THINGS WE LOSE
- KEYS
- PHONE
- REMOTE
- WALLET
- GLASSES (DO YOU ALL ORDER THESE IN BULK LIKE US?)
WHICH ONE IS MOST STRESSFUL TO YOU?
AVERAGE TIME
- WE SPEND 5:20 SECONDS SEARCHING FOR EACH ITEM
THINGS WE SPEND MORE TIME ON?
- KEYS
- UMBRELLA
- PASSPORT
- WALLET
- ID (WHICH SHOULD PROBABLY BE IN YOUR WALLAT)
NO 1 MOST LOST ITEM
- US- REMOTE
- UK-KEYS
SUNDAY
- TOP DAY TO LOSE YOUR PHONE
IMPORTANT DATE IN HISTORY
- NOVEMBER 15TH, 2022
- FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
SLIDE 10: 8 BILLION
- PLANET EARTH BROKE THE 8 BILLION POPULATION
- THINK ABOUT THAT STAGGERING NUMBER
- MORE PEOPLE ALIVE ON THE PLANET THAN EVER
SCRIPTURE MARK 5:1-2
- They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
- IMPURE SPIRIT-TROUBLE
- CAME FROM THE TOMBS (UNCLEAN- CAN’T DEAL)
SCRIPTURE MARK 5:3-4
3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, 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.
SCRIPTURE MARK 5:5-6
5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. 6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
HULK
- I DON’T KNOW WHAT/WHO ELSE TO IMAGINE
- LOOKED LIKE THIS PROBABLY?
SCRIPTURE MARK 5:7-8
7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”
SCRIPTURE MARK 5:9-10
9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
- JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES CROSS LAKE
- JESUS LEAVES THIS AREA
- LANDS OVER HERE.
- DECAPOLIS MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES
VIDEO BOY FISHING
- EXCITEMENT IN THE BOY
- EXCITEMENT IN THE FAMILY AROUND HIM
- COMMUNITY IS CRUCIAL IN KINGDOM
- DAD SAYS “I CAN WANNA HELP YOU”
SCRIPTURE LUKE 15:4
4. “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
- WHO IS JESUS TALKING TO HERE?
- JESUS IS TALKING TO RELIGIOUS LEADERS
- NONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE SHEEP
- THEY LOOKED DOWN ON SHEPHERDS
- JESUS IS SAYING TO THEM-YOU MISSED IT
- YOU ARE THE LEADERS/YOU ARE THE SHEPHERDS
LAST WEEK THE MAIN QUESTION WAS THIS: WHO IS YOUR ONE?
THIS WEEKS QUESTION IS DIFFERENT.
SCRIPTURE MARK 3:9
9. “BECAUSE OF THE CROWD HE TOLD HIS DISCIPLES TO HAVE A SMALL BOAT READY FOR HIM, TO KEEP THE PEOPLE FROM CROWDING HIM.”
SCRIPTURE MARK 3:20
20. “THEN JESUS ENTERED A HOUSE, AND AGAIN A CROWD GATHERED, SO THAT HE AND HIS DISCIPLES WERE NOT EVEN ABLE TO EAT.”
JMU FOOTBALL CELEBRATION
- EVERYBODY LOVES A CROWD (MOST EVERYONE)
- OH WE LOVE CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE (PACKED)
- ENERGY-EXCITEMENT
- PACKED ARENA FOR A PHILLIES GAME
- CROWDS GATHER- DISCIPLES FOLLOW
- JESUS IS SAYING TO HIS GUYS
- YOU WILLING TO LEAVE THE CROWDS?
- YOU WILLING TO WALK AWAY FROM THE
- YOU WILLING TO LET GO SO WE CAN LET’S GO?
THE REAL QUESTION THIS WEEK IS DIFFERENT–
LAST WEEK WAS DO YOU HAVE A ONE?
THIS WEEK IT’S- WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO YOUR ONE?
- JESUS IS IMMERSED/SWAMPED BY CROWDS
- DISCIPLES ARE IN IT
- JESUS “HEY GUYS GET A BOAT- WE GOING TO OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE.”
- HUH?
- MUST BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING
- BIGGER CROWDS
SCRIPTURE MARK 4:35-36
- 34. “THAT DAY WHEN EVENING CAME, HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, “LET US GO OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.” LEAVING THE CROWD BEHIND, THEY TOOK HIM ALONG, JUST AS HE WAS, IN THE BOAT. THERE WERE ALSO OTHER BOATS WITH HIM.”
37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him
SCRIPTURE MARK 8:1-2
- During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 2 “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat.
- THIS IS JESUS 3RD TRIP TO THE DECAPOLIS
- HE LANDED TO MEET 1
- IN CHAPTER 7 THERE IS A SMALL GATHERING
- IN CHAPTER 8- WHATS THE HEADING?
- 4000 NOT INCLUDING WOMEN/CHILDREN
COULD BE AS MANY AS 7-10 THOUSAND?
SCRIPTURE MARK 5:19
19. JESUS DID NOT LET HIM, BUT SAID “GO HOME TO YOUR OWN PEOPLE AND TELL THEM HOW MUCH THE LORD HAS DONE FOR YOU, AND HOW HE HAS HAD MERCY ON YOU.”
3 times in this region of the Decapolis
Mark 7
31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
Mark 8
This is a massive crowd
Jesus has left a crowd and entered danger all for 1
JESUS WAS SUPPOSED TO DROWN-INSTEAD PIGS DO
STORY NEVER SAYS IF THE DISCIPLES GOT OUT OF BOAT
THIS ISN’T A LIST OF PEOPLE YOU INVITE TO CHURCH
YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT- GREAT
THIS ISN’T A PRAYER LIST THAT YOU HAVE (YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT)
A ONE (AND IT COULD BE MORE THAN ONE) IS DIFFERENT, IT’S IM REARRANGING MY LIFE FOR A ONE OR POSSIBLY A FEW- I CAN’T REARRANGE MY LIFE FOR 15-20 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, STILL BE MARRIED-BE A PAPI- WORK-
THIS IDEA OF ONE IS SO INTENTIONAL AND ITS JUST- WALK THE JOURNEY AND …