Apr 24 2011 dcfc english Worship [The Master & The Disciple] Luke 24: 28-36
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CHILDREN, ANSWERED PRAYERJoke - Too Full A QuiverDate: 6/2006.101 14 Nov 2010 DCFC English Worship – [Satisfying Life’s Desires] Ps 127 Secret of Success 1001 Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking #656 – Joke Back in the days when fathers waited outside for the baby to be born, there were three men waiting for the joyous news. The first was informed by the nurse that his wife had twins. He told the nurse, "Isn’t that ironic. I pitch for the Minnesota Twins." A few minutes later the second man learned his wife had triplets. The coincidence was that he worked for 3-M. The third man panicked and raced for the door. he was stopped and asked what happened. "I work for a 7-11 store and I'm getting out of here!"
Cultivating faithDate: 6/2008.101 British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once had a discussion with a man who firmly believed that children should not be given formal religious instruction, but should be free to choose their own religious faith when they reached maturity. Coleridge did not disagree, but later invited the man into his somewhat neglected garden. "Do you call this a garden?" the visitor exclaimed. "There are nothing but weeds here!" "Well, you see," Coleridge replied, "I did not wish to infringe upon the liberty of the garden in any way. I was just giving the garden a chance to express itself." Daily Walk, March 28, 1992 CHILDREN, RULES OF RAISINGHonoring the motherDate: 5/2006.101 Susannah Wesley was married at age 19 to Samuel Wesley, a minister, and had nineteen children. Samuel was often gone for church meetings and revivals, so she assumed the primary load in raising the children. Two of her sons are well-known to us today: John and Charles Wesley. John launched the Methodist movement and Charles was a celebrated composer and hymn-writer; you would recognize some of his music like Christ the Lord is Risen Today and Hark! the Herald Angels Sing. Susannah Wesley spent time each day praying for her 19 children. She also took each child aside for a full hour every week to discuss spiritual matters. She also expected each child to be able to read the Book of Genesis by the time he or she was six years child. Here are her famous 16 rules of raising children: 1. Eating between meals not allowed. 2. As children they are to be in bed by 8 p.m. 3. They are required to take medicine without complaining. 4. Subdue self-will in a child, and those working together with God to save the child's soul. 5. To teach a child to pray as soon as he can speak. 6. Require all to be still during Family Worship. 7. Give them nothing that they cry for, and only that when asked for politely. 8. To prevent lying, punish no fault which is first confessed and repented of. 9. Never allow a sinful act to go unpunished. 10. Never punish a child twice for a single offense. 11. Comment and reward good behavior. 12. Any attempt to please, even if poorly performed, should be commended. 13. Preserve property rights, even in smallest matters. 14. Strictly observe all promises. 15. Require no daughter to work before she can read well. 16. Teach children to fear the rod. (from Victor Yap; list from \webpage{http://www.familyofdestiny.com/article_16rules.htm}) CHILDREN, VICESWrong Number – HumorDate: 5/2007.101 Funny Stuff by Clyde Murdock (Humor) P84 The teenage daughter had been on the family telephone for half an hour. When finally she did hang up, her father said sarcastically, "You usually talk for two hours. What stopped you this time?" "Wrong Number!" CHOICE, EVILRoe vs. Wade – AbortionDate: 3/2009.101 9/20/2009 DCFC English [Life & Theology - Is there a connection?] Theology of the Imago Dei Have you ever made a poor choice that ended up destroying many lives? Norma McCorvey was influenced by her attorneys, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee, and used to change the landscape of America. Norma, whose pseudonym was "Jane Roe," was an unmarried woman who sought to get an abortion to end her pregnancy. In Texas, where Roe lived, abortions to end pregnancies not endangering the mother's life were illegal. So, Roe being used by her attorneys, filed suit against Texas and took her suit to the Supreme Court. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Roe and declared many anti-abortion laws unconstitutional. In 1995, Norma McCorvey was answering phones at the Dallas clinic, A Choice for Women, when the pro-life group Operation Rescue moved into the office space next door. She tried trading insults with the pro-lifers, but they rebuffed her barbs with smiles, scripture and an invitation to church. McCorvey quit her clinic job later that summer and announced her conversion to Christianity. Operation Rescue's national director, Rev. Philip "Flip" Benham, baptized McCorvey in a Dallas swimming pool. In 2004, McCorvey went before the New Orleans Circuit Court of Appeals with a motion to overturn the Supreme Court's 1973 decision. The New Orleans court rejected the motion and dropped the case. On Sunday, January 13, 2008, McCorvey, the keynote speaker at a Choose Life Rally in Reno, Nevada, said, "I felt that I was doing