THE ROCK OF REMEMBRANCE (3 OF 7)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: I Samuel 7:1-17
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The Rock of Remembrance (3 of 7)
Series: The Boy Prophet
Jeff Strite
I Samuel 7:1-17
OPEN: The story's told of an old Navajo Indian who had had the good fortune to have oil discovered on his land. He became a very wealthy man as a result, but wealth did not change him. He went on living just as he was before. In the meantime, the money piled up in the bank.
But every now and then the old man would visit the bank and say to the banker, ''Crops all dried up; sheep all dead; cattle all stolen.''
The banker would smile and take the old man into the vault, he'd sit him at a table and place several bags of silver dollars in front of him and leave him alone for awhile for the Indian to count his silver.
After a while the man would come out and say, ''Crops fine; sheep all alive; cattle all back.''
APPLY: Every once in a while, people need to be reminded of things.
Throughout the Bible God's people are told to remember things
In Number 15:38-39 for example God tells Moses ''Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. You will have these tassels to look at and so you will REMEMBER all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by going after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes.'''
* In Deuteronomy 8:2 Israel was told ''REMEMBER how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart.''
* Deuteronomy 5:15 - ''REMEMBER that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm…''
* Deuteronomy 15:15 ''REMEMBER that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you.''
* Psalm 105:5 ''REMEMBER the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced''
And in the New Testament Revelation 3:3 declares ''REMEMBER, therefo ...
Series: The Boy Prophet
Jeff Strite
I Samuel 7:1-17
OPEN: The story's told of an old Navajo Indian who had had the good fortune to have oil discovered on his land. He became a very wealthy man as a result, but wealth did not change him. He went on living just as he was before. In the meantime, the money piled up in the bank.
But every now and then the old man would visit the bank and say to the banker, ''Crops all dried up; sheep all dead; cattle all stolen.''
The banker would smile and take the old man into the vault, he'd sit him at a table and place several bags of silver dollars in front of him and leave him alone for awhile for the Indian to count his silver.
After a while the man would come out and say, ''Crops fine; sheep all alive; cattle all back.''
APPLY: Every once in a while, people need to be reminded of things.
Throughout the Bible God's people are told to remember things
In Number 15:38-39 for example God tells Moses ''Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. You will have these tassels to look at and so you will REMEMBER all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by going after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes.'''
* In Deuteronomy 8:2 Israel was told ''REMEMBER how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart.''
* Deuteronomy 5:15 - ''REMEMBER that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm…''
* Deuteronomy 15:15 ''REMEMBER that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you.''
* Psalm 105:5 ''REMEMBER the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced''
And in the New Testament Revelation 3:3 declares ''REMEMBER, therefo ...
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