Pray and rise good morning. God is good. God
is great We thank God for another day if y 'all
can bow y 'all heads won't pray before we get
into this word Amen our Father which art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come that will
be done in earth as it is in heaven give us this
day our daily bread and forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into
temptation but deliver us from evil for thine
is the kingdom the power the glory forever amen
god is good god is great pray and rise we back
with another one put god first wake up say the
lord's prayer and be forgiven for your sins amen
now let's speak on the daily reader When you
are plagued by a persistent problem, one that
goes on and on, view it as a rich opportunity.
An ongoing problem is like a tutor who is always
by your side. The learning possibilities are
limited only by your willingness to be teachable.
In faith, thank me for your problems. Ask me
to open your eyes and your heart to all that
I am accomplishing through this difficulty. Once
you have become grateful for a problem, it loses
its power to drag you down. On the contrary,
your thankful attitude will lift you up into
heavenly places with me. From this perspective,
your difficulty can be seen as a slight temporary
distress that is producing for you a transcending
glory never to seize. When you are plagued by
a persistent problem, problem, one that goes
on and on, view it as a rich opportunity. When
you suffering, God gonna bless you. Let me tell
y 'all this story. Me and my homeboy was talking
on the phone. He told me, he was like, Rondell,
when you suffering, that's when them blessings
is gonna come. When you suffering, that's when
you seek God. Stay blessed, stay focused, put
God first in everything you do. Amen. And we
got some scriptures also today. And our scriptures
is coming out of Isaiah and Ephesians and 2nd
Corinthians. The first scripture I'm going to
be going to is 2nd Corinthians. 2nd Corinthians
chapter 4 verse 17. Let's get to it. God is good.
Good morning. Wake up. Give God the highest praise
and you can't lose. 2 Corinthians chapter 4 verse
17 God is good as it reads for our light affliction
which is but for a moment working for us afore
more exceeding in eternal weight of glory while
we look while we look not at the things which
are seen but at the things which are not seen
for the things which are seen are temporal but
the things which are not seen are eternal the
things that are not seen are eternal Jesus Christ
is eternal amen and Jesus Christ won't fail us
next scripture we gonna go to is Ephesians chapter
5 verse 19 through 20. The one we just read was
2 Corinthians chapter 4 verse 17. Amen. I'm already
right here. God is good. Wake up and store scripture
on your mind. Wake up and store scripture on
your heart. Keep it close. And you keep it close,
you can't lose. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 19
through 20. as it reads, speaking to yourselves
in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
giving thanks always for all things into God
and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, submitting yourselves one to another
in the fear of God, obtaining the fear of God.
There are four results of being spirit -filled.
Believers speak to one another with psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs. That is, they exhort
and instruct each other. There is singing in
the making of a melody of individual song and
praise for the Lord. There is giving thanks always.
The Spirit enables the Christian to be grateful
for all things, divinely allowed to enter his
life since they will be used for good. And number
four, there is mutual submission that is showing
difference to the wishes of one another as long
as that to which the believer submits is in the
fear of God which is to say in accord with that
pleases him amen these are the full results of
being spirit -filled and what do spirit -filled
mean believers speak to one another with songs
and hymns and spiritual songs connecting with
the spirit that's the results of being filled
with the spirit you can connect with God You
connect with the Holy Spirit. Amen. Isaiah chapter
30 verse 20 through 21. Our next scripture is
coming out of Isaiah. Isaiah chapter 30 verse
20 through 21. Verse 20 through 21 as it reads
in thy ear shall hear a word behind thee saying
this is the way Walk ye in it. When ye turn to
the right hand, and when ye turn to the left,
ye shall defile also the covering of the graven
images of silver, and the ornament of the molten
images of gold. Thou shalt cast them away as
a menchus cloth. Thou shalt say unto, Get thee
hence. Then shall he give the rain of thy seed,
that thou shalt sow the ground with thou, and
breed of the increase of the earth. And it shall
be fat and plenteous in that day, shall thy cattle
feed in large pastures. will feed in large pastures
in the day of the Lord amen and that was the
daily reader we read Isaiah chapter 30 verse
20 through 21 Ephesians chapter 5 verse 19 through
20 and 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 verse 17 amen
God is good now I want y 'all to come over to
Mark come over to Mark and we're gonna read about
the goodness of God we're gonna read about the
goodness of God And I wanna start, we're gonna
start at the beginning, at John's message of
repentance. We're gonna start at the beginning,
amen. And Mark begins with a burst of information
that functions as a title. The Gospel here refers
not to the whole book, but to the context of
the early Christian proclamation, which is turned
centers on a person. Jesus' given name, Christ,
is both a name and his Old Testament title. The
Son of God points his unique, familial intimacy
with the God of the Old Testament. Amen. We're
reading the New Testament. John's message of
repentance. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus
Christ, the son of God. As it is written in the
prophets, behold, I send my messengers, behold,
the face which shall prepare the way before thee,
the voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare
ye the way of the Lord, make his path straight.
