a kaleidoscope of sermons, messages and poems book 2

8/21/2019 A Kaleidoscope of Sermons, Messages and Poems Book 2

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God’s Tapestry

+ be'iee that our 'ies are a beautifu' tapestry which our

mercifu' od is weaing! and + be'iee that eery stitch in this

tapestry is needfu'! in od8s p'an for us& 4e are unab'e to

fu''y perceie this beautifu' tapestry of our 'ies! unti' od

has comp'eted is masterpiece&

Then od wi'' reea' to us is true purpose for our 'ies! particu'ar'y is purpose! in the forgotten and seeming'y

unfinished threads of is wonderfu' tapestry&

od wi'' then show us how that a'' of the indiidua'

wonderfu' tapestries! (indiidua' Christian8s 'ies)! fit together

in unsurpassed grandeur! in is 9ne and 9n'y! is uni3ue

Son! :esus Christ&

Then we sha'' know od8s purpose! as we are now known by

od&

Words composed in 1996.


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My Accident On My Bike When I WasEleven Years Old

4hen + was preaching for about two years at the ;egency

reen oste'! :ohn 4a'ker! the minister! gae me some ery

sound adice& e said! okes! funny stories from books! other peop'e8s

'ies! without putting them down! but particu'ar'y use your

stories from your own 'ife! that are unknown to peop'e! but

a'ways keep to your message! that is the message from od!

to peop'e through you& This was ery sound and time'y

adice&

+ hae a'ways found that + was ab'e to compose poetry more

easi'y than + was ab'e to compose prose! that is! written

stories! but here goes&


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My Accident On My Bike When I WasEleven Years Old

4hen + was e'een years o'd! + 'ied with my foster parents

and my foster brother a? on a farm at ,e'a'ie orth! which

is twe'e mi'es north of :amestown! in the mid@north of South

$ustra'ia&

a? gae me a second hand bike for the recent Christmas!

and + >ust cou'dn8t wait to be ab'e to ride it& The bike was o'd

fashioned! ery big for an e'een year o'd boy! who had neer

eer ridden a bike before that day&

+ wa'ked up to the top of the high hi'' with my bike!

c'imbed up onto the high seat! (my feet cou'd >ust reach the

peda's)! then + f'ew down the hi''! fee'ing as free as a bird! on

this beautifu' sunny afternoon&

+ cou'd see a 'ong groe of bo?thorn berry bushes at the

bottom of the hi''! but + fe't safe! knowing that + had brakes on

my bike&

Sudden'y + knew that + soon must app'y the brakes! but!

horror of horrors! + forgot how to use them& + had two options!

>ump off the bike and get hurt! or stay on the bike and get hurt&

+ chose to stay on the bike& ,efore + rea'i*ed what had

happened! + hit the bo?thorn berry bush that was fu'' of thorns

and >uicy ripe red berries&

There + was! a 'itt'e crying e'een@year@o'd boy! b'eeding

from thorns and red from s3uashed berries& + was not a pretty

sight&

+ understand now that od saed me from a possib'e

death! because >ust behind the bo?thorn berry bushes was a

ery steep paddock& The bo?thorn berry bushes rea''y saed

my 'ife&


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The 'esson that + 'earned from this e?perience! was not to

fee' sorry for myse'f! but pick myse'f up! dust myse'f off! and

then start a'' oer again with od&


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The Lord’s Prayer Give Us This DayOur Daily Bread

,ib'e reading& atthew chapter A! erses 25@/.&

This is the 4ord of the -ord& Thanks be to od&

There was once a man who was wa'king a'ong a dirt path that

was situated right in the midd'e of a ery big paddock in thecountry& The paddock was coered in wi'd f'owers! weeds and

grass&

The man wasn8t in a ery big hurry! so he >ust en>oyed the

sunny day! wa'ked ery s'ow'y! >ust taking his time! and

stopping now and then in order to pick some of the wi'd

f'owers! then to sme'' their 'oe'y scent&

4hen he reached the midd'e of the paddock! he stoppedwa'king! then he took a 'ong we''@earned rest& entua''y he

stood up! deciding that it was time that he started wa'king

again& ,efore continuing to wa'k across the paddock! he

thought that it wou'd be good if he had a 'ook behind him! in

order to see how far he had wa'ked& $t one end of the paddock

in a corner behind him! he saw something that he wished was

not in the paddock& There right at the end of the paddock happi'y munching on the fresh green grass! was a ery big

b'ack bu'' with ery 'ong pointed horns& ust hope that + wi''

be ab'e to s'ow'y wa'k to the end of the paddock without the

bu'' seeing me!8 said the man to himse'f&

e >ust started to wa'k again! when the bu'' >ust happened

to stop munching grass! 'ooked up to find new grass! then he

saw the man in the distance! e then started to swish his tai' in

anger! then snorted through his nose! then moed his head

icious'y from side to side! then charged! after kicking up the

dust with his front feet&


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The bu'' ran towards the man! and the man ran for his 'ife!

