Jesus Teaches on Prayer

Mark 11:22-26.  This sermon was preached by Pastor Marty Bonner on July 19, 2020.

Last week, we talked about the situation where Jesus had cursed a fig tree and within 24-hours it was dead down to the roots.  There, we talked about the symbolic importance of what Jesus did.

Today, we are going to look at what Jesus told his disciples immediately after Peter expressed amazement that the bush was so dead only one day after Jesus spoke to it.  Peter’s amazement is itself a demonstration of his ignorance at how powerful prayer truly is.  Thus, Jesus takes advantage of the opportunity to hammer home just how powerful prayer is to the person who has faith.

We should have faith

Jesus does emphasize the faith of the person praying, but even more critical is his emphasis on whom our faith is based.  My faith must be based upon God alone.  God is the foundation of our faith, and prayer is a dependence upon the power of God.

People who do not pray do not believe that they need God’s help.  It is also possible that they may think they are too spiritual to ask God for things, but the prior reason is the most typical.  Such people will attempt to gain the goal or target that they desire by their own abilities.

Here is where we should recognize that it is unbiblical not to pray, and yet just as unbiblical to sit back and do nothing while asking God to do everything.  Instead, we are to do what we can while praying for God’s help in those things we can’t.

To emphasize the critical nature of having our faith based solely on God, here are some examples in Scripture.  When Jesus tells us that it is impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God, he follows it up with the statement that with God all things are possible.  Thus, he is not impressing on us that rich people cannot be saved, but that it can only happen with God’s help- this is actually true of all of us.  This is the same message that the angel Gabriel gave to Mary when she questioned how she would have a baby- she was still a virgin.  The angel tells her that with God nothing will be impossible (Luke 1:37). 

The same God who created the universe is the Heavenly Father who watches over us.  His possibilities go far beyond our impossibilities.  He did not intend us to do life without Him.  Prayer is our ultimate birthright, to cry out to our Father for help, the one to whom all things are possible (that conform to his character, of course).

In case the teaching hasn’t sunk in, Jesus gives his disciples an illustration that is much greater than praying that no one will ever eat fruit from a particular fig tree ever again.  Praying that a mountain be removed and cast into the sea represents an extreme fantastic prayer that seems impossible.  There is an added symbol to this prayer because mountains are used as metaphors for political powers and empires, such as the Roman Empire.  It is the extreme nature of the request that highlights how unable we are, and yet how able God is.  By definition, God has the power to literally cast a mountain into the sea.  Yet, why would I ever need a real mountain thrown into the sea, and who will the resulting tsunami imperil?  A literal mountain is not the “impossible thing” that we typically need removed from our way, or life.  Instead, it represents an impossibility of any nature for which we would need God’s help.  This extreme example is intended to stretch our faith to the point that we stop limiting God just because we are limited.  Did not God literally move the waters of the Red Sea aside so that millions of Israelites could escape Pharaoh’s army?  So, can He not take care of my problem?  Of course, He can!

It is here that Jesus adds the issue of doubt.  We must not doubt God’s power, but neither should we doubt His care and concern for us.  It is one thing to have enough faith to pray a prayer, but we should not doubt that God will do it.  Granted, doubt is not the only issue here, but it is a critical one.  It might be better for us to ask the question, “Why do I doubt that God would answer this prayer?”  We will come back to this, but doubt is a huge reason why many people have quit praying, or never started in the first place.  We start doubting that God will do anything about our request.  He may help others, we tell ourselves, but I doubt that He is willing to help me.

In verse 24, Jesus gives us a summation of what he is saying.  When you pray asking for something, you should believe that you are receiving it, and it will be yours.  Another way to say this is that we should believe that God is taking care of it and that we will experience His answer to our prayer.  There is a certain load and burden in life that we all need to learn to carry, but there are things that are too heavy of any of us.  Prayer is intended by God to be the place where these overly heavy burdens are moved off of our shoulders and onto God’s  O, what joy we will experience when we learn to put those things we can’t change onto the shoulders of the one who cares for us (1 Peter 5:6-7).

This is not an exhaustive summation on prayer, but we need to let it sink in on its own merits.  Once that is done, we can move on to the other lessons concerning prayer.  This summation does beg two questions.  First, what impossible things should I be praying for that actually need removed from my life?  Second, what is the source of my doubt about it?

