Rev Bill

I have posted my sermon from today on my sermon blog.

Based on John 10:1-6, it’s the third in my “Touch Jesus” series — today’s sermon entitled “Listen — And Follow”.

Here’s a portion of it:

At the age of forty-seven, Nick Thomas found himself unemployed and under tremendous financial pressure. He had had a successful career in the Air Force and the insurance business, but a series of financial reversals had set him back and the failure of his own consulting business had left him with no place to turn. He didn’t know what to do. Frustrated and seeing no way out, Nick’s wife, Liz turned to prayer. She found a church that was opened for prayer every day – and every morning she’d be go and pray that something good would happen to change their fortune. She was in church one morning, praying about their dilemma, when she thought she could almost hear the words, “Make the mustard.” Her family had a mustard recipe from Russia, and every Christmas she made this special mustard and gave it to her family and friends as a special gift. At first she ignored the words. But they kept coming more and more persistent. Reluctantly she told Nick – who — of course — thought she was out of her mind. Liz had no idea from where or whom the voice came. But after considerable discussion and prayer Nick and Liz decided to listen to the voice. She prepared a substantial amount of the mustard – they packaged it — and called on a local cheese shop. The manager tasted it and immediately bought out their entire inventory. Within three months they had one the hottest selling items in the highly competitive New York major deli market. The Thomases committed their troubles to God in prayer and looked expectantly to God for guidance — and listened for the voice of the Shepherd.

You can read the entire sermon here.

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