Mark the Way
Posted by youth on Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Mark 1:9-13
"... at that time Jesus came down... was baptized by John in the Jordan..."
Wow! What detail. It is like a 2000+ year old Twitter account. Step by step... tweet by tweet it is all there. What did it take for Jesus to humble himself and be baptized? This is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and he went down into the muddy water and was dunked. This was just for you and me, Jesus is THE example of a life lived right. We battle with humbling ourself and just admitting we know him. Sounds like someone else we read about in another tweet Peter said, "I DON"T KNOW HIM" (Mark14:71). Jesus used ever part of His life to let us see how much He loved us and wanted to be close to us. Tweet from God, "You are my son, I love You, I am so pleased" This is just the start of what Jesus was willing to go through for us. "at once" He was off to the desert to be tempted just like we are every day. Jesus Tweet,"Devil tempted me with food, but it takes more than food." Jesus Tweet,"LOL tried to tempt me with power, how dumb can he get", Jesus Tweet, "guy doesn't give up, now wants me to temp God, clueless comes to mind." Jesus began His earthly ministry by suffering for 40 days and putting up with all the garbage Satan could come up with. WHY?? is the first thing that comes to mind for me. Really simple, He loves YOU! and you are worth it! and don't forget this is just the beginning of all He was willing to do just for you. As you go out in your "desert" today, temptation will come, we are not stronger than Jesus so call on Him and know the "angels attended" Jesus so we are not alone! Tweet: Jesus Loves you just the way you are!
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"... at that time Jesus came down... was baptized by John in the Jordan..."
Wow! What detail. It is like a 2000+ year old Twitter account. Step by step... tweet by tweet it is all there. What did it take for Jesus to humble himself and be baptized? This is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and he went down into the muddy water and was dunked. This was just for you and me, Jesus is THE example of a life lived right. We battle with humbling ourself and just admitting we know him. Sounds like someone else we read about in another tweet Peter said, "I DON"T KNOW HIM" (Mark14:71). Jesus used ever part of His life to let us see how much He loved us and wanted to be close to us. Tweet from God, "You are my son, I love You, I am so pleased" This is just the start of what Jesus was willing to go through for us. "at once" He was off to the desert to be tempted just like we are every day. Jesus Tweet,"Devil tempted me with food, but it takes more than food." Jesus Tweet,"LOL tried to tempt me with power, how dumb can he get", Jesus Tweet, "guy doesn't give up, now wants me to temp God, clueless comes to mind." Jesus began His earthly ministry by suffering for 40 days and putting up with all the garbage Satan could come up with. WHY?? is the first thing that comes to mind for me. Really simple, He loves YOU! and you are worth it! and don't forget this is just the beginning of all He was willing to do just for you. As you go out in your "desert" today, temptation will come, we are not stronger than Jesus so call on Him and know the "angels attended" Jesus so we are not alone! Tweet: Jesus Loves you just the way you are!
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