MEDITATION MONDAY
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John 1:18, our verse for this week says, "No one has ever seen God, but GOD THE ONE AND ONLY, who is at the Father's side, has made Him known." Jesus is "GOD, THE ONE AND ONLY"!
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If you haven't yet wrapped your mind around the fact that Jesus is God and that He was at creation creating, then maybe the scriptures and posts this month have given you a fresh look and opportunities to consider just that. When Jesus, GOD THE ONE AND ONLY, chose to humble himself into a baby and come to earth, He became God with skin on.
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Yesterday, Dan Cooper's lesson topic was THEY TOOK THEIR FRIEND TO JESUS, taken from Mark 2:1-12. This is one of my favorite Bible passages. Four faithful friends are persistent in trying to meet the needs of their paralytic friend by taking him to GOD THE ONE AND ONLY.
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Dan shared that each of us have burdens that we carry and we must lay them down. Those burdens may be causing us to be paralyzed in other ways besides being physically paralyzed. What should we do with those burdens? We must choose to lay those burdens down. Yesterday, we sang songs like: "Lay Your Burdens Down", "Bring Christ Your Broken Heart", and "Burdens are Lifted at Calvary".
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In the story in Mark 2, Jesus chose to do the most important thing first - forgive the man's sins. Then, he healed his body!
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Dan compared the healing of the man's body to the healing of his soul. I have taken what Dan said and tweaked it for our meditation today:
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To heal the body and the soul, it took JESUS... there's just something about that NAME... GRACE... How amazing!
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A-toning sacrifice
B-alm of Gilead
C-reator
D-eath defying Deliverer
E-ternal Life
G-od the One and Only
H-oly One
I-AM
J-esus
K-ING of kings
L- ife
M-iracle-making Messiah
N-ame above all names
O-ur Righteousness
P-rince of Peace
Q-uieter of the winds and the waves
R- edeemer
S-avior who was the Sacrifice
T- ruth
U- nspeakable Gift
V- ictory
W-ounded Healer
X-act Representation of God
Y-HWH
Z-ion Stander
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