Sunday Manna
1 Cor 15:37-38
37 And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting. 38 Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed. NLT
Pressures to Treasures
Mark 5:1-2
1 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
Evil spirit Gk akathartos: Foul, filthy, unclean
Zech 10:6
I know their pain and will make them good as new. They’ll get a fresh start, as if nothing had ever happened. And why? Because I am their very own GOD, I’ll do what needs to be done for them. MESS
We all go through unexpected, bitter situations. Sometimes, not a sudden crisis or storm but our daily pressures and chores. See how God can turn our pressures into great treasures, turning hopeless destructions into a fresh new start.
1. Flee isolation
Mark 5:3-5
3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
Heb 10:25
25 We should not stop gathering together with other believers, as some of you are doing. Instead, we must continue to encourage each other even more as we see the day of the Lord coming. GW
Flee subtle demonic influences
2 Tim 2:22
22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace … NKJV
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Eph 5:16
16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. ESV
Mark 5:7-13
7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? 9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
Mark 1:25
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” NKJV
Mark 5:16-17
16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man-and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
2. His Presence turns pressures to miracles
Mark 5:6
When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
Phil 2:13
13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. NIV
His Presence turns pressures to miracles
Dan 1:8-10
8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9 Now God had caused the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel…
Matt 25:23 …
‘Well done, good and faithful servant!
Dan 6:10
But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. NLT
His Signs empower you for greater works
John 14:12
12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these.
Greater work, greater undertakings, greater enterprise, greater production, greater performance …
Not as an individual but as a team
Not with our own power but His power
Signs for greater things
• Turning Water Into Wine (John 2:1-12) …
• Healing the Nobleman’s Son (John 4:46-54) …
• Healing the Man at the Pool (John 5:1-11)
• Feeding of the 5,000 (John 6:1-15) …
• Walking on Water (John 6:16-21) …
• Healing a Man Born Blind (John 9:1-12) …
• Resurrecting Lazarus (John 11)
Power over set-backs – distance – time – limitations – natural circumstances - darkness – deadness
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein
Today’s impossibilities are tomorrow’s miracles. Robert H. Schuller
3.
purpose to bring wholeness to all
Mark 5:14-15
14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. NIV
Right mind: sound mind, sober, sane, think and act discreetly.
Luke 8:35
… sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. NIV
Sound mind with His Presence and word
Luke 4:3
3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” NIV
Luke 4:4
But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. NKJV
Wrong believing leads to wrong living
Mark 5:18-19
18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” NIV
The Value of One Life to Jesus
Rev 12:11
11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony … NKJV
Testimony martyria: bold witness, testify of what you experience
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