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MOST INSPIRING STORY

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“The most inspiring story I ever heard and why?” is one of the questions in the “TABLE TALKERS” box. If you have read previous posts on this blog you will remember the Table Talkers box. On the box is written, “Find out the answers to 46 revealing questions in this box and get to know your friends and family a whole lot better at your next social occasion.”

I read the most inspiring story I ever came across in the book called THE PASTOR’S WIFE by Sabina Wurmbrand.

At the very end of the book she tells the story of a boy standing at the beach and waving to a ship on the ocean. That steamer will not change its course because of the waving of the little boy, thinks a man who observes all that. He had hardly told the boy how silly he was, when the steamer changed its course and picked up the boy at his side. While the steamer took off the boy stood on the bridge and with his loudest voice he called to the man at the beach that he was not a fool and that the captain was his father.

Now I have told you the most inspiring story I have ever heard and here is the reason why?

In the last sentence of the book the writer says that we know two things about God who steers the universe on its course.

We don’t only know that God is our Father, but that he also hears our prayers.

 

WHAT IS THE GREATEST GIFT?

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“There is no greater gift than mobility,” says the ad in the paper. “Outdoor and Now Exclusive FLIGHT/CRUISE/TRAVEL Fold-up, Light Weight Scooters,” are advertised.

Reading that I am asking myself, “What is the greatest gift?” because I notice that different people give different answers to that question.

In one of my books someone writes

  • THAT THE BIBLE IS THE THIRD GREATEST GIFT,

The Bible, the Word of God

  1. Foolish people despise the Bible.
  2. The Bible is the Book of the Ages. Matthew 24:35
  3. The Bible is Food for the Soul. Psalm 119:103
  4. The Bible is divinely inspired. Second Timothy 3:16
  5. The Bible gives us Hope. Romans 15:4
  6. The Bible gives Knowledge of Eternal life. First John 5:13
  • THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE SECOND GREATEST GIFT AND
  1. The Holy Spirit dwells in believers. First Corinthians 3:16
  2. The Holy Spirit is our Teacher. Luke 12:12
  3. The Holy Spirit gives Life. John 6:63
  4. The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of Truth. John 14:17
  5. The Holy Spirit is called the Comforter. John 14:16 (Authorized Version)
  • THAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE GREATEST GIFT.
  1. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Creator. Colossians 1:16
  2. The Mission of the Lord Jesus Christ. Matthew 5:17; Matthew 20:28; Luke 4:43; Luke 12:49; Luke 19:10; John 3:17; John 9:39; John 10:10; John 12:47; John 18:37; 1 Timothy 1:15.

“FOR THE SON OF MAN CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE WHAT WAS LOST.” – Luke 19:10

The question is: “What is the greatest gift?”

What is your answer?

I have seen this message in the Far North of New Zealand.

Sermon Outline – NT – NIV

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I have seen this message in the Far North of New Zealand.

“I MYSELF AM CONVINCED, MY BROTHERS,

Romans 15:14,15

Intr.:

THAT YOU YOURSELVES ARE

  • FULL OF GOODNESS,
  • COMPLETE IN KNOWLEDGE AND
  • COMPETENT TO INSTRUCT ONE ANOTHER.

End:

I HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU QUITE BOLDLY ON SOME POINTS, …”

GOLDEN NUGGET

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Samurai swords

“But if the watchman sees the word coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, that man will be taken away because of his sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.” – Ezekiel 33:6