Sip #1 – Read Chapter 2 of Mark in the New Century Version (NCV)
Sip #2 – Read my big takeaway from the day
Sip #3 – Add comments/thoughts/questions in the Comments Box (bottom of page). NOT REQUIRED
Sip #4 – Re-read any parts of Chapter 2 that impacted you
Sip #5 – Come back tomorrow as we read Chapter 3 of Mark

Already nearly halfway through the work week! “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That’s attributed to Nelson Mandela, and it’s so true! What is it that makes us think that the impossible is not possible? Your Wednesday motivation is this… find something today that you think is NOT doable, and reconsider it. Find something today that you feel you simply can’t possibly do, and try it… or at least take the first few steps towards it. Don’t listen to what you think, and, instead, listen to a new voice… one that is going to shake things up!

Let’s make our move to Mark, Chapter 2! Verses 15 & 17…  “Later, as Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and ‘sinners’ were eating there with Jesus and his followers. Many people like this followed Jesus…  (about this Jesus said) “It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, but the sick. I did not come to invite good people but to invite sinners.”

Later, Jesus would also make a couple more eye-opening statements… “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” … “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.”

I have a friend who describes Jesus’ teaching methods and words as “disturbing. He doesn’t mean it in a negative sense. He is talking about it from…