Man I'm Just Tryin' to Do My Job
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1 Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 2 he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6 When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. 8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish that they had taken; 10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” 11 When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
Man I’m Just Tryin’ to Do My Job
HAVE YOU EVER FOUND YOURSELF IN THE POSITION, WHERE IT SEEMED LIKE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID, IT JUST WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH?
HAVE YOU EVER FOUND YOURSELF IN THE POSITION THAT NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU WORKED, SEEMED LIKE YOU JUST COULD NOT GET THE JOB DONE?
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD YOURSELF DECLARING – MAN I’M JUST TRYIN’ TO DO MY JOB AND GO HOME!
EVER HEARD YOURSELF SAY - WHAT'S THE USE?
I TRIED, I WORK VERY HARD, WHAT'S THE POINT?
HAVE YOU EVER FELT DISGUSTED – DISCOURAGED – DEPRESSED - ALL IN THE SAME MOMENT?
• SURE, WE ALL HAVE
• YOUR TRIED TO DO YOUR BEST THAT DAY
• YOUR CO-WORKERS WERE PUSHING YOUR BUTTONS…..AND GETTING ON YOUR NERVES
• YOUR BOSS DIDN'T APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID
• NOT ONLY DIDN'T THEY APPRECIATE IT, THEY TOLD YOU THAT IF YOU DIDN’T LIKE WHERE YOU WORK…… YOU COULD FIND ANOTHER JOB
THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT SEEMS AS THOUGH NO MATTER HOW HARD WE WORK, WE DON’T MAKE ANY PROGRESS.
PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU CRAZY, WONDER WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING, AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS – JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB.
THAT'S WHERE PETER WAS.
HE HAD BEEN OUT ALL NIGHT.....FISHING WITH HIS BOYS......AND HE DIDN’T CATCH A SINGLE FISH.......
HE WAS A FISHERMAN BY TRADE.....AND KNEW HOW TO CATCH FISH......BUT THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT …HE HAD NO SUCCESS....
HE WAS JUST TRYING TO DO HIS JOB......BUT HE WAS FEELING BROKE .....BUSTED AND DISGUSTED ....BECAUSE HIS DAILY WAGES.....FELL MISERABLY SHORT......
LITTLE DID PETER KNOW.......THE VERY ANSWER TO HIS FRUSTRATION AND DISCOURAGEMENT IS RIGHT THERE; BUT HE CAN'T HEAR.
IN FACT, THE TEXT SAYS, JESUS IS PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD ......AND PETER IS WITHIN EARSHOT BUT, HE’S NOT LISTENING.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT HEARING THE WORD OF GOD PREACHED.....IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION......A SOURCE OF HOPE.....A SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT......IT’S A SOURCE TO LET US KNOW WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WRONG IN LIFE........
THE LORD IS RIGHT THERE TO PICK US UP.....TO CARRY OUR BURDENS.......TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD ....THAT WE BARE......
SO HERE WAS PETER.......
HE WAS WORKING, BUSY - WASHING HIS NETS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ....WHEN THE FISHERMEN WERE WASHING THEIR NETS.......IT MEANS THAT HE WAS CALLING IT A DAY.
WHEN A FISHERMAN WASHED HIS NETS THEY WASHED OFF THE BRINE, THEY LAID THEM OUT, THEY WERE DONE.
THE DAY WAS OVER.
I'LL GIVE YOU FOUR REASONS.......... WHY SIMON PETER'S DAY WAS GOING SO BADLY THAT HE COULDN'T HEAR WHAT JESUS WAS TRYING TO TELL HIM, AND HE COULDN'T SEE HOW THE LORD WOULD HELP HIM.
--NUMBER ONE - HE WAS FLAT OUT TIRED. HE HAD JUST LABORED TOO HARD, AND ONE OF THE GREAT PROBLEMS OF TODAY THAT EVERYBODY FACES WHO SEEKS TO WORK HARD....BE PRODUCTIVE....AFTER A LONG DAY ON THE JOB.... IS NORMALLY FACED WITH TIREDNESS AND STRESS.
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A PHYSICAL MANUAL LABOR JOB....IT CAN BE A JOB WHERE YOU’RE SITTING AT THE DESK.....BUT THE TOLL OF MENTAL EXHAUSTION IS JUST AS ....IF NOT EQUAL TO A PHYSICAL LABOR JOB....
