Abby: My Pastor said "God is Love."
Jerry: That's right.
Abby: But the word "love" is a verb, like in "I love to dance." Saying someone is a verb doesn't make sense. Maybe I should start saying "Abby IS dance."
Jerry: "Love" can also be a noun, like in "He has a lot of love." It's used like that.
Abby bakes some biscuits and they bring to mind Matthew 4:3, where Satan said to Jesus “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.” #matthew4 #bible #jesus #christianity #biblestories
Jerry: I have to use the church's computer because mine in on the grits.
Abby: On the grits? Don't you mean "on the fritz?"
Jerry: No. YESTERDAY it was "on the fritz." So today it's in a dumpster out back of the Waffle House.
If you need a computer, but don't have one, see if your church offers them in the library.
Jesus saying “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into Heaven” is recounted in 3 of the 4 books of the Gospel. That’s how important a message this is.
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Jerry: How go the moneymaking schemes, Nim?
Nim: I've given up on them. I read in the Bible that it's easier for a camel to pass through a needle than for a rich man to get into Heaven.
Jerry: No...it's a needle.
Nim: A needle through a noodle? That doesn't sound too hard!
Jerry: No, you...
Nim: Get ready world! Nim's scheme machine is back in business!
The Bible has a lot to tell us. Make sure you understand what it says.
John 10 tells us the Parable of the Good Shepherd. Jesus foreshadows the sacrifice he’s about to make with a shepherd willing to die to protect his sheep.
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Jerry: I am so stressed out!
Abby: Don't let it get to you, Jerry. Although anxiety is a normal response to stress, we should view it as sin because it shows we lack faith in God. Remember the story of the Good Shepherd.
Jerry: But I'm not a Shepherd. I'm a Dalmatian!
Trust in the Lord to fulfill all your needs and desires.
Matthew 9:9-13 shows us that we should seek out those who need God the most. Abby misses an opportunity to tell a non-believer about the love of Christ.
9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners.
11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
12 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.”
13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Abby: I went to a dinner party last week and was seated next to an athiest.
Jerry: How did that go?
Abby: We had nothing in common so we didn't say a word to each other.
Jerry: You should have used it as an opportunity to witness. Jesus ate with the tax collectors and sinners. Remember his words: "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick."
Abby: Oh, he wasn't sick. He was just an unbeliever.
Matthew 9:9-13 shows us that we should seek out those who need God the most.
Luke 3: One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened,and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form, descended on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.”
Abby: I played in an inflatable pool today. It was so fun!
Jerry: Awesome! You know, water’s very important in the Bible. The woman at the well. The flood. And when Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan, the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit came to earth like a dove. Then God said, “This is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy!”
Abby: My experience was a little different.
Abby: I jumped out of the water and rolled in dirt as my master called me a “bad girl!”
Abby: I played in an inflatable pool today. It was so fun!
Jerry: Awesome! You know, water's very important in the Bible. The woman at the well. The flood. And when Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan, the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit came to earth like a dove. Then God said, "This is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy!"
Abby: My experience was a little different.
Abby: I jumped out of the water and rolled in dirt as my master called me a "bad girl!"
Church events to places like the beach are a fun way for church members to have fellowship and shared experiences. If you’re not getting involved in your church’s or Sunday School’s activities, this is a great week to start!