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Not Every Need is Your Responsibility · FROG Discipleship

• 0:44
  SPEAKER_02: I'm very happy to finally get back on the podcast and do this episode.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_02: Today we're going to be in the book of Mark, verses 32 through 39.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_02: And what we're going to be talking about today is someone's need does not automatically equal your calling.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_02: So what do I mean when I say that?
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_02: Just because someone needs you doesn't mean it is your obligation, your calling, your duty, your responsibility to help them out.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_02: So please understand, I am not trying to create an excuse for you on not to help people out.
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  SPEAKER_02: But what I am trying to do is bring clarity to you today to help you understand that not every need requires you.
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  SPEAKER_02: It will require somebody, don't get me wrong, but it might not require you.
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  SPEAKER_02: So here in the book of Mark, starting at verse 32, we see a little bit it brings clarity.
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  SPEAKER_02: Here in verse 32, at evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were demon possessed, and the whole city was gathered together at the door.
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  SPEAKER_02: Then he healed many who were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons, and he did not allow the demons to speak because they knew him.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, he went out and departed to a solitary place.
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  SPEAKER_02: And there he prayed, and Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and when they found him they said to him, Everybody is looking for you.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_02: But he said to them, Let us go into the next town, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.
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  SPEAKER_02: And he was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee and casting out demons.
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  SPEAKER_02: So let's get a little bit of what's taking place.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, as we're going through this passage of scripture, you know, Jesus healed Perry Peter's mother-in-law and many others right here.
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  SPEAKER_02: Evening, it says in verse 32, in evening when the sun had set.
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  SPEAKER_02: So this is at the end of the day.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is a very inconvenient time for most people, but all these people were brought forth, those who were sick and those who were demon-possessed, and Jesus performed miracles to them.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, if you notice, it says, and he did not allow the demons to speak because they knew him.
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  SPEAKER_02: It was not time for everybody to know who Jesus was at this point.
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  SPEAKER_02: So he kept the demons silent.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: So as in this evening, he performed many, many miracles.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, in verse 35, now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay, so he woke up early and he went and departed to a solitary place, and there he prayed.
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  SPEAKER_02: So he woke up before anyone else, and he spent some one-on-one time with the Lord, with his heavenly father.
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  SPEAKER_02: And that's something that we do not do enough of.
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  SPEAKER_02: And it is a very, very important aspect.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's a very, let me rephrase, it's a very important ingredient in the recipe of figuring out, discerning when to help and when to say no.
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  SPEAKER_02: And Simon and those who were with him searched for him and they found him and said, Everybody is looking for you.
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  SPEAKER_02: So word has gotten around.
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  SPEAKER_02: There was already a line out the door the night before when Christ was healing the sick and removing the demon-possessed people or the demons from the people, excuse me.
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  SPEAKER_02: So word is out.
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  SPEAKER_02: But look at what he said.
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  SPEAKER_02: He is telling his disciples, even though everybody is looking for him, even though there's already a line out the door, he said to them, Let us go to the next town.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's verse 38.
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  SPEAKER_02: So now he is saying, No, it is no, it's no longer time for me to stay in this place and continue doing what most people would call, well, and it is a good deed.
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  SPEAKER_02: Christ had a purpose.
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  SPEAKER_02: His purpose, yes, was to heal the sick and remove the demons from people.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yes, but that wasn't his main calling.
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  SPEAKER_02: His main calling was to go place to place, and that's key, place to place.
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  SPEAKER_02: There is a designated time for Christ to be on the cross.
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  SPEAKER_02: We didn't know, we didn't, the people of this time didn't know this.
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  SPEAKER_02: His disciples didn't know this.
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  SPEAKER_02: We have hindsight, so we know this.
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  SPEAKER_02: And what I mean by that is Christ only has so much time before this passage we are reading until he goes and is crucified on the cross.
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  SPEAKER_02: So he has what is called foreknowledge.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay, God is all-knowing, almighty, all-powerful God.
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  SPEAKER_02: So he knows, and he's seeking clarity by spending time with his heavenly father, that hey, okay, now it is time for me to move on and continue.
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  SPEAKER_02: So he is having to tell these other people that is in line already, waiting for miracles to take place in their lives.
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  SPEAKER_02: He's having to tell them no to then go to the next city and preach there and then do the same thing.
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  SPEAKER_02: So have you ever felt you could not say no because someone genuinely needed you?
