8/15/2023 0 Comments Take time out forjesus![]() We need to take time out and slow down from their busy lives. Time out is also a wise principle in everyday living. When it seems that the opponents are getting an upper hand When a player needs encouragement and support When advice from the coach is needed to give the team the winning edge They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves” (vv. “(Jesus) said to (his disciples), ‘Come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.’ For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. They were in the middle of it all and we are told that “there were so many people coming and going that Jesus and the disciples didn’t even have time to eat” (v. For the disciples it wasn’t any different. There was a constant flow of people wanting to see him, to hear him, to have him heal their sick and to test out his theology. If there was ever a busy bloke it was Jesus. In fact, experts tell us that we are trying to do in one day that not so long ago took three days. Our lives are packed so full that the day is finished before we have accomplished half of what we wanted to do. Time is something we wrestle with every day. Next thing you know we’ll be getting ready for Christmas”. Or “We are already in the second half of the year. We look at our watches and say, “Goodness, just look at the time”. Most of our comments about time relate to the speed with which time is passing. With all the time saving devices in our homes and work places one would think that we would have so much more time to do the things we like to do, to spend more time with our families, volunteer more of our time to charity and the church. ( AB) No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” ( AC)Ģ3 Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.There’s no doubt about it – we live in a busy world. ( AA) Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.Ģ2 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. ![]() 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” ( Z)Ģ1 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. ( X) 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes ( Y) and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy nothing will harm you. ġ6 “Whoever listens to you listens to me whoever rejects you rejects me but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.” ( T)ġ7 The seventy-two ( U) returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” ( V)ġ8 He replied, “I saw Satan ( W) fall like lightning from heaven. ![]() 15 And you, Capernaum, ( S) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. ( P)ġ3 “Woe to you, ( Q) Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth ( R) and ashes. ( M) Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’ ( N) 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom ( O) than for that town. ( K) 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God ( L) has come near to you.’ 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. ( J) Do not move around from house to house.Ĩ “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. ![]() ( I) 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals and do not greet anyone on the road.ĥ “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them if not, it will return to you. ( H) 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. ( G) 2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two ( A) ( B) ( C)ġ0 After this the Lord ( D) appointed seventy-two others ( E) and sent them two by two ( F) ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.
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