something good for humankind, and I was wrong. I stand before you now, and I ask for your forgiveness." CHOICE, WISEChoice - God or MaterialDate: 11/2005.101 2005 - Saipan 28 May 2006 - Pandan Chinese Xi Yang - Luke 4:1-11 ~ Qualities of a Disciple 2 Sept 2006 - YOC Camping - Luke 5:1-11 ~ The Qualities of a Disciple 5 Dec 2006 - DTS PM 202 Senior Sermon - Luke 9:18-27 Senior Chapel 24 April 2007 - Luke 9:18-27 Sept 2007 FWC Retreat: The Kingdom is Here - Kingdom Path Luke 9:18-27 Oct 2007 Germany Leipzig/Weimar - Luke 5:1-11 - Qualities of a disciple Aug 10 2008 - FCBC Mandarin - Luke 9:18-27 - Way of the Cross Aug 24 2008 - MSU Mission Trip - Luke 9:18-27 - Way of the Cross Feb 13 2011 – DCFC Chinese - Luke 9:18-27 – Way of the Cross Mar 13 2011 DCFC English Worship – [The Master & The Disciple] Luke 6:20-49 The Call of the Disciple Sept 3-5 2011 RCCC Retreat [Renewing our first love for Christ] Renewing our vision of the Cross Luke 9:18-27
Source: Poem of William McChesney, Missionary to Congo who martyred in 1964 at the hands of Muslim rebels I want my breakfast served at eight, with hams and eggs upon the plate; A well-broiled steak I'll eat at one, and dine again when the day is done. I want an ultra-modern home, and in each room a telephone, Soft carpets too upon the floors, and pretty drapes to grace the doors. A cozy place of lovely things, like easy chairs with inner springs And then I'll get a small TV - of course, I'm careful what I see. I want my wardrobe too to be, of neatest finest quality; With latest style in suit & vest: Why should not Christians have the best? But then my Master I can hear, in no uncertain voice so clear; "I bid you come and follow Me, the lowly Man of Galilee." If He be God and died for me, No sacrifice too great can be; For me, a mortal man to make, I'll do it all for Jesus' sake. Yes, I will tread the path He trod, no other way to please my God. So henceforth this my choice shall be, My choice for all eternity. CHOICE, WISE Crowd FollowersDate: 9/2007.101 Fresh Ideas: Illustrations, stories & quotations - Jim Burns & Greg McKinnon P75 - Matthew 7:13-14 Look at those Crowd Followers, now aren't they a bunch? Following the crowd from breakfast to lunch. Never asking, "Where are we going?" Just riding the current wherever it's flowing. They say to themselves, "Now this sure is a breeze, Following the crowd is as easy as you please." They never stop to consider where all this will end; They just keep on following all of their friends. "Everyone else must know where we're heading, So why should I do any fretting? I'll just follow the crowd all day and all night. I'm sure everything will turn out all right. "Everyone is laughing and having such fun, Why not following the crows would be really dumb. I really don't care where all this may end; I just want to keep having fun with my friends." But every road must come to an end. The Crowd Followers too have to round the last bend. And when they do they will come face to face With the Creator & the Designer of the whole human race. And He'll not ask what the crowd has to say, For each person will have to speak for themselves that day. And when everything has been said and been done, The crowd again will march forward as one. No one will, that day want to follow their friends, because they know destruction will be their end. But because they spent their life following the crowd. On that final day no turning back will be allowed. Application: If you decide to follow the crowd in life, you need to ask yourself one question: "Do I really want to go where the crowd is heading?" Exodus 23:2; Joshua 24:15; Daniel 1:5, Daniel 1:8-17; Luke 13:24-30; John 21:19
ExcusesDate: 1/2007.101 Chaplin Bill Bryan - BC101 Biblical Counseling Your past may explain the way you are, but it does not excuse the way you are - Bill Bryan CHOICE, WISE The ChoiceDate: 6/2007.101 Daily Bread Nov 6 2006 You’ve heard the infamous name of John Wilkes Booth. He assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. But have you heard about Edwin Booth, John’s eldest brother? Edwin, a well-known actor, was waiting at a Jersey City train station when he saw someone slip and fall off the platform. Edwin quickly grabbed the man’s collar and pulled him to safety rescuing him from serious injury or death. Who was the man he saved? Abraham Lincoln’s son Robert, a soldier in the Civil War. How ironic that the man who saved Lincolns son had a brother who would soon kill the president. One saved a life; one took a life. One chose life; the other chose death. The Lord gave His people a choice between life and death: They could love Him and obey His commands (Deuteronomy 30:16), or they could worship and serve other gods (Deuteronomy 30:17). He told them, I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life (Deuteronomy 30:19). We too have a choice between life and death. We can receive Jesus as our Savior and live with Him forever, or we can reject Jesus and be in darkness forever without Him. The best choice is clear. Receive God’s gift of His Son Jesus. Choose life! Anne Cetas The choice we make determines our Eternal destination; One leads to everlasting life; The other, condemnation. The choice you make today will determine your tomorrow.
