What if you were doing everything right—following all the rules, living a good life—and Jesus looked at you with love and said, "You lack ONE THING"?

In this powerful weekend message, Pastor Lawrence explores one of the most challenging encounters in Scripture: the rich young ruler who asked Jesus about eternal life but couldn't release his possessions to follow Him.

This teaching from Mark 10:17-23 asks us to examine what we're holding onto that keeps us from fully following Jesus. The rich young ruler had wealth, youth, power, and religious devotion—everything the world values. He came to Jesus with the ultimate question: "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Jesus' response was both loving and challenging: "You lack ONE THING: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." The man went away sorrowful because he had great possessions.

In This Episode, You'll Discover:

• The profound question at the heart of life: "Do you want to be something or do you want to do something?"
• Why keeping all the commandments wasn't enough for the rich young ruler
• How Jesus looked at this man with genuine love before giving him the invitation of a lifetime
• The principle that you can't shop horizontally for what can only be found vertically
• Why any invitation into deeper relationship with God almost always involves a choice
• How to identify and release the idols that grip your heart
• Jesus' promise for those who leave everything to follow Him

Key Scripture: Mark 10:17-23

Questions to Reflect On:

1. What's your ONE THING—what stands between you and deeper relationship with Jesus?
2. Are you trusting in earthly possessions or in God for your security?
3. How much do you want more of Jesus?
4. What idols grip your heart that need to be released?

Next Steps:

• Identify what idols grip your heart and cut off their supply
• Invest your resources—time, money, abilities—in lasting kingdom purposes
• Say "yes" to Jesus' Presence, whatever it costs
• Pray: "Jesus, I never want to make the same choice that the rich young ruler made—at any level of my life. I do say 'yes' to your Presence and always want to go deeper, whatever it costs."

Coming Next Week: Hear Jonathan's powerful testimony about how Compassion International transformed his life from victim of global poverty to kingdom minister. Don't miss this inspiring story of investment and multiplication in God's kingdom.

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