Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

2.4- I have read that when Mary had Jesus she was about 14 years old.  I'm not sure.  But I am sure that they didn't think that Jesus had any special training or wisdom and shouldn't be thought of as a teacher. Mark 6. 6  Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. 2  When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “ What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? 3  Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, [ a ] Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us? ” And they took offense at him. 4  Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” 5  He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6  He was ama...

2.3- Have you had times when the people in your family or home town didn't trust you and therefore you felt limited to what you could do to help them? You are not the first. Mark 6. 6  Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. 2  When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? 3  Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, [ a ] Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. 4  Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” 5  He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6  He was amazed at their lack of faith.

2.2-   If you are a person who believes in God and America is at her best as one nation under God then I suggest you go to CSPAN.org and watch all of the National Prayer Breakfast today that is available there. Barry Black the Senate Chaplain said that Isaiah 55 is right that God's ways are higher than man's ways. He said that the three who faced the fire for remaining loyal to God were sustained in the fire by Jesus Christ. Mark Burnett is a television producer introduced President Trump and said that he had known him as a man of his word. President Trump said the five words he heard most often as he campaigned for office "We are praying for you." He said the Bible he placed his hand on was given by his mother and she and his father taught him, "To whom much is given much shall be required." He said that he believed that all men are endowed by their creator with "certain unalienable rights" he said that the...

2.1- Obey God and let Him take care of the consequences. Mark 3. 31  Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32  A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.” 33  “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked. 34  Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35  Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

1.31- You don't need to ask permission or forgiveness for doing the right thing. Mark 3. 3  Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2  Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3  Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.” 4  Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent. 5  He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6  Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

 1.30- Mark 2. 2  A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2  They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3  Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4  Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5  When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” So often our forward movement in our lives is stopped because of sin, guilt and shame we are carrying.  When Jesus has forgiven us we have power to change and be different. 6  Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7  “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8  I...