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Do you know your nautical terms? (John 21:5-6), May 1, 2017

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  1. Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
  2. If you’re going to be around sailing men, you need to know a few nautical terms like bow and stern, port and starboard, and a few others just to get around. One today struck me for the first time in some of Jesus’ final words to His disciples.
  3. Scripture
    1. John 21:5-6
    2. Jesus:  My sons, you haven’t caught any fish, have you?

Disciples: No.

Jesus:  Throw your net on the starboard side of the boat, and your net will find the fish.

  1. Devotional
    1. I’m not much of a naval guy. But having been on a few ships during my some of deployments,
      1. Meetings on a the USNS Comfort and Mercy
      2. Meetings on Flagships
      3. I needed to know a few nautical terms so as not to embarrass myself in front of my Navy brothers and sisters.
      4. Needed to know the difference between port and starboard, bow and stern. Important terms like galley, mess, and head.
    2. Both brothers served in the Navy
      1. Also wanted to be able to converse with them
      2. One a submariner for twenty years
      3. One an engineer for six years
      4. All our languages are a little difference, but many commonalities
    3. Never thought about what Jesus said until I read it again in The Voice
      1. “Throw your net on the starboard side of the boat…”
      2. The right side of the boat
      3. Not the wrong side
      4. How many times do we beat our heads against the wall because we are hard at work doing the wrong thing?
    4. I’ve been guilty of working hard on the wrong thing
      1. Sometimes physical labor
        1. Digging the wrong hole in the ground
        2. Cutting the wrong board
        3. Building the wrong wall
        4. Tearing down the wrong structure
      2. Sometimes mental
        1. Taking the wrong classes
        2. Reading the wrong books
        3. Watching the wrong programs
        4. Listening to the wrong teachers
      3. Sometimes spiritual
        1. Following the wrong guide
        2. Listening to the wrong voice
    5. How do we know what the right is?
      1. Get into God’s word
      2. Listen for His voice
      3. Know His voice better than any other
      4. Do what He says when He says it
      5. Do the right thing!
  2. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”

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Search for what is right and just (John 7:21-24), February 12, 2017

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Today’s Podcast


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  1. Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
  2. The man walking across the street toward his Harley with the wild looking beard, is wearing leather pants and jacket with metal studs. He has black boots and a red, white and blue rag wrapped around his head. He looks a little rumpled and dirty like he just climbed out from a trash heap. He’s wearing dark wrap around glasses so you can’t see his eyes. What’s your first reaction?
  3. Scripture
    1. John 7:21-24
    2. Jesus:  Listen, all it took was for Me to do one thing, heal a crippled man, and you all were astonished.  Don’t you remember how Moses passed down circumcision as a tradition of our ancestors? When you pick up a knife to circumcise on the Sabbath, isn’t that work?  If a male is circumcised on the Sabbath to keep the law of Moses intact, how can making one man whole on the Sabbath be a cause for your violent rage?  You should not judge by outward appearance. When you judge, search for what is right and just.
  4. Devotional
    1. The man I described earlier is a friend of mine. He’s a pastor and the scene comes from a picture one of the members of his Christian motorcyclist club took of him when they stopped for a break on a cross country trip one day. They travelled a lot of dusty roads that day and with twenty or so bikes churning up the dust on those back roads, everyone looked like they just came out of a trash heap.
      1. Great time riding
      2. Worshiping
      3. Fellowshipping
    2. We have a tendency to stereotype
      1. Part of our DNA
      2. Quick judgments originally to protect us
      3. Lion or rock
      4. Friend or foe
      5. Welcomed or attacked
    3. Carried those early survival requirements into modern society
      1. Clothes
      2. Hair and makeup
      3. Color of skin
      4. Religion
      5. Nationality
      6. Political views
      7. Whatever is different causes us to mark others as enemies and resort to fight or flight because of Satan’s lies
    4. Jesus warns, “You should not judge by outward appearance. When you judge, search for what is right and just.”
      1. How do we do that?
      2. First, ask for discernment
      3. Second, recognize God made us all
      4. Third, recognize Satan has blinded most and they will not judge according to God’s rules but by the world’s
      5. Fourth, don’t let others judgment and attitudes keep you from demonstrating God’s love and grace toward them
  5. If you want to learn more about my church, you can find us at SAF.church. If you like the devotional, share it with someone. If you don’t, tell me. I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow for “A Little Walk with God.”

The Voice Bible Copyright © 2012 Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Voice™ translation © 2012 Ecclesia Bible Society All rights reserved. In accordance with the requirements for FTC full disclosure, I may have affiliate relationships with some or all of the producers of the items mentioned in this post who may provide a small commission to me when purchased through this site.