“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” —Jesus, John 11.25-26
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“As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. ‘follow me,’ He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’” —Matthew 9.9-13
Jesus’s invitation to you and to me to, “Follow Him,” is the most
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“For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” —Romans 3.23
“Then John’s disciples came and asked Him [Jesus], ‘How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?’ Jesus answered, ‘How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.’” —Matthew 9.14-17
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“How do you get drunk with wine? You drink it. Lots of it. The wine of Paul’s day was so weak that you would have to drink for hours to get drunk. So how then shall we get drunk with the Spirit? Drink it! Lots of it.” —John Piper
“If we want God to do something new, then we can’t keep doing the same old thing.” —Mark Batterson, All In
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” —Isaiah 43.18-19
“While he [Jesus] was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him and said, ‘My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.’ Jesus got up and went with him, and so did His disciples. Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the edge of His cloak. She said to herself, ‘If I only touch His cloak, I will be healed.’ Jesus turned and saw her. ‘Take heart, daughter,’ He said, ‘your faith has healed you.’ And the woman was healed at that moment. When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, He said, ‘Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.’ But they laughed at Him. After the crowd had been put outside, He went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. News of this spread through all that region.” —Matthew 9.18-26
Jesus’s invitation to you and to me to, “Follow Him,” is the most
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” —Jesus, Revelation 3.15-16
“The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heart-breaking needs, is whether those who…are identified as ‘Christians’ will become disciples - students, apprentices, practitioners - of Jesus Christ, steadily learning from Him how to live the life of the Kingdom of the Heavens into every corner of human existence.“ —Dallas Willard
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“Only God can send the rain, but He expects you to dig the ditches.” —Steven Furtick