How are you doing? What’s up? I love and hate those questions. There
is a lot up, but we don’t have time to go over it all! Imagine we are all
sitting at a big table. We are here as a church family and there is a gigantic
round table and we are about to eat together. We are going to talk. Jesus sits down with us. Pause. Take a deep sigh
breath. I am going to give you a few moments to imagine sharing with
Jesus your thoughts. Things you are happy about and things you are
worried and upset about. I am going to
wait about 20-30 seconds. Cue to take a deep breath and then read another
verse. Pause. Take a
deep sigh breath.
For those who don’t feel they know the truth:
“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.” John 14:6 NIV “To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus
said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will
know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32
Pause. Take a deep sigh breath
For those who feel down,
depressed, sad, and overwhelmed: “I am the gate; whoever enters through
me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief
comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,
and have it to the full.” John 10:9-10 NIV
Pause Deep breath.
For those who are
confused. Eph 3:19 and I pray that you, being rooted and established in
love may have power to grasp how wide and long high and deep is the love of
Christ and to know His love that surpasses knowledge.
Pause Deep breath.
For those who keep
messing up. I can’t break the habit.
Matthew 17:20 He replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small
as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and
it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Pause Deep breath
A reminder why we are
here in this moment: “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on
to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he
had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do
this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup,
saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink
it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. So then, whoever eats the bread
or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning
against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves
before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and
drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on
themselves.” 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 NIV
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