this week
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old testament
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psalm
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epistle
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gospel
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Isaiah 40:21-31
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Psalm 147:1-11
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1 Corinthians 9:16-23
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Mark 1:29-39
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preparation
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Read the
Psalm aloud as your words to God.
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Read the Scripture
from Mark?
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Take
a moment
to meditate on the Scripture.
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preparing for the message
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When was the last time you
were sick in bed?
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Did you like visitors to
come and see you?
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Do you have a profile on Facebook?
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How many "friends" do you have on Facebook?
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How many of your Facebook "friends" came to visit?
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How many told you that they were thinking of you or praying for you?
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How many even knew you were sick?
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reading the message
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Where did Jesus go after
he left the synagogue?
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Who did he go with?
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Who was in bed with a
fever?
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What did Jesus do? What
happened?
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What happened after
sunset?
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Why did they wait till
after sunset?
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Who gathered at the door?
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What did Jesus do?
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What would he not do? Why
did he do this?
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What time did Jesus wake
up? What were the conditions?
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Where did he go?
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What did he do?
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What did Simon and his
companions do?
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What did they tell him?
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What did Jesus say to
them?
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Why did he say this?
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What did he and his
disciples do?
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living the message
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Do you think that Jesus
knew that Peter's mother in law was sick before he went to the
Peter's home?
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What does the actions of
the mother-in-law say to you?
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Why did Jesus need to go
to the Father to pray?
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How often do you rise very
early in the morning to seek the presence of the Father?
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closing
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Read
the
Scripture lesson again
and
take a moment to meditate on the passage.
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What
is God
saying to you?
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Thank
God
for
his
presence
and
ask
him
to
apply
what you have learned to your life
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