JOY – Jesus, Others, Yourself

Merry Christmas!  Remember, family is more important than circumstances.  Don’t  let holiday happenings overshadow the relationships in your life.  The meal is for the family, not the family for the meal.  Focus on people, not the frustration they can sometimes bring.  Honor Christ and make this time of year joyful, not stressful.  It truely is a choice you CAN make.

Magnetic personality?

Mark chapter one tells about the beginning of Jesus’ ministry.  He is baptised(vs9), tempted(vs13), declares “the time has come” to begin his public ministry(vs 15), calls the first disciples (vs 16-20), drives out an evil spirit(vs25), heals many(vs 29-34), preaches throughout Galilee (vs 39), and heals a man with leprosy (vs40-42).

Verse 45 says that he couldn’t enter a town (due to being overwhelmed) so he stayed outside in lonely places. YET THE PEOPLE STILL CAME TO HIM FROM EVERYWHERE!

Is there something in your life that attracts people? Does your daily witness draw people to you?  DO PEOPLE SEEK YOU OUT TO FIND RELIEF FROM THEIR SUFFERING IN LIFE? People intentionally went out of their way to find where Jesus was to be healed from their sicknesses. How we respond to life situations will be noticed by those around us. Let’s be the body of Christ that heals people.