Fill My Net Lord (1 of 4)
Series: Free Refills
Jeff Strite
Luke 5:1-11
INTRO: As I was preparing for this month's sermons on "Free Refills" I remembered an old Gospel hymn. If you know it, sing along if you want to:
"Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up Lord
Come and quench the thirsting of my soul
Bread of heaven fill me til I want no more
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole."
The Bible talks a lot about God "filling us"
We're told He fills us with His love, His joy, His knowledge, His wisdom, and His understanding. And most important of all - He fills us with Himself/ with His Spirit.
He is the God who fills us… and "refills" us.
It's kind of like going to your favorite restaurant and knowing the waitress will always refill you drink when it's empty. But I recently went to a restaurant where that didn't happen. I sat at my table for ½ an hour, my waitress didn't even bother come over and ask what I wanted to drink… let alone give me a free refill. Can you imagine how frustrating that was???
The Bible tells us - that without God being there for us our cups will be empty.
There are people who live their entire lives never knowing the satisfaction of God filling their cup. Even "religious" - Sunday go to meeting folks - can end up feeling empty, primarily because they aren't quite ready to take God at His word.
OPEN: Some time back I listened to another preacher tell of a Sunday School class at his congregation. It was filled with many of the "old faithful" members who'd been there for years. There was even an Elder and his wife in attendance. But as they read from the early part of Genesis where it spoke of certain people living 100s of years, one of the members spoke up and said they didn't believe that. They felt that they must have measured years differently back then because it seemed so outlandish to believe someone could live that long. Several other members in the class agreed.
As if encouraged by this, another person in the cla ...
Series: Free Refills
Jeff Strite
Luke 5:1-11
INTRO: As I was preparing for this month's sermons on "Free Refills" I remembered an old Gospel hymn. If you know it, sing along if you want to:
"Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up Lord
Come and quench the thirsting of my soul
Bread of heaven fill me til I want no more
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole."
The Bible talks a lot about God "filling us"
We're told He fills us with His love, His joy, His knowledge, His wisdom, and His understanding. And most important of all - He fills us with Himself/ with His Spirit.
He is the God who fills us… and "refills" us.
It's kind of like going to your favorite restaurant and knowing the waitress will always refill you drink when it's empty. But I recently went to a restaurant where that didn't happen. I sat at my table for ½ an hour, my waitress didn't even bother come over and ask what I wanted to drink… let alone give me a free refill. Can you imagine how frustrating that was???
The Bible tells us - that without God being there for us our cups will be empty.
There are people who live their entire lives never knowing the satisfaction of God filling their cup. Even "religious" - Sunday go to meeting folks - can end up feeling empty, primarily because they aren't quite ready to take God at His word.
OPEN: Some time back I listened to another preacher tell of a Sunday School class at his congregation. It was filled with many of the "old faithful" members who'd been there for years. There was even an Elder and his wife in attendance. But as they read from the early part of Genesis where it spoke of certain people living 100s of years, one of the members spoke up and said they didn't believe that. They felt that they must have measured years differently back then because it seemed so outlandish to believe someone could live that long. Several other members in the class agreed.
As if encouraged by this, another person in the cla ...
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