel to them. But a minute they're letting people know this is good news. This isn't bad news that Jesus came and died. That's good news because he's purchased our salvation and I don't know it's it doesn't seem germane to download Crossing and Aramis. I didn't conquer he didn't put the the government on his shoulders to do any of that yet. Does that really good? Yes, it is. This is good news the Gospel of Jesus Christ believe it's good news. I trust that Jesus is who he says he is that might seem pretty straightforward or maybe just fly to disagree with that. I don't think it's what the gospel is, but everything that we know about Christ. Comes from what God said that he was. That's truth. Jesus says I am the Son of God write the kingdom of God is at hand repent and believe in the gospel believe in the good news. But like repentance, I don't believe alone. My faith is in steady, but God's faith is immutable immutable needing doesn't mutate does not change God's faith doesn't waiver. It doesn't give up on me and have a have a time where I got put in the second place in the Burnley. He got busy that is not ever going to happen happens for me. My faith is is a lot more erratic than I wish. It was when good things happen or bad things happen or I feel a little depressed. I feel a little later. I'm lonely or I'm nervous. I'm scared. I find myself a wedding in and out of my fat guy doesn't suffer that problem. He doesn't have that issue at all. He is steadfast. God will do what he says he's going to do when it comes to believe in the gospel is changing me and my wife as Christ into walls me that's where we get the ability to believe and that's how we get the ability to repent so many people's try so hard myself included for years to repent and believe by doing things if I just stopped sending I will be saved. I just got to stop sending the sand in my life is worth keeping his know. It's not the same as my lack of believe it when I can trust my lack of faith. Jesus will take the sand from me. And in his time. We will not we should talk about this all the time. We try to fix ourselves far too much. And if you think that this is like now, I think you stretching 245 in the right now. Why is he talking about us need to put Christ first that we just run into what what comes next? Alright, let's say that's what we want to do. We hear what Jesus says times for Filipino gods and repent and believe I'm ready to go.

Jesus demonstrates how this goes? Like everything here Jesus moves first immediately afterward that says passing alongside the Sea of Galilee. He said he Simon and Andrew the brother Simon casting in the sea there fisherman. Notice, there's not a lot of folks interviewing for apostleship here doesn't have a gathering of people around him sample resumes. None of that. He doesn't do a series of boats or you know, what's up tournament bracket to figure out who the apostles are going to be he calls these Man by name Jesus goes out and says you too. Follow me. and I will make you Fishers of Men every time I hear it or read it chills every time there's something about those words were it's just so to the point and what we're going to do here and

It's so simple. It's a powerful Jesus likely knew these Man by this time. He could we could debate that. That's okay. I put likely in here because I believe Jesus was this wasn't a foreign area to him. He was a missionary in a foreign land these men. It has been a straight and we often think it's easier to talk to strangers like a city or are you just going to stand on the street corner in a group of missionaries and talk of the pass out tracts to talk to people, but if you can imagine them follow me and I will make you Fishers of Men. What what kind of reaction we might get? I think of a few friends of mine if I say that tuna with laugh in my face. because I probably don't believe that I'm really going to do that because they know me pretty well and they know that I'm busted up human that sends a lot of does things that I shouldn't do and says things I shouldn't say in waivers in and out of good behavior and bad behavior and steadfastness and integrity. That's who I am right? Not Jesus. He doesn't have that problem.

Jesus once again is in control this statement is not follow me and you'll be able to train yourselves to be Fishers of Men. Nor is it stop saying and I'll make you Fishers of Men. Nor just follow your heart and you will become Fishers of Men. follow Jesus and Jesus Will

I mean in some regards out that last bullet is kind of what it's all about. Follow Jesus and Jesus will Jesus will make you Fishers of Men? You're not going to earn it. You're not going to figure it out on your own. I don't know if anybody else here. But this is a this is a tough one for me sometimes because I'm a fixer by Nature. It's just part of me. It's so yes, Jesus will absolutely. However, I'll take it from here. I think I've got this problem. I'll solve I can do this without Christ.

That's not ideal. What happens? Nets are dropped and they are off to work. There's no hemming and hawing there's no worry about other commitments. Why?

Jesus will take care of that or he wouldn't have asked us to come.

