A
Famous Love Song Just for You
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Title:
A Famous Love Song Just for
You-------------------
Date: 4/15/2003
Keywords:
“bread”
“know”
“love”
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Passage:
Mark 8:14-21*
14. Now the
disciples[1] had forgotten to take bread, and
they did not have more than one loaf with them in the
boat.
15. Then He charged them,
saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
16. And they reasoned among
themselves, saying, "It is because we have no bread."
17. But Jesus, being aware of
it, said to them, "Why do you reason because you have
no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is
your heart still[2] hardened?
18. Having eyes, do you not see?
And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not
remember?
19. When I broke the five loaves
for the five thousand, how many baskets full of
fragments did you take up?" They said to Him,
"Twelve."
20. "Also, when I broke the
seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets
full of fragments did you take up?" And they said,
"Seven."
21. So He said to them, "How is
it you do not understand?"
Questions
1. Do you know that Jesus
loves you?
2. If you know this, how do you
know it? What are your proofs?
3. In spite of knowing that
Jesus loves you, and having proofs, do you still
struggle with knowing it is still true? (Perhaps Jesus
would have to say to you what he said in verse 21
above.)
Practical
help
This story reminds me of
one of my favorite love songs. I bet you have heard
it.
1. Jesus loves me!
this I know, For the Bible tells me so; Little ones
to Him belong; They are weak, but He is
strong.
When the disciples didn’t
know what Jesus was talking about, did they ask him
for clarification? No, they began to discuss the
problem among themselves. How ironic to have Jesus
sitting there watching them go through this childish
interaction. Yet, how often do we go looking for
answers to our confusions about life in some silly
place or book rather than praying to the One who knows
the answers we seek? Could it be that we just
don’t believe he loves us?
2. Jesus loves me!
He who died Heaven’s gates to open wide! He
will wash away my sin, Let His little child come
in.
Jesus will do more to prove his
love to these disciples than reproducing bread for
lunch time. He will become The Bread of Life for them.
He will allow his body to be broken just like a piece
of bread in order to give them entrance into the
eternal home he has prepared for them. This also
applies to you and me.
3. Jesus loves me!
loves me still, Tho’ I’m very weak and
ill; From His shining throne on high, Comes to
watch me where I lie.
If you are weak in a
debilitating addiction to pornography or other sexual
sin, know Jesus’ love for you is unchanged.
Celebrate today as you live in this reality. Ask for
help from the One who is strong enough to set you
free.
4. Jesus loves me!
He will stay Close beside me all the way; If I love
Him, when I die He will take me home on
high.
Chorus: Yes, Jesus loves
me, Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me, The
Bible tells me so.
Author: Anna
B. Warner, Composer: William B.
Bradbury
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*Scripture taken from the New King James Version
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