Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God
A Life of Impact - A passion for truth
July 11th, 2009Previous |
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Mark 7:14-23 - He had no stomach for the misdirection spread by the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law
High Expectations
- He let them know that they were spiritually stupid.
- How many of us are willing to rebuke when asked a stupid question by people who should know better?
- Jesus was determined that these men would rise above the rank and file.
- He got upset and urged them to change
- The dreamer never gives up the dream.
Blame
- The responsibility for our actions resides with us, the decision makers, and not with our environment.
- We are not simply a product of our environment; environment is determined by our choices.
- We cannot rightly blame others or fate or circumstances for our behavior
- We must take responsibility for the consequences of our decisions
- Changes in people occur from the inside out. · Involves helping people to acknowledge what they are really like deep down and then to deal with their inner self
- We cannot on our own change our own or someone else’s heart.
- We must realize how desperately we need God’s intervention in out lives.
- The Bible exposes, in a unbiased way, the true qualities of our hearts.
- Deep character changes in our lives fuels our faith.