Title: Dare to be a Dorcas
Author: Steve Wagers
Text: Acts 9:36-43
W. E. Sangster was John Wesley's successor of Methodism in London. He started the Methodist Home Missions Department. He was diagnosed with "progressive muscular atrophy" and died a slow, excruciating death over the span of 3 years. Before he died, he wrote his "Four Rules for Living."
1) I Will Never Complain
2) I Will Keep The Home Bright
3) I Will Daily Count My Blessings
4) I Will Seek To Turn All Of This To Gain
Dorcas - "Gazelle" (1st Greek Name of Female in NT)
Lockyear: "The gazelle is distinguished for its slender, beautiful form; it's graceful movements. Whether Dorcas was a woman outward beauty, we know not; however, she certainly lived a lovely life, reflecting the compassion the Master she so faithfully served."
1) The LORD She LOVED!
(Her DEVOTION)
A) Her HOME (36)
"JOPPA" - ONLY thing we know about Dorcas
Don't know WHO she came from - Only WHERE
OT - JONAH made JOPPA famous. He found a ship
B) Her HEART (36)
"A CERTAIN DISCIPLE"
APOSTLESHIP - MEN who SAW Resurrected Lord
DISCIPLESHIP - ANYONE who SERVED Resurrected Lord
Disciple - NOT a Fly by Nite Fan/a FAITHFUL FOLLOWER
Every DISCIPLE is a CHRISTIAN
Not Every CHRISTIAN is a DISCIPLE
2. The LIFE She LIVED!
(Her DISPOSITION)
A) GODLY In Her CHARACTER (36)
"FULL OF GOOD WORKS"
"FULL" - Her Inward Grace/Her Character
If anything GOOD happens on the OUTSIDE, we must first be full of GOD on the INSIDE.
RIPE FRUIT doesn't come form a ROTTEN ROOT
B) GRACIOUS In Her CONTRIBUTION (36b, 39b)
"WHICH SHE DID"
BEING Good Meant DOING Good
It wasn't a matter of what she THOUGHT ABOUT DOING
It was a matter of what SHE DID.
Many sit and think about doing something, or telling others everything that shou ...
Author: Steve Wagers
Text: Acts 9:36-43
W. E. Sangster was John Wesley's successor of Methodism in London. He started the Methodist Home Missions Department. He was diagnosed with "progressive muscular atrophy" and died a slow, excruciating death over the span of 3 years. Before he died, he wrote his "Four Rules for Living."
1) I Will Never Complain
2) I Will Keep The Home Bright
3) I Will Daily Count My Blessings
4) I Will Seek To Turn All Of This To Gain
Dorcas - "Gazelle" (1st Greek Name of Female in NT)
Lockyear: "The gazelle is distinguished for its slender, beautiful form; it's graceful movements. Whether Dorcas was a woman outward beauty, we know not; however, she certainly lived a lovely life, reflecting the compassion the Master she so faithfully served."
1) The LORD She LOVED!
(Her DEVOTION)
A) Her HOME (36)
"JOPPA" - ONLY thing we know about Dorcas
Don't know WHO she came from - Only WHERE
OT - JONAH made JOPPA famous. He found a ship
B) Her HEART (36)
"A CERTAIN DISCIPLE"
APOSTLESHIP - MEN who SAW Resurrected Lord
DISCIPLESHIP - ANYONE who SERVED Resurrected Lord
Disciple - NOT a Fly by Nite Fan/a FAITHFUL FOLLOWER
Every DISCIPLE is a CHRISTIAN
Not Every CHRISTIAN is a DISCIPLE
2. The LIFE She LIVED!
(Her DISPOSITION)
A) GODLY In Her CHARACTER (36)
"FULL OF GOOD WORKS"
"FULL" - Her Inward Grace/Her Character
If anything GOOD happens on the OUTSIDE, we must first be full of GOD on the INSIDE.
RIPE FRUIT doesn't come form a ROTTEN ROOT
B) GRACIOUS In Her CONTRIBUTION (36b, 39b)
"WHICH SHE DID"
BEING Good Meant DOING Good
It wasn't a matter of what she THOUGHT ABOUT DOING
It was a matter of what SHE DID.
Many sit and think about doing something, or telling others everything that shou ...
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