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Weekend! Here you go: my favorite finds of the week. One long and four super short. Hope you are encouraged!<\/p>\n

1) Who Is Jesus?<\/strong> – If you read my posts, then you know The Chosen <\/em>TV series has had a huge impact on my life recently. [You can find it here<\/a> and on The Chosen app. Dave and I just finished Season 2, watching Episode 8 this weekend. The story of this episode is Jesus’ preparation of his Sermon on the Mount<\/a>. It is a very intimate time, very critical turn in his public ministry. All his apostles, his mom,\u00a0 and some other close followers are featured in the episode, in deep relationship with Jesus. Then there are those who oppose or are watchful of his growing influence – the religious leaders of the day and the Roman military charged with keeping order…keeping the peace.<\/p>\n

In this episode, the story shows dialog between Jesus and his apostle Matthew (again, not taking the place of Scripture, The Chosen<\/em> writers repeat, but fleshing out what might have happened around the accounts found in Scripture). The Sermon on the Mount is found in full in the Gospel of Matthew<\/a> and it would make sense he shared it with Matthew before he faced the crowds, for Matthew to capture it for all the rest of us who would read it…hear it in the years following.<\/p>\n

If you know nothing about Jesus, you would discover him in his teaching in this sermon.\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Press, The Chosen<\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus knew this pivotal and powerful teaching would set in motion his becoming widely known…and what would come out of that – those who would love and follow him and those who would seek to destroy him. In this episode, he expressed to Matthew his desire for In the introduction to the sermon, also known as the Beatitudes<\/a>, to be a “map…directions where people should look to find me”<\/strong>.\u00a0 Then as Jesus shares with Matthew “the blesseds” of the Beatitudes, we find those directions. Again, in the show, Jesus “If someone wants to find me, those are the groups they should look for”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This may not make sense if you haven’t read Jesus’ words in the Beatitudes (you can find the scene on YouTube<\/a> maybe, or read them here<\/a> and be blessed by them).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Pref-Tech; Leadership Lessons from the Beatitudes<\/a><\/p>\n

[The following section is from Marty Solomon’s piece<\/a> “Blessed”<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Writer, theologian Dallas Willard<\/a> “once suggested that the Beatitudes are, in fact, pronouncements of God\u2019s blessing on all the people the world thinks are missing out. In essence, this would mean Jesus starts His teaching with pronouncements that look like the following:<\/em>
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\nGod is for those who are spiritually bankrupt.
\nGod\u2019s favor in on those who mourn.
\nGod is for those who are meek.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

…the Beatitudes might be a list of pronouncements; Jesus might be announcing to the crowds \u2014 full of Jews, Gentiles, Herodians, Pharisees, and Romans alike \u2014 that God is for the ones they think He has abandoned<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesus will continue teaching that we would pray for those that persecute us and love our enemies…<\/em>This Jewish rabbi is serious about loving people. So buckle up, because this ministry of Jesus is just getting started\u2026<\/em> – Marty Solomon<\/a><\/p>\n

Willard and the Sermon on the Mount<\/em> – Joe Skillen<\/a><\/p>\n

Judas, Matthew, and the Sermon on the Mount<\/em> – Kevin Keating<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – The Most Beautiful Words That Jesus Ever Said<\/em> <\/a>– The Chosen (Behind the Scenes of Season 2, Episode 8)<\/p>\n

There is so much to know and experience in the person of Jesus Christ. You will not be the same if you truly examine his life and teaching. In closing this, you’ll find a Facebook post below from a friend of mine on:<\/p>\n

Who is Jesus?<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[John 2<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

A son<\/em>
\nA brother<\/em>
\nPart of a community<\/em>
\nAn attender of weddings<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no wonder that after He made a whip and drove the profiteers out of the temple, the Jews asked Him for a SIGN to show that He had the authority to do such a thing.<\/em><\/p>\n

He answered, \u201cDestroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days.\u201d They didn\u2019t understand and thought He was talking about a building, but He was talking about His own body. He knew exactly what was going to happen to Him!<\/em><\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t come to be popular. He came to be a SIGN. He was THE SIGN they were asking for. He came to show us the character, nature, and heart of God. He came to make a God who is beyond understanding, someone we could see and touch and know.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

Wow.<\/em><\/p>\n

I REFLECT JESUS WHEN MY ACTIONS POINT TO GOD AND NOT TO MYSELF.\u00a0 <\/em>– Marlo Huber Salamy<\/a><\/p>\n

2) Procrastinators <\/strong>– This is a struggle for me. If you want to explore this more, there are tons of resources on the web and your public library on this topic. I just want to quickly post Tim Urban’s humorous and telling TED Talk<\/a> (which I found this week) and a few thought-provoking quotes, links, and “actionable ideas”.<\/p>\n