(February 8, 2011)
Prayer House News!
Our ladies will be praying today at 9:00am.
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This is Family Week for us which means a scaled down schedule for the week with no mid-week classes.
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By The Way the Packers Won the Superbowl!!!
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Devotional!
The Widows Heart
Mark 12:38 And in His teaching He was saying: "Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places, 39 and chief seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at banquets, 40 who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation. "
Jesus was an agent for change. That is what made him so controversial. Just think of what He was doing in this setting. He is criticizing a group of people that had never been criticized before. The Scribes and Pharisees were basically free to do what ever they wanted to do. They had established a religious system that basically put them above criticism, making those “under” them too inferior to say anything.
Do you remember from last week’s scripture reading how in verse 37 it ends by saying that the crowd enjoyed him. Mark 12:37 "David himself calls Him 'Lord'; and so in what sense is He his son?" And the great crowd enjoyed listening to Him. They had never had anybody really stand up to the religious standard of the day before. His comments were quite refreshing to them – until he turned the spotlight on them. It’s always easier to rejoice when others are corrected than we are the ones being corrected.
However, Jesus did not simply criticize for the sake of pointing out their error. He was attempting to provoke them to examine themselves. He starts off by saying, "Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes,.” The long robes had religious significance to them.
Numbers 15:38 "Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue. (39) And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot, (40) in order that you may remember to do all My commandments, and be holy to your God.
The Lord commanded the people of Israel to add blue tassels to the corners of their outer garments (robes), as reminders to obey His commandments. Eventually this custom degenerated into a mere outward show of piety, some of them even lengthened the tassels so that they would be more obvious, and here in Mark 12 we find this practice being condemned by Jesus.
The robe itself with its bright colors and tassels was meant to be a reminder of their dependency upon God. It was meant to humble them. As they looked upon it they were to be reminded not to go after their own heart but to remain holy unto God. Instead it became a symbol of prestige and power. The robe was worn as a badge. It became an outward statement of something that was meant to be an inward reminder of their need.
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Medication: A Merry Heart
Did you know...
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896.
Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why
Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump".
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
Prayer House News!
Our ladies will be praying today at 9:00am.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is Family Week for us which means a scaled down schedule for the week with no mid-week classes.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By The Way the Packers Won the Superbowl!!!
=================================================
Devotional!
The Widows Heart
Mark 12:38 And in His teaching He was saying: "Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places, 39 and chief seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at banquets, 40 who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation. "
Jesus was an agent for change. That is what made him so controversial. Just think of what He was doing in this setting. He is criticizing a group of people that had never been criticized before. The Scribes and Pharisees were basically free to do what ever they wanted to do. They had established a religious system that basically put them above criticism, making those “under” them too inferior to say anything.
Do you remember from last week’s scripture reading how in verse 37 it ends by saying that the crowd enjoyed him. Mark 12:37 "David himself calls Him 'Lord'; and so in what sense is He his son?" And the great crowd enjoyed listening to Him. They had never had anybody really stand up to the religious standard of the day before. His comments were quite refreshing to them – until he turned the spotlight on them. It’s always easier to rejoice when others are corrected than we are the ones being corrected.
However, Jesus did not simply criticize for the sake of pointing out their error. He was attempting to provoke them to examine themselves. He starts off by saying, "Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes,.” The long robes had religious significance to them.
Numbers 15:38 "Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue. (39) And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot, (40) in order that you may remember to do all My commandments, and be holy to your God.
The Lord commanded the people of Israel to add blue tassels to the corners of their outer garments (robes), as reminders to obey His commandments. Eventually this custom degenerated into a mere outward show of piety, some of them even lengthened the tassels so that they would be more obvious, and here in Mark 12 we find this practice being condemned by Jesus.
The robe itself with its bright colors and tassels was meant to be a reminder of their dependency upon God. It was meant to humble them. As they looked upon it they were to be reminded not to go after their own heart but to remain holy unto God. Instead it became a symbol of prestige and power. The robe was worn as a badge. It became an outward statement of something that was meant to be an inward reminder of their need.
====================================================
Medication: A Merry Heart
Did you know...
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896.
Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why
Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump".
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
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