#14 Understanding Love: We Need Dreamers

#14 UNDERSTANDING GREATER LOVE: WE NEED DREAMERS... DREAM ON...

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE... THE LOVE GIFT

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

TEXT:

John 15:13 (KJV) Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13 (MSG) This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends.

I LOVE GOOD IMAGINATIONS... EVERY GENERATION NEEDS SOME GOOD DREAMERS...

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE POSSIBLITIES OF A SERVANT IN THE HANDS OF A MIGHTY GOD?

DO WE REALIZE EVERYTHING AROUND US STARTED AS AN IDEA IN SOMEONE'S MIND?

Genesis 37:19 (KJV) And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

A friend of mine told me often: WE IN THE USA ASK THE WRONG QUESTIONS?

He said we ask: WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?

He said: I ASK WHERE ARE THE ELIJAHS OF GOD?

WHAT IS A DREAMER...

Starting fires is very hard? A match?

Improve the kerosene lamp? The light bulb?

Write a letter? THE TELEGRAPH? THEN THE TELEPHONE...

Walking is hard and slow? Horse? Buggy? Automobile? Airplane? Jet? Rocket?

President John Kennedy said:

SOME PEOPLE SEE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE AND WONDER: WHY?

I SEE THINGS THAT COULD BE AND WONDER: WHY NOT?

Kennedy also said:

ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU,

BUT ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY!

A FISH PLACED IN A SMALL BOWL WILL STAY SMALL?...

A FISH IN THE POND CAN GROW BIGGER?

MANY DESIRE TO BE A BIG FISH IN A SMALL POND?

SOME ARISE TO BE A LITTLE FISH IN A BIG LAKE?

GOD CALLS US TO BE A BIG FISH IN A BIG OCEAN? THE WORLD?

THERE IS A RULE THAT IS AS EFFECTIVE AS THE LAW OF GRAVITY...

IMAGINE TODAY THE BEAUTY OF THE GOLDEN RULE...

There is a rule that could CURE every WOW and SIN in this world...

Imagine a world of love and kindness?

Luke 6:31 (KJV) And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Luke 6:31 (MSG) "Here is a simple rule of thumb for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to

do for you; then grab the initiative and do it for them!

COULD YOU IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE WE ACCEPTED THE GREAT DUTY

AND HONORED THAT?

CAN YOU IMAGINE MEETING JESUS?

CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT MET JESUS AND WALKED AWAY SAD?

We dictate the mood that we walk in by our WORDS and DEEDS.

This wonderful young man came to JESUS...

JESUS HAD COMPASSION AND LOVED HIM...

JESUS SAW THE POTENTIAL IN THIS YOUNG MAN...

Mark 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy

way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and

come, take up the cross, and follow me. 22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved:

for he had great possessions.

NO SADDER WORDS OF PEN OR TONGUE THAN THE WORDS: WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN!

IMAGINE A WORLD THAT LOVED TO FREELY GIVE...

Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:

freely ye have received, freely give.

THE LOVE GIFT WITHOUT THE GIVER SEEMS SO EMPTY!

BUT THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO GIVE --- HELPS MANY.

1. The giver helps others when they give their love gift.

No gift no matter how small is ever forgotten!

The LOVE GIFT can have BENEFITS many years down the road.

The man gave an offering to missions to help PRINT Bibles. The missionary gave the Bible to

a poor SICK MAN. In his sickness (TB) he could do nothing, he was dying.

The man read the New Testament and said: IF THIS IS REAL, JESUS CAN HELP ME AND

SAVE ME, AND MAYBE HE WILL HEAL ME.

The man was healed from TB, he went to school and became a PASTOR.

TODAY HE PASTORS THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD ---

David Yonggi Cho. David Yonggi Cho, pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea.

ALL BECAUSE SOMEONE GAVE.

a. The money for the Bible.

b. The hands that carried the Bible.

c. The mouth that testified.

2. The giver helps SELF when they give to the others, to the church, and to missions.

3. THE GIVER HELPS THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE AND ETERNITY.

Giving never makes poor. Giving is a long term investment that has great rewards.

2 Corinthians 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly,

or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES IF WE FACTORED IN GOD!

IMAGINE A WORLD THAT LOVED TO FREELY GIVE...