FEAST OF WEEKS! (6 OF 7)
Scripture: Leviticus 23:15-22
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Feast of Weeks! (6 of 7)
Series: Feast
Dennis Marquardt
Leviticus 23:15-22
INTRO: Romance, intrigue, the courtship - remember this time in your life? You couldn't wait to see her, talking on the phone was almost a mystical experience, you thought about her all day! How the time flew when you were together and how it dragged through the day as you waited for the time you could be together again!
When you finally did get together you came prepared; flowers, your best coordinated outfit, you opened and closed doors for her, you were on your best behavior and you brought your best into the date - ''YOU BROUGHT YOUR BEST'' - out of love for her!!!
ILLUS: You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving. -- James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1988), p. 323.
Love is a powerful motivator - it brings the best out of people and creates the atmosphere where one WANTS to give their best in every way!
HENCE - the celebration of PENTECOST! It was a celebration of giving, bringing to God the very best of the grain for the whole harvest season - a celebration where the people praised God for His giving to them by their giving back to Him their very best, reflecting a real love relationship! God got the ''firstfruits'' not leftovers, or what they could spare, God got the best and the first of the produce!
ILLUS: A certain businessman, who just recently got married, has to go away on an extended business trip and he chooses 3 friends for a very special responsibility.
So, before he leaves, the businessman gathers his 3 friends to have a meeting and he says to them, ''I'm going away on a long trip and I'm not sure how long I'll be gone. And I'm going to send each one of you $10,000 a month while I'm gone. Now you may keep $9,000 of the money and spend it as you please. But I want each of you to give $1,000 a month to my wife for the meeting of her needs.''
As promised, while the man is away, he s ...
Series: Feast
Dennis Marquardt
Leviticus 23:15-22
INTRO: Romance, intrigue, the courtship - remember this time in your life? You couldn't wait to see her, talking on the phone was almost a mystical experience, you thought about her all day! How the time flew when you were together and how it dragged through the day as you waited for the time you could be together again!
When you finally did get together you came prepared; flowers, your best coordinated outfit, you opened and closed doors for her, you were on your best behavior and you brought your best into the date - ''YOU BROUGHT YOUR BEST'' - out of love for her!!!
ILLUS: You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving. -- James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1988), p. 323.
Love is a powerful motivator - it brings the best out of people and creates the atmosphere where one WANTS to give their best in every way!
HENCE - the celebration of PENTECOST! It was a celebration of giving, bringing to God the very best of the grain for the whole harvest season - a celebration where the people praised God for His giving to them by their giving back to Him their very best, reflecting a real love relationship! God got the ''firstfruits'' not leftovers, or what they could spare, God got the best and the first of the produce!
ILLUS: A certain businessman, who just recently got married, has to go away on an extended business trip and he chooses 3 friends for a very special responsibility.
So, before he leaves, the businessman gathers his 3 friends to have a meeting and he says to them, ''I'm going away on a long trip and I'm not sure how long I'll be gone. And I'm going to send each one of you $10,000 a month while I'm gone. Now you may keep $9,000 of the money and spend it as you please. But I want each of you to give $1,000 a month to my wife for the meeting of her needs.''
As promised, while the man is away, he s ...
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