{"id":9771,"date":"2021-06-01T08:27:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=9771"},"modified":"2021-06-01T08:27:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:27:20","slug":"eyesofempathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2021\/06\/eyesofempathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes of Empathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Series: Eyes Wide Open<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>TITLE: Eyes of Empathy<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Scripture:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Mk. 5: 21-43<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIVES OF DESPERATION REACHING OUT \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Each of the four Gospels was written to a different audience. Mark\u2019s gospel was written primarily to a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Roman<\/strong><\/span>) audience.\u00a0 The Roman culture was known as an (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>abandonment<\/strong><\/span>) culture.\u00a0 One common ritual was called (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>exposure<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Act One: A Desperate Dad<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Two kinds of suffering in this world:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Primary<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Secondary<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Act Two: A Desperate Woman<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Two things about this woman:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The issue of blood has been 12 years. Speculation abounds<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No medical solution made her a religious outcast<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\n<h4><strong>\u00a0 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIVES OF DESPERATION FINDING RELIEF \u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Act Three: Rescue<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The woman\u2019s life is altered.\u00a0 Her response to Jesus\u2019 response.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus gave her just what (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>she needed<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The good news for Jairus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How did Jesus rescue?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rescued a woman who had (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>suffered<\/strong><\/span>) for 12 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rescued a young 12 year old from a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>short life<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rescued parents from an (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>empty existence<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\n<p>Next Week: Eyes of Truth- Luke 7: 36-50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge Series: Eyes Wide Open TITLE: Eyes of Empathy Scripture:\u00a0\u00a0 Mk. 5: 21-43 &nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIVES OF DESPERATION REACHING OUT \u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; Each of the four Gospels was written to a different audience. Mark\u2019s gospel was written primarily to a (Roman) audience.\u00a0 The Roman culture was known as an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2021\/06\/eyesofempathy\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9772,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9771\/revisions\/9772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}