Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—John 5:1-9
by: Paula Davis.
Do you notice that when Jesus asked the paralyzed man in this passage if he wanted to be healed, he immediately came up with an excuse? I wonder if a part of this man became so accustomed to his paralysis that he did not know how to live any other way. I sometimes find myself making excuses to God as well, for why I cannot change in an area of my life. “But I…” comes out of my mind and mouth too often. May we live today ready for Jesus to produce a solution to our problems without coming up with excuses—only embracing His healing!
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