CROWD CONDITIONED CHRISTIANS

when we learn to submit to God, God will bring us out of the situation

repentance is for us to experience the new

-repentance is not a one time event, but a everyday thing

-more than just repenting old sinful habits in the past, but also one's stubborn way of think

   -with the stubborn way of thinking, we wont be able to experience the new

-what we have been thinking thus far, may not be applicable today..

-after God revealed areas to change or let go, we must make a decision to change  willing to be led by God in this journey of change

Jesus is not against buying and selling... but ppl are trading in the temple..

-none of the ppl seems to mind the disturbance

-we were so used to worship with the crowd tt we are unable to do it on our own

crowd condition.. doing something thinking cos everyone also doing tt

-tts why Jesus always ask to have silence and solitude

-"cos everyone is doing so" became an excuse for us

-there's certain darkness that is so dark tt only the truth of Jesus can shines through it

-no matter how clean and pure we feel we are.. in the glory of God, we will see our areas in our life tt needs to be changed

-in the crowd, we will be able to hide... in a crowd, we are nothing but just a number...

-in God, God calls us by name!

God not interested in the crowd, the numbers... God is more interested in individuals

a crowd will turn into a mob... and the mob will kill you

   -Jesus always withdraw from the crowd into

from the day1, Jesus nv put His trust in the crowd, but God the Father

staying away and isolation is different!

kingdom of God part 4

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are we wearing ourselves out to get more in life

even though Jesus is busy, he has prorities

mark 1 (last)

in the mist of all busyness, Jesus again and again had silence and solitude

luke 5 15

often, all the time

places.. not one place

we can be busy, but our prorties must be right

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waited 30 years to start His ministry

Jesus refused to be push and pull by the ppl

nv in a pressure to heal the sick

Jesus left many things undone... 

   refuse to waste energy on wealth, fame

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there should be s&s to be in the presence of God

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silence is a form of fasting from the noise of the world.. we are living in a "wordy" world

solitude is a form of fasting from the fellowship in the world

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silently = rest

when we have rest, we will have easy yolk and light burden

for most ppl, silence makes ppl panic

3 blessings of silence and solitude

1.

ppl expect instant replies

God speaks in silence!

1 kings 19

-God can move in the dramatic.. but Elijah found God in a small still voice

-God speaks in a sheer slience

-at some point, we need to slience our soul to hear from God

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come before God without string attached

there is a time to be slient, theres a time to speak

in the silence, wait and yern for God's prescence

2.

though God knows everyting abt us, allow God to see the deep

only in silence and soltide, we can see our ownselves and there, healing begins

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in s&s, we bring our brokenness and darkness to God

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in s&s, we learn to just wait...

3.

to live in the world and not of the world

we must first be free from the push and pull of the world

pslm 131

-weaned child.. no longer drinks from the mother or bottle

-a wean child comes to the mother for love, closeness

we cannot have a utility relationship with God

   having benefit from the relationship

love God for who God is, and not for His blessing

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this is God's goal for us

God always uses the most painful time to get our attention

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 matt 11
-weary = overworked, tired
-burdened = worried, stressed

romans

dont let the world change our pattern

if we get to entangled in this world, we will lose our own soul

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for 20 years, saint Anthony lived in the dessert

   he enjoyed at first, but then after temptation came

   he came out 20 years later becoming so Christlike... he surrendered himself to God

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this is the key to easy yolk and light burden

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under all the busyness is anger, lust, greed

whats the point of doing so much but feel empty

matt 6 33

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we must grow in the same grace as Jesus

Jesus developed His spiritaulity in the silence and solitude prescense of God

luke 4

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in solitude, at first all things are ok.. then in silience, our ownself will raise to the surface

luke 4

Jesus was sinless, but He was also tested

   1st temptation is self-desire.. gratification of flesh

-greed is an endless gratification of flesh

luke 4

2nd temptation

most of the time we are tempted to prove ourselves to ppl

luke 4

3rd tempation

God's way 

God couldnt use Jesus if He is ambitious

we dont stop and ask God if this is what God wants for our life

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acts

the source of true vision is not from us, but by the Holy Spirit

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a vision must come from God... 

luke 4 14

in verse 1, Jesus is alr ful of the Spirit

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we need to find our own silent and solitude place with God