WHERE WERE YOU WHEN JESUS FOUND YOU? (2 OF 7)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Psalm 40:1-17
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Where Were You When Jesus Found You? (2 of 7)
Series: Psalms for the Seasons
Jim Perdue
Psalm 40:1-17
Intro/Attention
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know the turkey may still be in your system but there's no napping during the sermon. Today, we continue our series, Psalms for the Season. Find Psalm 40 and consider this question with me, Where Were You When Jesus Found You?
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I was a story on the web last week about a family in Washington state that went missing. ''A missing Washington state family was found safe Thursday after hunters spotted them walking along a remote logging road two days after they failed to pick up their older kids from school, authorities said. Jason and Melissa McAlister were out for a drive Tuesday with their 8-month-old and 2-year-old, and got stuck when the road gave way as they tried to maneuver their van around a downed tree in Mason County. ''Everybody's good. God's great. Happy to be alive,'' Jason McAlister told reporters ''This one was a trouper,'' he said, referring to his 2-year-old daughter. ''She was rooting around in the van, finding all kinds of Halloween candy.'' The family began to trek back toward the main road at about 1 p.m. Tuesday, but stopped as darkness began to set in, he said. He made shelter along the side of the road by leaning fir branches against a rock face that protected them from the wind as temperatures plummeted into the 30s. ''It actually kept us warm, considering I didn't have a fire going,'' he said. The family turned around and headed back to the van Wednesday to try to get warm and dry their clothes. They spent the night in the van and learned that authorities had been looking for them. On Thursday morning, the parents, using a spiral notebook the older kids had left in the van, began tearing sheets from it and leaving them on the ground in wide spots of the road where they might be seen by helicopter crews. That's when the hunters found them, Jason McAlis ...
Series: Psalms for the Seasons
Jim Perdue
Psalm 40:1-17
Intro/Attention
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know the turkey may still be in your system but there's no napping during the sermon. Today, we continue our series, Psalms for the Season. Find Psalm 40 and consider this question with me, Where Were You When Jesus Found You?
READ TEXT -- PRAY
I was a story on the web last week about a family in Washington state that went missing. ''A missing Washington state family was found safe Thursday after hunters spotted them walking along a remote logging road two days after they failed to pick up their older kids from school, authorities said. Jason and Melissa McAlister were out for a drive Tuesday with their 8-month-old and 2-year-old, and got stuck when the road gave way as they tried to maneuver their van around a downed tree in Mason County. ''Everybody's good. God's great. Happy to be alive,'' Jason McAlister told reporters ''This one was a trouper,'' he said, referring to his 2-year-old daughter. ''She was rooting around in the van, finding all kinds of Halloween candy.'' The family began to trek back toward the main road at about 1 p.m. Tuesday, but stopped as darkness began to set in, he said. He made shelter along the side of the road by leaning fir branches against a rock face that protected them from the wind as temperatures plummeted into the 30s. ''It actually kept us warm, considering I didn't have a fire going,'' he said. The family turned around and headed back to the van Wednesday to try to get warm and dry their clothes. They spent the night in the van and learned that authorities had been looking for them. On Thursday morning, the parents, using a spiral notebook the older kids had left in the van, began tearing sheets from it and leaving them on the ground in wide spots of the road where they might be seen by helicopter crews. That's when the hunters found them, Jason McAlis ...
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