Jesus Invitation to all
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11 V28 NIV
Jesus Great Commission
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Matthew 28 V 19 – 20 NIV
The God who knows
I do not know the future,
But I know the God who knows
And in His perfect wisdom
Unknowingly, I repose.
What good could come from knowing?
How little I could do
To meet the joys or sorrows
That I am coming to!
I do not know the future,
But I know the God who knows,
I make his love my study
And follow where he goes.
The path, its joys and sorrows,
I do not care to trace;
Content to know his goodness,
His mercy and his Grace.
Jesus loves me
“As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God”.
Note: Two simple words, “Jesus stopped.”
The one whom the Church believes to be God incarnate stopped on the road, not because of the presence of some great and powerful leader, not because of some major world issue, not because of events of epic importance, but because a solitary, lonely, outcast sitting at the side of the road called out to him.
“Jesus stopped” is perhaps one of the most important things we can know.
There is a story told about Karl Barth, one of the 20th Century’s greatest theologians when visiting the United States. A young student asked Barth what was the most important thing in his theology. Barth is said to have smiled and said, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so”.
“Jesus stopped” says that everyone matters, absolutely and infinitely.
If you are feeling down and lonely remember the blind man who called out in his time of need.
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