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In the Gospel of John we read, “…Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29b). 

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And Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” And the blind man said to him, “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.” Mark 10:51 ESV What a wonderful question for our Lord to ask.  “What do you want me to do for you?” We are so hesitant to pray and to pray boldly, but Jesus invites such prayers.  “What do you want me to do for you?”  We think that we are unworthy to ask such as we want – and we are right.  We don’t deserve to have Jesus answer any of our prayers.  We are sinners deserving of His judgment.  But Jesus gives us grace, and asks, “What do you want me to do for you?” He invites you and I to be bold in our prayer, to ask our hearts desire.  But what if we ask for the wrong things?  Jesus asked the blind man, “What do you want me to do for you?”  The blind man’s answer was precious.  “Rabbi, let me recover my sight.”  And, what did Jesus do?   “And Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way; your faith has made you well.’”  And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.” (Mark 10:52).   Yet, earlier in this chapter, James and John asked to sit on Jesus’ right and left in the kingdom (Mark 10:35-40).  They answered the same question, but got a different answer from Jesus.  What shall we do?  Ask and let the Lord determine the answer.  I want you to think of all that you would ask in answer to Jesus’ question.  “What do you want me to do for you?”  Both the requests of the blind man and James and John could be considered selfish questions.  Jesus answered the one and gave a different answer to the other.  What we request could reveal something about ourselves that we may not like.

Looking back through the last 120 years, all we can say is “Thank you, Lord!” First Baptist Artesia will celebrate 120 years of existence the week of September 14th-22nd.

  When we become Christians we become a part of the body of Christ.  The gifts that the Holy Spirit gives us are directly related to our position in the body of Christ – the church.  This becomes especially clear within the local church.  Look at 1 Corinthians 12:12-13.  “For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

Congratulations to our Summer Phlebotomy Technician graduates.