We must deal with our sins

In verse 25, it may appear that Jesus is switching the subject, but in reality, he is still teaching on prayer.  The sentence is introduced with the connective word “and,” and it involves a particular thing that affects our prayers, sin.

Jesus brings up the heart issues of what other people have done to me.  It can be hard for me to forgive those who sin against me and this becomes a source of problems for our prayers.  It is in the heart that I am to believe without doubting.  Yet, this very heart is often full of hurts and wounds that I have received from others.  Many people stop praying because they are angry that God has allowed other people to hurt them.  Technically, these are the sins of others, but they have intersected with my life and infected my heart.  We could say that they are other people’s sins that are now stuck in my heart.  Believers must learn to deal properly with those sins.  Harboring a grudge, hurt, or anger towards another person, and refusing to forgive them, becomes an obstacle to answered prayer.  Why is this?  It may be because it affects my faith and causes doubts, leading me to doubt that God really cares about me.  However, it may be because God is not pleased and wants me to deal with my lack of forgiveness first.  Scripture does not detail the nuts and bolts behind how this affects our prayers, but that it surely does.  Jesus teaches more about this in Matthew 18:15 and the following verses.  This would be good homework for us in the area of dealing with the sins of others against me and forgiving them.

Yet, notice that Jesus does not end up on whether or not our prayer is answered.  A lack of forgiveness for those who sin against me can even become a hindrance to me having my sins forgiven by God.  This is the exact situation that Jesus describes in the parable of The Unforgiving Servant in Matthew 18:22-34.  The question ceases to be about answered prayer and becomes about my own salvation.  A lack of forgiveness is far more serious for the believer (note the irony in that term) than just having our prayers answered.

Jesus leaves the teaching there.  Perhaps, he felt that it was a sufficient amount for them to contemplate.  However, I want to look at two more areas that God’s Word tells us can be a problem for our prayers.

The first is when we sin against others.   Jesus taught on this in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:23.  When we approach God in prayer and worship, He may bring to our remembrance some way in which we have sinned against others.  We are told to go and make things right with them, and then come back to God.  We may be avoiding things that we don’t want to deal with, or we may be obstinately clinging to our own righteousness in the situation.  Regardless, we are called to be at peace with all people, as much as is possible with us.  Being right is not an excuse to treat someone harshly, in short, to sin against them.  Such, lack of repentance in our heart will cause our prayers to be hindered.  The Apostle Peter gives us a picture of this in 1 Peter 3:7. There, he cautions husbands to dwell in wisdom with their wives, recognizing that, though they have different constitutions and roles, they have the same inheritance as them before God.  Husbands who mistreat their wives (i.e. sin against them) will find that their prayers are hindered by God.  Such hindering is God’s way of getting our attention and challenging us to deal with our sins against others.

James also gives us some more instructions on prayer.  In the first chapter, he too focuses on praying without doubting. 

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.  But, let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.  For, let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;” (James 1:5-7 NKJV).

Yet, in chapter 4:1-3, James gives us more teaching about prayer.  Prayers that are focused on our desires for pleasure in this life will also be hindered.

James says that he is writing to people who are relying on clawing their way over others to get what they want instead of praying and believing God.  Their problem is that they are not asking God for help.  They are prayerless.  Yet, in the rare times that they did pray to God, there was a second problem.  Their prayers were focused on their own fleshly pleasures.  James literally says that such prayers are bad or wicked.  God is not our Golden Willy Wonka Ticket to chocolate pleasures, or any others.  A heart that is only filled with the desires and pleasures of this life will also find that its prayers are hindered by God.  Why?  We will find them hindered because we are still pursuing the flesh instead of following the Spirit to become like Jesus.  It is not that God doesn’t want us to enjoy the simple pleasures of life.  He made them.  Yet, our flesh hijacks the purpose of our life and makes it all about obtaining as much pleasure as possible.  God in His grace will not answer such prayers.  However, let me give one caution.  Scripture does say that, if we persist in seeking wickedness, God may give us what we seek as a judgment against us.  We must not be deceived.  God will not be mocked.  If you sow to your flesh then from your flesh you will reap destruction, but if you sow to the Spirit of God then you will reap everlasting life (Galatians 6:7-8).

