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GOD, PLEASE SEND ME A FISH (1 OF 9)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Matthew 17:24-27
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God, Please Send Me a Fish (1 of 9)
Series: Fish Stories From The Bible
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 17: 24 - 27


Mat 17:24 KJV - And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

Mat 17:25 KJV - He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?

Mat 17:26 KJV - Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

Mat 17:27 KJV - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto
them for me and thee.

Theme: ''When God miraculously supplies your needs''

I - Choose Your Battles

II - Challenge Your Beliefs

III - Cast Your Burdens

IV - Cherish Your Blessings

V - Consider Your Backer

''The only things that have spawned more liars than income taxes are fish stories, golf and body weight.''

The bible has many fish stories within its pages. The Lord and his disciples were out in the middle of nowhere and of course a great multitude of people had followed them, when the Lord decided to feed them. Upon asking how much food they had to feed this massive multitude of people, he was told they had found a lad with five loaves of bread and two fishes.

The men in this crowd added up to a total of five thousand, not including the women or the children. Jesus tells them to seat the people in an orderly manner, then he broke the bread, he blessed it, and the disciples begin to pass the food out and in the end everyone was feed and they had twelve baskets of food left over, now that is a fish story.

In today's story we will see that the Lord will once again use a fish to perform a mighty miracle and there ...

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