Life Broken Down

If the LORD gives you 70 years to live, you spend...

23 years sleeping
14 years working
8 years watching television
8 years in family time
6 years eating
4 years traveling
4 years talking
1 year reading
8 months = Church + Praying 10 minutes in the morning + 10 minutes in the evening.



 

ONE

GOD has always been after the one...

Luke 15 is all about One - One Sheep, One Coin, One Son.

GOD went after these 'Ones' - HE goes after each lost... someone who is hurting, going through a difficult phase of HIS life. GOD is concerned. HE will take care of you.

HE is a personal GOD. When I understand this I understand my responsibility - routine faithfulness.

HE knows you by name - not as the one who left, not as the one who is backsliding, not as the one who is lost... but by your name !

 

Mary Magdalene

Magdala was known for 2 things - Fishing & Prostitution.

Mary was from Magdala... JESUS delivered her from 7 demons in Luke 8. She became a disciple.
Wherever Christ went she followed. Along with the other ladies she served CHRIST and the other disciples.... when JESUS rose from the dead she searched for Him. She was the first to see JESUS resurrected. HE addressed her as Mary - without her past !

Thats the love and the grace of GOD in our lives... HE is not interested in what happened...

When you realize how much GOD loves you, you cant help but do something about it !

How do the shepherds know their sheep ? The shepherds know the one with a limp, and the one with a bitten ear, and the one with a bruised nose, one with the blind eye. He knew each one by the weaknesses one had. GOD knows each of us by our weaknesses.

HE knows us and looks out for us. HE watches over us. HE watches out for us !