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his path
straight, be prepared. Be prepared, prepare the
Lord's way. Get prepared for Jesus Christ. John
did baptize in the wilderness and preach the
baptism of repentance for the remissions of sins,
for the forgiveness of sins. And there went out
unto him all the land of Judea and they of Jerusalem
and were all baptized of him in the river of
Jordan confessing their sins. And John was clothed
with camel's hair and with a girdle of skin about
his loins and he did eat locust and wild honey.
And preach saying, there cometh one mire than
I after me. The latchet I whose shoes I am not
worthy to stoop down in a loose. And John is
telling them that Jesus is about to resurrect.
Jesus is on his way. He's telling them to prepare
his way. Prepare his way. Repent. We gotta repent.
I indeed have baptized you with water, but he
shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit. And Jesus
died on the cross for our sins, which made us
able to gain the Holy Spirit. God's Spirit empowers
Jesus for his coming service. Amen. And it came
to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth
to Galilee and was baptized of John in the Jordan.
And straightway coming up out of the water, he
saw the heavens open and the Spirit like a dove
descending upon him. He saw the heavens open,
torn open, and there came a voice from heaven
saying, There are my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased. And immediately the Spirit driven
him into the wilderness. And he was there in
the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan,
and was with the wild beast, and the angels ministered
unto him. So Jesus was in the wilderness. So
after he after he was driven out by the spirit
that he got baptized He was challenged he was
challenged and Immediately the spirit driven
him into the wilderness and he was there in the
wilderness 40 days tempted of Satan and was with
the wild beasts in the angels ministered unto
him The temptation is portrayed as lasting throughout
the 40 days, but so is the sustaining ministration
of God's angel, while beast underscores the loneliness
and hostility of the surroundings. Jesus' public
ministry in Galilee gets underway. Now we gonna
be reading about Peter, Andrew, James, and John.
And what did God tell them? I'll make you fishermen
of men. We gotta figure out our calling for God.
And we I'm in verse 14 mark chapter 1 verse 14
now and after that john was put in prison Jesus
came into gallilee preaching the gospel of the
kingdom of god and saying the time is fulfilled
And the kingdom of god is at hand repent ye and
believe the gospel Repent ye and believe the
gospel. Listen to these words. Now as he walked
by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew,
his brother, casting a net into the sea, for
they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them,
come ye after me and I will make you to become
fishers of men. So Jesus is telling them, walk
after me. Walk after me, I'm gonna make you fishermen
of men. I'm gonna make you great. I'm gonna put
the word of God in you. In straight way, they
forsook their nets and followed him. And when
he had gone a little far there thence he saw
James the son of Zebedee and John his brother
who also were in the ship mending their nets
and Straightway he called them and they left
their father Zebedee in the ship with the hard
servants and went after him. They even left their
father They even left their father for Jesus
because you can you can do that Because Jesus
is our father God is our father If you're a parent,
you give your kids to God. You don't stress one
bit, just give your kids to God and they're gonna
be greatly blessed. An unclean spirit rebuked.
An unclean spirit rebuked. And they went into
camp and straightway on the seventh day he entered
into the son of Gude and they were astonished
at his doctrine. For he taught them as one that
had authority and not as the scribes. because
he taught them as one that have an authority
and not as the scribes. Jesus astones his listeners
for he teaches as one that had authority. The
surprise is not informally pleasant. Some were
doubtless, offended by his seeming efferency.
And there was in the Son of Gug a man with an
unclean spirit, and he cried out, saying, Let
us alone, what have we to do with thee, thou
Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace
and come out of him. And when the unclean spirit
had torn him and cried with a loud voice, he
came out of him. And they were all amazed, and
so much that they questioned among themselves,
saying, What thing is this? What new doctrine
is this? For with authority commanded he even
the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. Even
the unclean spirits obey God. And as we just
read, we see Jesus commanded the spirit to come
out. And that's what God do. He commands the
spirits to come out. If you got anything going
on in your life, pray. Give it to God. Amen.
And immediately, His fame spread abroad throughout
all the region round about in Galilee many diseased
and possessed are healed Mark chapter 1 verse
29 many diseased and possessed are healed and
for with when they were come out of the son of
goods they entered into the house of Simon and
Andrew and James and John but Simon's wife mother
lay sick of a fever and any they tell him of
her And at once they tell him of her, and he
came and took her by the hand and lifted her
up, and immediately the fever left her, and she
ministered unto them, and that even when the
sun did set they brought unto him all that were
diseased and them that were possessed with devils.
and all the city was gathered at the door and
he healed many that were sick of diver's disease
many that were sick of diver's disease and was
diver's disease various demons and cast out many
demons and suffered not the devils to speak because
they knew him and in the morning rising up a
great well before day he went out and departed
into a solitary place and there he prayed he
went to a solitary place deserted place and Simon
and they that were with him followed after him
and when they had found him they said unto him
all men seek for thee and he said unto them let
us go into the next towns that I may priest there
also for therefore came our fourth and he preached