THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME TODAY-we find Jesus CALLING his first disciples- Peter-his brother Andrew- AND the brothers John and James It BEGINS with Jesus preaching The word of God on the sea-shore Then he gets into Peter's boat And the fishermen catch BOATLOADS of fish And Jesus CATCHES four fishermen- Who will go on to be FISHERS of men He gives the apostles- THE CHANCE OF A LIFE-TIME And they respond “Getting into one of the boats The ONE belonging to Simon He asked him To put out a short distance From the shore Then he sat down And taught the crowds From the boat” Luke 5:3 YES Jesus offers Peter and Andrew- John and James-the CHANCE of a lifetime And he gave the people on the shore A chance of a lifetime By LISTENING him to preach And he OFFERS US The chance of a life-time- By worshiping him-by reading the bible- And by BUILDING a personal relationship With Jesus-and his Father “For his anger Lasts only a moment But his FAVOR Lasts a lifetime Weeping may stay For the night But REJOICING comes In the morning” Psalm 30:5 DEVELOP a life-long Personal relationship with Jesus Catch people for the KINGDOM Of God It was life-changing for them (the apostles) And it is life-changing for us Develop a personal relationship with Jesus It is the chance Of a lifetime BECOME a follower of Jesus The disciples were happy You will be/I will be too As a matter of fact-I am “SURELY goodness and love Will FOLLOW ME All the days of my life And I will dwell In the house of the Lord FOREVER” Psalm 23:6 “'COME follow me,' Jesus said, 'And I will send you out To FISH for people' “At once they left their nets And followed him” Matthew 4:19-20 “Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'WHOEVER wants to be my disciples Must deny themselves And take up their cross And follow me For whoever wants To SAVE their life Will lose it But whoever loses their life For me-WILL FIND ME'” Matthew 16:24-25 YES!-that is what has HAPPENED To me- I found my life- In losing my life for Jesus And that is what happened- To Peter-and Andrew-to James and John- And all the other disciples And they found THE CHANCE OF A LIFE TIME As I did too Robert P. Wallman 8-31-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Clair J. King