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Christians: We Should Be Jumping For Joy!
Contributed by Rick Crandall on Oct 3, 2025 (message contributor)
Christians: We Should Be Jumping for Joy!
Acts 16:34 says, "Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household." The saved jailer rejoiced in His salvation! And that word "rejoiced" has the great word picture of someone jumping for joy! A whole lot of jumping for joy! (1)
*Sometimes as Christians we do get down, but the Lord wants to renew our strength and restore our joy. You may feel sort of worthless right now, but Chuck Swindoll reminds Christians how valuable we really are. Chuck said that common items can rise to the level of being almost priceless, when they are "connected with someone powerful or famous."
*And Dr. Swindoll asked, "Would you pay $21,000 for an old, plaque encrusted toothbrush? Someone did, because it was Napoleon's toothbrush. Hitler's personal car sold for over $150,000. Winston Churchill's desk, a pipe owned by C. S. Lewis, sheets of music handwritten by Beethoven, And many other items sold for many times their original value.
*Years ago, Sotheby's auctioned the belongings of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Jackie's fake pearls, not real ones, sold for $211,500. JFK's set of old golf clubs went for $772,500. (Today that would be well over $1,500,000.) Exorbitant value was given to ordinary things, because they belonged to someone important."
*"And I would like to remind you," Swindoll said, "You may be common, or you may feel common. But you, my Christian friend, belong to the most famous and powerful being of all forever. You belong to the LORD! You belong to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and it's all because of our crucified and risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! (2)
(1) Sources:
-BROWN-DRIVER-BRIGGS' HEBREW DEFINITIONS - Published in 1906; public domain- Downloaded to e-Sword by Rick Meyers - Copyright 2021
-STRONG'S HEBREW AND GREEK DICTIONARIES - from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D. - Published in 1890; public domain. - Downloaded to e-Sword by Rick Meyers - Copyright 2021
(2) Adapted from "The Common Becomes Priceless" - From THE TALE OF THE TARDY OXCART - 1998 - by Charles Swindoll, p. 300 - http://www.churchchrist.net/Sermons/Jesus.htm
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