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CIRCLE THE WAGONS (6)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-23
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Circle The Wagons (6)
Series: Nehemiah - Rebuild, Restore, and Revive
Donald Cantrell
Nehemiah 4: 1 - 23


I - The Foe That They Faced (1 - 9)

II - The Fatigue That They Felt (10)

III - The Force That They Formed (11 - 23)

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Theme: ''Standing up to those that try to hinder God's work''

Maybe Some Aren't So Bad After All

There were two old geezers living in the backwoods of the Ozarks: Rufus and Clarence, they were both bad to the bone.

They lived on opposite sides of the river and they hated each other. Every morning, just after sunup, Rufus and Clarence would go down to their respective sides of the river and yell at each other.

''Rufus!'' Clarence would shout, ''You better thank your lucky stars that I can't swim, er I'd swim this river and whup you!''

''Clarence!'' Rufus would holler back, ''You better thank YOUR lucky stars that I can't swim, er I'd swim this river and whup YOU!''

They did this same thing every morning and every day, for 20 years.

One day the Army Corps of Engineers came along and built a bridge. But the insults went on every morning, every day for another five years.

Finally, Mr. Rufus' wife had had enough. ''Rufus!'' she squallered one day, ''I can't take no more, every day for 25 years you've been threatenin' to whup Clarence. Well, thar's the bridge! Have at it!''

Rufus thought for a moment and chewed his bottom lip for another moment, and then he said ''Woman!'' he declared, snapping his suspenders into place. ''I'm gonna whup Clarence!''

He walked out the door, down to the river, along the river bank, came to the bridge, stepped up onto the bridge, walked about halfway over the bridge, then turned tail and ran screaming back to the house, slammed the door, bolted the windows, grabbed the shotgun and dove under the bed.

''Rufus!'' cried the missus. ''I thought you was gonna whup Clarence!''

''I was, woman, I was!'' he whis ...

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