We need to be a people of prayer for our sakes, and for the sake of the lost around us.  Yet, to do so means to be a person who deals with the sin that is in their life on a daily basis.  Then, our hearts can be clean before God and our prayers will not be hindered, but answered.  Amen!

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The Joy of the Lord

This week we had a visiting evangelist, Joe Pyott, who preached on the Joy of the Lord.  There will not be a narrative this week.

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A Fruitful Tree

Mark 11:12-21.  This sermon was preached by Pastor Marty Bonner on July 5, 2020.

Today, we will look at the Gospel of Mark and follow the actions of Jesus during the days following his Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.  Jesus was ready to force the point, or rather, the question, “Who do you say that I am?”  Is Jesus truly savior and king, or is he a despised thing to be cast aside?

In reading the scriptures, it is easy to see the faults of Israel and its religious leaders.  However, the lesson is intended for us to search our own hearts and ferret out those inevitable aspects of our flesh that would undermine true worship of God.  This is important because there is a lot of lip-service that is given to justice and righteousness in our society, and yet, they really are important.  Am I just a loud noise that internally has no substance?  Do I cry for justice, but then turn around and abort?  Do I cry for justice, but then dishonor my neighbor?  Do I cry for solutions, but won’t lift a finger to embrace the solution that God has already placed in front of me?  I could go on, but let’s look into our passage and allow the Holy Spirit to search our hearts because God is looking for people who will be a fruitful tree, rather than a thorny bush in these last days.

Jesus comes back to Jerusalem

It is clear that the Triumphal entry happens on a Sunday, or the first day of the week.  We are told that Jesus had retired that evening to a small town called Bethany that was less than a mile east of Jerusalem.  We must remind ourselves that this is the week before the Passover Feast, which means that more and more pilgrims were arriving in the city every day.  Our passage opens on Monday morning, and Jesus is leading his disciples back into busy Jerusalem.

On the way, there is an episode involving a fig tree.  Why did Jesus leave Bethany without eating something?  Why can’t he wait until he arrives in Jerusalem to get some food?  We have no answer to these kinds of questions.  However, the logistics of this episode are not the issue because there is clear symbolism in what happens.  I am not saying that Jesus was faking his hunger just to make a point.  Rather, the situation becomes parabolic of Israel as a nation.  The disciples are recording this for that reason, and not just because it was a spectacular miracle.

This was an area that had many fig trees.  In fact, a nearby village called Bethphage literally means house of unripe figs.  However, it was not yet time for the trees to be ripe.  We are told that Jesus sees a fig tree that has leaves, and that draws his attention.  This is because those trees grow the fruit first and then grow leaves.  In other words, the fact that there were leaves was an indication that there would be some fruit.  Yet, when Jesus gets to it, it has none.

At this point, Jesus curses the tree with the phrase, “Let no one eat fruit from you again.”  This may make Jesus look petulant, but the issue is not really about his hunger.  Israel was created by God so that they could be fruitful for the purposes of God.  It had all manner of outward signs that signaled that it should have fruit, but when God came to inspect, He found none.  Notice that this is not a rejection of the fruit, but the lack of any fruit altogether. 

Other scriptures using the image of an olive tree give a more nuanced picture that recognizes that there was a fruitful remnant within Israel.  This was despite the work of the nation’s religious leaders.

Jesus moves on and enters Jerusalem with his disciples.  They then go into the temple compound.  When we talk about Jesus entering the temple, a word is used here that does not refer only to the inner-most building that housed the Holy of Holies with the Ark of the Covenant.  It actually refers to the whole temple compound, which had a series of courtyards and porches built around it.  For our purposes, it would be good to get a rough sense of where this situation is happening.

The inner-most building could only be entered by the priests with only the High Priest on one day of the year able to go into the Holies of Holies.  Outside this structure was the courtyard of priests where all the sacrifices took place.  Just outside of this was an area that was called the courtyard of men.  This was the closest that Israelite men could approach.  Outside of this walled off area, there was another courtyard called the courtyard of women.  This was the closest that an Israelite female could approach.  Beyond this walled off area, there was a large courtyard that was north, east, and south of the closer courtyards.  This was called the courtyard of Gentiles.  This was the closest that a non-Israelite person could approach.  It is most likely here that the event takes place.

