1. 02 Jul 1:1-20 Baptism, Temptation & Call
09 Jul 1:21-45 Evil Sprit, Fever & Leprosy
16 Jul 2:1-17 Paralytic & Levi
23 Jul 2:18-3:4 Fasting & Sabbath
06 Aug 3:7-19 Crowds & Twelve
13 Aug 3:20-35 Beelzebub & Jesus' family
20 Aug 4:1-20 Parable of the sower
27 Aug 4:21-41 Seed parables & Calm storm
03 Sep 5:1-20 Evil spirit into pigs
17 Sep 5:21-43 Jairus & Bleeding woman
10 Sep 6:1-13 Nazareth & Twelve sent out
24 Sep 6:14-29 Death of John the Baptist
8 Oct 6:30-44 Feeding 5000
15 Oct 6:45-56 Walk on water & Gennesaret
1 Oct 7:1-23 Teaching of ancestors & Unclean
29 Oct 7:24-37 Syro-Phoenician & Deaf mute
22 Oct 8:1-21 Feed 4000 & Herod’s yeast
5 Nov 8:22-38 Blind man, Peter’s faith & Rebuke
12 Nov 9:1-13 Transfiguration

2. “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
Whoever wants to be my disciple must strongly say no to focus on their own self and walk with me down death row.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it
(Mark 8:34,35)

3. Power, Sex and Money . 9:30-50 Who is greatest & Tempt to sin Last
Chapter:Verse Title Week
9:30-50 Who is greatest & Tempt to sin Last
10:1-12 One Flesh relationship Today
10:13-31 Rich man & Little children Next
10:32-52 James, John & Bartimaeus Next+1
Whoever wants to be my disciple must strongly say no to focus on their own self and walk with me down death row.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it

4. Righteousness: What we aspire to do/be:
A sense of all that is awesome Faith, Truth, Humility – Hope, Thankfulness, Peace Love, Generosity, Creativity – Mercy, Healing, Justice
(e.g. Father in Luke 15)
Missing the Mark (Sin): What we aspire to avoid:
An understanding of the destructive power of
All that is not of God
(e.g. hardening hearts)
Mercy: What is permitted:
God being present in a situation which God did not originally intend (pigs, field)

5. Righteousness: What we aspire to do/be: God as King
I will and be your God, and you will be my people. (Leviticus 26:12)
Missing the Mark: What we aspire to avoid: Man as King
The People said “appoint a king to lead us” The Lord said “They have rejected me as their king” (1 Samuel 8: 5-7) + Warnings (10% King Tax)
Mercy: What is permitted: Man as King
When you say, ‘Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,’ be sure to appoint over you a king the Lord your God chooses.” (Deut 17:14-15)

6. Righteousness: What we aspire to do/be:
6 Because God ‘made them male and female’ 7 a man will be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’
Missing the Mark: What we aspire to avoid:
9What God has joined together, let no one separate.”
11  “Anyone who divorces their spouse and marries another commits adultery
Mercy: What is permitted:
5 “Because your hearts were hard Moses permitted divorce

7. Thank God for his written Word to us
1 Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
2 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3 “What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. 6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11 He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. 12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
Thank God for his written Word to us

8. First: Righteousness: What we aspire to do/be:
6 Because God ‘made them male and female’ 7 a man will be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’
Missing the Mark: What we aspire to avoid:
9What God has joined together, let no one separate.”
11  “Anyone who divorces their spouse and marries another commits adultery
Mercy: What is permitted:
5 “Because your hearts were hard Moses permitted divorce

9. “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
Whoever wants to be my disciple must strongly say no to focus on their own self and walk with me down death row.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it

10. Righteousness (Aspire to): Two become one “Say no to self”
Missing the Mark (Aspire to avoid):
What God has joined, let no one separate.
Mercy
Where hearts are hard divorce is permitted
Whoever wants to be my disciple must strongly say no to focus on their own self and walk with me down death row.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it

11. Righteousness (Aspire to): Two become one “Say no to self”
Missing the mark (Aspire to avoid):
What God has joined, let no one separate.
Mercy (God takes us where we are)
Where hearts are hard divorce is permitted
Pray for 2 couples

12. Righteousness: What we aspire to do/be:
When the dead rise, they will neither marry not be given in marriage (Mark 12:24)
“Some born – some made – some choose” Single for the sake of the Kingdom (Matt 19:12)
Missing the mark: What we aspire to avoid:
Putting something else in the place of God
Mercy: What is permitted:
It is better to marry than to burn with passion (1 Cor 7:9)
Pray for 2 individuals

13. Righteousness: What we aspire to do/be:
To stay single for the sake of the kingdom Two to become one
Missing the mark: What we aspire to avoid:
Putting something else in the place of God
Mercy: What is permitted:
Marriage Singleness
Pray for 2 individuals

14. Righteousness (Aspire to): Two become one
Seek first the Kingdom of God “Say no to self”

15. Our Gathered worship has ended, our Worship & Service continue
From Amen to Action
May you know the blessing of aspiring to righteousness of avoiding that which is not of God of living in forgiveness
of losing yourself in self-less relationships
Today and every day, for ever. Amen? Amen
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