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-being busy all the time is the reason why people are struggling

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-not all busyness is bad

-busyness = a condition of the body having many things to do

-hurry = a condition of the soul

-Jesus was busy, but never in a hurry

-the walk of God cannot be hurried.. we can never rush for a deep relationship with God

-slowly and surely, our soul is conformed by the Holy Spirit.. and we learn preservarance, trust

-allow our hearts to enlarge bigger to receive more and more of God's love and share with others

-dont let our busyness push God to the edge

-love is unhurried

-hurry kills peace and joy

-slow down and simply find our life

-we need to have a support structure on our life

-4 support structures of slowing down

1. slowing

-detoxing from hurry

-declutter calendar. Make sure we have time for God

-by doing less, God can do more

2. solitude..wasting time with God

-carrying our cross with Jesus

-saying no to noise, and yes to our source to love

-not what we do but what we don't do

3. Silence

-making space to hear God

4. Prayer

-learning to wait for God

-patience in trails creates perfection

-God takes time to work

-love takes time

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cannot serve two masters

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-mammon = wealth, material things, money

   -has a unique attraction cos ppl with it has higher status and considered successful

-if we are serving God, which is money always the factor in our decision

-money is still important.. we need money to live and even to love God

   -but God must have the final say if God is our master

-money is not the deciding factor but faith is!

-without faith it is impossible to serve God

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-God will be our source

-mammon can lead us to places we never wanted to go, God will lead is in His presence

-God love us, mammon don't love us

-to serve God means to trust Him

-money is a good servant but not a good master

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-now the disciples not only witness miracles but to do ot

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-healing the sick, casting out the demons doesn't cost the disciples money

-Jesus is not only sensitive to His disciples but also the crowd

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-Jesus alr knew what is He is going to do, but ask Philip to test him

-Philip is overwhelmed by the cost

-God's plan is not limited to the amount of money in their pocket

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-Andrew is willing to take the risk even if he could be foolish

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-this time, the disciples reacted differently

-they finally understood that they can step into a new relm of possible if they serve God where worry has no place

Choose the serve God and not mammon!

the wilderness according to Mark's gospel

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-suffering, wilderness

   -enter a season of wilderness with God, with courage, boldness

-it was the spirit of God that leads Jesus to the wilderness

The wilderness experience is

1. Process for promotion in our lives

-the devil maybe there in the wilderness

   -it is God who allows it and brings good things in our live

-there is a purpose behind every pain

-crisis can happen to everyone

-wilderness is a process that God brings us promotion in our live

-every season of hardship and suffering has an expiry date

-sometimes the way to last the wilderness is to endure till the end after we have done everything

   -the timing will come according to God

-spiritual warfare

-we have to stand after attacking the devil

   -sometimes, ppl lose faith after putting on armour of God

-we need to have Jesus alongside.. not methods to solve the problems

-we need to development our relationship with Jesus

2. A place where we encounter God

-feel darkness I'm wilderness

-there are wild animals, but there's also angels.. there are danger, but there's also presence of angels

-we need to see God's goodness in our darkness

-we have to pray.. but whether it's answered, it depends on God's will and timing

-why Mark uses wild animals in wilderness? Romans Christians faces persecution where wild animals were released to devour them

-only when we are going through the wilderness that we can see that God is our hope

-we must first be willing to go through the wilderness, hardship, suffering

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