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[cimi]

January 24
Saturday


SMALL IS
BEAUTIFUL

READ:
John 6:53-71
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Who has despised the
day of small things?
__echariah 4:10
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Just the other day someone said of a friend, "This man is destined for a great ministry," by which he meant he was headed for the big time--a high-profile church with a big budget.

It made me wonder: Why do we think that God's call is necessarily upwardly mobile? Why wouldn't He send His best workers to labor for a lifetime in some small place? Aren't there people in obscure places who need to be evangelized and taught? God is not willing that any perish.

Jesus cared about the individual as well as the masses. He taught large crowds if they appeared, but it never bothered Him that His audience grew smaller every day. Many left Him, John said (John 6:66), a fickle atribution that would have thrown most of us into high panic. yet Jesus pressed on with those the Father gave Him.

We live in a culture where bigger is better, where size is the measure of success. It takes a strong person to resist that trend, especially if he or she is laboring in a small place.

But size is nothing; substance is everything. Whether you're pastoring a small church or leading a small Bible study or Sunday school class, serve them with all your heart. Pray, love, teach by word and example. Your little place is not a steppingstone to greatness. It is greatness. __David Roper
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````````````````The Lord will give you help and strength````````````
`````````````````````For work He bids you do;```````````````````
`````````````````To serve Him from a heart of love````````````````
``````````````````Is all He asks of you. __Fasick`````````````````
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Little is much when God is in it.

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ John 6:53-71***********

53 "Most assuredly, I say to
you, unless you eat the flesh
of the Son of Man and drink
His blood, you have no life
in you... 57 As the living
Father sent Me, and I lived
because of the Father, so he
who feeds on Me will live
because of Me. 58...He
who eats this bread will live
forever." ...

60 Therefore many of His
disciples, when they heard
this said, "This is a hard
saying; who can understand
it?"

61 When Jesus knew in
Himself that His disciples
complained about this, he
said to them, "Does this
offend you? 62 What then if
you should see the Son of
Man ascend where He was
before? 63 It is the Spirit
who gives life; the flesh
profits nothing. The words
that I speak to you are spirit,
and they are life. 64 But
there are some of you who
do not believe." For Jesus
knew from the beginning
who they were who did not
believe, and who would
betray Him.... 66 From that
time many of His disciples
went back and walked with
Him no more. 67 Then Jesus
said to the twelve, "Do you
also want to go away?"

68 But Simon Peter
answered Him, "Lord, to
whom shall we go? You
have the words of eternal
life. 69 Also we have come
to believe and know that
You are the Christ, the Son
of the living God."

70 "Did I not choose you, the
twelve, and one of you is a
devil?" 71 He spoke of Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon,
for it was he who would
betray Him, being one of
the twelve.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Three times in this passage (vv61,64,70-71) we are told that Jesus had
supernatural insight into the minds of men (also John 2:24-25; 6:15). This points to His deity and, specifically, to His omniscience. __sim Kay Tee

[lizzie]

Amen Praise God. He seeks the one... I just love this message cimi. Its so easy to get discouraged. When we put it into perspective and look at it spiritually, we gain a better understanding of God's plan and purpose.

Love you cimi and i miss you sister