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I AM looking for a friend in you.

MIC Check

Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• To remember
• What we are doing
• And why we are doing it

Held In Scripture (Hosting Ignatian Spirituality)

Continued from My Greatest Treasure

I see Jesus.

He is… dead.

Betrayed
To His enemies
By His friends

Hanged
In disgrace
In the public square

I see myself.

Weeping in the shadows
Broken
Alone
Despondent

Hating myself
For not saving Him

Yet knowing
This was His plan
All along

I hear a voice.

I look around
To the left
And the right
But nobody is there

Only a whisper
Hanging in the air
Saying:

“Take heart…”

“There is still a Way!”

To be continued

Response

What did I experience Jesus as?

• Authoritative
• Sacrificed
• Absent

Consolation

How did I move toward Jesus?

• By refusing to save Him
• By grieving the cost of obedience
• By holding the tension
• By listening in the dark

Scripture

“God, I’m crying out to you! I lift up my voice boldly to beg for your mercy. I spill out my heart to you and tell you all my troubles.
For when I was desperate, overwhelmed, and about to give up, you were the only one there to help. You gave me a way of escape from the hidden traps of my enemies.
I look to my left and right to see if there is anyone who will help, but there’s no one who takes notice of me. I have no hope of escape, and no one cares whether I live or die.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭142‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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