Title Let's Find Possibilities
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Hymn: 493 “I Am Now the Lord’s New Body”
Meditation: When all lines of hope are broken and the road ahead is uncertain, if you trust and rely on the Lord, you can find many possibilities.
Confession of Faith: Apostles' Creed
Text: “When people came to Jesus carrying a paralyzed man with four people, they could not bring him to Jesus because of the crowds, so they ripped the roof of his dwelling place and made a hole in it, and removed the table on which the paralyzed man was lying. He said to him, “Son, your sins are forgiven you” (Mark 2:3-5).
Word: There is a paralytic. You can't do anything alone. He is a pitiful person who has no choice but to live and die like that. One day, I hear a rumor about Jesus. Many people have been healed through Jesus. And that Jesus has come near now. This is the gospel for the paralytic. But he couldn't even take one step out of the house. It's because of a stroke.
But the paralytic saw a possibility. I asked for a way to go before the Lord. Finally found four people to take him. It was impossible, but I believed it was possible and found a way, and found a collaborator.
When the paralytic went to the house where Jesus was, there were so many people that there was no time to set foot. The people around Jesus were another obstacle. Even then, he did not give up. A good idea comes to mind. He went up on the roof with the four of them. After breaking through the roof, he asks the people who went with him to bring down the table on which he was lying.
This thought is the birth of faith. It was the solution that came from believing and asking only for Jesus as the answer to the problem. The Lord says ask, seek, and knock. When you seek, you get what you lack, when you seek, you find what you lost, and when you knock, the blockage is opened.
Jesus says to those who have overcome all obstacles by faith, especially to the paralytic, “Your sins are forgiven.” The answer to all our problems is Jesus. When we look to Jesus and move forward, He gives us the assurance of solving problems and gives us the courage to not be afraid.
Prayer: Dear Lord, when many obstacles stand in our way, give us strong and bold faith to overcome these obstacles. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Lord's Prayer