I. THE WORLD
A. NEWS
1. TURN ON THE NEWS
2. YOU’LL FIND THAT THE TOP NEWS STORY IS THE TV SHOW
SURVIVOR HAS IT’S FINAL EPISODE TONIGHT
3. HURRICANE DEBBIE IS HEADED TOWARDS THE U.S.
4. FOOD LION PRESIDENT IS TAKING EARLY RETIREMENT
B. WHAT THEY SAY
1. IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY PEOPLE AREN’T AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT
ANYTHING
2. ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY LOVE
3. HOLLYWOOD LOVES TO TALK ABOUT SEX AND THEY DO
4. GLADD LOVES TO TALK ABOUT HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS AND THEY DO
5. GOVERNMENT LOVES TO TALK ABOUT MORE GOV’T AND THEY DO
6. FISHERMEN LOVE TO TALK ABOUT FISHING
7. GOLFERS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT GOLFING
8. SHOPPERS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT SHOPPING
9. BOYS TALK ABOUT POKEMON
10. GIRLS TALK ABOUT BARBIE
C. TURN ON E! ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL AND YOU WILL SEE HOWARD STERN TALK
ABOUT SEX
1. TURN ON THE NEWS AND YOU WILL HEAR AL GORE TALK ABOUT MORE MONEY FOR
GOV’T
2. GET AROUND AN AUTO ENTHUSIAST AND WATCH THEM TALK ABOUT 350 LONG BLOCK
AND 4 BARREL CARB
D. TODAY I MUST STOP AND PAUSE WHEN I COME TO CHRISTIANS
1. WHERE ARE THEY?
2. CAN YOU HEAR THEM?
3. WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
4. I’M SURE MANY OF THEM WILL BE TALKING ABOUT 350 CHEVY
5. AND THE LAST EPISODE OF SURVIVOR
6. GOLF SCORE
E. THANK THE LORD YOU HAVE A HOBBY
1. WE WOULD ALL GO CRAZY IF WE DIDN’T HAVE SOME RELAXING ACTIVITY TO
ENJOY
F. WHERE ARE THE VOICES OF CHRISTIANS WHEN IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT
GOD
1. DO WE HAVE THE TIME?
2. DO WE EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT GOD?
3. DO WE KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM TO TALK ABOUT HIM?
4. THE WRITER OF ECCL SAYS, THERE IS A TIME TO KEEP SILENCE AND A
TIME TO SPEAK. ECCL 3:7
5. PARDON ME BUT WE ARE IN GOD’S HOUSE AND NOW IS AN APPROPRIATE
TIME TO TALK ABOUT HIM
6. PS 150:1 SAYS, PRAISE GOD IN HIS SANCTUARY
7. JESUS SAID, IF THESE WOULD HOLD THEIR PEACE THE ROCKS WOULD
IMMEDIATELY CRY OUT LUKE 19:40
II. YOUR TIME
A. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PREACHERS ACROSS THE LAND PREACHING TO
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
1. PREACHERS WHO ARE PLANTED SAFELY BEHIND THEIR PULPITS
2. EACH MEMBER IS SECURE IN THEIR PEW
3. EVERYONE SETTLED IN AND COMFY
4. AND IT’S ALMOST LIKE BEING IN PRISON EXCEPT THERE ARE NO PHYSICAL
BARS SEPARATING US
5. IN PRISON FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR CELL YOU CAN SEE OTHER PRISONERS
6. YOU CAN HEAR OTHER PRISONERS
7. YOU CAN TALK TO OTHER PRISONERS
B. LIKEWISE WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER
1. HEAR EACH OTHER
2. TALK TO EACH OTHER
3. BUT LIKE MANY PRISONERS JUST B/C WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS DOESN’T
MEAN THAT WE ARE DOING THOSE THINGS
4. I BELIEVE IT’S TIME WE TEAR DOWN THE WALLS AND GET TO KNOW EACH
OTHER
5. MAYBE ONE REASON WHY CHRISTIANS DON’T GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER
IS B/C THEY HAVEN’T TAKEN THE TIME TO APPRECIATE ONE ANOTHER
6. IF YOU APPRECIATED EACH OTHER YOU WOULD BE MORE PATIENT
7. MORE KIND AND GENTLE
8. MORE HELPFUL INSTEAD OF HURTFUL
9. IF WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN EACH OTHERS WELL-BEING WE WOULD
DEMONSTRATE IT THROUGH OUR TONE OF VOICE, THINGS WE SAY, FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS ECT
C. OUR TEXT
1. EX 18 TELLS US WHEN MOSES AND JETHRO MET THEY GREETED EACH OTHER WITH A
HOLY KISS
2. NOT ONLY THAT, THEY ASKED ABOUT EACH OTHERS WELFARE
3. NOW THAT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE IN CHURCHES TOO OFTEN
4. HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
5. IT’S BEEN A WHILE; WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?
6. IN OTHER WORDS IT’S GET TO KNOW YOU TIME
7. OR IT’S CATCHING UP TIME
8. ARE YOU REALLY INTERESTED IN THE OTHER PEOPLE OF THE CHURCH?
9. ARE YOU POINTING OUT THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO YOU BUT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN
YOUR OBLIGATIONS TO THEM?