but the bu'' moed c'oser and c'oser! unti' the man cou'd fee'

the bu''8s breath on the back of his neck& ust remembered this prayer&


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+ discoered that my father was in and out of prison! from

about 1%. unti' 1%7/ at 'east! maybe een 'onger! >ust

because he was a compu'sie thief! and a ery strong

a'coho'ic! and a ery angry and io'ent man& 4hen he was 'et

out of prison! he >ust cou'dn8t cope with 'ife! so he was g'ad to

be ab'e to do something wrong again! so that he cou'd get

back into the prison again! so that he cou'd receie good food!

good c'othes! and his prison friends once again& + haen8t seen

"ad since + was seen years o'd! a'though + searched for him

through the ;ed Cross organi*ation! and through the Sa'ation

$rmy& The 'ast that + heard of him! was that he was in a prison

in ,risbane in 1%7/! and that a fire destroyed a'' of the prisonrecords&

od doesn8t >ust gie us ordinary bread& e a'so gies us

spiritua' bread& The spiritua' bread that od gies us is is

9ne and 9n'y! is uni3ue Son! that is! is 9n'y ,egotten

Son! our -ord :esus Christ! whose body was broken for us!

and is b'ood was spi''ed for us! so that if we be'iee in im!

accept im as our -ord and Saiour! trust! 'oe! honour andobey im right up unti' the end of our 'ies! we wi'' hae

eterna' 'ife! in is presence foreer&

,read is mentioned many times in the ,ib'e! for instance

enesis chapter / erse 1%& Dou $dam! sha'' eat bread in the

sweat of your face! unti' you wi'' return to dust& enesis

chapter .1 erses 17& and ;ebecca gae the saoury meat and

the bread which she had prepared! into :acob her son8s hand&

enesis chapter .1 erse 55& $nd when a'' the 'and of gypt

was in drought! the peop'e cried to #haraoh for bread& $nd

#haraoh said to a'' the gyptians! go to :oseph and do what he

says& #sa'm chapter 102 erse .& y heart is aff'icted and

withered 'ike grass! so that + forget to eat my bread& #sa'm 1/2

erse 15& +! od! wi'' b'ess her proision abundant'y& + wi''

satisfy her poor peop'e with bread& atthew chapter . erse .&

,ut :esus answered and said!


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and gae it to the discip'es! and said! ectim&

od certain'y proides for us& The ,ib'e says in atthew

chapter 10 erse 2%& $re not two sparrows so'd for a sma''


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bron*e coin! and one of them wi'' not fa'' on the ground

without your ather& Eerse /0& ,ut the ery hairs of your head

are a'' numbered& od wou'dn8t take 'ong to count the number

of hairs on my head&

atthew chapter A erse 2& $nd why do you take

thought for c'othesB Consider the 'i'ies of the fie'd how they

grow& They do not toi'! neither do they spin&

Eerse 2%& ust 'eae my 'arge fami'y8s conersion to

:esus! in od8s 'oing hands&

9ur great Three@+n@9ne od! ather! Son! and o'y

Spirit! wi'' a'ways gie us this day our dai'y bread! because

e is :ehoah :ireh! our proider&

ay od rich'y b'ess eeryone who is gathered here in

is ame today! with is 'oe! is >oy! and is peace&$men&


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God Is Our Provider

,ib'e reading& #sa'm 121&

+n +saiah chapter ./ erses 20 and 21! we read! acka's and ow's! said od& +

proide water in the deserts! streams in thirsty 'ands for y

chosen peop'e&

+ made them my own nation! so they wou'd praise e8

1 Corinthians chapter 10 erse 1/&


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$ 'ong time ago! king ebuchadne**ar who was king of a

city ca''ed ,aby'on! captured the city of :erusa'em! and he

took different things from the temp'e back to ,aby'on& e

a'so took "anie' and three of his friends&

9ne day the king 'et it be known! that if anyone prays to

any god! or who prays to any person during the ne?t thirty

days! e?cept to the king! they wou'd be thrown into the 'ions

house and be eaten& 4hen "anie' heard this! for three times a

day he kne't down on his knees! and prayed and gae thanks

to od&

Some of the king8s men saw "anie' praying to od! thenthey to'd the king! who then said! esty&8

The king was ery happy and he said!


