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“THINKABOUTIT” THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Wednesday; August 13, 2008

          As children, most of us can recall playing with our friends, then all of a sudden, our time came to an abrupt halt when we heard our mothers calling us in for supper.  When we heard the sound of her voice summoning us in, we knew that someone who loved us, had prepared something special for us – often something sweet that seemed out of this world – so we stopped what we were doing and heeded the call.

         Interestingly, the New Testament uses a similar idea when describing God’s appeal to His people.  Through out the teachings of the early church, the idea of being called played a prominent role.  In fact, one of the early church writers drew upon this analogy by observing, “… I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,  and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.”  (Ephesians 1:18-19)  In this message we see that our loving God is calling His people to join Him for a richness that is literally out of this world.

         Think about it!  For the Madison Avenue Church of Christ; this is Charlie Wharton.

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