We are told that Jesus begins to drive out those who were buying and selling in the courtyard.  They were selling guaranteed pre-approved animals and birds for the sacrifices.  This would be convenient for people who were traveling longer distances, even some by boat.  Yet, they paid an exorbitant price for the convenience.  It had become a money making scheme most likely given in nepotism, or through bribery.  Thus, a whole industry had been built up that made money off of the activity of religion, just as there were others built around the activity of government.  The trade is not illicit, but the ways in which it was generally being done was.  It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to recognize similar things that exist today. 

Jesus also overturns the tables of the money-changers.  Pilgrims would arrive from all over the Roman world with Gentile money.  All adult males were required to pay an annual temple tax.  This was to be paid with an Israeli Shekel.  This too was exchanged at exorbitant rates that were not fair.  Even if there had been no overcharging, Jesus objects to the location of the activity as well.

Jesus takes time to teach the onlookers why he was doing these things.  He first reminds them of the stated purpose for the temple compound.  It was not just for Israel, even though Gentiles were prohibited from entering into the inner courtyards.  It was intended to be a house of prayer for all nations.  This means that the courtyard of the Gentiles would be would be the closest place where a believing Gentile could come to God’s temple and pray to Him.  This is important.  The religious leaders did not care for the praying of the Gentiles.  They only cared about the money they could make from the convenience to the Israelites that God had required to offer sacrifice.  Making things convenient is not necessarily bad, but when it runs counter to God’s stated purpose, it is.  The Gentiles would have to pray in the middle of a marketplace filled with smelly animals and loud commerce, which is anything but conducive.

Secondly, Jesus uses a phrase from Jeremiah 7 to highlight that they are not only affecting God’s purpose for this area, but they are also robbing people.  He calls it a “den of thieves.”  It is bad enough to squelch a good purpose, but it is inexcusable to also encourage a bad purpose.  God does give us commands, but he does not intend those commands to be over-burdensome.  It is important for us to always keep in mind what God’s purpose is for things, or places, even our own lives.  We must first refrain from that which is counter to God’s purposes.  We must then embrace and perform the good purpose that He does intend.  This is not just about what happens in a church building.  Don’t you know that you are the temple of God?  It all begins with a proper understanding and worship of God within our own hearts and lives.  Everything else flows out of that.

Mark states that this so enrages the chief priests that they seek to destroy him.  It was mentioned prior that the religious leaders had already determined to get rid of Jesus.  However, they did not want to do it during the feast.  There would be way too many people around to witness the distasteful necessity (in their eyes).  Yet, Jesus is clearly forcing their hand by all that he is doing and teaching in the temple.  They are not so much afraid of what Jesus can do to them (though they should have been), but that the people might listen to Jesus and follow him.  They are afraid that they will lose their power over the people, and even that the Romans would step in.

Whether as religious leaders, or as parents with the duty to train our kids to worship God, we must always remember that we are not to dominate the spiritual life of another person.  We are to be a help and a benefit for them to connect with God, but we must be careful not to become a hindrance.  When the heart of an authority figure is not in the right place, they will always be threatened when those under them come into relationship with the Truth.  This is a dynamic that is always at work in the hearts of us all.  It takes humility and repentance to avoid this pitfall.

Again, they retire to Bethany that evening.  They return again the next morning, which would be Tuesday.  At this point, Peter recognizes that the fig tree is completely dead, down to the roots.  Jesus takes advantage of the opportunity to deal with Peter’s amazement at the miraculous effect that the command of Jesus had on the fig tree.  However, we will leave that for our next sermon.

Let us end by recognizing that the picture is for us to see that hypocrisy will not only lack good fruit, but it is destined to be cursed by God.  Jesus reminded Israel that Isaiah had prophesied well about them when he stated that they were a people who drew near Him with their mouths and lips, and yet their hearts were far from Him.  It is not enough to have the outward appearance of a fruitful and worshipful life.  Israel had all the trappings of worship that God had commanded them to have, but most of them did not have a heart that worshipped God.  Let us remember that, in this sense, Israel is no different than the Church, or you, or me.  We are all tempted to hypocrisy because we all have a sinful nature.  It is only through introspection and humility that we can keep our own hearts as a clean house, a place where true worship and prayer can occur.

