Equipped - Grand Parkway Women Marcie McClendon

Cathy LoerzelCo-Founder of the Allender Center in Seattle, WA

The All-Encompassing Everythingness of Following JesusLuke 14:25-35Introductory words:“Great crowds accompanied Jesus” - v 25“Accompanying” Jesus is not the same as "coming after” Jesus“Disciple"Disciple = anyone who so aligns their beliefs and their lifestyle to the teachings of another person that they become identified with them.5 Defining Words of a Disciple of JesusHATE - v26“If anyone comes to me and does not HATE his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters,...

Listen to practical suggestions for loving someone who is sick, given by someone who is recovering from COVID. The List:-Pray hard and often throughout the day and especially at night for someone who is suffering. Helpful verses to pray over them: Psalm 4:8, Psalm 121.-Check on them daily - validate their feelings, don't grow weary of hearing them say they are having a bad day-Offer to listen when they want to vent.-Spouses - sit with them if they feel bad. Give them permission to be sic...

Be Equipped to live out Jesus' command to love one another. FOR FURTHER PONDERING:*Read John 13:34-35*Read 1 Peter 1:22-23

Have you ever fasted for spiritual reasons? Whether you have or not, hear a few thoughts on what to ponder as you do.