As This Little Child

calendar_today March 9, 2020

menu_book Mark 9:31-35 ,

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So the Teacher sharpens the focus and in doing so He gets them to sort of confront THEMSELVES – how do they see themselves and their lives and goals and their concepts of success and greatness? He makes them ask/answer the question: “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?”: the question of self-image or self-knowledge.

It’s a thread running through the whole Bible – know thyself. It’s in the Cain and Abel story (Gen 4 – “Cain, sin is crouching at your door and you must master it…”) It’s prominent in the emotional reflections of the Psalms (“why are you downcast O my soul?” “what is Man?…”) Lamentations has Jeremiah musing on grief. Paul (“do not think too highly of yourself…” Rom 12.3, 16) Augustine in his Confessions, Calvin in his Institutes and right down to present day writers (C.S. Lewis – “the prayer before all prayers is ‘May it be the real I who now addresses the real Thou.'”) The importance of self-concept.

And picking up this important theme, Jesus asks the first disciples AND asks US AS WELL – “who do you think you are?” And how does the answer come to bear on you achieving your life’s purpose…the reason you were born, destiny, greatness? How you see yourself is CRUCial.

Using the Greek word for FIRST – the word PROTO (“whoever wants to be FIRST/PROTO will be last”) I want to look at self-concept – Pursuit, Paradox. Practice:
1) The Proto-Pursuit
2) The Proto-Paradox
3) The Paradox Put Into Practice

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An Invitation to Satisfaction

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calendar_today January 21, 2019

menu_book Isaiah 55 ,

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Beginnings

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calendar_today January 28, 2019

menu_book John 1:29-51 ,

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The Twelve

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calendar_today February 4, 2019

menu_book Mark 3:13-19 ,

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Spiritual Freedom

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calendar_today February 18, 2019

menu_book Mark 2:14-22 ,

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Peter’s Confession of Faith

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calendar_today February 25, 2019

menu_book Mark 8:16-33 ,

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Training in Temperament

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calendar_today March 4, 2019

menu_book Matthew 17:22 ,

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The Anointing in Bethany

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calendar_today March 13, 2019

menu_book John 12:1-8 ,

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The Master Serves

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calendar_today March 18, 2019

menu_book John 13:1-11 ,

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Dying Parent & Little Ones

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calendar_today March 25, 2019

menu_book John 13:31-35 ,

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The Self-Confident Christian

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calendar_today April 1, 2019

menu_book John 13:32-38 ,

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The True Vine (What CAN You..

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calendar_today April 8, 2019

menu_book John 15:1-17 ,

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The Disciples & the World

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calendar_today April 15, 2019

menu_book John 15:17 ,

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The Sheep Scattered

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calendar_today April 21, 2019

menu_book Matthew 26:55-56 ,

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News Too Good To Be True

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calendar_today April 22, 2019

menu_book Luke 24:4-11 ,

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The Restoration of Simon,..

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calendar_today April 29, 2019

menu_book John 21:1-12 ,

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Fishers of Men

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calendar_today January 20, 2020

menu_book Luke 5:1-11 ,

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A Parable for Distracted..

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calendar_today January 27, 2020

menu_book Luke 8:4-21 ,

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True Discipleship & False..

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calendar_today February 3, 2020

menu_book Luke 11:37-54 ,

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First Attempts at Evangelism

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calendar_today February 10, 2020

menu_book Luke 9:1-11 ,

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Lord of the Storm

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calendar_today February 17, 2020

menu_book John 6:14-24 ,

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First Lesson on the Cross

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calendar_today February 24, 2020

menu_book Mark 8:27-38 ,

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The Transfiguration

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calendar_today March 2, 2020

menu_book 2 Peter 1:16-19 ,

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