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2 Chronicles 7:14
14if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
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14if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
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Mark 9:23-29
23”‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”
23”‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”
In reference to Isaiah 58, Christ here, after healing a boy of an unclean spirit, answers his disciples by telling them that this spirit can only be expelled through fasting and prayer. From Isaiah we learn that the sacrificial mode of true fasting puts us in a place where we are truly compassionate and prepared to rebuild and repair. It is at this point that God says we can call out to Him and He will hear us and answer us. Given that many parts of Isaiah referred to Christ, we perhaps have an example of him living out Isaiah 58, showing us just how powerful true fasting is.
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Mark 9:23
23”‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”
23”‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”
In reference to Isaiah 58, Christ here, after healing a boy of an unclean spirit, answers his disciples by telling them that this spirit can only be expelled through fasting and prayer. From Isaiah we learn that the sacrificial mode of true fasting puts us in a place where we are truly compassionate and prepared to rebuild and repair. It is at this point that God says we can call out to Him and He will hear us and answer us. Given that many parts of Isaiah referred to Christ, we perhaps have an example of him living out Isaiah 58, showing us just how powerful true fasting is.
Bookmarked 10 months ago.
Ephesians 2:10
10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
See Isaiah 58.
Bookmarked 10 months ago.
Isaiah 58:3-14
3‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,‘and you have not seen it?Why have we humbled ourselves,and you have not noticed?’“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you pleaseand exploit all your workers.
3‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,‘and you have not seen it?Why have we humbled ourselves,and you have not noticed?’“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you pleaseand exploit all your workers.
Here we are first rebuked for inappropriate fasting, fasting that is done only for the sake of saying we fasted. Fasting must first be a decision of the heart, where we set ourselves in a mode of humility and prayer. It is intrinsically tied to giving, which we see in verse seven. So in true fasting we sacrifice our own desires to meet the needs of others, and while doing so we cry out to God so that he can make us vessels to rebuild that which is laid waste and repair that which is broken. It is interesting to see that fasting is not so much to sacrifice so God can meet our needs, but so that we can be better prepared to do good works which we have been prepared in advance to do (Eph. 2:10).
Bookmarked 10 months ago.
Psalms 127:1-2
Psalm 127
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
1Unless the LORD builds the house,its builders labor in vain.Unless the LORD watches over the city,the watchmen stand guard in vain. Bonhoeffer refers to this verse in his book Life Together. An important concept to glean from this passage is the nature of the work we are engaging in, and the foundation upon which that work is built. In reference to another bookmark found in Mark 1:35 regarding spiritual discipline, one must ensure that the rising early, and other actions we consider important, is ultimately rooted in the work of the chief cornerstone Christ. Otherwise, all our work, as the verse says, is for naught.
Bookmarked 11 months ago.
Mark 1:35
Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place
35Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Here is a perfect example of Jesus spiritual discipline. He does three important things in this single verse that are important for the Christian: 1. He rises early; 2. He goes to a solitary place; 3. He prays.
He exhibits three very important, as a writer at Scriptorium Daily (http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com) puts it, "spiritual discipline." In order to prepare himself for the task at hand later that morning, preaching to the people in the town they were traveling to, he takes time to 'exercise' that component of his nature that was to see the most use.
Since Christ functions not only as our Saviour, but also example, it is important to glean what knowledge we can from this brief verse. It stands to reason that 'taking up our cross and following him' would include the exercise of spiritual discipline as well.
Bookmarked 11 months ago.
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