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  SPEAKER_02: See, this is a conundrum that many of us face.
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  SPEAKER_02: People will come to us and say, hey, I need help.
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  SPEAKER_02: Will you help me with this?
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  SPEAKER_02: Will you help me with that?
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, it may be a family member, a friend, a coworker, a church member, or it might be a ministry opportunity.
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  SPEAKER_02: But what we got to assess, well, what makes things difficult to say no?
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  SPEAKER_02: And have you ever said yes to something because you felt needed, only to realize later that it wasn't something God was asking you to do.
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  SPEAKER_02: You did it out of selfish ambition or pride or whatever the case may be.
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  SPEAKER_02: So as we look at this, we need to pay attention to three things.
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  SPEAKER_02: How great the need was, how Jesus responded to the need, and what Jesus did when the crowds wanted more from him.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: So Jesus saw a need and he met it.
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  SPEAKER_02: In the evening, so many people were brought to him.
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  SPEAKER_02: He healed them, he healed the sick and removed the demon-possessed people, right?
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  SPEAKER_02: So this was an overwhelming scene, but he did the very best he could to navigate through this.
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  SPEAKER_02: Jesus responded with compassion.
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  SPEAKER_02: Compassion is important.
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  SPEAKER_02: He healed many, delivered the demons out of the out of the people.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, we definitely see in this passage the attitude that Jesus had towards the people in need.
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  SPEAKER_02: It was a very inconvenient time.
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  SPEAKER_02: It was in the evening, but it wasn't about uh self-centeredness.
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  SPEAKER_02: It was about compassion, love, and grace.
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  SPEAKER_02: And he did what he came to do.
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  SPEAKER_02: That is it.
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  SPEAKER_02: He came and did what he needed to be doing at this point in time.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, the need was still there in the next morning.
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  SPEAKER_02: There's already a line waiting for him to where his disciples are coming to him and saying, Hey, that everybody's looking for you.
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  SPEAKER_02: They're, you know, pretty much they're waiting to be healed.
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  SPEAKER_02: These uh, there's other people that are sick and demon-possessed.
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  SPEAKER_02: So the next morning, the need was still there, but the response of Jesus was very different.
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  SPEAKER_02: He didn't, he still had compassion, he still had grace, but he had a clearer understanding of what his calling was.
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  SPEAKER_02: It was time for him to go to the next city, go to a different location, and minister to a different people.
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  SPEAKER_02: So often, when there is a need, we just react and never stop and spend time with the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_02: We never seek his face and say, Lord, is this something you want us to do?
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  SPEAKER_02: Want me to do?
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  SPEAKER_02: Does is this person or this situation where you want me to serve at?
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  SPEAKER_02: We just act or don't act, and we never bring God into the equation.
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  SPEAKER_02: And that is where the problem arises.
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  SPEAKER_02: The key ingredient to serving the Lord is Jesus.
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  SPEAKER_02: We have to have Jesus in the recipe and the equation, in the formula, whatever you want to call it.
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  SPEAKER_02: Without Jesus, you are just walking around man-centered instead of Christ-centered.
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  SPEAKER_02: There is always going to be a need, but not every need is your problem.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, Simon and the others tell Jesus, everybody is looking for you.
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  SPEAKER_02: Imagine the pressure that Jesus was under.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, everyone wants him, everybody needs him, everybody is looking for him.
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  SPEAKER_02: He is clearly gone with minimal sleep because it happened in the evening.
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  SPEAKER_02: I don't think that this was a quick process.
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  SPEAKER_02: I imagine probably hundreds of people were at the door that Jesus was helping.
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  SPEAKER_02: And then he will rises early, long while before daylight.
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  SPEAKER_02: So it's the middle of the night still, and he is spending time in the Lord, time with the Lord, right?
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  SPEAKER_02: So he's doing this because he knows what is going to take place.
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  SPEAKER_02: The next morning there's going to be more people wanting his help.
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  SPEAKER_02: So he needs to seek clarity to assess the need, the need of the people, versus is this the need he was sent uh to do?
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: So being needed and being sent are two different things.
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  SPEAKER_02: So how do you know when a need is yours to meet or when it isn't?
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  SPEAKER_02: So being needed, someone asks you, they the the need feels urgent.
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  SPEAKER_02: You feel guilty if you say no.
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  SPEAKER_02: Your response is to to the pressure because they're standing right there and they're wanting an immediate response, and they're and you're telling yourself, well, they need me.