Am I a fruitful tree or a tree that only promises fruit?  One will be blessed and the other will be cursed.  Humility and repentance is the only way that we can be a fruitful tree.

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What Are We Doing Here At Abundant Life? Share Part 2

Mark 1:16-18; Acts 1:6-8; Matthew 28:16-20.  This sermon was preached by Pastor Marty Bonner on Sunday, June 28.

Today, we will finish our series on the purposes that Jesus has given to His Church.  We are presently focused on sharing Jesus passionately with those who do not know him.  When we are faithful to do so, it makes a choice possible for people.  They can either believe on Jesus and connect to the life that he gives, or they can refuse to believe and reject the truth of God’s love for them.  Even then, we must never lose our passion to share the lost with those who have previously rejected him.

The first part of this issue is to remember the horrible predicament people are in without Jesus, but the second part is to remember that we have an obligation before God to help them.  On one hand, it is an obligation of His command to us.  However, on the other hand is the obligation of the love of God that should be growing in each and every Christian.

Let’s look at our passages.

We are to be witnesses of Jesus to others

These first two passages (Mark 1 and Acts 1) show us that from the beginning to the end of his ministry, Jesus had the intention of having us help him to reach the world.  It was not just a job for the original apostles, or for the first century Church.  It was for all who would respond to Jesus and thereby become witnesses of him and the live that he gives.

In Mark 1, the analogy is that of fishing.  Peter and Andrew were fishermen and it was quite natural for Jesus to use their profession as a metaphor for what he had in mind.  Now, we could accuse Jesus of using a crass analogy that abuses fish (people) for the master’s ends, but this is an obscene approach to language and communication.  Peter caught fish for fleshly reasons that had no care for the fish.  However, now he would catch people for spiritual reasons that is all about God’s love for those being caught.  The metaphor has both comparing and contrasting elements.

In Acts 1:7, the believers were wondering if the kingdom would be restored to Israel at that time.  Jesus then points them back to his previously stated purpose.  It is not focused on reigning over the earth, but in sharing the good news of his sacrifice for sinners.  In light of the approaching Pentecost, the image that is connected to this passage is a harvest season.  God has allotted a finite amount of time for people to join his Son Jesus and accept his saving work for them.  However, He has also determined that we would not know how long that is.  We are able to recognize that it is dwindling down and getting close, but we would not actually know the date of its ending. 

Thus, we should have the attitude that Jesus demonstrated for us in John 9:4.

“I must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.”

This analogy of a work day has a dark tone to it, and it begs the question, “Exactly what does this spiritual night correspond to?”  It may mean the days after the rapture, and the following rampage of Antichrist, or it may reference the 2^nd Coming and the inability to change one’s fate, or even to the Lake of Fire.  Regardless, it is a serious answer that challenges Christians to focus and do the work that we have been given because we do not know when the harvest season will end.

Though the task is important, Jesus then emphasizes that they should wait until the Holy Spirit was poured out upon them.  We are not to rush ahead of Jesus in this task, but let him lead and empower us by the Holy Spirit.  Part of the reason they waited was that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit had to be associated with the Feast of Pentecost.   It celebrated the natural harvest, but prophetically pointed to the spiritual harvest that Jesus was beginning with his Church.  The harvest is also too great for us in our natural strengths.  Jesus tells them that they would receive power from the Holy Spirit.  Any time the Church forgets this, it descends into a worldly system that merely seeks to perpetuate itself.  We must resist this tendency among all groups, and continually seek the help of the Holy Spirit in this work.  This is a spiritual work that must be done by spiritual people in communion with and empowered by the Spirit of God.  In short, we must wait upon him, and be led by him.

Lastly, Jesus emphasizes that this is to be a global endeavor that reaches the ends of the earth.  The salvation of Jesus is extending to the whole earth, and yet, it will be effective only for those who believe upon him.  This is further defined in Revelation 5:9. There we have the four living beings and the twenty-four elders surrounding the throne of God saying this.

