Encountering Jesus - Jesus Reshapes
June 17, 2024

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Jesus Reshapes

Getting into shape

Looking for heroes

David Goggins

Answering the

No better example than Jesus

Mark 6

Mark 6:1-3 (NIV)

Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. 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? Isn’t this the carpenter?

People are shaken by

How will we respond?

I can’t? Or I will

1. Jesus Reshapes Our Lifestyle

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Yearning to be part of something

Marines, Navy Seals

Not for those who say I can’t, only for those who say I will

It takes training, diligence, discipline, courage, commitment

The way we view the Kingdom of God

Heaven Week

Love Your City

Mark 6:12-13 (NIV)

They went out and preached that people should repent. They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

What if that was your week?

Starts with every day change

Mark 6:46 (NIV)

After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.

What’s your lifestyle like?

Coming into conflict with the shape of our


2. Jesus Reshapes Our Attitudes

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What comes out when you get squeezed?

Mark 6:34 (NIV)

When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

Snapshot of the culture

The experiences that shape our

Feed me

No finger pointing

Mark 6:38 (NIV)

“How many loaves do you have?” he asked.

What do you have?

Mark 6:41 (NIV)

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.

Have you given

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The answer to our social condition today

Allow Jesus to reshape our attitudes

3. Jesus Reshapes Our Hearts

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We tend to swing to the other extreme

Hearts becoming hardened

You can’t carry the

you’re in

Mark 6:47-48 (NIV)

Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them.

Too busy rowing their own boat to see Jesus

He almost walked past

Crying out

Mark 6:50-52 (NIV)

Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.

The Radical

Soft toward God, hard toward the fallen mentality of the fallen world

The source of Jesus’ strength

Mark 6:56 (NIV)

And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

This is what it looks like when we put all three together

Action Step: Be Reshaped