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4hen + was nine years o'd! my mother and father cou'dn8t

'ook after me! or my three brothers and two sisters! so + had to

'ie in a home with many boys! and my brothers and sisters

had to 'ie in a home with many other boys and gir's&

od then proided a way for me to escape from this

horrib'e situation& e sent me far away from the boys8 home&

e sent me far away into the country! to a farm at ,e'a'ie

orth! which was twe'e mi'es north of :amestown in the

mid@north of South $ustra'ia&

od sent me to be cared for by a man and a 'ady! who

were o'd enough to be my grandparents& od then proided a p'ace for me to work in the #ost 9ffice! for thirty fie years!

and e proided my wife #au'ine! and our two chi'dren&

od proided something far better than the things that e

proided for me& e proided is 9ne and 9n'y Son! :esus

Christ! to come to our arth! 'ie for about thirty three years!

then for im to die on a crue' cross for eerybody! then to go

back to od in eaen! and to sae a'' peop'e who continua''y

be'iee! obey! fo''ow! 'oe! honour! and sere :esus! right up

unti' their 'ast days on this arth! so that they wi'' 'ie in

eaen foreer&

"uring 1%%1 + composed a poem and Christian song

entit'ed


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We Will Be Safe With God

1& The Christian8s 'ife is not ery smooth!

there are tria's a'ong the way!

but we who trust in Christ our Saiour!

wi'' con3uer sin each day&

4e are the chi'dren of od! and so

we wi'' be safe with im!

e8'' guard and guide us our who'e 'ife through!

then take us home with im&

2& 9 p'ease now 'ie the Christian 'ife!

take :esus as your -ord!

you8re safe with im! if you trust in im!

so now dai'y read is 4ord&

Take :esus Christ as your Saiour now!

confess to im your sin!

you8'' reign with im foreermore!foreermore with im&

Dou8'' reign with im foreermore!

foreermore with im&

od is :ehoah :ireh! our proider! and e is a'so our

Shepherd& +f we are continua''y be'ieing in :esus!

fo''owing im and obeying im! e wi'' continue to

'ead us throughout our 'ies! through our good times

and our bad times Then we wi'' go to eaen! to be

with od our ather! :esus Christ! od the Son! and

od the o'y Spirit foreer&

$men&


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Jesus Our Pioneer, That Is, OurCaptain, and Our Liberator

ebrews chapter 2 erses 5@1&

4hat is the work of a pioneerB

The head of a c'an! a hero! and it cou'd a'so mean a founder of

a schoo' of thought! for instance the :ehoah8s 4itnesses&

$ pioneer cou'd a'so be the originator of a p'an of action! for

instance the imp'ementation of a crime preention scheme! by

the eighbourhood 4atch organi*ation&

4hat is a 'iberatorB

$ person who de'iers another person! or a group of peop'e!

from an inhuman tyrant! or an oppressie organi*ation! for

instance! the ;on ubbard brainwashing "ianetics

organi*ation in $merica! or from materia'istic communism

etc&

-et us now read ebrews chapter 2 erses 5 to 1! then

we wi'' 'ook more deep'y into these erses& ere the unknownauthor of the book of ebrews returns to his main thought!

and that is the destiny of :esus in the wor'd to come! but now

the intimate or c'ose ino'ement through is being born as a

man! that is! is +ncarnation! is brought forward&

4hen the "ead Sea Scro''s were discoered at 6umran!

which is at a'most the top of the 4estern end of the "ead Sea!

in +srae'! it was discoered that the members of the 6umran

re'igious sect! be'ieed that the coming $ge wou'd be marked

by the dominion or ru'e of the $rchange' ichae'! who was

the 'eader of the good and tru'y pure ange's! who neer chose

to rebe' against od! un'ike the other proud and conceited


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ange's! and their 'eader! Satan! the dei'! who definite'y chose

the path of rebe''ion against od& The writer of ebrews ery

strong'y opposes this iew& e said!


