{"id":24077,"date":"2022-11-25T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/mark-5_21-34-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T21:27:25","slug":"mark-5_35-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/mark-5_35-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will You Listen To and Who Will You Ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark 5:35-43 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Mark 5:35-43.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Mark 5:35 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n35\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher any more?”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 35:\u00a0 For everyone else in Jairus\u2019 home, death meant the end, nothing more that can be done.\u00a0 But for Jesus, when someone dies, that\u2019s when his work is only just beginning.<\/p>\n

Mark 5:36-37 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n36\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
\n37\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 36-37:\u00a0 Here Jesus models this important truth:\u00a0\u00a0Who you let you in and who you keep out is crucial to your destiny.\u00a0 That is, who you choose to listen to and who choose you ignore will determine your direction in life.<\/strong>\u00a0 More on this in just a bit.\u00a0 First look at verses 38-40.<\/p>\n

Mark 5:38-49 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n38\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When they came to the home of the synagogue ruler, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly.
\n39\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”
\n40\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 38-40:\u00a0 Why did Jesus kick everyone out of the room except the child\u2019s father and mother and the disciples?\u00a0 It\u2019s for the same reason that Jesus ignored Jairus\u2019 friends when they said, \u201cYour daughter is dead.\u00a0 Why bother the teacher anymore? (v35).\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s because God likes to hang out with people that have faith.\u00a0 God\u2019s ideal work environment is an environment infused with faith.\u00a0 We cramp God\u2019s style when we have no faith (see, for example, Matthew 13:58).\u00a0 In order for God to do His best work, it means ignoring and setting boundaries around those who are stuck in unbelief, fear and negativity so that they don\u2019t affect your ability to move forward.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes we need to do the same.\u00a0 When you\u2019re pursuing a big dream for God\u2019s glory, you can\u2019t be hanging around faithless, negative people all the time.\u00a0\u00a0To be at your best and to do your best work, sometimes you need to ignore and set boundaries around those whose words are habitually unbelieving, fearful and negative.<\/strong>\u00a0 Surround yourself instead with people of faith \u2013 not people who always agree with what you think \u2013 but people who are aligned with you in terms of vision, direction, values and faith.\u00a0 That\u2019s when great things can happen.<\/p>\n

Mark 5:41-43 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n41\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He took her by the hand and said to her,\u00a0“Talitha koum!”\u00a0(which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).
\n42\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Immediately the girl stood up and walked around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished.
\n43\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 41-43:\u00a0 This incredible miracle from Jesus reminds me of a favourite quote from C.S. Lewis:\u00a0 \u201cJesus didn\u2019t come to make bad people good but to make dead people alive.\u201d\u00a0 Jesus took the little girl by the hand and at Jesus\u2019 command to get up, this little girl got up from death.\u00a0 I believe there\u2019s a lesson in this for all of us:\u00a0 the Bible says that all of us are dead (separated from the living God) because of our sin.\u00a0 When we were dead in our sins, Jesus came to us, took us by the hand, and tells us to get up.\u00a0 The question is: will you answer Jesus\u2019 command and get up, or will you remain in your slumber?<\/p>\n

Jesus, You hold all of life in Your hands.\u00a0 Thank You for showing me today that it matters who I choose to listen to and who I choose to ignore.\u00a0 The answer could be a matter of life or death.\u00a0 And the answer could determine whether my life is defined by Your miracles or by my fears.\u00a0 May I listen to the right people whose words will lead in Your way.\u00a0 Most of all, may I listen to You.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Mark 5:35-43.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Mark 5:35 (NIV)
\n35\u00a0\u00a0While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher any more?”
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\nOn verse 35:\u00a0 For everyone else in Jairus\u2019 home, death meant the end, nothing more that can be done.\u00a0 But for Jesus, when someone dies, that\u2019s when his work is only just beginning.<\/p>\n

Mark 5:36-37 (NIV)
\n36\u00a0\u00a0Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
\n37\u00a0\u00a0He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.
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\nOn verses 36-37:\u00a0 Here Jesus models this important truth:\u00a0\u00a0Who you let you in and who you keep out is crucial to your destiny.\u00a0 That is, who you choose to listen to and who choose you ignore will determine your direction in life.\u00a0 More on this in just a bit.\u00a0 First look at verses 38-40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24077"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24079,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24077\/revisions\/24079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}