That last one is tough for me. I'm about anybody else here. But I think it's very easy to say. Yes. Jesus is in control of my life, but not my taxes. He's a control my life, but not my work. That I have to do everyday. I have to file the taxes. I have to pay this I have to put gas in the car Jesus and in control of that if he was so, you know, I get better mileage for something. But the reality of this is when Jesus calling us to do something when we are when we are all we are asking price to move in our lives that we we see that like here's a need and we're capable of fulfilling It Bubba Christ. I don't know how I can do that. I don't know how I can serve you when I've got these other burdens someone I made for myself or whatever else.

Not acting in Christ not acting for Christ because of things that we think we have to tend to is a little bit of a gap in faith not to say everything else up and gas in your car. I'll take care of it. You do have to put gas in your car but it's not having gas in your car is the reason you're not serving Jesus. They need to fix the gas in your car situation. Whatever that is, right. Jesus will help you do that countless times. We see people are like well that would never happen maybe Generations later. I'll be if you read some of the stories of missionaries and you see how are these little bitty will pockets of Christians in areas all over the world and they all started with some missionary going there and maybe they were Margaret they were killed. And then 30 years later. It turns out there was an impact people in our the gospel spreading in that area because of that story not saying they're all called a margarita. I'm not saying they're all called the formation field, but we are all called to Something in Christ. He is called all of us to be Fishers of Men everything that he did with his Apostles he wants to do for us as disciples. But we have to absolutely understand that Christ will take care of everything that we need to do everything that needs to be taken care of the surgeon. Maybe I think of all those guys would have left if their family depended on tonight. It's different for me than it was for those cuz he was fisherman, right. I don't think so. Keep keep reading right as we move forward here. We're going to see you James and John sons of Zebedee in the boat working with the father mending Nets same call same reaction. Compels me Zebedee was really rely on his son said there was a lot of servants on the boat, right? But he had his boys there helping him do this work family business 3 people two-thirds of the company's gone.

That's that we don't see hold on. Hold on. Hold on. We got at least get a couple of people to help that out. Let us at least get the boat and let us finish men in the Nets and then we can we'll go from there. Nope. Immediately called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and follow him.

Why?

He was Jesus and I wanted Jesus. And that's that you ever heard of anybody talked about a calling from Christ. They read the Bible. They say my gosh. I think I'm supposed to do this and then lo and behold an opportunity arises and I say I just felt like this was what I supposed to be the weather for filling the Great Commission, Yes, it is. Absolutely what you're supposed to be doing the signs right there in the book good to go. Jesus says, I'll make you Fishers of Men I saved. All right, sounds good. You think I ever had any doubts or worries?

Ask question Jesus the Christ the son of God come with me. I'll make you Fishers of Men dread drop their Nets and they go. Right there but excited about something coming me. We're going to go to the Superbowl. All right, let's do it halfway there like today. Close garage door. I don't know. Wait a minute. I'm going on right now. They did what if he's a fraud wife. It's a life. Maybe it's just a sabotaging the business right? Maybe he's a running a big fishing operation. Your whole bunch of us away in his fishing, you know Compadre show up and take over the area because all the fishermen are out wandering around with him in the desert. As I headed to confirm this would be put the rest. I put the site in here because I think it's very natural for us and it would have been for them as men to immediately after God begins moving in their lives cause him to something great to begin to doubt and worry and fear all those things start creeping in Blewett. I heard your dad sick. I know if I hadn't laughed he's having to work so hard I should have gone I should have gone I should have left him and for what you don't even know what's going on here yet. She's like a mom. We're going to go to Capernaum. Alright. Alright, I don't know if there's going to be immediately he begins teaching in the synagogue. I find this interesting because it has he made friends or open the coffee shop or at first I got to get a I got to get some inroads. I got to make some friends with people don't Migos. Begin teaching the truth of scripture on the Sabbath in the synagogue. I mean right into the belly of the Jewish Beast. If you will he is not messing around here. He is a Jew at this time for sure. He's a place where he's welcome, but he's now teaching a gospel message, right? And what do we see here? People were astonished at his teaching and it said that he taught with authority in this is an example that I made up right? I don't know. This isn't what he said, but this isn't gospel. Right but Authority is water is wet not as described. It says not as described and they would have maybe said something like we understand the scriptures to teach us after much study contemplation. That water is often. Not dry Pella right now. What do you take from that what is water? I know what it's not think they think they know but it's there's no Authority that right. They have no Authority Jesus's teaching with authority, but we are called to do when we open up the scripture where we begin to 2 to pray about this in and God starts moving in our lives. We are committed to teach with authority speak the truth of scripture. This is truth. This will come to pass. I believe it will or some say but we can say God says thus says the Lord of the scripture teaches that's fine to say but there's a difference in teaching with authority and it's evidence right here. Astonished by this.

