| | Where Are You Storing Your TreasureI've been thinking of posting some children's sermons I used to do in church years ago. This was always one of my favorites. First though, I'll give you some background on who inspired it. Have any of you ever heard of the late Dr Stephen Olford. What a Godly man and incredible expositor of God's word. He once had a saying that his dad told him when he was in the hospital not long before he died. "Only one life will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last" That has stuck with me since I was a younger believer in Christ. Here is the link to Olford Ministries International, a ministry he started to equip preachers with preaching the Gospel. This is his profile and how he started the ministry.I won't put anything here,but please go read about this incredible man of God.There may be some of his sermons on there to link to, I haven't looked at the site in detail myself. http://www.olford.org/CC_Content_Page/0,,PTID314886%7CCHID702174%7CCIID,00.html Everytime he preached at South Woods, the spirit moved in my heart. The children's sermon that God layed on my heart was reguarding wealth. I had a nice size rock and a piece of flash paper (a piece of paper that when lit with a flame,burns in a flash). I told the kids that the rock represented everything that we have done on this earth for Christ, (helping others, serving others telling other's about Christ's love, etc.) and the flash paper represented all the material things we had gathered in our life, (cars, boats, houses, TV, and all the things we enjoy with the money we make. The lighter is God's fire of judgement of which ALL things must pass thru. First I lit the lighter and placed the rock over the flame. Of course the flame didn't destroy the rock or hurt it in any way which shows how God views the things we do for Christ's honor and glory. But when I put the flash paper over the flame, POOF, up in a quick flash went all those material things we thought were worth all our time and effort to gain. In God's eyes, these things are worthless. Not that there is anything wrong with having these things, they just shouldn't be our reason to live, our desire if you will. Only what's done for Christ will last the test of God. I did this children's sermon on one of the occasions that Dr Olford preached. It was when the war Desert Storm was in high gear. He used to call me Tiny Tim and when he got up to start preaching after that children's sermon he said, "Well, Tiny Tim launched his own scud missles this morning" There was a little more to the children's sermon, but you should get the jest of it. Here's a pic of me with Dr Olford about 19 or 20 years ago. I was about 29 or 30.  What an awesome man of God this man was. Please go to the link and read about his ministry that still thrives today. It's actually right around the corner from my house  What a blessing to have been able to meet this man. May God bless you all this weekend with His marvelous grace as you turn your eyes upon Jesus! Lots of love to you friends! ~Grampy~ |
Hope you have a marvelous weekend yourself girl!
Dr Olford was a short man too, so I guess it really DOES make it look a bit funny! That was the reason everyone wanted to get a pic of us together! I still can hear Dr Olford calling me Tiny Tim, such a delightful man was he.