• FIRST LADY NEAL ....WILL TELL YOU I’M THE KING OF PUTTING ON MY COMFORT CLOTHES.....SHUTTING DOWN AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK..........WATCHING TV....AND THEN MOST OF THE TIME....THE TV ENDS UP WATCHING ME.......
HE WAS JUST EXHAUSTED, HE COULD NOT HEAR. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE GREATEST WORD THAT GOD COULD TELL YOU TONIGHT IS YOU NEED TO REST, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TOO HARD, BUT THAT WAS ONE REASON PETER COULDN'T HEAR.
--SECONDLY - HE WAS DISCOURAGED.....HE LABORED ALL NIGHT. HE'D WORKED 8-10 HOURS STRAIGHT WITHOUT ANYTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.
HE WAS DISCOURAGED.
YOU EVER WORK SO HARD AFTER WHILE LOOK AROUND SEEMS LIKE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR YOUR HARD WORK BUT DISCOURAGEMENT.
WHEN DISCOURAGEMENT SETS IN, YOUR VIEW BECOMES CLOUDY.
--THIRDLY - JESUS TOLD PETER HE NEEDED TO TRY AGAIN....... AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE ....BECAUSE TO CAST OUT INTO THE DEEP WATER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY IS JUST NOT THE WAY IT'S DONE.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD'S TRYING TO TELL US AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FROM OUR HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, WE KIND OF SHUT IT OUT.
--AND LASTLY - PRIDE.
I CAN IMAGINE WHEN JESUS TOLD PETER, "WE'RE GOING TO TRY AGAIN, PETER," THAT HE MIGHT HAVE SAID SOMETHING, UNDER HIS BREATH, OF COURSE, "NOW JUST WHO'S THE FISHERMAN HERE ANYWAY?
I THINK HE IS A CARPENTER, ISN'T HE?" I THINK HE MAY NEED TO STAY IN HIS LANE...... FISHING AND CARPENTRY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS...
ONE OF THOSE SORT OF THINGS. WE LET OUR PRIDE GET IN THE WAY OF HEARING FROM THE LORD.
HAVE YOU EVER WORKED HARD AT SOMETHING AND A FAMILY MEMBER, AFTER YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD AT IT FOR HOURS, LOOKS OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND CRITICIZES?
MAYBE YOU'RE IN THE CAR DRIVING, YOU'VE LOST YOUR WAY AND THEY'RE TELLING YOU..............WHICH WAY TO TURN, AND THERE'S AN ATTITUDE THAT YOU HAVE OF "THANK YOU VERY MUCH."
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I THINK HAPPENS IN VS. 5.
• JESUS RECOMMENDS PETER RE-CAST – SET SAIL AND CATCH SOME FISH
• "UH LORD, OKAY, IF YOU SAY SO," AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE PETER WAS.....ATTITUDE AND ALL
• "THANKS LORD FOR THE SUGGESTION BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN"
I BELIEVE THAT MANY OF US TODAY ARE JUST LIKE PETER.
WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME DEBATING WITH GOD THAT WE MISS OUT ON OUR BLESSINGS.
GOD IS TRYING TO TAKE US OUT OF THE NORM AND WE FIGHT THE LORD BECAUSE WE ARE COMFORTABLE AND SATISFIED WHERE WE ARE.
I KNOW WE WILL NOT ADMIT IT .......BUT IN ESSENCE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE SAYING TO THE LORD.
• HE SAYS GO LEFT, WE SAY MOVING TO THE RIGHT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER
• HE SAYS STOP, WE SAY WELL I AM ALREADY IN MOTION MAY AS WELL CONTINUE AT THIS POINT
• HE SAYS QUIET, WE SAY AFTER I CUSS THEM OUT THEN I WILL BE QUIET LORD
• HE SAYS STAND STILL LET THE LORD FIGHT YOUR BATTLE, WE SAY THAT’S OKAY LORD, I GOT THIS ONE
• HE SAYS SIT DOWN WE WOULD RATHER STAND UP
• HE SAYS LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS – WE SAY, LORD, YOU KNOW I’M NOT THERE YET.......THEY LET THERE DOG HANDLE HIS BUSINESS IN MY YARD AND DIDN’T EVEN CLEAN IT UP.....OR THEY PARKED IN FRONT OF MY DRIVE WAY SO I COULD HARDLY GET OUT...
SIMON HAD BEEN WASHING AND MENDING HIS NETS, WHILE KEEPING ONE EAR LISTENING TO WHAT JESUS WAS TEACHING.
HE HAD OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES TO PERFORM.
HE HAD TO FISH TO MAKE A LIVING FOR HIS FAMILY.
