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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.

4. 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!
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