{"id":2256,"asset_id":2568,"title":"Crossing Over - A Call to Be on the Side Where Jesus Is -\u00a0Crystal G.H. Lowery, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina -\u00a0Nov 19, 2025","alias":"crossing-over-a-call-to-be-on-the-side-where-jesus-is-crystal-g-h-lowery-mount-pleasant-south-carolina-nov-19-2025","introtext":"<div id=\"dispwordtitle\">\r\n<h1>Crossing Over - A Call to Be on the Side Where Jesus Is -&nbsp;Crystal G.H. Lowery, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina -&nbsp;Nov 19, 2025<\/h1>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"archive\">\r\n<div>\r\n<p align=\"center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.elijahlist.com\/faces\/Crystal_Lowery_2020_New_600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"170\" style=\"float: right;\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"center\" \/><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"word-truncate\">\r\n<p class=\"subtitle\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Groaning of the Heart of Jesus<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Jesus landed on one side of the lake in Mark 8, He was immediately met&nbsp;<em>not<\/em>&nbsp;by followers longing for truth, but by Pharisees ready to&nbsp;<em>confront<\/em>&nbsp;Him. The Scripture says, \"The Pharisees came and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from Heaven to test Him\" (Mark 8:11 ESV).<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That word \"confront\" carries weight. It doesn't describe curiosity; it exposes conflict. It tells us that the Pharisees weren't seeking revelation; they were seeking validation of their unbelief. They wanted to trap Jesus in His words, to control the narrative, to reduce the Son of God to a debate partner. But Jesus didn't take their bait. Mark tells us something profound: \"He sighed deeply in His spirit\" (Mark 8:12 ESV).<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was not the sigh of exhaustion or irritation. It was the sigh of divine sorrow. It was the groan of Heaven at the blindness of the religiously hardened heart.&nbsp;<strong>Jesus wasn't frustrated because He was being challenged; He was grieved because those who claimed to know God could not recognize Him standing before them.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then Jesus answers simply and prophetically: \"No sign will be given to this generation\" (Mark 8:12 ESV). In other words, \"You're asking for what you already have. The Sign is standing in front of you.\"&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/elijahlist.com\/words\/display_word.html?ID=33368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"8","created":"2025-11-19 15:11:58","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2025-11-19 15:11:58","modified_by":null,"checked_out":null,"checked_out_time":null,"publish_up":"2025-11-20 11:00:12","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":1,"ordering":null,"metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":null,"metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"1","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}