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Caesarea Philippi Mark 8- New International Reader's Version 31 Jesus then began to teach his disciples. He taught them that the Son of Man must suffer many things. He taught them that the elders would not accept him. The chief priests and the teachers of the law would not accept him either. He must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke clearly about this. Peter took Jesus to one side and began to scold him. Mark 8- New International Reader's Version He said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must say no to themselves. They must pick up their cross and follow me. 35 Whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for me and for the good news will save it. 

God is Able, Repent For His Kingdom Is Near

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Epiphany #5 Up the Mountain God Moments •Profound •Deep •Personal •Life-changing Your God Moment … •How old were you? •Where were you? •What was going on in your life at the time? •What happened? •How did it affect /change you? Mark 9- New International Reader's Version What do we learn about who Jesus is ??? And if He is that, then how do we respond?? 2 Kings 2 - New International Version God Moments When we are in God’s presence  … something changes … deep in us. God Moments … so that you can go forward and do what He wants you to do next God Moments … given as a strengthener or precursor to something God wants you to do for Him Your today God Moment … What have you realized about Him today? And what are you going to do now? Your today God Moment What will I do? What will I say?

Out & Stop Mark 1- New International Reader's Version What in you …needs OUT? 1 Corinthians 8  - New International Reader's Version

Run and hide ...... or follow??? Jonah 3 - New International Reader's Version Jonah 3 - New International Reader's Version

Readings Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 1 Samuel 3:1-20 John 1:43-51 Who Knows YOU? Yada – to know (Heb.) I knows YOU - God I Yada YOU - God Jeremiah 1:5 - Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Psalm 139:13 - For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Psalm 139:16 - Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:1 - You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. Psalm 139:2 - You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. Psalm 139:3 - You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Psalm 139:4 - Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. Psalm 139:14 - I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Matthew 2:1-12 1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: 6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,     are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler     who will shepherd my people Israel.’[b]” 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. The wisemen · The wise men sought out Jesus and worshipped Him – even at great cost. Closing: Every single person in here today is under the guilt and bondage of our sinfulness toward God. We deserve judgement and we know it. It is a debt we can never pay and yet Jesus, who is God in human flesh says I have come to pay it. I give my life to pay the price for our sins. When we experience this forgiveness and freedom through the death of Jesus, we discover that for the rest of our lives, and for the rest of eternity, Jesus works for us.. “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve” — meaning, through all our pleasures and all our pain, Jesus is working to bring us to everlasting happiness in the presence of the all-satisfying God.

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