READY TO GO
JOHN 3:16
AS I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WORDS SAY – CONVEY – ALRIGHT . . .
TUESDAY – CHURCH (ORANGE COUNTY FAIR)
EXODUS. . .(FAIR) – I TRIED TO DELAY – GOING; DECLARED – READY TO GO
CAROL VISIT (GUITARS) – GO . . .
REST – OUTING – MEETING
A PLACE FREE FROM:
PAIN
CRYING
DYING
TRYING
MOURNING
EVERYTHING IS NEW
BODY – PAINS, ACHES, HOSP, DOCTOR VISITS
MINDSET
TODAY > YESTERDAY, TOMORROW > TODAY
AS CAROL DECLARED TO ME - “READY TO GO”
I LOOKED INTO HER EYES – SAW CLEARLY THAT SHE HAD GRASPED THE ESSENCE OF JOHN 3:16 (RECITE).
JOHN 3:16 TEACHES US THAT GOD IS A : LOVING GOD, GIVING GOD, AND A GOD WE CAN BELIEVE IN.
JOHN 3:16 COMES TO US ON THE TAILSPIN OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN NICODEMUS AND JESUS.
NICODEMUS: JOHN 3:1 DESCRIBES HIM AS:
A MAN OF THE PHARISEES
RULER OF THE JEWS
SCHOLAR OF THE LAW
FRONT COVER – JERUSALEM JET
FEATURED NUMEROUS TIMES – EBONY’S SCROLL
YET, VERSES 2-4 INFORMS US THAT NICODEMUS WENT TO JESUS BECAUSE HE HAD SOME PRESSING QUESTIONS:
HOW CAN A MAN BE BORN WHEN HE IS OLD?
CAN A MAN ENTER HIS MOTHER’S WOMB AND BE BORN A SECOND TIME?
HE HAD SOME PRESSING/PERPLEXING QUESTIONS? BUT, I LIKE NICODEMUS BECAUSE HE KNEW WHERE TO TURN, WHERE TO GO WITH HIS QUESTIONS . . .
WILLIE - MICHELLE
MICHAEL - RAMONA
NOT JUST THEM, BUT ALL OF US HAVE PRESSING/PERPLEXING QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED EVERY NOW/THEN.
IF NOT TODAY, KEEP GETTING UP, LIFE WILL THROW SOME PRESSING/PERPLEXING QUESTIONS YOUR WAY.
ABS OF STEEL, BLACK HAIR, MUSCLES – MOUNTAINS
NICODEMUS WENT TO JESUS, NOT JUST BECAUSE HE HAD QUESTIONS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, BECAUSE HE KNEW JESUS HAD ANSWERS.
IN VERSES 5-15, JESUS INFORMS NICODEMUS OF WHAT HE MUST DO, IF HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH LIFE’S JOURNEY. WHAT A COMFORT IT IS TO KNOW THAT NOT ONLY CAN I TAKE MY QUESTIONS TO JESUS, BUT TO KNOW HE HAS ANSWERS FOR ME. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THIS MORNING THAT EVER HAD A QUESTION THAT ONLY JESUS COULD PROVIDE THE ANSWER?
NICODEMUS PRESSING QUESTION WAS CONCERNING FUTURE RETIREMENT?
BODY/SHAPE . . . MIND/TACK . . .
MONEY/FINANCES/RESOURCES/CONTACTS – NONE OF THAT WILL DO ME ANY GOOD . . . WHERE AM I GOING TO SPEND ETERNITY?
JESUS OFFERS UP HIS MISSION STATEMENT: JOHN 3:16
FOR GOD SO LOVED – LOVING GOD
MOTHER - 35 YEARS OF MARRIAGE
TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN
THAT HE GAVE – GIVING GOD
4 YEARS (FIGHT THE FIGHT) - FAITH (PRESS/WORSHIP)
BLESSING (MYSTIFIED DOCTORS)
WHOSEOVER BELIEVETH – A GOD WE CAN TRUST
LORD, I TRUST YOUR WORD
LORD, I TRUST YOU THAT BEFORE THE PAIN OF DEATH CAN STEAL MY JOY – SWEEP ME AWAY.
LORD, I TRUST YOU THAT BEFORE THE ANGEL OF DEATH CAN CAPTIVATE ME – SWEEP ME AWAY.
AND WITH THAT FAITH IN GOD: SATURDAY, JULY 26 – READY TO GO
SUNDAY, JULY 27 – “I’D LOVE TO STAY A LITTLE WHILE LONGER . . .”
OLD FOLKS: SOME GLAD MORNING . . .
