Mechanical Ministry

Mark 5:34 -He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”Recently, I ran across the following stats while reading:The Gospels communicate roughly 132 contacts Jesus had with ordinary people outside of his group of disciples. Six were in the Jewish templeFour in the local synagogues122 were just in the natural flow of living His life. I actually didn’t count them myself, but in general, as you consider the Gospels, they appear to be accurate in nature. Regardless of the exact numbers, the proportions are borne out in Scripture with even a cursory reading. For the sake of this message, these “contacts” are understood to be opportunity for evangelism, ministry or demonstrating Christlikeness which of course […]