Rude Graffiti

Quick thought for today.   Mark 7:8 (NIV)   "YOU HAVE LET GO OF THE COMMANDS OF GOD AND ARE HOLDING ON TO THE TRADITIONS OF MEN."   How guilty of this am I?  I am nervous to even give an honest thought and some time to thinking through this.  The writer goes on to say in verse 9, "And he said to them: 'YOU HAVE A FINE WAY OF SETTING ASIDE THE COMMANDS OF GOD IN ORDER TO OBSERVE YOUR OWN TRADITIONS!"   How easy for me to fall into this trap!  Oh, the self-righteous attitude that lives in me says I put God first, but in all reality, DO I?   DO I PUT GOD FIRST?   DO I SET ASIDE THE COMMANDS OF GOD IN ORDER TO OBSERVE MY OWN TRADITIONS?… Read More

I was in church on Sunday, and the speaker mentioned something about the story we find in John 12:1-8 where Mary anoints Jesus by pouring expensive perfume on His feet and wiping His feet with her hair.  Honestly, I don’t even remember the point that the speaker was trying to make as I was sifting through the many thoughts going through my mind at the moment.

 

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The Message

 

 

Matthew 11:28-30

 

 

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So, I'm reading this morning in Mark 6.  I actually got a few verses into it, and then stopped to pray that God would speak to me today through what I read, and that He would give me something to really chew on.  So, I started over and stopped after verse 6.   First of all, I tend to stop for a moment whenever a new heading appears in my Bible.  In this case, the first 6 verses of chapter 6 of Mark are their own little section titled "A Prophet Without Honor".  I've read over this so many times in the past, and yet the first part of verse 6 just flew off the page screaming at the top of it's lungs! 

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Have you ever noticed that many circumstances and situations that frustrate are actually a matter of perspective?  Many times, emotions can well up simply from a matter of opinion, how one is feeling at that particular moment, and even previous history with the situation.  Take, for instance, spiritual warfare.

 

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