PETER WAS MARRIED AND MOST LIKELY HAD CHILDREN.
JESUS’ CALL FOR SIMON PETER TO LAUNCH OUT INTO DEEPER WATER IS AN ANALOGY OF WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IN SIMON’S LIFE.
JESUS IS GOING TO TAKE SIMON PETER TO DEEPER, MORE PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO HIMSELF.
BUT WHEN WE HEAR THE CALL TO LAUNCH OUT DEEPER IN OUR LIVES, WE ARE TEMPTED TO NOT BE OBEDIENT.
WE ARE TEMPTED TO BE GUIDED AND INFLUENCED BY OUR FRIENDS - INSTEAD OF WHAT GOD SAYS.
UNDOUBTEDLY THE ADVICE OF PETERS FRIENDS, THE OTHER VETERAN FISHERMEN WHO OVERHEARD WHAT JESUS SAID WOULD BE, “PETER DON’T DO IT.
• YOU HAVE YOUR NETS ALL CLEANED AND STORED
• IF YOU GO BACK OUT YOU WILL HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, FOR NOTHING
• IF YOU LISTEN TO SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS THEY WOULD SAY, “SURE, GO TO CHURCH IF WANT TO BUT DON’T GET CAUGHT UP IN IT?”
• IF YOU LISTEN TO SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS THEY WOULD SAY, “SURE, GO TO CHURCH IF WANT TO BUT - MAKE SURE THEY DON’T GET ALL YOUR MONEY”
WE ARE ALSO TEMPTED TO BE GUIDED BY OUR EXPERIENCES - INSTEAD OF WHAT GOD SAYS.
THE LORD ASKS PETER TO DO SOMETHING CONTRARY TO HIS OWN EXPERTISE IN FISHING.
ACCORDING TO EVERYTHING THAT HE KNOWS ABOUT FISHING, AND HE IS A PROFESSIONAL, HE CAN’T SEE ANY WAY AT ALL THAT WHAT JESUS ASKS IS GOING TO WORK.
THE BEST FISHING ON THE SEA OF GALILEE WAS AT NIGHT CLOSE TO SHORE.
BUT JESUS HAD ASKED HIM TO LAUNCH OUT INTO THE DEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
THIS WAS ASKING A GREAT DEAL OF PETER.
HE WAS ASKING HIM TO TRUST HIS WORD.
HE WAS ASKING SIMON TO TRY AGAIN EVEN THOUGH HE HAD FAILED IN THE PAST.
THIS WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON FOR PETER IN THE FUTURE, NOT TO ALLOW PAST FAILURES TO KEEP HIM FROM SERVING.
I CAN HEAR PETER SAYING – MAN ....I WAS JUST TRYIN’ TO DO MY JOB.
PETER LOOKS AT JESUS AND SAYS “MASTER WE WORKED HARD ALL NIGHT AND CAUGHT NOTHING, BUT I WILL DO AS YOU SAY AND LET DOWN THE NETS.”
PETER HAD INDEED WORKED HARD.
LUKE USED THE WORD KOPIAO = “TO GROW WEARY.”
PETER HAD WORKED ALL NIGHT.
LUKE USED THE WORD HOLOS = MEANING “WHOLE OR COMPLETE.”
PETER HAD WORKED TO THE POINT OF EXHAUSTION THE WHOLE NIGHT LONG AND HAD COME UP EMPTY-HANDED.
• HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT WAY?
• AFTER YOUR BEST EFFORTS, YOU HAVE COME UP EMPTY-HANDED
• NOT JUST AFTER ONE DAY BUT AFTER YEARS OF TRYING, YOU HAVE STILL COME UP SHORT, WITH NOT MUCH TO SHOW FOR ALL THE EFFORT YOU HAVE INVESTED
• JESUS KNOWS AND IS ISSUING THE SAME CALL TO YOU AND ME AS HE DID TO PETER
SIMON PETER..... RISKED STEPPING OUT OF THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM OF THE FISHING VILLAGE TO – IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MORNING- TO “LAUNCH OUT INTO THE DEEP AND TO LET DOWN HIS NETS?” FISH WERE BEST CAUGHT AT NIGHT!
PETER SAID, “AT YOUR WORD, I WILL TRY AGAIN.”
THE GREEK TRANSLATION FOR “WORD” IS “RHEMA” - RHEMA IS A FRESH, POWERFUL, ANOINTED WORD FROM GOD TO HELP US MEET A SPECIFIC CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE FACING.
