Apr 24 2011 dcfc english Worship [The Master & The Disciple] Luke 24: 28-36
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CHRIST, INCARNATIONA Stranger At The Door – GospelDate: 6/2006.101 28 Feb 2010 DCFC English Worship – [Building a Community in Christ] Eph 2:11-22 What is Church? More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks P25 It was snowy Christmas Eve. Inside the warm house, the Christmas tree was cheerfully ablaze with lights and surrounded by dozens of presents. The man's wife and children were dressed and ready to leave for church. "Come with us," they urged, for they loved him. "Not me," he snapped. "I don’t believe all that religion garbage." For many years the man’s wife had been trying to tell him about Jesus Christ and the salvation he offers. How God’s Son had become a human being in order to show us the way to heaven. "Nonsense," the man always said. The family left for church and the man was all alone in his cozy country home. He glanced out the window at the cold snowy scene outside. He turned to warm himself by the fire. But as he turned, his eyes caught a movement in the snow outside. He looked. Cats! Three young cats walking slowly past his window. "The fools," he thought. "They'll freeze for sure!" The man put on his hat and coat and opened the door. A blast of wintery air sent a shiver through his body. "Come here, cats! Come inside where there's warmth and food. You'll die out there." But the cats ran away, frightened by the stranger at the door. He walked outside. "Come back! Don’t be afraid, I want to save you." But the cats were gone. It was too late. "Well, I did everything I could do? I'd have to become a cat myself in order to reach them and save them. If I became a cat, I could tell them and show them. They would have to believe me then, unless they were fools." Just as he reached the door, the church bells rang in the distance. The man paused for a second and listened. Then he went in by the fire, go down on his knees and wept. Application: And that is what the Christmas story is all about. The Creator of the universe loved us so much that he came to earth to show us how to be saved. And if we listen to him and follow him, we will not perish, but instead will be given everlasting life (John 3:16; John 2:6-8). CHRIST, KNOWING OFYou Know the Psalm - Knowing the Author of the BibleDate: 6/2006.101 2 Sept 2006 - YOC Camping - Eph 4:7-13 ~ Gifts of a believer 12 Oct 2008 DCFC English "We have a dream..." Eph 4:11-13 - Candle in the Darkness 2-4 Apr 2010 ACBC Revival Meeting (Mandarin) – [Growing in Love, Building the Church] Eph 4:1-16 The Growth of the Church
But one night, just before the actor was to offer his customary recital of Psalms 23, a young man from the audience spoke up. "Sir, do you mind if tonight I recite Os 23?" The actor was quite taken aback by this unusual request, but he allowed the young man to come forward and stand front and center of the stage to recite the psalm, knowing that the ability of this unskilled youth would be no match for his own talent. With a soft voice, the young man began to recite the words of the psalm. When he was finished, there was no applause. There was no standing ovation as on other nights. All that could be heard was the sound of weeping. The audience had been so moved by the young man's recitation, that every eye was full of tears. Amazed by what he heard, the actor said to the youth, "I don't understand. I have been performing Psalms 23 for years. I have a lifetime of experience and training - but I have never been able to move the audience as you have tonight. Tell me, what is your secret?" The young man humbly replied, "Well sir, you know the psalm... but I know the shepherd." Application: It's not enough to just know the content of the Bible & its stories, its sayings and its teachings. Unless you know the author, the Bible is nothing more than just another book. But when you put your faith in Jesus Christ and have entered into a personal relationship with God the Father, the Bible truly becomes "living and active - sharper than any double-edged sword." (Hebrews 4:12) CHRIST, LORDSHIP OF,$160 GiftDate: 3/2008.101 3 Mar 2008 DCFC English Mark 8:27-38 - No Fool Disciple Personal 2 years ago I was on a mission trip to Saipan an island in the Pacific ocean which belongs to the US. There are quite a number of clothing factories there and they hire seamstresses from Mainland China. Their salary is only about $1.60 per hour, that is 4-5 times lower than the minimum wage in US. Whatever they earn in the first year goes to the agent and they only have two more years to earn money for themselves. So most of them come with one objective in mind - to make as much money as possible! But they never expected to encounter God. And their lives are so radically change that we just cannot help but get infected by their joyous faith in the Lord. We were teaching them of giving Jesus lordship over their lives, but they had taught us so much more with their lives. When we were about to leave, two of the sisters came up to me and gave me an envelope. I opened it and saw $160 inside. I could not accept it, but they insisted and just ran off. $160 may not be much to us, we would probably blow that in a week - but it means 100 hours of manual labor for them I was really touched & humbled. They lived out for me what I could only tell them in words. For people whose only objective when they left home was to earn money, this was a picture of the lordship of Christ over their lives. 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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