Sermon Tone Analysis

*FEEDING THE ONE HUNDRED.*

YOU'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT JESUS FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND.

AND YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL HEARD ABOUT JESUS FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND.

BUT HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT THE FEEDING OF THE ONE HUNDRED?

TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO:

*2 KINGS 4:42-44 (NIV)*

\\ *42 **A MAN CAME FROM BAAL SHALISHAH, *

*BRINGING THE MAN OF GOD TWENTY LOAVES OF BARLEY BREAD BAKED FROM THE FIRST RIPE GRAIN, *

*ALONG WITH SOME HEADS OF NEW GRAIN.

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*“GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE TO EAT,” ELISHA SAID.

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*43 **“HOW CAN I SET THIS BEFORE A HUNDRED MEN?” HIS SERVANT ASKED.

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*BUT ELISHA ANSWERED, “GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE TO EAT.

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*FOR THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS: *

*‘THEY WILL EAT AND HAVE SOME LEFT OVER.’ ” *

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*44 **THEN HE SET IT BEFORE THEM, *

*AND THEY ATE AND HAD SOME LEFT OVER, *

*ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD.

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*THE THOUGHT HERE IS THAT:*

 

GOD HAS THE POWER TO MEET OUR NEEDS.

GOD MET THE NEED FOR FOOD THAT THESE 100 MEN HAD.

OUR GOD IS A GOD OF HAS UNLIMITED POWER,

HE HAS THE POWER TO MEET ANY

AND EVERY NEED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.

WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE MAY BE FACING,

GOD CAN MEET OUR NEED.

AND IF GOD HAS THE POWER TO MEET ALL OF OUR NEEDS,

THEN WHY WOULDN’T HE MEET THE VERY BASIC NEEDS OF OUR LIFE:

 

BASIC NEEDS LIKE:

Þ  THE NEED FOR

*FOOD, SHELTER, AND CLOTHING*

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*TRUTHFULLY NOW, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD TO PRAY A **MATTHEW 6:11** VERY OFTEN DURING OUR LIFETIMES.*

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*(**MATTHEW 6:11**) SAYS;*

* “GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD”** *

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JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES TO ASK GOD FOR THEIR DAILY NEEDS.

BECAUSE GOD IS OUR SOURCE.

HE WANTS TO BE OUR SUPPLIER.

HE WANTS TO BE PART OF OUR DAILY LIVES.

*JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 6:28-33 (NIV) \\ **28 **“WHY DO YOU WORRY ABOUT CLOTHES?

SEE HOW THE LILIES OF THE FIELD GROW.

THEY DO NOT LABOR OR SPIN.

**29 **YET I TELL YOU THAT NOT EVEN SOLOMON IN ALL HIS SPLENDOR WAS DRESSED LIKE ONE OF THESE.

**30 **IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES THE GRASS OF THE FIELD, WHICH IS HERE TODAY AND TOMORROW IS THROWN INTO THE FIRE, WILL HE NOT MUCH MORE CLOTHE YOU, O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH?

**31 **SO DO NOT WORRY, SAYING, ‘WHAT SHALL WE EAT?’ OR ‘WHAT SHALL WE DRINK?’ OR ‘WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?’ **32 **FOR THE PAGANS RUN AFTER ALL THESE THINGS, AND YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS THAT YOU NEED THEM.

**33 **BUT SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU AS WELL.

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ON AUGUST 31, 2005, FEMA (FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY) REGIONAL DIRECTOR MARTY BAHAMONDE EMAILED

THE FEMA DIRECTOR REGARDING THE GRAVE SITUATION

IN NEW ORLEANS RIGHT AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA HIT.

BAHAMONDE WROTE:

"SIR, I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THE SITUATION IS PAST CRITICAL.

HERE [ARE] SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW.

HOTELS ARE KICKING PEOPLE OUT,

 

THOUSANDS ARE GATHERING IN THE STREETS WITH NO FOOD OR WATER.

HUNDREDS STILL BEING RESCUED FROM HOMES.

