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: Good Morning Christian Peeps,
: How are you doing this morning, good I hope?
: Did you have a good weekend, I sure hope so?
: Well it’s back to the grind of another work
: week and I hope yours is off to a good and
: very positive start so far? Have a good and
: very Blessed Monday and start to your work
: week.
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: God Bless You and Yours!
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: “When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and
: worshipped Him.” Mark 5:6 NKJV
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: Regret apart from repentance and restoration
: will never bring you freedom.
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: My thoughts and comments today are about
: “Bizarre Behavior.”
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: People are capable of bad behavior,
: regardless of nationality, gender,
: geography, education, financial, or social
: standing. Common sense does not come
: automatically with any of those. People do
: unexplainable things, though it makes no
: sense to behave in destructive ways,
: typically hurtful to others and predictably
: harmful to one’s self. Some people do that
: all too frequently, usually unexplainable
: even to themselves. Everyone has had an
: occasion when you ask yourself, “What was I
: thinking?” Probably, your baffled
: explanation was, “I wasn’t thinking!”
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: Any person is capable of conduct
: embarrassing to themselves and bewildering
: to those who know them. Bizarre behavior is
: not as spontaneous and inexplicable as you
: might first think. Such behavior exposes an
: inner life lacking good judgment and little
: thought of consequence. The consequence is
: normally worse than previously considered.
: What begins as private thought can soon
: become public conduct. The bad news is that
: there is much damage that is irreparable;
: the good news is that all you have done is
: redeemable.
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: Mark reports Jesus’ encounter with a man
: whose behavior was bizarre. You will find
: hope in this first tragic then triumphant
: story of God’s grace and power. See Mark
: 5:1-6 NKJV. Here’s his story – the very
: definition of bizarre. The source of his
: strange behavior was spiritual. Mark’s
: account does not suggest that all bizarre
: behavior is demonic, as was true in this
: instance. But there is always a spiritual
: dynamic to wrong pursuits and passions that
: are controlling and eventually
: uncontrollable. His behavior imposed
: estrangement from others, worsening his
: isolation and despair. His actions were
: unconstrained, even irrepressible, in spite
: of his own efforts and the best attempts of
: others. As a result, he experienced
: self-disgust which produced a spiral of
: self-destructive behavior. (Verses 2-5).
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: However long he had struggled and suffered,
: there was some vestige of his former self
: that longed to be free and could recognize
: that Jesus alone was his solution. Whatever
: you have done and wherever you have strayed,
: come running to the Savior. “When he saw
: Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped Him.”
: Verse 6. Your wise response is to allow no
: regret over your past or present failures
: keep you from Jesus. Regret apart from
: repentance and restoration will never bring
: you freedom. Paul addressed this in these
: words, “Godly sorrow brings repentance that
: leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but
: worldly sorrow brings death.” Read 2
: Corinthians 7:10-11 NIV.
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: Your struggle may not be as extreme as his,
: but your need can be as real as his.
: Unbecoming behavior is not the private
: reserve of the worst among us. Jesus braved
: a violent storm at sea to meet a man with a
: tragic storm in his soul. To both, Jesus
: said, “Peace be still! . . and there was a
: great calm.” Mark 4:35-41. There was a happy
: ending for him, as there will be for you.
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: After his encounter with Jesus, “They came
: to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon
: possessed . . sitting and clothed and in his
: right mind.” Mark 5:15 NKJV. Changed
: completely; freed absolutely; satisfied
: fully. See 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV/1 Peter 1:13
: NIV/Colossians 3:1-3 NIV. New beginnings are
: available. “Great is His faithfulness; His
: mercies are new every morning.” Lamentations
: 3:23 NLT.
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: My prayer for you today is that your first
: response is always to come to Jesus.
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: K-Love’s Encouraging Words:
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: God's voice is glorious in the thunder. We
: can't even imagine the greatness of His
: power.
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: ~ Job 37:5, NLT
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: This is the day the Lord has made. We will
: rejoice and be glad in it.
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: ~ Psalm 118:24, NLT
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: Come and see what our God has done, what
: awesome miracles he performs for people!
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: ~ Psalm 66:5, NLT
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: "Life without God is like an
: unsharpened pencil - it has no point".
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: ~ LONG LIVE REAL COWBOYS ~
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