Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

“Roof-Raising Christians” or  Ministering Like Jesus   August 22, 2020   Larry R Evans   Introduction   Jesus had a way of ministering that brought healing.  Sometimes the healing was physical but there were also times when emotions were touched.  However, it was always the “heart” of the person that drew his greatest attention. Jesus sought to reach the whole person.  Each person needed individual understanding and care. Perhaps Max Lucado explains why we sometimes falter in our attempts to minister like Jesus did. “We condemn a man for stumbling this morning, but we didn’t see the blows he took yesterday. We judged a woman for the limp in her walk, but cannot see the tack in her shoe. We mock the fear in their eyes, but have no idea how many stones they have ducked or darts they have dodged.     Are they too loud? Perhaps they fear being neglected again. Are they too timid? Perhaps they fear failing again. Too slow? Perhaps they fell the last time they hurried. You don’t know. Only o

“Think Possibilities— Gifted by God”   August 1, 2020   Larry R Evans   Introduction   Dwight L. Moody was a poorly educated, unordained shoe salesman who felt the call of God to preach the gospel.  Early one morning he and some friends gathered in a hay field for a season of prayer.  During that meeting a friend said,  “The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him.”   Moody was deeply moved by those words. Later he heard Charles H. Spurgeon preach.  Afterwards he said,  “If God could use Mr. Spurgeon, why should He not use the rest of us , and why should we not all just lay ourselves at the Master’s feet, and say to him, ‘Send me! Use me!”  Moody gave up his lucrative boot and shoe business to devote his life to revivalism.   One of his most famous quotes was,  “Faith makes all things possible...  Love makes all things easy.”   He toured the country and the British Isles, drawing large crowds with a dynamic s