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PEACE THAT PERMEATES (11)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-12
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Peace That Permeates (11)
Series: Peace
Donald Cantrell
Ezekiel 47: 1 - 12


I - Ezekiel Seeing (1 - 2)

II - Ezekiel Stepping

III - Ezekiel Swimming (5)

IV - Ezekiel Surveying (6 - 12)

Theme: ''The river of God is powerful, plentiful, and peaceful''

River Issues

One day three men were walking along and came upon a raging, violent river. They needed to get to the other side, but had no idea of how to do it.

The first man prayed to God saying, ''Please God, give me the strength to cross this river.'' Poof! God gave him big arms and strong legs, and he was able to swim across the river in about two hours.

Seeing this, the second man prayed to God saying, ''Please God, give me the strength and ability to cross this river.'' Poof! God gave him a rowboat and he was able to row across the river in about three hours.

The third man had seen how this worked out for the other two, so he also prayed to God saying, ''Please God, give me the strength, ability, and intelligence to cross this river.'' And Poof! God turned him into a woman. She looked at the map, and then walked across the bridge.

Danger at the River

Help, I Can't Swim!

Several years ago some friends and I would go fishing in the Yadkin River. There were 4 of us and we took 2 flat bottom aluminum boats. One friend of mine had a motor on his, but mine didn't have an engine. We would go after the sun went down and anchor upstream from the rough water. We then could cast our fishing rods downstream and always caught catfish.

This time it was dark and the only way to tell how close we were to those rough shoals was to listen for the water as it ran swiftly over those rocks. As you might have guessed, I got my boat too close to those rough waters, and we took off like a speed boat down the river in the dark. My friend that was with me was kind of a nervous guy anyway and began to yell to the top of his lungs, ''I can't swim and I'm going to die...help, help!'' Our friends ...

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