I was very excited when I was listening to the talk on generosity that was so fantastic.

I didn't know that as a church you've been reading the book of Mark and tonight I'm going to

teach from the book of Mark chapter six. So why don't you turn with me to Mark chapter,

it's always a good sign when you're going to get up and preach the word you're looking for

any encouragement. So if someone gets up before you and says we've been reading through Mark,

you're going, that's a sign from God. And so that probably is. Mark chapter six will start

of verse 30. The Bible says the apostles returned to Jesus and told him all they had done and taught

and he said to them, come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while. For many were

coming and going and they had no leisure even to eat. They obviously didn't live in Atlanta but

anyway. So you would find time to eat no matter what. And they went away in the boat to a

desolate place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them and they ran their

on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd

and had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd and he began to teach

them many things and when a great lady's disciples came to him and said this is a desolate place and

the hour is now late. Send them away to go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy

themselves something to eat before the Jerusalem food court closes at the mall. That is in the original

Greek. You can go and find that if you search. But he almost just wondering if anyone would even

notice you know whatever you've checked on your phone whatever. But he answered them you give them

something to eat and they said to him shall we go and buy 200 dinari worth of bread and give it

to them to eat and he said to them how many loaves do you have go and see and when they found out

they said five and two fish. Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass so

not the brown grass just the green grass that's the only piece of grass they're allowed to sit on.

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