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  SPEAKER_02: So there is it's driven by expectation.
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  SPEAKER_02: So we have to remove a decision being driven by someone's expectations of you and even your expectations of yourself.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, that's being needed.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let's look at being sent.
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  SPEAKER_02: Being sent, God directs.
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  SPEAKER_02: The assignment has a purpose.
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  SPEAKER_02: You have peace when saying yes.
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  SPEAKER_02: You are responding to the conviction in your heart, and God has given you to meet this need.
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  SPEAKER_02: So the direction is not by expectations of others, it is directed by God.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, this is very, very vital.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, when when being needed feels very pressured, that that is where we struggle.
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  SPEAKER_02: Because we feel, well, if I don't, if I don't respond to this need, am I being a good Christian?
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  SPEAKER_02: And we never do what Christ did.
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  SPEAKER_02: And it's okay to say, well, give me a minute, let me pray.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let me pray about that.
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  SPEAKER_02: Guys, I've been in the ministry for 15 years, and it is it was very hard initially to tell people no when they needed my help.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I've it's still hard, don't misunderstand me, but I've created a system, a process, if you will, to help me navigate when to help and when to say no and when to pause.
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  SPEAKER_02: Because sometimes it might not be that God's not calling me to help, but it might not be He's calling me to help right now.
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  SPEAKER_02: And understand if the need is truly there, if the if you say, Well, hey, let me let me pray about it, let me pray about it, let me sink clarity, and you truly go and spend some time with the Lord, with your Heavenly Father, Lord, is this something you want me to do?
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  SPEAKER_02: Is this need something that you want me to meet?
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  SPEAKER_02: And we have to weigh the cost, if you will.
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  SPEAKER_02: And when I say cost, I'm not just talking about a financial cost.
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  SPEAKER_02: The cost of time, energy, effort, responsibilities, this, that, and the other, right?
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, understand, yes, God calls us to help people.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I'm going to use me as an example.
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  SPEAKER_02: My number one ministry, yes, I am a I am a pastor.
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  SPEAKER_02: I oversee, I don't know, 60 to 90 people in any given Sunday, right?
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  SPEAKER_02: Which is a blessing.
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  SPEAKER_02: But the people, the congregation members of our church do not take priority over my family, my immediately family, my immediate family, my wife and my children.
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  SPEAKER_02: And see, I have met so many pastors in the past that they have allowed their congregation to take priority over their immediate family.
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  SPEAKER_02: My number one ministry is to my children and to my wife.
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  SPEAKER_02: So when a need arises, yes, I have to weigh the cost.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, what is currently going on in my life right now?
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  SPEAKER_02: What are my responsibilities that I have committed to towards my family?
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  SPEAKER_02: Now, does that mean that just because I have a family commitment, I can't rearrange and change the responsibility to help someone else out?
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  SPEAKER_02: No.
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  SPEAKER_02: Absolutely I can.
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  SPEAKER_02: And I have done that multiple times.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I can't continually, repetitively remove my family from my priority list and always put someone else in place.
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  SPEAKER_02: So there is a time to where I have to say no to people that are needing my assistance because my ministry, my assignment currently is my family.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay?
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  SPEAKER_02: And vice versa.
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  SPEAKER_02: And that's what we got to understand.
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  SPEAKER_02: And this is where the power of prayer comes in.
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  SPEAKER_02: But also we have to remember God has given us the body of Christ.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is very important.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is a tool in the toolbox that so many Christians never use.
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  SPEAKER_02: They ignore it and say, hey, I'm just going to spend time with prayer and I can figure this out.
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  SPEAKER_02: Guys, that's not biblical.
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  SPEAKER_02: Do you need to spend time in prayer?
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  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_02: But God has given us the body of Christ for a reason.
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  SPEAKER_02: We see in Scripture that not everybody is an eye, not everybody is a hand.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, what would the body be if it was just full of eyes and full of hands?
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  SPEAKER_02: It wouldn't be a working body, right?
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  SPEAKER_02: So everybody has a purpose, everybody has a place.
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  SPEAKER_02: He sent the disciples out two by two for a reason.
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  SPEAKER_02: For accountability, for a different perspective, for another person to hold you accountable.
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  SPEAKER_02: So all these things play a factor when there is a need.
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  SPEAKER_02: But so often we react to the need and not see and seek the Lord and be like, Lord, is this a need that you want me to meet?
