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Mark 2:1-12

The text is a story of four friends who went the extra mile to get their friend to Jesus. His situation was hopeless. There was no medicine, treatment, or cure. He needed something supernatural.

Note: The four didn’t try to ‘fix’ their friend but took him to Jesus, someone who could ‘fix’ him.

The Bible doesn’t name these four, but they loved their friend enough to get him to Jesus.

It is amazing what can happen when we don’t care who gets the credit!

How long has it been since you have done something radical to reveal Jesus?

What ‘roof’ needs to be torn off your life so someone can see Jesus?

Mark 2:5 ‘Jesus saw their faith’-faith that made them do something radical.

The paralyzed man was brought for forgiveness but for healing.

Jesus wants to address the sins of our lives before the needs of our physical life.

When we do radical things to get our friends to Jesus, things can get messy!

Why Does God Give Breakthroughs?

For His glory (Revelation 4:11, Isaiah 43:7).

To manifest His works (John 9:3).

For His name’s sake—we belong to His kingdom.

5 things about Wisdom in the Bible:

1. Earthly Wisdom (1 Corinthians 2:5-6) – Focused on human reasoning, limited.

2. Demonic Wisdom – Deceptive and self-serving.

3. Godly Wisdom (James 3:17) – Pure, peaceable, and full of mercy.

4. Jesus as Wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:24) – The embodiment of divine wisdom.

5. Wisdom as a Spirit (Isaiah 11:2, Deuteronomy 34:9) – Can be imparted for divine insight and leadership.

How Does Breakthrough Come?

Through Wisdom (Proverbs 24:3-4).

By Seeking God’s Wisdom (Proverbs 2:6, James 1:5).

By Overcoming Worldly Wisdom (1 Corinthians 2:5-6).

By Walking in Godly Wisdom (James 3:17).

Conclusion

Breakthrough comes through faith, obedience, and seeking divine wisdom.

Recognizing the enemy’s tactics (fear, lies, intimidation) is crucial to overcoming struggles.

Biblical examples affirm that God desires to bring supernatural intervention to His people.

By walking in wisdom and trusting in God, we can experience the victory He has planned for us.

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"We've been in this series called Divine Detours. Today is week six and we've been looking at the story of Joseph out of Genesis where God allows

him to experience some difficulty or what we're calling detours in life. God allows him to experience those things as a way to to refine and to shape Joseph's character so that ultimately he can walk in God's purpose for his life."

--Pastor Ryan Kramer

Let's open our Bibles to Genesis chapter 39.

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I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire. (Luke 24:32)

I heard an acrostic for the word “poor” and I can’t get it out of my mind.

It said the letters P-O-O-R stand for Passing Over Opportunities Repeatedly.

In other words, if you want to be poor, just keep passing up on the opportunities that come your way.

Sometimes people are looking for provisions to be handed to them, but what is handed to them instead is an opportunity, and they miss it.

I see people come to this fork in the road. A good opportunity comes their way, and they have a decision to make: take the opportunity or not?

Many times, I see people pass over the opportunity, and then later they wonder why they are still stuck, or they are lacking what they need.

Sometimes I see Christians crying out to God to provide for them, and then they wonder why He doesn’t…but what they didn’t see was that He gave them an opportunity. They were blind to the opportunity because they were only looking for provision to be handed to them.

In Luke 12:24 Jesus says, “Consider the ravens.” He said God feeds the ravens, and we are more valuable to Him than ravens.

But get this. He doesn’t drop the food in the raven’s mouth! The raven has to go out every day and GATHER his food. God gives him the opportunity to eat, but He doesn’t hand feed the birds. So if we are expecting God to hand feed us, we are missing the point.

I like what Psalm 104 verse 28 says in the old King James, “That thou givest them they gather…” In other words, when God supplies it, they go and gather it up.

Nehemiah knew this lesson when he was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. In Nehemiah 2:20 he said that God would grant them success, but guess what. They had to rise up and actually build the walls with their own hands. He was basically saying, “God will provide; therefore we will arise and build.”

Yes, God says He will provide for us, but that usually means He is going to provide the opportunities for us rather than just handing it to us.

So, if you don’t want to be poor, don’t Pass Over Opportunities Repeatedly.

And remember our part in the equation found in Psalm 104 verse 28, “That thou givest them…THEY GATHER.”

May God bless you today.

I’m Doug Apple.

"We say we want to go deeper into the Lord. Well this is one of the main ways we do that, through fasting."

--Pastor Omar Ellison

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Frank Messersmith is a former Florida legislator and current president of the Wakulla Chamber of Commerce. Brian English asks Frank about people who influenced him toward success, and what wisdom he would pass along to others.

You can read more about Frank here: https://www.tsc.fl.edu/media/divisions/alumni-amp-friends/hall-of-fame/Frank-Messersmith.pdf

References:

(1) The Son of God must be of the same ESSENCE as the Father; since the Father is divine, therefore, the Son of God must be divine.

(2) So just 17-20 years after the resurrection, Jesus was described as DIVINE.

(3) We cannot talk about the SON of God, the Bible as the WORD of God, and miracles as the ACTS of God, unless it can be demonstrated that God EXISTS.

(4) I have given an extension of the Kalam argument to prove that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of the Bible, does, in fact, exist and can be identified as the FIRST CAUSE of the universe.

(5) Adults in many churches operate according to this maxim: A GOOD God, if He exists, will reward NICE people if they will just do their BEST. But Jesus violates this maxim when He tells us we can’t come to the Father except through Him [John 14:6].

(6) Quote of Anthony Hopkins on YouTube about the greatest man in history.

This is Episode 212.

TV program originally aired Nov. 5, 2019.

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Have you ever read in the book of Exodus about the fancy clothing prescribed to the priests? Have you ever wondered, "Why is this detail even in the Bible?" and been tempted to skip over these parts? Let's dive into the passages today and be inspired!

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My special returning guests are Dustin and Amy Wells who share their testimony and what God had done in their life and marriage.

Episode #1214

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This is the radio program with the music removed.

By the way, I have written a new book, and you can find it here:

https://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Visions-Stories-Faith-Pastor/dp/161493536X

In this session of the Wonderful Words of Life

Radio Broadcast, we will be looking into 1 Corinthians 12:9b-10, speaking of the last of the 6 Gifts of the Spirit will be discussing, which are the Gifts of Healing, the Working of Miracles and the Discerning of spirits.

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