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Are you RE:ady to Listen? Luke 10:38-42. What line did I start my Sermon with?. Romeo, oh Romeo where for art thou Romeo? What is in a Name? Brevity is the soul of wit. The Answer is…. B. What is in a Name?. What city was I born in?. Ann Arbor, MI Adrian, MI Flint, MI.
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What line did I start my Sermon with? • Romeo, oh Romeo where for art thou Romeo? • What is in a Name? • Brevity is the soul of wit.
The Answer is… B. What is in a Name?
What city was I born in? • Ann Arbor, MI • Adrian, MI • Flint, MI
The Answer is… C. Flint, MI
What is a nickname of Flint? • Buick City • Chevy City • Olds City
The Answer is… A. Buick City
What type of car did I mention we were in? • Buick • Toyota • Delorean
The Answer is… D. None of the Above It was a Trick Question
Martha is Misguided Luke 10:40 “Martha was distracted with much serving…”
Skeptical Listening Genesis 18:10,12 “The LORD said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. So Sarah laughed to herself.”
Preoccupied Listening Luke 10:40 “But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me."
Luke 10:41 “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.”
Christians need Input to have Output In our Christian lives none of us can have output without input.
Prayer “Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life.”
Active Listening Luke 10:39 “And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.”
Actively in the Word of God • Prayer • Daily Readings • Small Groups
Compassionate Savior Micah 7:18-19 “Where is the god who can compare with you— wiping the slate clean of guilt, Turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, to the past sins of your purged and precious people? You don't nurse your anger and don't stay angry long, for mercy is your specialty…
Compassionate Savior Micah 7:18-19 …That's what you love most. And compassion is on its way to us. You'll stamp out our wrongdoing. You'll sink our sins to the bottom of the ocean.”
Adopting Savior Galatians 4:3-7 “That is the way it is with us: When we were minors, we were just like slaves ordered around by simple instructions (the tutors and administrators of this world), with no say in the conduct of our own lives. But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law…
Adopting Savior Galatians 4:3-7 Thus we have been set free to experience our rightful heritage. You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out, "Papa! Father!" Doesn't that privilege of intimate conversation with God make it plain that you are not a slave, but a child? And if you are a child, you're also an heir, with complete access to the inheritance.”