“You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,”

The individuals are emphasized, but so are the scoping divisions of humanity.  Our task is not just to reach a bulk of people, like miners setting up over the richest spot.  Rather, it also has an aspect of reaching every people group on this planet.  There are many Christians who work in Bible Translation and Missions.  They have sought to create metrics in regards to where we are at in this endeavor.  The website www.Joshuaproject.net even has a status sheet that is quite interesting to think about.  In some ways, the Gospel has gone to the ends of the earth, but in other ways we still have our work cut out for us.  The problem with metrics is that we do not know what God’s metrics are.  All we can do is analyze the problem and do our best to be faithful to the original task that we have been given.

We are to make disciples of all nations

It is not enough to simply put the message of Jesus in the hands of people.  Jesus makes it clear in Matthew 28 that we are to also disciple those who believe.  Today’s new believers become the mentors for tomorrow’s new believers.  However, let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

At the end of Matthew 28, the followers of Jesus have gathered at a mountain in the Galilee area.  The movements of Jesus during the 40 days between his resurrection and his ascension are roughly this.  He first appears throughout the Jerusalem area and tells his disciples to meet him at a pre-arranged mountain in Galilee.  Matthew 28 is the account of that later meeting with his disciples there.  Many believe that this is the most likely place for the meeting that Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 15:6. There he states that over 500 people saw Jesus at the same time.  A mountain in the Galilee region would allow for a large group to meet without drawing the attention of the Romans.  Jesus is giving his plan to them.  Later, his last meeting (Acts 1) happens on the Mt. of Olives outside of Jerusalem.

In this passage, Jesus emphasizes that the task he is giving us is under his command and by his authority.  There is a long history of Christians coming to new cultures and sharing the gospel.  Many today make arguments against Christian conversion as a destruction of culture.  What gives Christians the right to try and convert Hindus and Pagans?  Ultimately, the Jesus has been made the Lord of all lords and the King of all kings, both in the heavens and on the earth.  He has the authority to require changes in our life.  Of course, a person does not have to completely change all aspects of their culture to be a Christian.  The style of clothing, music, food, etc. has nothing to do with the call to follow Jesus.  That said, all cultures have sinful and rebellious aspects to them that are not good, including the American culture.  So, if you are concerned about the morality of teaching a Native American about the True Great Spirit then Jesus is our authorizing Lord.  However, this does not authorize everything that has been done in his name over the years.  We should recognize that we will be held accountable for doing this task, but also for how we did it.  God’s command is for all men everywhere to repent and believe on Jesus Christ for salvation.  This will not only transform culture, but also transform the individual.

Notice that Jesus does not say for us to go into all the world and make converts.  The grammar of the passage makes it clear that the main work is to make disciples, or better, to disciple those who believe.  Going, baptizing, and teaching are all the things that we do as a part of discipling them.  In order to make disciples, we will need to go to people (the whole earth), we will need to baptize them as a show of their acceptance in the community, and we will need to teach them the commands of Christ. 

Often, the Church has emphasized getting a confession of faith out of people, but not helping them to grow afterwards.  Just as children need parents at birth and beyond, so the spiritually newborn need help from other mature believers.  This should not be done in the way that we come between them and God, taking the place of Jesus, but in a healthy way that is more like an elder sibling helping out a younger sibling.  If an elder sibling forgets that they are not the parent then they will eventually get in trouble with Jesus. 

Many people have made a decision to follow Christ, but then, in the weeks or months following, they gave up on it.  Discipling is not easy, and it takes love and time.  Technically, we are never done learning as a student in this life, but the critical need for another person to help us should diminish because of the spiritual roots that we develop.  Even then, we must never think that we have arrived at a point where we no longer need other believers.  God uses other believers in our lives to keep us humble, no matter how spiritually mature we are.

Jesus ends this command to disciple all nations with the promise that he will always be with us, even to the end of the age.  He is with us through the Holy Spirit.  We may be weary and ready for it all to be done, but Jesus is not done as long as we have breath and are still on this planet.  Don’t be weary in this day of hard labor.  Instead, draw near to Jesus and ask for the Holy Spirit to strengthen you for the task at hand.  Let’s be a people who are passionately sharing Jesus with the lost and helping them to connect to his Abundant Life!

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