Have you ever felt desperate in the face of lost love? In trying to do anything to get this love back we become desperate and pathetic, which makes the one who has done the rejecting respect us even less, desire us even less. And that made me think, is that what we are doing to Jesus? While Jesus has loved, we can reject. Would that make Him desperate and pathetic? As we weigh His worthiness, is He nervous we will not find Him worthy to follow? While we have so far in our series focused on the loving character of Christ, We are going to turn now and begin to focus on the power of Christ.

We want our lives to show, not a worthless Jesus, but just how much Jesus is worth in how we live. Last week we saw one reason we would do that is because He cares for us. We follow One who is moved by us. Today see we what that means.

We want our lives to show, not a worthless Jesus, but just how much Jesus is worth in how we live. Last week we saw one reason we would do that is because He cares for us. We follow One who is moved by us. Today see we what that means.

As we walk through Mark we are going to see Jesus’ authority, ability and position. We are going to see His power and His knowledge, and all of those would be reasons we would follow Him no matter the cost. But Mark wants you to see this all-powerful, all-knowing, King of all kings, cares for you.

As we walk through Mark we are going to see Jesus’ authority, ability and position. We are going to see His power and His knowledge, and all of those would be reasons we would follow Him no matter the cost. But Mark wants you to see this all-powerful, all-knowing, King of all kings, cares for you.

Mark wants us to meet Jesus, and for that to be anything but worthless. How many people have met Jesus, would say they are friends; but it ultimately proves to not be worth that much. Oh it is an interesting part of our lives, a story we share now and then, we have more affinity for, but ultimately has no real affect. It’s not okay, when it’s God.

Mark wants us to meet Jesus, and for that to be anything but worthless. How many people have met Jesus, would say they are friends; but it ultimately proves to not be worth that much. Oh it is an interesting part of our lives, a story we share now and then, we have more affinity for, but ultimately has no real affect. It’s not okay, when it’s God.

Are you a Christian? Do you follow Jesus? There is no more significant question we will ever answer, and yet, I am not sure the question itself is as significant as where or when we answer it. Most of us in here have lived in a time and place that required very little thought to how we answer. American Christians have mostly gotten a pass in weighing the cost of following Jesus. If that pass is about to expire, what will that mean to your relationship with Jesus?

Are you a Christian? Do you follow Jesus? There is no more significant question we will ever answer, and yet, I am not sure the question itself is as significant as where or when we answer it. Most of us in here have lived in a time and place that required very little thought to how we answer. American Christians have mostly gotten a pass in weighing the cost of following Jesus. If that pass is about to expire, what will that mean to your relationship with Jesus?

Have you ever had one of those days when everything goes wrong? It doesn’t make any difference how hard you try, it just seems that everything backfires on you? The harder you try, the worse it gets. In a lot of ways that was my story growing up. Thing seem to never work out the way I planned.