Do You See the Crowds?

This is just an awesome thread. I've got both CC CD's, and both of Todd Agnew's and most of SonicFlood's, ripped on my computer at work, and listen to them almost everyday.

PastorSBC, did you video that sermon? How can I request a copy?

TinyTim, please let us know how you sermon goes. It sounds great.

 

I still didnt find my cd in the car, but I didnt look yet, lol. But I put my old one in today and listened all the way to work. Great way to start the day, with a reminder to have an outward and upward focus.

 

Would love to hear that sermon too... thanks Pastor for the thread!

 

Man, you might do better to get a way to post that online. It would be cheaper that way.

 

I don't think too many people would want to hear that!!!

I think Pastor better stick with preaching!!! I KNOW MANY people would want to hear him preach

 

Tater, If your jeep looks anything like our van does most of the time, there is no wonder you can't find anything

 

LOL, thanks for the encouragement Scrappin. I did go out there this afternoon and clean out a good bit (in the pouring down rain, but I was already wet from getting caught in the rain cleaning out the rabbits cage, so we just went out and played in it anyway )of it and I FOUND IT!!!

Hows that for a run-on?

But seriously, I was glad to find that cd. I love the way the music encourages us to look outward and see those that are hurting so badly.

 

I'm glad you found it.

 

BTW here are 2 illustrations I found that I am considering using in this Sunday's sermon:

Silent Answers
Once a young couple lost their only child, a beautiful three-year-old daughter, as a result of a freak accident. Unable to justify this tragedy with their concept of a loving God, they went to their minister for help. "Why?" they asked. "It was God's will," the preacher told them.
The couple just couldn't accept that the passing of their little daughter could somehow serve God's will, and they sought out another preacher friend. He quoted yards of Scripture, trying to give them comfort, but his verses fell on deaf ears.
Finally, the young couple turned to a frail elderly woman in their church. Surely, she could give them a reason for the child's death, but the old woman didn't utter a single word. Instead, she tenderly wrapped her arms around the heartbroken couple's shoulders, and together they cried the hurt away.
Sometimes when theological answers are not easy to the complex misfortunes of life, perhaps we just need to hush our babblings. Sometimes when answers aren't easy, our best statement is silent caring.

Which Was Neighbor?
A certain woman went down from Washington to Richmond and ran over a spike which punctured her tire and left her stranded by the side of the road. After raising the hood of her car and tying a scarf to her radio antenna, she locked the door handles and sat in the car, praying for the Lord to send help!
By chance, there came a limousine that way with a bumper sticker that read, "Smile, God Loves You!" When the occupants saw the stranded woman, they passed by in the far lane-without smiling.
And likewise, there came a sports car with a CB radio and a bumper sticker saying, "Honk If You Love Jesus!" The man who was driving passed by in the far lane without honking and without using his CB to tell the Highway Patrol about the woman's dilemma.
But a certain working man, as he traveled to his job, came to the spot where the woman was and, when he saw her raised hood, white scarf, and flat tire, he had compassion on her. He stopped his old beat-up pickup-which had no bumper sticker-and crossed the four-lane highway, and offered to change the tire. The woman opened the door and gave him the key to the trunk. The man took out the spare tire, jacked up the car, removed the flat tire, and replaced it with the spare.
When he had finished, the woman tried to pay him. He refused the money, saying, "If my wife were stranded on the highway with a flat tire, I'd want some Good Samaritan to stop and help her out."
He returned to his bumper-stickerless truck, smiled, honked at her, and went his way.
Which of these three was neighbor unto her who had a flat tire?


What do you think..
If you like them, thank the Lord and e-sword.
That's where I found them.

 

lol -

Today in my Character Development class, we were discussing abortion, and many of them were all mad and fussing about abortion. We discussed all the ins and outs that were appropriate then I asked them how we as Christians should respond. WEll, they didnt know. (So I told them ) We should respond not just firmly, but redemptively. I played "Can Anybody Hear Her" at the end of the discussion, and it was very powerful.
Thanks, SBC, for the idea, I stole it from you.
We ALL need to be reminded to look outward.

 

TINYTIM,
I think both those illustrations are great. I dont want to hijack the thread into another direction, but I think the first story fits better if you are going to use "Love them like Jesus". Just be sure you arent illustrating a CC song, but the Scripture. I know thats your intention.

 

Yeah I've changed my mind about even using the song in the sermon. That illustration demonstrates the message of scripture without referring to the song.

 

Maybe the song could be sung as special music before the sermon? I hope you didnt think I was slamming your sermon, that wasnt my intention at all.

 

Praise God!!

 

I knew what you meant.. God was telling me the same thing. When a song touches your heart the way that one does mine, there is always the temptation to "preach the song" and not the scriptures the song was based on.

Thank you for your kind reminder...

Pastor, I am glad your sermon turned out great. Well, (i'm sure you will agree)-it was God's sermon, you just had the pleasure of preaching it!! Isn't God good, he not only gives you a great message, but allows you to enjoy the fruits from it!

It's stems from His extravagant love!!! And it flows "in me" to the next person. I mean, "who am I" that God should bless so much.

Praise the "Father, Spirit, and Jesus"!!!

 

LOL, ok, TIM you are voted poster child for CC!

 

Hey, you just gotta love em like Jesus!

BTW, can you imagine what would happen if His people prayed?

**** I just can't stop!!****

Seriously, about 6 months ago our pastor was teaching a course through WVBC school of Christian studies about pastoral care, and I let him borrow my CC Cd so he could play "Love them like Jesus" I feel that that is the most important thing a pastor can do!!

Why, I might even make that my "lifesong"

Ok, I'll stop.