YOU SEE....I BELIEVE THAT PETER MISSED OUT ON SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT THAT JESUS SAID TO HIM.......IN VERSE 4....WE KNOW THAT HE WAS TIRED......HE WAS DISCOURAGED......HE MAY HAVE ALLOWED PRIDE TO GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT JESUS SAID.....
SOME OF US IN HERE MAY OF MISSED IT TOO....... HE SAYS....
Luke 5:4 (NRSV)
4 ................ “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
Luke 5:4 (NKJV)
4....................... “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
JESUS ALREADY TOLD SIMON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN......WHEN HE LET DOWN HIS NETS......... HE SAID.....”FOR A CATCH”
JESUS ALREADY PROMISED PETER....THAT HE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL......JUST LISTEN TO ME.......
JESUS ALREADY LET PETER KNOW......WHAT WOULD HAPPEN......WHEN HE LET DOWN HIS NETS.......
HOW MANY OF US......MISS OUT ON WHAT THE LORD TELLS US.......
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW.....THAT GOD’S WORD NEVER RETURNS VOID........
WE SAY IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN...............GOD IS ABLE TO DO........JUST WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO.....
BUT WE STILL MISS OUT BECAUSE WE FALTER IN OUR FAITH.....
WE WILL NEVER GROW .......... IN OUR LIVES UNTIL WE REACH THAT CROSSROAD IN OUR LIFE .......STEP OUT ON FAITH......JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB.
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR THIS EVENING AND SAY NEIGHBOR, I’M JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB.
CAN I TRY TO HELP YOU AT THIS POINT?
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE ENTER INTO THE SANCTUARY EVERY WEEK, WE ALSO HAVE A JOB TO DO.
(PAUSE)
OK, OK, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE STILL NOT WITH ME THIS EVENING.
WHEN I COME TO CHURCH EVERY WEEK, I COME IN UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAVE A JOB TO DO….NO I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT TEACHING OR PREACHING - I AM TALKING ABOUT PRAISING!
WE MUST ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING AND INTO HIS COURT WITH PRAISE......
• I DON’T COME IN ATTEMPTING TO CUT GOD SHORT ON MY PRAISE – HE’S BEEN TOO GOOD TO ME
• I DON’T COME IN ATTEMPTING TO SIT DOWN ON THE LORD – HE’S BEEN TOO GOOD TO ME
• I DON’T COME IN TRYING TO HURRY ALONG THE WORSHIP SERVICE – HE’S BEEN TOO GOOD TO ME
• I DON’T COME IN TRYING TO SIT DOWN ON MY PRAISE – HE’S BEEN TOO GOOD TO ME
I COME INTO THE SANCTUARY EVERY WEEK WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I’M - JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB! AND MY JOB IS TO PRAISE HIM!
• JUST TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR EXCUSE ME – JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB
• JUST TELL THEM, LET ME STEP OVER YOU – JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB
• I KNOW YOU WILL LOOK AT ME FUNNY
• I KNOW YOU THINK IT DOES NOT TAKE ALL THAT
• BUT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I BEEN THROUGH
• EXCUSE ME – JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DISTINGUISHES THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM ALL OTHERS IS PRAISE.
WE WHO HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN, FILLED AND BAPTIZED WITH THE SPIRIT POSSES A BURNING DESIRE TO PRAISE THE LORD.
• PRAISE IS AN INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOR FOR THE TRUE CHILD OF GOD
• THE TRUE CHILD OF GOD HAS A CRITICAL CASE OF INTENSIVE AND INSTINCTIVE PRAISE
• A CHILD OF GOD’S DAY GOES LIKE THIS...... WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING IT’S THANK YOU LORD, DURING THE DAY IT’S NOBODY BUT YOU LORD, IN THE EVENING ITS GLORY TO YOUR NAME LORD
• IT’S THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAYS JOURNEY
IT’S THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME WITH MY NEEDS....
THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING ME THROUGHOUT THE DAY.....
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OVER MY FAMILY.
• PRAISE IS AN INNATE AND INSTINCTIVE PART OF FIBER AND FABRIC OF A CHILD OF GOD’S DNA
WHEN PETER LEARNED HOW TO BE OBEDIENT AND PRAISE THE LORD – THE LORD BLESSED HIM WITH THE INCREASE.
PETER GREW TO THE POINT WHERE HE SAID, “ALTHOUGH I DON’T UNDERSTAND, NEVERTHELESS, AT THY WORD.”