But we're not finished it immediately. There's a man with an unclean Spirit immediately.

I used to read this and think, you know, probably one of those things that you know, Godda, I lined all the pieces just right and as I've grown I thought about this more more the bullet number 3 here is where I step today, which is this name of this unclean Spirit probably was there more Sabbath than not. Sparring with the scribes debating their wish you washing on authority of teaching. Maybe he's a regular here maybe as long as a bit of a loudmouth kind of a distraction ask weird questions argues with them. I think that's an improper interpretation. Let's go back and look at this. What about that consider this confusing people about what the truth is and making a mess of things but that was the wrong day to come to the synagogue cuz as soon as the spirits, he's Jesus he recognizes what's going on. But we don't see. Oh, yeah, whatever, right? What have you to do with us Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God. It recognizes him and he knows what Jesus can and will do eventually. This man seems to be pretty clear about the power and the eventual action of God, which is eradication of unclean spirits. He's questioning is at now. Is this it is this today? As if Jesus didn't know what the spirit knew. He says to Jesus I Know Who You Are Do you like all you do? I know you know who I am. Right? This isn't news to me. I'm Jesus. I'm the Son of God. I know that Jesus is answer is rebuking be silent and come out of him. Then! I didn't add that here. I had a lot of them, but this one's here in Scripture. Mark 125b silent come out of him! I would have loved I would love to have heard that rebuke. I can't imagine it is to my head the tone of voice of Christ rebuking commanding and unclean spirit in front of people for the first time.

Expert out of here price command the spirit stop stalking and comes out of a man. I've heard some argument here before that. Well, he says be silent and then it says the spirit was crying out loud voice and I thought that Christ command the spirits must have an the true Christ gives unclean Spirit of command and it fails to obey Whittaker, right? But I've God that's exactly what should happen. But in this case, I believe the Beast song is stop speaking. Do not speak. So the cries of Agony from the spear could well just be like the frustration is an ideal. I can't speak. I'm just going to make a big make a big mess. Throw a big fit Audi comes and the result of this. Of course, there's a man is now free of an unclean Spirit that's one result. But the worshippers of God are amazed in the synagogue.

And they were all amazed. I mean there's really no translation loss here right back. I can't really phrase it up any better and they were all amazed. What is this? I have never seen anything like this or even been taught about it that last part is a proposed to me because in the synagogue with the scribes going over our scriptures this idea of authoritative commandment over this is all in there should have been due to Demons in the power of God look like what is this? A new teaching new teaching with authority net new so he's coming here or the gospel message. It's new and it has power to command Spirits out of people is teaching get stuff done change occurs that may seem like a little thing to us because we could probably raise hands in this room about pay anybody have their life Changed by Jesus anybody seen other people's lives changed by Jesus. Yes, absolutely tell stories as a person over here and they were struggling with this and now they're over there and they're free of that change occurred because Jesus has power in this world. They had not seen that ever there were no testimonies of what Christ can do. What salvation in Jesus how freeing it is that none of that. These people were blown away. It had power power wonder-working power, but her that fit him I didn't make that up.

Even at once his Fame spread and all this folks if if you if you were being a following on close to hear. This is in 14 vs. Right? He is gone from let's get to work to his Fame has spread. This is the pace of of The Book of Mark good news travels fast. All around Galley. Jesus was not just known by famous, right? He was this isn't I heard about a guy I heard his teachings. I saw him do some cleaning thing was pretty cool. It's pretty cool. I heard about him. He was famous and famous for them would have been famous people would have known about him and excited to see him going out of their way perhaps to see him.

