Back to Basics: Oh By the Way...Jesus!
Minister: Rev. Olon M. Lindemood
John 11:21
Back to Basics: Oh By the Way … Jesus!
What goes around… Comes around… For the basics of the Christian Life … Jesus!
John’s gospel helps us meet Jesus.
He Listens
He challenges
He waits
He acts
Nicodemus
The woman of Samaria
Martha
Expounding … Midrash … Explore
Nicodemus Born from above (John 3)
The woman … own the past push into the future (John 4)
Martha … our frustrations …
“Lord if you had been here … my brother would have not have died!”
Jesus interacts :
When you ask Jesus to listen to you: What will Jesus hear? … What are the real challenges of your life? What are the hidden or the flagrant troubles of your life? Might they be: Addictions, troubles, worries, fears, behaviors, relationships, broken places of the heart? What will Jesus then challenge? Jesus will challenge you! And the he will wait … What do you do with Jesus challenge? That is the waiting … How long will it take you to understand the core of the challenge and the reality of adjusting? And will you be keen enough to know the moment of Jesus action in your life… Jesus will Listen, He will challenge, he will wait, and he will act.
He Listens
He challenges
He waits
He acts
Let us pray:
Majestic, mighty, wonderful creator of everything and all things, bring to us your guidance and hope through our interactions with Jesus! Take hold of each one of us and transform us anew… In Jesus name we/I pray. Amen.