ALL TOO OFTEN WE NEVER GREW TO THIS LEVEL IN OUR LIFE.
WE COME TO CHURCH WITH THE ATTITUDE THAT DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO, I MIGHT PRAISE THE LORD TODAY.
DEPENDING UPON HOW I FEEL, I MIGHT PRAISE THE LORD. WE MUST COME IN UNDERSTANDING “THAT I WILL PRAISE THE LORD.”
• IT SHOULD NEVER BE......I MAY, I MIGHT AND I - LEAVE CRACKS AND CREVASSES FOR DOUBT, AND SPECULATION TO SNEAK IN
• I WILL SLAMS THE DOOR EMPHATICALLY WITH A KIND OF DOGMATIC EMPHASIS
• I WILL SAYS I THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT I HAVE COME TO FULL RESOLVE AND NOW I HAVE NO RESERVATIONS, HESITATIONS OR PROCRASTINATIONS ABOUT THE MATTER
• I MAY NOT UNDERSTAND BUT I WILL PRAISE THE LORD
• I COME IN WITH THE ATTITUDE – JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB
EVEN THE SONGWRITER TRIED TO HELP US OUT -- “WHEN I THINK OF THE GOODNESS OF JESUS AND ALL HE HAS DONE FOR ME, MY SOUL CRIES OUT, HALLELUJAH, THANK GOD…”
• WE PRAISE HIM BECAUSE WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT (DEEP MEDITATION)
• AND WE CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER MORE
• PRAISE IS THE RESULTS OF DEEP MEDIATION ABOUT WHO GOD IS
I KNOW THAT WE ARE SAVED, BUT MOST OF US DON’T GIVE GOD MORE THAN A GLANCE EVERY DAY. WE DON’T SPEND TIME THINKING ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
• WE THINK ABOUT OUR JOB
• WE THINK ABOUT OUR BANK ACCOUNT
• WE THINK ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN
• WE THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE
• WE NEED TO SPEND TIME THINKING AND MEDITATING ABOUT WHO GOD IS TO US
THIS EVENING WE HAVE COME TO PRAISE THE LORD. THIS IS OUR WHOLE REASON FOR OUR BEING HERE. YES, WE COME FOR OTHER THINGS:
• WE NEED ENCOURAGEMENT
• WE NEED DIRECTION
• AND WE NEED PRAYERS ANSWERED
• BUT, LET US NOT FORGET, THE REAL REASON WE ARE HERE....... IS TO PRAISE THE LORD
• THAT’S WHY I SAY THIS EVENING – JUST TRYING TO DO MY JOB
DON’T MISUNDERSTAND ME THIS EVENING. NOT EVERYONE WILL SHOW AN OVERLY EXCITING,
AND HAVE AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF PRAISE ALL THE TIME.
WE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME, NEITHER DO WE ALL RESPOND TO THINGS IN THE SAME MANNER.
BUT I AM SAYING THAT IF YOU REALLY KNOW THIS GOD YOU SAY YOU SERVE:
• IF YOU REALLY HAVE HAD A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH HIM
• IF JESUS IS REAL IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU HAVE SEEN HIS HANDIWORK IN YOUR LIFE.....
• IF THE SACRIFICE OF THE CROSS HAS SIGNIFICANCE FOR YOU
• IF YOU REALLY REMEMBER WHAT HE DID WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE LORD’S SUPPER
• THEN SOMETIMES YOU OUGHT TO SHOW A LITTLE SIGN THAT HE’S REAL IN YOUR SOUL
NO YOU DON’T NEED A PREACHER TELLING YOU EVERY TWO OR THREE MINUTES TO HIGH-FIVE SOMEBODY OR TO TURN TO TWO TO THREE PEOPLE AND GIVE SOME EXPRESSION.
NO, THAT’S NOT WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.
• EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU OUGHT TO EXCUSE YOURSELF FROM THE PEW AND SAY – I JUST WANT TO PRAISE HIM IN A DANCE
--DON’T KNOW WHY YOU’RE HERE THIS EVENING - BUT I JUST WANT TO PRAISE HIM
--YOU MAY HAVE COME JUST TO FROWN AND FAULT – I JUST WANT TO PRAISE HIM
--MAY BE WAITING FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR TO GET HAPPY FIRST – I JUST WANT TO PRAISE HIM...
--IF HE’S BEEN GOOD TO YOU – PRAISE HIM
--IF, HE HAS BLESSED YOU – PRAISE HIM
--IF HE’S MADE A WAY FOR YOU – PRAISE HIM