<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Mark 1;36-39<div><br></div><div><b>36. &nbsp;And Simon and those who were with him followed him,</b></div><div><b>37. &nbsp;and they found him and said to him, “Every one is searching for you.”</b></div><div><b>38. &nbsp;And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out.”</b></div><div><b>39. &nbsp;And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Notice Jesus did not say, ‘I <i>“came out”</i>&nbsp;to pray.’ &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Although, technically he did ‘come out to pray’ his prayers&nbsp;were&nbsp;not the ultimate purpose of his day.&nbsp;They were preparations for what&nbsp;his ministry that day was to be. &nbsp;Therefore he directs his disciples to what is before him (and them) to <u>do.</u></div><div><u><br></u></div><div>If we are to be in intimate prayerful&nbsp;communion with the Father, our prayers must look forward to obedience to his will. &nbsp;That is why in the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus begins with, <i>“Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be T</i><i>hy name, T</i><i>hy kingdom </i><u>come</u><i>, Thy </i><u>will be done…</u><span>”</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>Notice these two words are linked,<span> ‘<u>come&nbsp;</u>and <u>done</u>’</span><span>. &nbsp;Therefore Jesus says, </span><i>“that is <u>why</u>&nbsp;I <u>came out</u>. &nbsp;To <u>preach</u>&nbsp;in the next towns also.” &nbsp;</i><span>He is not directing his disciples to his praying, but to his ‘going and doing, (preaching’).</span></div><div><br></div><div>The Church, indwelt by Jesus by the Holy Spirit, is in mission, movement. &nbsp;She is not content to remain where she is surrounded by others who desire her presence, but the Church is all about outreach.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the whole content of the Great Commission, <i>“Go, and make disciples” </i>which Christ has given to us.</div><div><br></div><div>All our prayers need this purpose behind them, otherwise our prayers become self-serving. &nbsp;We are not saved to be at rest yet, we are saved to be in mission. &nbsp;As we are ‘going’, we have peace with God.</div><div>If we are not about the ‘going’, we will have spiritual tension within us, because we are resisting the urging of the Holy Spirit.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, in our baptism into Christ, you have made us into ‘goers’. &nbsp;Bless us to be ‘going’ and flowing with the name of Jesus of Nazareth, the holy One of God. &nbsp;Bless us to realize our mission field begins with our family, then friends, neighbors,&nbsp;strangers, and enemies. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”</div><div><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Mark 1;36-39
36.  And Simon and those who were with him followed him,37.  and they found him and said to him, “Every one is searching for you.”38.  And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out.”39.  And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
Notice Jesus did not say, ‘I “came out” to pray.’   
Although, technically he did ‘come out to pray’ his prayers were not the ultimate purpose of his day. They were preparations for what his ministry that day was to be.  Therefore he directs his disciples to what is before him (and them) to do.
If we are to be in intimate prayerful communion with the Father, our prayers must look forward to obedience to his will.  That is why in the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus begins with, “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done…”
Notice these two words are linked, ‘come and done’.  Therefore Jesus says, “that is why I came out.  To preach in the next towns also.”  He is not directing his disciples to his praying, but to his ‘going and doing, (preaching’).
The Church, indwelt by Jesus by the Holy Spirit, is in mission, movement.  She is not content to remain where she is surrounded by others who desire her presence, but the Church is all about outreach.
This is the whole content of the Great Commission, “Go, and make disciples” which Christ has given to us.
All our prayers need this purpose behind them, otherwise our prayers become self-serving.  We are not saved to be at rest yet, we are saved to be in mission.  As we are ‘going’, we have peace with God.If we are not about the ‘going’, we will have spiritual tension within us, because we are resisting the urging of the Holy Spirit.
Prayer:  Merciful Father, in our baptism into Christ, you have made us into ‘goers’.  Bless us to be ‘going’ and flowing with the name of Jesus of Nazareth, the holy One of God.  Bless us to realize our mission field begins with our family, then friends, neighbors, strangers, and enemies.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”

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