So last night we made it through a few verses in Mark.... they were gooders! We looked at Mark 8:31-9:1. In these verses Jesus announced that he must die, which to put it mildly kind of shocked the disciples, who were probably expecting to be saved for the Roman rule they lived under. We spent a lot of time looking at verses 34-9:1. Jim told us how these verses may have been one of the hardest things for Jesus to say, but that it is essential that we spend time meditating on this. We split into groups and dicussed who Jesus was speaking to, what it says and what this means for us.
These verses were spoken to the disciples and the crowd that was gathered and they are extended to the early church and us. The verses all meant something to each of us, however they most of decided that they meant we have to make a choice each and every single day to sacrifice our wishes for what Christ has for us. These verses mean that we have to die to ourself every day! And they also mean that we may indeed have to die for Christ.
These were great verses and it would be good if we keep thinking about this and as Jim suggested it might be a good idea for us to evaluate our relationship with Christ and truly and honestly look at the things that might be in the way!
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Listen to Third Day Offerings II
song is Show Me Your Glory.. It's what Peter Saw and wanted more of even after he got off the mountain.
My hole Life I was read that chptr by my parents not once did I get the meaning of that untill Jim explained that thank's Jim. It's sweeter then the best thing on earth
You are truly welcome sir.
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