Independent – free from outside control, not depending on another’s authority, self-governing, not influenced or affected by others, impartial, capable of thinking or acting for oneself, not connected with each other, separate, not depending on something or someone else for strength or effectiveness, freestanding
Norm Wakefield – definition of a real man is one who is DEPENDENT on God.
Interdependent – (of two or more people), dependent on each other
Dependent – requiring someone or something for financial, emotional, or other support. Unable to do without.
John 8:25-30 Hearing the Father
John 5:19-20 Seeing the Father
Isaiah 55:3, 8-9
Incline – to lean or a bend in a particular direction
Can You Hear It? by William Lach
(Art: Avenue du Bois, Kees van Dongen, Dutch, 1877-1968, Oil on canvas; Music: An American in Paris (excerpt), George Gershwin, American, 1898-1937 {Music played on recording})
Can you hear the passing cars, honking as they rush through crowded city streets? French horns and actual car horns make these noises.
Now…can you hear horses, clomping in and around traffic, played by the woodblock? people, rushing by on the sidewalk, played by the xylophone?
(Art: My Little White Kitties into Mischief, published by Currier and Ives, American, active 1852-1907; Hand-colored lithograph. Music: Comic Duet for Two Cats, attributed to Gioachino Rossini, Italian, 1792-1868. {Music played on recording})
Can you hear one cat meowing when it sees the spilled milk? A female opera singer known as a mezzo-soprano sings the first cat.
Now….can you hear a second cat joining in with the first, sung by a soprano opera singer (slightly higher than the first)?
the cats hissing when they get too close, also sung by the opera singers
the cats purring when their bellies are full, again sung by the opera singers?
Jesus – interdependent – How Jesus, the man, came to know who He was and His purpose
(Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, wise men, Herod, Shepherds, Anna, Simon, John the Baptist, Holy Spirit)
Luke 1:26-45
Matthew 1:18-24
Matthew 2
Matthew 3;13-17
John 1:32-33
Luke 4:1-4, 14-22
Jesus moved in power out of the secret place with his Father.
Luke 5:12-15 – often withdrew and prayed
Mark 1:35-37 – Arose early to a solitary place to pray
Matthew 14:23 – Sent the multitudes away and was alone by Himself to pray
“Any athlete who expects to excel in sports without adequate preparation is no more ridiculous than a Christian who hopes to act in a Christlike manner when a test comes up but hasn’t yet exercised Godly living.” – P.R.
“It was out of His private preparation that Jesus performed His public service.” – P.R.
Scott Peck – “The Road Less Traveled”
“The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed but a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting His way with us.” – Oswald Chambers