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He was just a little boy and he had stopped by the neighborhood store and asked the owner if he could use his telephone.
The owner could help overhearing the conversation and that Jimmy had changed the sound of his voice, “Mrs. Brown? I was just wondering if you would like someone to mow your lawn…oh, you already have someone?...well, may I ask how he is doing?...he’s doing a good job…well, I guess you won’t be needing me. Thanks anyway.”
The owner couldn’t help but comment, “Sorry you didn’t get the job Jimmy.”
Oh,” responded Jimmy, “I already mow the lawn for Mrs. Brown. I was checking up to see whether she thought I was doing a good job.”
Were our actions this last week good or bad? And how did we perform them? And why did we perform them? The why being more important than the what. Of course, I am talking about self-examination, and that is sometimes about as pleasant as a trip to the dentist.
Do you ever consider what you are worth? And worth to whom, and why, and when? We get hung up on the word worth and get in all kind of trouble because of it.
A man buys a Cadillac and thinks it gives him more worth.
Another man adds up one college degree after another and thinks they give him more worth.
A job title. A star in sports. Popularity.
But as a sub text…many people eventually get around to believing and accepting full blast, “My greatest worth is that I was made by God.”
Over and over again the Bible underlines this real worth. From the very beginning in Genesis (1:1, 26-28) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number…."
"Through him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made."(John 1:3, NIV)
And quoting Paul, he said in Acts 17:25: …for he himself [God] gives all men life and breath and everything else. And in 17:28-29: For in God we live and move and have our being.
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He was just a little boy and he had stopped by the neighborhood store and asked the owner if he could use his telephone.
The owner could help overhearing the conversation and that Jimmy had changed the sound of his voice, “Mrs. Brown? I was just wondering if you would like someone to mow your lawn…oh, you already have someone?...well, may I ask how he is doing?...he’s doing a good job…well, I guess you won’t be needing me. Thanks anyway.”
The owner couldn’t help but comment, “Sorry you didn’t get the job Jimmy.”
Oh,” responded Jimmy, “I already mow the lawn for Mrs. Brown. I was checking up to see whether she thought I was doing a good job.”
Were our actions this last week good or bad? And how did we perform them? And why did we perform them? The why being more important than the what. Of course, I am talking about self-examination, and that is sometimes about as pleasant as a trip to the dentist.
Do you ever consider what you are worth? And worth to whom, and why, and when? We get hung up on the word worth and get in all kind of trouble because of it.
A man buys a Cadillac and thinks it gives him more worth.
Another man adds up one college degree after another and thinks they give him more worth.
A job title. A star in sports. Popularity.
But as a sub text…many people eventually get around to believing and accepting full blast, “My greatest worth is that I was made by God.”
Over and over again the Bible underlines this real worth. From the very beginning in Genesis (1:1, 26-28) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number…."
"Through him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made."(John 1:3, NIV)
And quoting Paul, he said in Acts 17:25: …for he himself [God] gives all men life and breath and everything else. And in 17:28-29: For in God we live and move and have our being.
And again, in 1 John 3:1, 2: “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God”
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A quote from the blog entitled “ANGER IS A KILLER” (1st in Series) (on this Wyrick's Writings)
“Do you enjoy visiting friends? More than likely you’re thinking, Preacher, of course, I do.
Now let me ask the other side of the coin - Do you enjoy visiting enemies? No?
Well, I know you must enjoy visiting at least one enemy because, like myself, you probably visit this one quite often. Unfortunately, we all …visit this enemy…whose name is anger.
Some visit anger seldom . Some on a regular basis. And during those visits, some spew and others stew…”
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