Mark 1&2

 It’s truly hard to just think of a couple of notes for the first two chapters of Mark when there's enough material for months of sermons.  These chapters are filled with wonderful accounts of the start of Jesus' ministry.  Stories of people being healed, people leaving their lifelong jobs to follow Jesus, others stopping at nothing to get to Jesus for his healing touch (the paraplegic).  All the while the Pharisees and religious scholars are getting angrier with him.

I think my main take away though would have to be just after Jesus baptism the spirit pushed him into the wilderness.  This is how I felt when I first accepted Jesus into my life.  My worldly friends were no longer by my side and the church hadn’t really welcomed me and that was about the most alone I had ever felt.  During that time it would have been very easy to just go back to my old way of life.

I challenge you to not let anyone feel this way.