"THERE ARE DYING PATIENTS AT THE DMAT [DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM] TENT.

ESTIMATES ARE MANY WILL DIE WITHIN HOURS.

EVACUATION IN PROCESS.

PLANS DEVELOPING FOR DOME EVACUATION,

BUT HOTEL SITUATION ADDING TO PROBLEM.

WE ARE OUT OF FOOD AND RUNNING OUT OF WATER AT THE DOME,

 

PLANS IN WORKS TO ADDRESS THE CRITICAL NEED.

"FEMA STAFF IS OK AND HOLDING OWN.

DMAT STAFF WORKING IN DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS.

THE SOONER WE CAN GET THE MEDICAL PATIENTS OUT,

THE SOONER WE CAN GET THEM OUT OF THE DOME.

"PHONE CONNECTIVITY IMPOSSIBLE."

 

/THE DIRECTOR RESPONDED: "THANKS FOR UPDATE.

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/ANYTHING SPECIFIC I NEED TO DO OR TWEAK?"/

 

THE DIRECTORS INSENSITIVE RESPONSE TO THIS SERIOUS NEED

 IS NOTHING LIKE THE WAY OUR GOD RESPONDS TO THE PRAYERS AND NEEDS OF HIS CHILDREN.

HIS RESOURCES ARE ABUNDANT AND HIS MERCY IS AMAZING.

HE LOVES US AND HIS EAR IS TURNED TOWARD US.

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*(**PHIL.

4:19**) SAYS*

*"BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS".*

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*AND **DEUTERONOMY 11:14-15 (NIV) SAYS*

*14 **THEN I WILL SEND RAIN ON YOUR LAND IN ITS SEASON, BOTH AUTUMN AND SPRING RAINS, SO THAT YOU MAY GATHER IN YOUR GRAIN, NEW WINE AND OIL. 15 I WILL PROVIDE GRASS IN THE FIELDS FOR YOUR CATTLE, AND YOU WILL EAT AND BE SATISFIED.

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BEYOND OUR NEED FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING, WE ALSO HAVE A NEED FOR

 

*PURPOSE, MEANING, AND SIGNIFICANCE IN OUR LIFE*

 

DURING WWII WHEN THE GERMANS IMPRISIONED MILLIONS OF JEWS.

THE GUARDS WOULD TAKE THE PRISONERS OUT TO A FIELD AND HAVE THEM MOVE A LARGE PILE OF DIRT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE FIELD, TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SAME FIELD.

THEN THE NEXT DAY THEY WOULD TAKE THEM BACK OUT TO THE SAME FIELD AND HAVE THEM MOVE THE SAME DIRT BACK TO IT’S ORIGINAL LOCATION.

THE PURPOSELESSNESS OF THIS MEANINGLESS WORK DROVE MANY OF THE PRISONERS MAD.

THEIR MIND WOULD SNAP AND THEY WOULD SUDDENLY BREAK AWAY AND RUN, ONLY TO BE SHOT IN THE BACK OR TO BE ELECTROCUTED ON THE FENCE.

A PURPOSELESS LIFE IS A MISERABLE LIFE TO LIVE.

WE ALL NEED A REASON TO LIVE,

 

AND GOD GIVES US THAT REASON.

WE'RE IN SERVICE TO THE KING      

AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THE WORK

OF HIS KINGDOM.

IN THE MOVIE CAST AWAY,                   TOM HANKS,

PLAYED A FEDEX SYSTEMS TROUBLESHOOTER

NAMED CHUCK NOLAND.

HE WAKES UP STRANDED ON A SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND,

AS HIS MIND CLEARS HE REALIZES THAT HE IS THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF A COMPANY PLANE CRASH.

THE FILM TELLS THE STORY OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS

OF NOLAND'S LIFE.

OTHER THAN MINIMAL PROTECTION

AND A SUPPLY OF COCONUTS,

THE ISLAND PROVIDES LITTLE ELSE FOR ITS NEW INHABITANT.

BUT LIKE ROBINSON CRUSOE,