Sermon on which way is up

On one such shopping trip they found a guitar, cleaned and tuned it, and gave it to Roberta, a year-old woman in a rehabilitation center who had told them that she always wanted to learn to play the guitar. When Gerty had learned enough to be able to read her first Bible verse, JOHN , she cried as she read it over and over again. On another Saturday the smart shoppers found a slightly used pair of roller blades and gave them to a boy living in a shelter whom they had met.

Doors open to share Christ just by loving people through the gifts we find for them. Our project has taken us a deeper level in serving people: we have gone from addressing needs to building relationships. Christian servants have found that it is not only fulfilling to give in little ways…. You see, the fulfilment that comes from humble servanthood is not always fun or pleasurable. Before he died, he went to Indonesia and as he was walking through a small village there, he came upon a young girl lying on a bamboo mat next to a river.

His guide informed him that she was dying of cancer and had only a short time to live. Pierce was curious as to why she was laying by this river instead of in a bed in the medical clinic and was told this was because of her desire to spend her last days next to the river where it was cool and pleasant.

As he gazed at her, he felt such compassion that he got down on his knees in the mud, took her hand, and began stroking it. When he finished, she looked up and said something. Apparently her pain was too intense to allow her the relief of rest. To God be the glory God came in the name of Jesus and shown the human family that his way is the best way and I gives thanks to God for all you God bless you.

Post Reply Cancel. Back to the Basics. The Best Christmas Ever. The Always God. The Prince of Peace. View all Sermons. The Way Up is Down 2. Firm Footing 3. A Little Does a Lot 4. Download Sermon with PRO. Browse All Media Related Media. Talk about it Willie Clark commented on Aug 13, To God be the glory God came in the name of Jesus and shown the human family that his way is the best way and I gives thanks to God for all you God bless you.

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Contributed by Lane Hastie on Nov 8, based on 1 rating. Browse All Media Related Media. Your Viewing History Browse All. He scrutinizes our hearts even now! What motivates this unceasing search by God? He is eager! He stands ready at all times. He so wants to show Himself strong on behalf of any boy or girl, any man or woman whose heart is whole toward Him! His eyes rested on a young boy named Josiah, who had everything against him, and found a heart that was completely devoted to Him.

But how do you make this happen? Please notice the choices Josiah made that have up-to-the-minute relevance in fostering a God-centered heart. Josiah set his eyes on a single, simple goal—to so live that God is pleased with all my ways. He rose above the spiritual emptiness at home. He rose above peer pressure. Josiah swam against the current of his day by setting a simple personal priority at the core of who he was: More than anything else, he wanted to live a life pleasing to God!

Verse 3 tells us that as he grew older, his devotion to the Lord increased so that it was obvious to those around him. By the time he was sixteen, his determination to pursue and worship God so marked his public life that the historian who wrote 2 Chronicles made a record of it for us.

By his twentieth birthday, his character had been so shaped by God that he used his office to institute a nationwide purging of every trace of idolatry. It took six years to take away all the false crutches that people were looking to. And then, when he was twenty-six years old, Josiah turned his attention on the dilapidated Temple, which had not been attended to in over years since King Joash. Look at v. He wanted his life to be pleasing to God.

Josiah wove specific habits into the rhythms of his days that kept him on a path of holiness and tuned his heart to the Lord. The ways of…David are easy to discern from his writings.

That his private life was strengthened by these holy habits was seen when a copy of Deuteronomy was found while the Temple was being repaired. After this, Josiah lead to publicly made a covenant to obey the Word of God with all his heart and with all his soul v. There is a simplicity to the life of the godly. All through the Bible, the way of righteousness is a straight ahead. It calls us avoid the detours off this path; they promise much, but lead you to dead ends and death.

Josiah won the battles with temptations before they came by determining what he would and would not do. And why has it become the norm for college-age students to fall away? My body is Yours, Lord, so be glorified by what I do on a date and what I take into Your body and what I participate in.

I want to please You! Are there any here who would pledge themselves to developing daily habits that support that goal? Have you already decided what you will do in the day of temptation so that you are prepared to win?