{"id":5814,"date":"2022-07-17T16:28:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T21:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=5814"},"modified":"2022-07-17T16:28:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T21:28:35","slug":"they-left-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/17\/they-left-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"They Left It All"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5815\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/nets-300x203-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6>Sunday school lessons taught year after year, bringing \u201cGood News\u201d for all to hear\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Men and women of unrenowned birth, not much to talk about, not much worth\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>To the eyes of the elite, they were poor and unclean<\/h6>\n<h6>But Jesus called them, \u201cCome follow me. I\u2019ll teach things others have never seen.<\/h6>\n<h6>Carpenters and fishermen of the lowest means\u2026what they had wasn\u2019t much of material gain\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>But what they gave would last and would forever remain\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>They left it all as each heard the call\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Students, then they all became!<\/h6>\n<h6>Are you willing to follow to leave all behind\u2026?<\/h6>\n<h6>To inherit life of the supernatural kind.<\/h6>\n<h6>Jesus is asking, can you hear his voice? Follow me, will you make the wise choice?<\/h6>\n<h6>The ancients followed without a thought<\/h6>\n<h6>Changing history, they were caught<\/h6>\n<h6>Preaching and teaching from the &#8220;Master\u2019s&#8221; hand\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Left it all, and now they stand\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>In heavenly places, priests, prophets, kings\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Hear him calling, are you ready to bring?<\/h6>\n<h6>The lost to the Savior, healing to the sick, mercy to the seeking, Peace to the weak?<\/h6>\n<h6>Turning now, and leaving all, no thought of tomorrow, life here and now\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Come follow me!<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill July 17, 2022<\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>Matthew 4:19-20\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>New King James Version\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><sup>19\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><em>Then He said to them, \u201cFollow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.\u201d\u00a0<strong><sup>20\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>They immediately left their nets and followed Him.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday school lessons taught year after year, bringing \u201cGood News\u201d for all to hear\u2026 Men and women of unrenowned birth, not much to talk about, not much worth\u2026 To the eyes of the elite, they were poor and unclean But Jesus called them, \u201cCome follow me. 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