JULY 23, 2014 - DAY 43 (Jesus)

Today's sermon covered a LOT of ground....all about Jesus and it was SO good. We covered Luke 4:31-6:19....here is a summary of what happened:

-Jesus heals a demon possessed man
-Jesus heals Simon's mother of her fever
-Jesus heals a bunch of people and demon possessed people
-Jesus calls Simon Peter to be his disciple and performs a miracle with fish
-Jesus heals a man with leprosy
-Jesus heals a paralytic
-Jesus calls Levi (Matthew) the tax collector to be his disciple
-Jesus teaches the Pharisees about fasting
-Jesus teaches the Pharisees about the Sabbath and heals a man with a withered hand
-Jesus prays all night and officially chooses his 12 disciples

Jesus did a whole lot of healing. Show AND tell. His #1 goal was to teach people about the Father and grace and have people reconciled to God. But while doing that, he showed God's love in a tangible way...by healing them. He tells people the good news and backs it up with healing. Jesus is so cool.

ALSO some important things to note.....although Jesus was very busy and people constantly wanted his attention and needed his healing, etc. he always withdrew to be alone with the Father...

Luke 4:42 - At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place. 

Luke 5:16 - But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

Luke 6:12 - One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray and spent the night praying to God. 

Jesus had a mission and he could of been busy 24/7. There is always somebody to heal, always somebody to tell about the good news of God, always work to be done. But even Jesus NEEDED to go off on his own. What dedication. He even spent a night praying. If Jesus needs to spend so much time in prayer...how much more do I need to do!

Anyway Jesus is pretty cool. I love that he came for the sick and not the well (spiritually). Because that's me!! I love how he abolishes religion and everything is about the heart. I love the cross and what he did there. I just love him :)