What does it take to be Amazed by the master?
Mark 2:1-12
insomuch that they were all amazed, that amazes me. The guys
carrying the stretcher were amazed too.
1. Desire
to wish or long for; to crave, to want.
Be careful what you set your heart upon for it will surely be yours.
Ps 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the
desires of thine heart.
Pro 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the
desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search
for me with all your heart.
Matt 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Lam 3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the
soul that seeketh him.
2. Determination. Gen 32: 24 -30
the quality of being resolute; firmness of purpose.
a fixed purpose or intention:
"A determinate purpose in life and a steady adhesion to it through all
disadvantages, are indispensable conditions of success."
Hosea 12:4, tells us, Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed.
Lk 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and
gave himself for me.
Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that
the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we
should not serve sin.
