A Child That Saved the Day
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John 6:8-12
John 6:8-12
A Child That Saved the Day
A Child That Saved the Day
Introduction
We took some students on a field trip one day. Students were supposed to bring their lunches. However, one student out of the group failed to bring their lunch. I was willing to share my lunch with the student, but before I was able to do so, other students had taken from their own lunches to supply the student without any lunch with a decent lunch. Those students saved the day for that student.
On this day of Black History month, the purpose of this message today is encourage our kids to know that they have a purpose in this world.
One of the high schools that blacks were not allowed to attend was Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The local leader of the NAACP was a lady named Daisy Bates. Daisy recruited nine African-American high school students to enroll at Central High.
#1 A Child That Shared What He Had Made a Difference (8-9)
#1 A Child That Shared What He Had Made a Difference (8-9)
The nine students were
Elizabeth Eckford
Minnijean Brown
Gloria Ray
Terrance Roberts
Ernest Green
Thelma Mothershed
Jefferson Thomas
Melba Patillo, and
Carlotta Walls.
These students became known as the Little Rock Nine. Their lives had purpose!
On September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded during Sunday morning services in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four young girls:
Addie Mae Collins (14)
Cynthia Wesley (14)
Carole Robertson (14) and
Carol Denise McNair (11).
Although their lives ended much too early, their young lives served a purpose.
Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store
Although their lives ended much too early, their young lives served a purpose.
Then, there was a young lad that was traveling with his family in a desert place one evening watching and participating in the actions of a Galilean preacher. Watching this itinerate pastor heal the sick. Watching this master teacher school his disciples and others on who He was!
(5-6) Jesus ALWAYS has a/the SOLUTION for any and all problems!
(ref. 7) Sometimes, adults don’t have all the answers… or the right answer(s)!
#1 A Child That Shared What He Had Made a Difference (8-9)
#1 A Child That Shared What He Had Made a Difference (8-9)
(8) - Andrew, the first Evangelism Team leader, brought not only Simon, but now he’s bringing a lad to Jesus!
(9) Kids can be resourceful! - He had two fish and five barley loaves of bread!
#2 A Child That Placed What He Had in the Hands of Jesus was Turned Into a Miracle (10-12)
#2 A Child That Placed What He Had in the Hands of Jesus was Turned Into a Miracle (10-12)
(10) Post yourself in a position to receive a blessing! (OBEDIENCE)
(11a) It’s important to place what may seem little, meager, and minute in the HANDS OF JESUS!
(11a) It’s important to place what may seem little, meager, and minute in the HANDS OF JESUS!
(11b) Give thanks to God for the SMALL THINGS!
(12) Be GOOD STEWARDS over all that God gives you!
(11) Give thanks to God for the small
#3 Another Child That Saved the Day was Spoken About a Long Time Ago
#3 Another Child That Saved the Day was Spoken About a Long Time Ago
, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, The Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”
, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”
, “God demonstrated His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”