“Stretching and Shrinkage: How Open are You to God’s Initiatives?”

Feb.19/12 Mk.2:18-22  Play AUDIO (32 kbps mp3)

THE FOOLISH FLOP OF THE FLYING FROG

●    proud amphibian doing just fine til he opened his mouth

THE WONDER OF SEEDY ASSOCIATION

●    calling a tax collector not good for P.R.
●    Pharisees couldn’t understand Jesus’ eating with ‘sinners’
●    church a ‘hospital for the sick’ or club for the holy?

THE WONDER OF UNCONVENTIONAL RELIGION

●    fasting a favoured custom among John’s disciples & Pharisees
●    religious practices a means of ‘keeping up appearances’?

CAMEOS OF THE KINGDOM: (1) CELEBRATION

●    inappropriate for bridegroom’s friends to be fasting
●    how’s your joy-mometer in your spiritual life?

CAMEOS OF THE KINGDOM: (2) ADAPTATION

●    danger of unshrunk patch making bigger hole
●    important to ‘build bridges’ with the unsaved and truly care

CAMEOS OF THE KINGDOM: (3) TRANSFORMATION

●    new wine into unpliable wineskins destructive
●    need to admit we’re not perfect, want God’s help to change

ARE YOU READY FOR A STRETCH?

●    examples of getting involved with others’ lives: court / childcare