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o! we don8t een contro' the arth! not to mention the

rest of the cosmos! that is! the unierse&

The ery 'atest scientific discoery in 201. was that our

unierse is geocentric! that is! that our sun! p'anets and a'' of the stars reo'e around the arth! and that our arth is

motion'ess at the center of our unierse! and that our arth

does not rotate! or reo'e around the sun& The stars reo'e

around the unmoing arth once eery 2/ hours and 5A

minutes! whi'e the moon sun and p'anets reo'e around the

unmoing arth once eery 2. hours! that is! once eery day&

Eerses b to %&

$t present we do not see eerything sub>ect to im&

The ebrews writer was thinking here chief'y of :esus!

being crowned with g'ory and honour because e suffereddeath& :esus the 9ne 4ho was crowned! was made a 'itt'e

'ower than the ange's! for the ery purpose of dying! that is!

that by the grace! and faour of od! :esus might taste death!

for eery man! woman! boy! and gir' in the wor'd&

:esus was made 'ower than the ange's& This occurred

when :esus was born as a human being! and e became a

man! in order to die&

Eerse 10

The author! that is! the Captain of our sa'ation&

The word! ust come in order to share

our humanity! but to transform it& ankind on account of sin

is not crowned& 4e are degraded& Creation is not sub>ect to us!


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but we are in sub>ection to creation! dominated by its power!

and under its contro'& ,ut od has a brighter prospect for is

peop'e& Things can be different& 4ithin this brief erse! (erse

10)! we 'earn about!

G od8s wisdom!

G mankind8s destiny!

G :esus Christ8s perfection!

:esus has been made perfect! through suffering& Since

:esus8s brothers and sisters! that is! a'' true Christians! mustsuffer! so must :esus! if e is to be the kind of Captain that

they need& ,y haing suffered! :esus is ab'e to gie us the he'p

that we need& :esus 'itera''y fee's for us& +t is a'most

impossib'e to understand another person8s sorrows! and suffer

them ourse'es& $ person who has no neres has no

conception of the tortures of nerousness and depression& $

person who is physica''y fit has no conception of the

weariness of the person who is easi'y tired! and a'so the painof the person for whom 'ife is neer free of pain&

+t is often true that a person who is c'eer and who 'earns

easi'y! can8t understand why someone who is s'ow! finds

things so difficu't& $ person who has neer had a great sorrow!

can8t understand the heart pain of the person into whose 'ife

has come great grief&

$ person who has neer 'oed! can neer understandeither the sudden g'ory of 'oe! when it first comes! or the

aching 'one'iness in the 'oer8s heart when it departs& ,efore

we can hae sympathy! we must go through the same things as

the other person has gone through! and that is e?act'y what

:esus did& ,ecause :esus sympathises with us! e can rea''y

he'p us&

The erse of the Christmas caro'! 9 o'y ight! whichreads!


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imse'f! e is ab'e and wi''ing to he'p others! who are going

through them! inc'uding us&

Eerse 1/&

There is a deep unity between :esus the Son! and the many

sons and daughters! that is! a'' of the true Christians&

:esus makes them ho'y! by is death! and those who are made

ho'y are of the same fami'y& :esus is an e'der brother to us! inthe midst of a circ'e of younger chi'dren& e is the Captain of

our sa'ation! and e teaches us the 'essons of faith! a'ong the

pathway of suffering&

Eerses 1.@1&

:esus our 'iberator&

,efore we became Christians we were s'aes and serants

of Satan& Since we are human! :esus our Captain had to

become human! and die for us! in order for im to be ab'e to

rescue us! and by doing this! :esus was ab'e to destroy the

dei'& The author of ebrews didn8t mean that Satan ceased toe?ist or ceased to be actie! but that the meaning of the word

destroy! indicates the cance''ing of Satan8s power oer the

Christians! whom :esus redeems&

Eerses 1A@1

4hateer our needs or tria's! our Captain! that is! :esus!

wi'' he'p us! since e ministers to $braham8s descendant! not

to ange's&


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9ur Captain! that is! :esus! in is ro'e as our #riest! is ab'e

to aid us! who are being tempted! erse 1! out of the

e?perience of temptation! which is own sufferings entai'ed&

The writer of ebrews has suggested that :esus our Captain! has definite'y been made perfect by od! our ather!

for is ro'e in 'eading us to participate in is future g'ory&

$men&

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