Church Of The Lost Sheep

' One day Jesus was in a city where there was a man covered with a serious skin disease. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground. He begged Jesus, “Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean.”  Jesus reached out, touched him, and said, “I want to. So be clean!” Immediately, his skin disease went away. Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone. Instead, show yourself to the priest. Then offer the sacrifice as Moses commanded as proof to people that you are clean.” The news about Jesus spread even more. Large crowds gathered to hear him and have their diseases cured. But he would go away to places where he could be alone for prayer.' Luke 5 [This is the 23rd  message in  this series ] This is what we meant when we say "quiet time".  Jesus did the preaching, the healing and the miraculous in the front end but in the back, He goes away by Himself... to be alone and have quiet moments with Our  Abba Father . [A way from the limelight and the spotligh

Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed." Mark 1:35 NIV Jesus took time out by Himself and spent it with our Heavenly Father, very early in the morning. This fact has been well documented numerous times by those who were with Him during His earthly ministry. Many times He did so after an exhausting day, other times right before He performed something miraculous, or both. It is not hard to see that He gets the strength to carry on from these "quiet times", alone with Our Father as He continuously seeks guidance for the new day and as He gives thanks for the one that just ended (and also giving thanks for what's going to happen). Pattern Jesus shows us this blueprint as our guide to which we can pattern our day to day ministry. Scriptures says, our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the powers of this dark world