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  SPEAKER_02: Jesus had boundaries without ever losing compassion for the people.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we see that as he has removed himself to a solitary place.
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  SPEAKER_02: And Simon and those were who were with him searched for him, and when they had found him, this is verse 36, or verse 37, when they had found him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.
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  SPEAKER_02: Verse 38.
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  SPEAKER_02: But he said to them, Let us go into the next towns, towns, plural.
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  SPEAKER_02: So each town is going to have a cap on the amount of time he is serving, the amount of people in which he will be able to impact.
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  SPEAKER_02: And it says that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.
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  SPEAKER_02: For this purpose I have come forth.
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  SPEAKER_02: Right?
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  SPEAKER_02: So as we are looking then, looking at this passage of scripture, you know, we can have boundary in our servitude towards Christ, to the people that we are serving.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, you know, it's it's hard because sometimes we feel if we put these boundaries in place, that it's us being selfish.
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  SPEAKER_02: Even when it might be the right thing to do, we still feel that this is us being selfish.
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  SPEAKER_02: Being a servant of Christ, let's let's unpack this.
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  SPEAKER_02: So if we look at this, one could argue, well, isn't Christ being selfish here?
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  SPEAKER_02: He literally removed himself from the needs because there had to be a stopping point to where, hey, all right, guys, we're done for the night.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's time for bed.
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  SPEAKER_02: Or he either waited until the last person was healed and the demon was removed.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's the either or, but there was a stopping point.
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  SPEAKER_02: There was an end of the day.
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  SPEAKER_02: He just didn't stay up and continual without rest, without eating, without prayer.
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  SPEAKER_02: So he stopped.
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  SPEAKER_02: He said no.
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  SPEAKER_02: He's like, all right, we're done for the day.
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  SPEAKER_02: And then he went and spent time in prayer.
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  SPEAKER_02: See, and a lot of people will say that that is that is being selfish, but it's not.
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  SPEAKER_02: You cannot give what you do not have.
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  SPEAKER_02: You cannot give spiritual wisdom and discernment if you don't have spiritual wisdom and discernment of your own.
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  SPEAKER_02: You can't share Jesus with others accurately and biblically if you don't have Jesus in your life.
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  SPEAKER_02: So, what I mean by that is there is a time that our cup needs to be filled.
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  SPEAKER_02: Scripture tells us that our cup is to overflow.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, our cup can only overflow if our cup is filled to the brim.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, who fills that cup?
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  SPEAKER_02: God, Jesus Christ, and the body of Christ.
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  SPEAKER_02: So we have to make sure that our needs are being met also, so therefore we don't become weary, and then next thing you know it, there is a calling, but we don't have the time or energy or resources to help that need because we weren't having self-care.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_02: So a need is not automatically a calling.
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  SPEAKER_02: We need to ask: did God actually give this need to me?
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  SPEAKER_02: Just because you can do something doesn't mean you were called to do it.
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  SPEAKER_02: The only way to get clarity in this is to ask God to seek time, spend time with the Lord, and ask other believers.
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  SPEAKER_02: There is a very important thing in life.
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  SPEAKER_02: It's called accountability.
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  SPEAKER_02: So if you know anything about me, I have created uh, I'm a leadership coach as well as a pastor, and I've created something called the five-step leader.
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  SPEAKER_02: And in the five-step leader, the five steps are you learn, then you apply, then you reflect, then you discuss, and you grow.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, you learn something, and then what you learn is you gotta apply it.
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  SPEAKER_02: Well, you gotta, this is where the trial and error comes in.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay, then you reflect, you reflect, did it go good, did it go bad, but then you discuss.
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  SPEAKER_02: What does that mean?
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  SPEAKER_02: There's who are you discussing it with?
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  SPEAKER_02: God and other people.
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  SPEAKER_02: There is a very important thing in leadership, in faith, in any application, is you need a sounding board, if you will, someone to discuss life with, to discuss situations with, to be like, hey, Very biblical.
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  SPEAKER_02: You know, and then the other thing is, will saying yes require me to disobey something God has already given me?
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  SPEAKER_02: So, guys, again, I have to assess when there is a need, my number one responsibility is my wife and my children, and then the church, and then the other needs outside the church.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I have to, and not just me, but every Christian, does this need that I am that is placed before me, is this going to hinder me from meeting other obligations that God has already called me to be obedient in?
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  SPEAKER_02: Because that's exactly why Christ had to move on.
