Immersion Quotes

“Hebrews 10:24 (NLT), “Think of ways to encourage one another to outbursts of love and good deeds.”
― Mark McNees, Immersion

“Taking care of orphans, widows, and the under-resourced in our communities is the responsibility of the church. It is one of the things we have been called to do. Unfortunately, the church has often abdicated its responsibility to the state. It has gone so far that even people who are part of the church now think that caring for the “least of these” is the responsibility of the state.103 I have a dear friend who works for the State in social services. We have had many discussions about this, but the mutual conclusion we have reached is that the State does because the Church didn’t. One day I tried to paint a picture for him of what I would love to see happen. I told him that I wish the church was so faithful to the “least of these” that when a politician came up with a new social program to care for people, people would just scratch their heads in confusion and ask, “Why would we do that? The church does that and does a great job at it. There is no way the government could do it any better.” This is not supposed to be a commentary on the role of government; it is an indictment of the church’s failure to fulfill the call to be an advocate for justice and an instrument of hope.104”
― Mark McNees, Immersion

“The hallmark of loving God with all your soul is not demonstrated by the lack of need in your life, but your acceptance that God is the fulfillment of your need.”
― Mark McNees, Immersion

“In Proverbs 27:6 we are told, “Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.” If growth was easy they would not call it “growing pains” and those pains sometime come from a sincere friend who has earned the relational right to tell us the truth. Just make sure you don’t get bit from behind.”
― Mark McNees, Immersion

“When your computer gets all buggered up and freezes on you, you don’t throw it away (even though you may want to), you hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete to stop the function(s) that is making your operating system freak out. Our God not only allows for Ctrl+Alt+Delete in our lives, He is the author of it. When we overload our heart, soul, mind, bodies, and relationships and our lives freeze up on us and nothing is working as it should anymore, God is there, saying, “Hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Let’s reset and go forward living life the way I created it to be lived.”
― Mark McNees, Immersion