10. HAVE WE FORGOTTEN HOW TO GIVE TO EACH OTHER?
D. THE BIBLE SAYS MOSES AND JETHRO WENT INTO THE TENT
1. THE SANCTUARY IN THE EARLY O.T. WAS CALLED THE TENT
2. THE TENT OF MEETING
3. THEY WERE NOT GOING INTO THE TENT OF MEETING BUT THEY WERE GOING INTO A
TENT TO MEET
4. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TENTS YOU KNOW THAT MOST OF THEM
AREN’T TOO BIG
5. THEY ARE FAIRLY SMALL
6. THE TENTS IN THOSE DAYS WERE ABOUT THE SAME
7. WHEN YOU ARE IN A SMALL AREA YOU ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER
8. BEING IN CRAMPED SPACES WILL DO THAT
9. IT WILL BRING YOU TOGETHER
E. ONCE INSIDE
1. ONCE THEY WERE INSIDE THEY CONTINUED THEIR CONVERSATION
2. WHAT WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT
3. WHENTHEY FIRST MET THEY TALKED ABOUT EACH OTHER
4. LATER ON INSIDE THEY TALKED ABOUT GOD
5. MOSES TOLD JETHRO ALL THE LORD HAD DONE UNTO PHAROAH AND
EGYPT VERSE 8
6. AND ALSO HOW THE LORD DELIVERED THEM VERSE 8
7. THE BIBLE SAID WHEN JETHRO HEARD THE TESTIMONY OF MOSES THAT HE
REJOICED
8. I LIKE THAT
9. JETHRO WAS GLAD FOR WHAT GOD HAD DONE FOR MOSES
10. ISN’T NICE TO KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT
WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE
11. MOST PEOPLE LIKE TO BE HEARD
12. HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO LISTEN?
F. JETHRO SAID NOW I KNOW THE LORD IS GREATER THAN ALL GODS
VERSE 11
1. SOMETIMES WE NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT GOD IS STILL GOD
2. HAVE YOU EVER GONE THROUGH A DRY SEASON?
3. A CALM?
4. A TIME WHEN SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE A LITTLE SLOW IN YOUR LIFE?
5. THESE TIMES COME AND GO WITH ALL OF US
6. AND IT’S DURING THESE TIMES THAT GOD LIKES TO SHOW US WHAT
HE’S DOING THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE
7. TO REMIND US HE IS STILL WORKING
8. GOD DOES USE OTHER PEOPLE
9. WE OFTEN MISS OUT ON ’T CARE
ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING SOMEWHERE ELSE
10. JETHRO LISTENED TO THE TESTIMONY OF MOSES AND WAS CONVINCED FOR A
SURETY THAT THE LORD WAS GREATER THAN ALL GODS
G. MOSES HAD AN AMAZING TESTIMONY
1. FREEING ISRAEL FROM EGYPTIAN BONDAGE
2. MAYBE YOUR TESTIMONY ISN’T THAT MIRACULOUS
3. BUT I PROMISE YOU IT’S AS IMPORTANT
4. SOMEONE NEEDS TO HEAR THAT GOD HEALED THE BACK PAIN
5. OR SENT YOU $50 TO PAY THE PHONE BILL
6. OR USED YOU TO SHARE CHRIST WITH A SINNER
7. MAYBE THEY DIDN’T GET SAVED BUT PERHAPS SOMEONE NEEDS TO HEAR
THAT OTHERS ARE STILL WITNESSING EVEN AFTER REJECTION
H. YOUR TESTIMONY ISN’T GREATER THAN MINE AND MINE ISN’T
GREATER THAN YOURS
1. IF YOU THINK IT IS YOU ARE OUT OF THE BIBLE
2. PAUL SAID TO THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH THE BODY ISN’T ONE
MEMBER BUT MANY I COR 12:14
3. IF THE WHOLE BODY WERE AN EYE, WHERE WERE THE HEARING? IF THE
WHOLE WERE HEARING, WHERE WERE THE SMELLING? I COR 12:17
4. THOSE MEMBERS THAT SEEM MORE FEEBLE, ARE NEEDED I
COR 12:22 TAKE HEAD LEST YE FALL I COR
10:12
III. GET TOGETHER TIME
A. LET US FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF MOSES AND JETHRO
1. LETS ASK ABOUT EACH OTHERS WELFARE
2. AND LET’S SHARE EACH OTHERS TESTIMONY
3. NOT TO IMPRESS EACH OTHER
4. BUT SIMPLY TO SHARE
5. SO GOD GET’S THE GLORY
6. I LOVE TO TELL WHAT GOD IS DOING FOR OTHER PEOPLE
B. RIGHT NOW I WANT EVERYONE TO GET UP AND GO AND SHAKE HANDS WITH SEVERAL
PEOPLE
1. THEN I WANT YOU TO GET IN GROUPS OF 3 OR FOUR AND TALK ABOUT GOD
2. SHARE A TESTIMONY
3. TALK ABOUT HOW EXCITED YOU ARE ABOUT CHURCH
4. SAY THANK YOU TO SOMEONE FOR THEIR WORK IN THE CHURCH
5. GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
6. LIFT UP ONE ANOTHER
7. TONIGHT IN PLACE OF OUR ALTAR SERVICE I WANT EACH GROUP TO PRAY
TOGETHER BEFORE WE DISMISS