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  SPEAKER_02: Because he says, Let us go to the next town that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.
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  SPEAKER_02: He had a purpose, he had a mission, he had a place to go and only X amount of time to spend there.
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  SPEAKER_02: Am I responding?
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  SPEAKER_02: This is the third question to ask.
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  SPEAKER_02: Am I responding to God's direction or someone's pressure?
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  SPEAKER_02: Ask yourself, if this person weren't disappointed with me, would I still believe God wants me to do that?
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  SPEAKER_02: So it creates motive.
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  SPEAKER_02: Are they only are they only asking you because they expect you to do it?
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  SPEAKER_02: And if you say no, is God going to be disappointed in you?
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  SPEAKER_02: If if you have clarity on the direction God is sending you, you have to follow that.
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  SPEAKER_02: Now please understand, I have talked to so many people and they're like, well, you know, I can't, you know, I'm I'm a youth leader or I'm a music leader.
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  SPEAKER_02: I can't talk to those people, or I can't minister to that group of people.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
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  SPEAKER_02: God, yes, we have strengths, don't misunderstand me.
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  SPEAKER_02: Some of us are have musical talents, some of us are are stronger when working with kids, but that does not exempt us from working with any other people other than someone in a certain age group or a certain demographic.
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  SPEAKER_02: That does not make sense.
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  SPEAKER_02: So don't create excuses, but seek clarity.
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  SPEAKER_02: The fourth question is this actually mine to carry?
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  SPEAKER_02: Some problems, consequences, and responsibilities belong to other people.
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  SPEAKER_02: Sometime, sometimes the need is their responsibility.
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  SPEAKER_02: The person who has a need, it is their responsibility to dig their self out of the hole that they got themselves into.
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  SPEAKER_02: And the final one, but I think the most important one, the fifth thing you need to ask yourself: have I prayed about this before I've given my response?
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  SPEAKER_02: Have I prayed about this before I've given my response?
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  SPEAKER_02: There's always going to be a need in this world, but not every need is your responsibility to meet.
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  SPEAKER_02: But the problem is we want to help everybody, but we know we can't.
• 25:52
  SPEAKER_02: Well, how do we get discernment and wisdom in this?
• 25:57
  SPEAKER_02: Well, we got to ask for it.
• 25:59
  SPEAKER_02: A lot of times when we pray, we only pray for wisdom.
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_02: Well, wisdom is knowledge, it's information.
• 26:05
  SPEAKER_02: Well, that's great, but then we got to know what to do with this knowledge, know what to do with this information, and that's where discernment comes in.
• 26:12
  SPEAKER_02: Discernment brings clarity.
• 26:14
  SPEAKER_02: Discernment is not just a gift from God, but God placing other people in your life to have that conversation with, to bring discernment, to see stuff from a different perspective.
• 26:27
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, God wants you to do mighty works for the kingdom of God.
• 26:31
  SPEAKER_02: And you can, but in order to make the most impact in this world, it is better to have precision in what we are doing and how we are doing than just trying to be everywhere and being nowhere at the same time.
• 26:49
  SPEAKER_02: I call that a shotgun approach.
• 26:51
  SPEAKER_02: In life, in ministry, in so many applications, we have a shotgun approach.
• 26:56
  SPEAKER_02: We try to do everything and we fail at everything because we are overcommitting ourselves and underdelivering.
• 27:05
  SPEAKER_02: Precision allows you to overcommit and over-deliver because you are executing one thing at a time.
• 27:16
  SPEAKER_02: That's what Jesus did.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_02: He served one group of people at a time and then moved on.
• 27:24
  SPEAKER_02: We need to do the same thing.
• 27:27
  SPEAKER_02: If Ephesians 5:1 tells us to be imitators of Christ as dear children, okay, well, we need to not just act like Christ, we need to do things the same way Christ did it.
• 27:38
  SPEAKER_02: He spent time with Christ, with his heavenly father.
• 27:41
  SPEAKER_02: Christ spent time with his father and spent time with the disciples, had conversations.
• 27:47
  SPEAKER_02: So I hope this helps.
• 27:50
  SPEAKER_02: Not every need requires you to handle.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_02: Maybe you are there to to direct them to someone else to meet that need.
• 28:01
  SPEAKER_02: I hope this helps.
• 28:02
  SPEAKER_02: This is Nick.
• 28:03
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you for listening to Frog Discipleship.
• 28:05
  SPEAKER_02: God bless.