(We All Have Something To Shout About In 2017 ( New Years Eve)

Mark 10:46-52 (NIV) Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving

the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging.

[47] When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Sonof David, have mercy on me!"

[48] Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more,

"Son of David, have mercy on me!"

[49] Jesus stopped and said, "Call him."So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's calling you." [50] Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

[51] "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him.The blind man said,

"Rabbi, I want to see."

[52] "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

VERY BRIEFLY WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD AND THE GUIDIANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND

THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS

I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

(WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT IN 2017

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

AS WE COME TO THE END OF 2016 AND ON THE THRESHOLD OF 2017

IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT

BECAUSE WHEN WE REFLECT BACK ON THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES IN 2015 WE ALL HAVE HAD OUR SHARE OF GOOD DAYS AS WELL BAD DAYS

WE HAD OUR UPS AS WELL AS WE HAD OUR DOWNS

AND WE ALL HAD OUR SHARE OF DANGERS TOILS AND SNARES BUT IN THE MIDIST OF IT ALL GOD HAS STILL BEEN MIGHTY GOOD TO EACH OF US

THAT S WHY I FEEL THAT MY CLAIM IS VALID

THAT WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT AS WE ENTER INTO THE YEAR 2016

BECAUSE SHOUTING----SHOUTING IS A GREAT INSTRUMENTAL TOOL IN GIVING GOD THE

PRAISES HE TRULY DESERVES

FOR EVEN THE PSALMIST REVEALS TO US IN 22ND NO.OF PSALMS VERSE 3

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THAT GOD INHABIT THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE

FOR SHOUTING SUGGEST GREAT VICTORY AS WELL GREAT PRAISE AND IF THE LORD HAS DONE ANYTHING FOR YOU IN 2015

YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT

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NOW TO FULLY APPRECIATE THIS TEXT BEFORE US

WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT IN WHICH IT SETS

FOR I `VE HAVE LEARN AS A YOUNG BRETHEN OF THE CLAW

THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST IN ORDER TO APPRECIATE THE PRESENT THIS EPISODE IN THE TEXT TAKES PLACE DURING THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS MINISTRY JESUS HAD BEEN TEACHING ON MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

HE BLESSES THE LITTLE CHILDREN

HE COUNSELS A RICH YOUNG RULER AND TELL HIM THAT TO INHERIT ENTERNAL LIFE HE

MUST

SELL ALL OF HIS POSSESSIONS AND FOLLOW HIM

HE TEACHES THE MULITUDE THAT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE HE PREDICTS FOR THE 3RD TIME HIS DEATH AND RESSURECTION

HE TEACHES ABOUT THE GREATNESS IN SERVING

AND AS HE JOURNEY FROM GALILEE TO JERUSALEM

THE TEXT INFORMS US THAT HE PASSED THROUGH JERICHO

AND AS HE WAS LEAVING JERICHO HE MET A MAN WHO LIVED THERE NAME BARTIMAEUS--THE

SON OF TIMAEUS WHO WAS BLIND AND SAT BY THE JERICHO ROAD WITH HIS TIN CUP OF EXISTENCE BEGGING

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AND BARTIMAEUS TEACHES US ALL SOME VALUEABLE LESSONS AS WE ENTER INTO 2016

THAT THE CONDITIONS THAT WE ENCOUNTERED IN 2015 DOSE`NT HAVE TO BE OUR

CONCLUSION IN 2016

THAT WE OUGHT NOT LET THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME PASS US BY

THE TEXT REVEALS THAT WHEN BARTIMAEUS HEARD THAT JESUS WAS PASSING BY HE BEGAN

TO SHOUT YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

BARTIMAEUS HAD HEARD

HOW JESUS TURN WATER INTO WINE AT THE WEDDING FEAST OF CANA HE HAD HEARD HOW JESUS TOOK 2 SARDINES AND 5 BISCUITS -BLESS IT AND FED 5000 MEN

PLUS WOMEN AND CHILDRENS

HE HAD HEARD ABOUT HOW THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD FOUND A PHARMACEUTICAL

SHOP IN THE HEM OF JESUS GARMENT ---HOW SHE TOUCH THE H-E-M BUT RECEIVE HER

HEALING

FROM THE H-I-M

VERSE :47 IN THE TEXT SAYS ( When he heard that it was Jesus of

Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

NOTICE

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NOTICE

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NOTICE

BARTIMAEUS DID`NT WAIT TILL JESUS GOT THERE TO SHOUT

BUT HE SHOUTED BEFORE JESUS GOT TO WHERE HE WAS IN OTHER WORDS HE GAVE GOD SOME ABOUT TO PRAISE

AND SINCE HE HEARD

YOU DO KNOW THAT FAITH COME BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD

CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE AND TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT BARTIMAEUS DID`NT NEED NO PREACHER TO PREACH HIM HAPPY

-HE DID`NT NEED NO CHOIR TO SING HIM HAPPY