Friends,
What a beautiful day for worship this past Sunday! We’ve been walking through the text of Genesis and examining the story of Noah and the Flood. As we approach Easter Sunday, I hope that we will be able to see the parallels of God redeeming act through Noah and God’s superior redeeming act through His Son, Jesus Christ.
In this part of the story, I thought about how Noah and his family could survive approximately 400 days together in the ark. Imagine staying in one place with your family with no other outside contact for over a year! I think for most of us a week is plenty.
How did they get along? Their focus, trust, and devotion was in God. Their obedience to His plan and following through with that helped them see beyond themselves and be totally committed to His will in their lives.
How about for you? Within your family, workplace, community, and even church…how do we get along? When we are truly devoted to God and seeking His will in our lives, our own desires become God’s. When the desires of God become the desires of our family, we move in step with His plan, and there we find joy. The same is true of our church. Several scriptures point to where the early church was most blessed when it was one in spirit and mind seeking God’s leading for their lives. May we remember daily that it is not about us, and may we seek to please Him each and every day.
You can download the sermon here: Eight is Enough by Rev. Bryon LePere
Scriptures Referenced:
- Genesis 7:1-5
- 1 Peter 3:20
- Genesis 7:6-16
- Malachi 3:10
- Genesis 7:17-24
- Jonah 2:7
- Exodus 13:20-21
- Joshua 1:6-9
- Acts 2:42-47, 4:32, 9:31
- Matthew 21:42-43
- Mark 4:35-39
- Ephesians 4:1-6, Philippians 1:27, Hebrews 12:1-2
#1 by dorothy brown on April 7, 2009 - 10:20 pm
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I believe that all those on the ark got along and whatnot by beleving and having the grace of God in their lives. We need to live fully in the spirits power. Like God shut the door on the ark those on there were safe in the arms of God. Those who didn’t listen or believe were shut out and therefore it was too late. Those people outside the ark perished and things in life happen suddenly so don’t wait take the time now to turn your life to the Lord.
#2 by glenn blevins on April 10, 2009 - 11:35 pm
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just wanted to say hello to everyone in big island, my family and i lived there underneath shepards market in early to late 1980′s
#3 by glenn blevins on April 10, 2009 - 11:35 pm
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just wanted to say hello to everyone in big island, my family and i lived there underneath shepards market in early to late 1980′s HI ALL.