Time will TellDate: 9/2007.101 13 July 2008 DCFC English - Heb 11:4 - Abel the Speaking Dead Fresh Ideas: Illustrations, stories & quotations - Jim Burns & Greg McKinnon P83 - Mark 8:36 In 1923 a meeting was held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. Attending the meeting were nine of the world's most successful financiers: Charles Schwab, steel magnate; Samuel Insull, president of the largest utility company; Howard Hopson, president of the largest gas company, Arthur Cotton, the greatest wheat speculator; Richard Whitney, president of the NY Stock Exchange, Albert Fall, a member of the president's cabinet; Leon Fraser, president of the Bank of International Settlements; Jesse Livermore, the great "bear" on Wall Street and Ivar Krueger, head of the most powerful monopoly. 25 years later, Charles Schwab died in bankruptcy and had lived his last five years on borrowed money; Samuel Insull had died a fugitive from justice and penniless in a foreign land; Howard Hopson was insane, Arthur Cotton had died abroad, in solvent; Richard Whitney had spent time in Sing Sing; Albert Fall had been pardoned so that he could die at home, Jesse Livermore, Ivar Krueger and Leon Fraser had all died by suicide. Application: It is possible to spend all your life trying to gain the world and only to lose your own soul in the process. Matt 6:24, 28-33; Mark 8:34-38; Luke 12:15-21; Luke 14:25-35; John 12:23-25; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Tossing the QueenDate: 4/2007.101 During the heyday of the Napoleonic era, French troops fanned out around the globe to share the best of France with their colonies and to bring the best things from those colonies back to France. Included in this cultural exchange was a storehouse filled with ancient Egyptian artifacts. As the empire waned, many of these treasures found their way into the basement of the Paris museum. In the 1940s some workmen uncovered a burial case squeezed into an obscure corner of the basement. They decided that the box would make an excellent storage space for many of the treasures. Without consulting the museum's caretakers, they simply emptied the contents into the sewer and filled it with odds and ends of Egyptian artifacts. Only later did they discover that they had inadvertently disposed of the remains of Egypt's most famous personage Cleopatra. Where to Take It from Here... In ignorance people regularly discard things of great value. Jesus Christ is God's greatest gift to mankind, yet he continues to be rejected by those who do not believe (1 Peter 2:7). CHOICE, WISE Which Way am I growing?Date: 3/2007.101 CS Lewis: Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before." We can choose to submit our wills to God each day, asking Him to give us strength to live for Him and for others. Some folks grow old gracefully, but others become grouchy and ill-tempered. It's important to know which way we are growing because we are all growing older. Surer than autumn's harvests Are harvests of thought and deed; Like those that our hands have planted, The yield will be like the seed. - Harris Directory: cfs-filesystemfile.ashx -> key -> CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments -> General editors john baillie key -> Eternity! Eternity key -> Annotated Bibliography key -> [The first seventeen verses of Matthew consists of Jesus' family tree CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments -> A box of treasure by beverly carradine key -> The life and times — of — benjamin franklin, — by — joseph franklin, and key -> The flying inn key -> Abraham, or the Obedience of Faith CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments -> C cares, of the world Download 0.72 Mb. Share with your friends:
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