Message Notes

“Finding Clarity”

Get Away
Mark 8:23 He (Jesus) took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
Luke 5:16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Lamentations 3:26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Get Dirty
Sometimes you have to choose between Clarity and Comfort
Jesus is nothing if not radical and unconventional
Mark 8:23 He (Jesus) took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

Work with your hands
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
The value of doing something else (best ideas in the shower)

Get Dirty
John 9:6 After saying this, he (Jesus) spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.  
The Truth can be messy, but not as messy as continuing in a lie

Get Complete
Don’t Settle for half a Healing

Only Recorded Progressive healing Jesus did
23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”
25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Get Personal
Mark 8:26 Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”
Mark 8:26 KJV And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
Do it for You!
Don’t let anyone talk you out of your healing, don’t let anyone talk you out of your clarity
Mark 6:4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.

Conclusion and Altar Call
2 Kings 6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
John 3:3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”