The Failures of their Faith

Staff Meeting Pastor Bill

Sometimes I question to the point of frustration, why don't you get it? Well the disciples didn't either (Mark 8:16). Don't be the people who are looking for a sign, like all those following Benny Hinn.

An-as-te-nad-o. This is to pray with frustration because people aren't getting it. How can you get religious people to get it?

Negative things happen for us to learn, but often we get all on the negative side. Sometimes we say, "How can this happen, does God not care? Self pity is thinking-its me, it's all my fault, beating self up. On the contrast we can say it's not my fault and maybe even blame others. Sometimes we want revenge. Sometimes we figure we have miss understood Gods discernment. There can be a insecurity which plants a seed of fear.

Seldom do we see it as a learning experience. Somewhere you have to find your level of life. Don't allow highs to get to high, neither lows too low. We want to live on the mountain top, but we always have to come back down to the valley/reality. Don't get too confident in your highs or you'll have really low lows.

Dia-Logizo: They never discovered who (Jesus) is in the boat is more important than what(bread) is in the boat. After everything the disciples seen, they still weren't understanding. This is the struggles of Faith.

1. Forgetting who is in the boat. We can feel like we are on our own, and you can hold on to a grudge for too long. Either you believe who is in the boat or not. So when you come to the point were your faith is tested you go beyond. Faith carries you beyond your issues and here it is tested.
2. Jesus could do the same for them as he did for others: They just seen a miracle and still didn't think it could happen to them. We can be easily offended, but don't run on emotion read the Book and stand on it. Don't freak out, little becomes much.

3. Jesus if you'll allow him loves to do more with less: The loaves

v.19 5 loaves feeds 5000 people= 12 baskets left
7 loaves feeds 4000 people= 7 baskets left
How is it that so many can be tired, and think there is no time when they have Jesus in the boat. "I can control my emotions that no matter what I'm going through people don't notice." PB. Expect to be tested in your faith. This doesn't mean you can just shake it off and act like it never happened. It does mean your commitment is stronger then my emotions, and so In him I can keep moving forward. Some people will not get your message, teens, kids, but keep doing it and one day they just may get it. Keep making an attempt for them to get it.