What Does It Take To Be Amazed By The Master?

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.