He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him Clearly amazed at the authority of Christ and it's clearly maze at the authority of Christ as they've been sitting on her people that were teaching them the word for some time now. But what really stuck out if you if you go back and reread this it's that they're constantly talking about. What is this a new teaching with authority? Kikkoman Steve McQueen Spirit tonight they will bang him. They were astonished at his teaching for you taught them as one who had Authority not as described. His authority is his Mastery. His power is what convicted these people that this guy is something different. He's not just alerted man, who knows the scriptures inside now, there is an authority he is a source of this. He's an expert in this and it is because of that he is able to do things that other people that we thought were pretty smart or unable to do. That is amazing. This faith is real the power is Real Change can occur. Clearly would have had a big impact on those folks. How about today? I'm running this place in this city or wherever we call home or work family were going to visit about this is where attending do we stand amazed at the power of Christ when we share that the Miller Russell family is not here today because there's a baptism in Cincinnati or El amazed. Christ is still changing lives today amazing. I was not I didn't stand amazed my cousins all the time, but other baptism great. I know the heavens rejoice and I don't stand amazed. I should should be amazed at the power of Christ. We should be reminded of how amazing it is by once again reading his word or we are ready to leave and follow when called. If it's priced role in here today and said follow me and making you Fishers of Men. Are we ready to go? What do we have a few things going? Well, I got an appointment. I mean really need to let somebody know that I'm not going to be there might be rude or we go but we trusted you. So let them know they'll be to finally instructed an angel up here. I don't know how to take care of that or do I need to do something?

Are we astonished at his teaching with authority?

we pray Allah for healing we pray a lot for Cessation of suffering if you will but are we astonished that that has the ability to do anything in regards to that suffering we pray for healing do we approach that in amazement that what we're about to pray for is authoritative healing teaching from the word that we say if we pray for this God has the ability after after we lift this per up to heal somebody may not but he has the ability to do it. Authority there And I'm sure that we want to be. As usual it's easier said than done. But I want to reiterate here we cannot and will not be expected to do this alone. Jesus takes care of everything for us. I changed about five times on this one. I'm comfortable with saying jesus takes care of everything for us. If it's for us Jesus will take care of it. There's things we might think are for us are very important in our lives that Jesus isn't taken care of and I would argue that's because they're not as important as we think they are. Jesus will take care of everything for us when it comes to our walk with him or Ministries our fellow man becoming registered as we move through our lives and we get sanctifying Chrysler taking our our sins and our burdens away Christ takes care of all that for us. Our faith is based from Christ. We we Thrive everything we do is from Christ. Yes. We absolutely make the decision but the choices that we make without Christ won't be good ones part is a mess. Man's heart should not be trusted deceitful above all things above all things. Price takes care of everything for us. We only need to be faithful to his work in our lives and the kingdom is ours to enjoy today.

Elizabeth different we are the bands. I got to come up and have some music playing.

And I want everybody's just take some time to pray. Maybe this is a little bit a little bit different or maybe you're not could have some of your were just sitting and praying. Maybe you do this a lot. You looking forward to this. That's great. But these are some things I given you five things. Feel free to pray for anything, but these Focus today and what we're talking on the message pray for Jesus to be a priority in your life.

Pray for Jesus to be an authority in your life. Those two might seem like the same but though that they can bury right pray for Jesus to astonish you with his teaching today. Not sometime in the future, but today pray that he doesn't today that you were astonished by his teaching. Pray for Jesus to call you to service.

And pray for Jesus to bring you to others that need to hear his gospel or good news. Let's pray together. And then Elsa musical play in the middle. Just pray that mocks ourselves Heavenly Father. We thank you so much for today. We thank you for your words. Thank you for the power in your words the authoritative power the power to change lives. and not just our lives in here with the lives of people outside the church people that we're praying for perhaps right now Lord, we know that you can make inroads were in rotate to be made and you can draw draw us to wherever we need to be drawn Lord and we pray Lord that we can approach you with Humble Hearts servant Hearts as you approached us on this in your time on Earth Lord and through that we can serve you more fully. Lord help us to be more steadfast in our willingness to talk and share your good news of what salvation actually means in the amazing work that you did and why you did it help us to lean on the Bible not our own understanding as we move out of these four walls of the world around us all these things I asked for in your son's name. Amen.