...Simon and those with him went looking for him.
They found him and said, "Everybody's looking for you."
Jesus said, "Let's go to the rest of the villages so I can preach there also. This is why I've come."
He went to their meeting places all through Galilee, preaching and throwing out the demons.
Mark 1:35-39 MSG
Our keynote speaker has gone AWOL!
When he's found out praying in the boonies, Simon gives him a bit of a serve!
The key thing here is not the people and their responses, or even what Jesus does.
Its the underlying pattern.
Jesus prays. (Goes away and seriously prays)
And then takes the next steps, goes, works...
Often I am doing, have chosen my path, and then pray.
The times when I have prayed first seem to be better somehow.
The more we follow Jesus patterns, the better...
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Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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