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Have you ever felt like something just wasn’t right? You’re not sure what, but something felt...wrong. Perhaps it was the way a friend treated you. Maybe it was an exchange between people that you couldn’t believe was happening. Or it could be the Mexican food you just ate. Whatever it was, something was backwards about the whole thing.

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Sometimes we come across a book or a teacher that just blows our mind away. KABOOM! Call it a case of perfect timing, but you were ready and open for new information. And when they delivered, your life was changed.

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In a very real sense, that is why Jess came. Jesus was all about making things that weren’t as if they were. Take blind people for example. Jesus helped them to see. The deaf could hear. Those who were dead were brought to life. Check it out in Matthew 11. Jesus tells people exactly what He’s doing.

But Jesus didn’t stop there. He came to deal with our hearts as well.
I think this is a large part of why many people had a problem with Jesus. He challenged the status quo. He shove din on our comfort zones.

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Jesus said it didn’t matter if people hated us. We should love in return. He said it didn’t matter if life was unloading on us. Live with joy. And Jesus railed against our self-obsession over and over. We may not understand the math, but less of us is more. And when we choose to lose ourselves, that is when our true life is found.

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