Look What The Lord Has Done

I. THE WORLD

A. NEWS

1. TURN ON THE NEWS

2. YOU’LL FIND THAT THE TOP NEWS STORY IS THE TV SHOW

SURVIVOR HAS IT’S FINAL EPISODE TONIGHT

3. HURRICANE DEBBIE IS HEADED TOWARDS THE U.S.

4. FOOD LION PRESIDENT IS TAKING EARLY RETIREMENT

B. WHAT THEY SAY

1. IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY PEOPLE AREN’T AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT

ANYTHING

2. ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY LOVE

3. HOLLYWOOD LOVES TO TALK ABOUT SEX AND THEY DO

4. GLADD LOVES TO TALK ABOUT HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS AND THEY DO

5. GOVERNMENT LOVES TO TALK ABOUT MORE GOV’T AND THEY DO

6. FISHERMEN LOVE TO TALK ABOUT FISHING

7. GOLFERS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT GOLFING

8. SHOPPERS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT SHOPPING

9. BOYS TALK ABOUT POKEMON

10. GIRLS TALK ABOUT BARBIE

C. TURN ON E! ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL AND YOU WILL SEE HOWARD STERN TALK

ABOUT SEX

1. TURN ON THE NEWS AND YOU WILL HEAR AL GORE TALK ABOUT MORE MONEY FOR

GOV’T

2. GET AROUND AN AUTO ENTHUSIAST AND WATCH THEM TALK ABOUT 350 LONG BLOCK

AND 4 BARREL CARB

D. TODAY I MUST STOP AND PAUSE WHEN I COME TO CHRISTIANS

1. WHERE ARE THEY?

2. CAN YOU HEAR THEM?

3. WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?

4. I’M SURE MANY OF THEM WILL BE TALKING ABOUT 350 CHEVY

5. AND THE LAST EPISODE OF SURVIVOR

6. GOLF SCORE

E. THANK THE LORD YOU HAVE A HOBBY

1. WE WOULD ALL GO CRAZY IF WE DIDN’T HAVE SOME RELAXING ACTIVITY TO

ENJOY

F. WHERE ARE THE VOICES OF CHRISTIANS WHEN IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT

GOD

1. DO WE HAVE THE TIME?

2. DO WE EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT GOD?

3. DO WE KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM TO TALK ABOUT HIM?

4. THE WRITER OF ECCL SAYS, THERE IS A TIME TO KEEP SILENCE AND A

TIME TO SPEAK. ECCL 3:7

5. PARDON ME BUT WE ARE IN GOD’S HOUSE AND NOW IS AN APPROPRIATE

TIME TO TALK ABOUT HIM

6. PS 150:1 SAYS, PRAISE GOD IN HIS SANCTUARY

7. JESUS SAID, IF THESE WOULD HOLD THEIR PEACE THE ROCKS WOULD

IMMEDIATELY CRY OUT LUKE 19:40

II. YOUR TIME

A. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PREACHERS ACROSS THE LAND PREACHING TO

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

1. PREACHERS WHO ARE PLANTED SAFELY BEHIND THEIR PULPITS

2. EACH MEMBER IS SECURE IN THEIR PEW

3. EVERYONE SETTLED IN AND COMFY

4. AND IT’S ALMOST LIKE BEING IN PRISON EXCEPT THERE ARE NO PHYSICAL

BARS SEPARATING US

5. IN PRISON FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR CELL YOU CAN SEE OTHER PRISONERS

6. YOU CAN HEAR OTHER PRISONERS

7. YOU CAN TALK TO OTHER PRISONERS

B. LIKEWISE WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER

1. HEAR EACH OTHER

2. TALK TO EACH OTHER

3. BUT LIKE MANY PRISONERS JUST B/C WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS DOESN’T

MEAN THAT WE ARE DOING THOSE THINGS

4. I BELIEVE IT’S TIME WE TEAR DOWN THE WALLS AND GET TO KNOW EACH

OTHER

5. MAYBE ONE REASON WHY CHRISTIANS DON’T GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER

IS B/C THEY HAVEN’T TAKEN THE TIME TO APPRECIATE ONE ANOTHER

6. IF YOU APPRECIATED EACH OTHER YOU WOULD BE MORE PATIENT

7. MORE KIND AND GENTLE

8. MORE HELPFUL INSTEAD OF HURTFUL

9. IF WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN EACH OTHERS WELL-BEING WE WOULD

DEMONSTRATE IT THROUGH OUR TONE OF VOICE, THINGS WE SAY, FACIAL

EXPRESSIONS ECT

C. OUR TEXT

1. EX 18 TELLS US WHEN MOSES AND JETHRO MET THEY GREETED EACH OTHER WITH A

HOLY KISS

2. NOT ONLY THAT, THEY ASKED ABOUT EACH OTHERS WELFARE

3. NOW THAT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE IN CHURCHES TOO OFTEN

4. HOW WAS YOUR DAY?

5. IT’S BEEN A WHILE; WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?

6. IN OTHER WORDS IT’S GET TO KNOW YOU TIME

7. OR IT’S CATCHING UP TIME

8. ARE YOU REALLY INTERESTED IN THE OTHER PEOPLE OF THE CHURCH?

9. ARE YOU POINTING OUT THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO YOU BUT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN

YOUR OBLIGATIONS TO THEM?

10. HAVE WE FORGOTTEN HOW TO GIVE TO EACH OTHER?

D. THE BIBLE SAYS MOSES AND JETHRO WENT INTO THE TENT

1. THE SANCTUARY IN THE EARLY O.T. WAS CALLED THE TENT

2. THE TENT OF MEETING

3. THEY WERE NOT GOING INTO THE TENT OF MEETING BUT THEY WERE GOING INTO A

TENT TO MEET

4. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TENTS YOU KNOW THAT MOST OF THEM

AREN’T TOO BIG

5. THEY ARE FAIRLY SMALL

6. THE TENTS IN THOSE DAYS WERE ABOUT THE SAME

7. WHEN YOU ARE IN A SMALL AREA YOU ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER

8. BEING IN CRAMPED SPACES WILL DO THAT

9. IT WILL BRING YOU TOGETHER

E. ONCE INSIDE

1. ONCE THEY WERE INSIDE THEY CONTINUED THEIR CONVERSATION

2. WHAT WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT