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Tuesday, April 19, 2011Tuesday, April 19, 2011Ray of Hope Christian ChurchRay of Hope Christian Church


People were bringing little children to People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When the disciples rebuked them. When

Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, come to me, and do not hinder them,

for the Kingdom of God belongs to for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the anyone who will not receive the

kingdom of God like a little child will kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the never enter it.” And he took the

children in his arms, put his hands on children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them. them and blessed them.

- Mark 10:13-16- Mark 10:13-16


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Your ongoing relationship Your ongoing relationship with Rhoda will keep you:with Rhoda will keep you:

Snug - Snug - free to dream and free to dream and always listening to your heart, so always listening to your heart, so that you don’t miss out on what that you don’t miss out on what God wants to do in your life and God wants to do in your life and ministry next.ministry next.

Scared - Scared - playing Boo! and Grr! playing Boo! and Grr! Games.Games.


Witches, warlocks, Witches, warlocks, and wolves, and wolves,

Voldemorts, vampires Voldemorts, vampires and vultures, ogres and vultures, ogres

and evil stepmothers and evil stepmothers are the stuff of which are the stuff of which children’s books are children’s books are

mademade


This is how children This is how children learn to master their learn to master their

fears. We all do!fears. We all do!


Fear is a thiefFear is a thief


Fear is paralyzingFear is paralyzing


Fear causes us to Fear causes us to settle for less than settle for less than

the bestthe best


Fear is a state of mind, Fear is a state of mind, experienced in a experienced in a

threatening situation threatening situation and resulting in and resulting in behavior that is behavior that is

designed to escape or designed to escape or avoid the threat.avoid the threat.


Fear is a mind thing! Fear is a mind thing! Fear is based on Fear is based on

perceptionsperceptions. .


We need to face our We need to face our fears and stop running fears and stop running from them.from them. We need to We need to

turn our fears into turn our fears into instruments of instruments of

creativity and growth creativity and growth

- Leonard Sweet- Leonard Sweet


What are you afraid What are you afraid of?of?


You do know what You do know what the Bible says about the Bible says about

fear?fear?


The Lord is my light The Lord is my light and my salvation, and my salvation,

whom shall I fear. The whom shall I fear. The Lord is the stronghold Lord is the stronghold

of my life; of what shall of my life; of what shall I be afraid?I be afraid?

-- Psalms 27:1Psalms 27:1


I sought the Lord and I sought the Lord and he heard me and he heard me and

delivered me from all delivered me from all my fears.my fears.

- Psalms 34:4- Psalms 34:4


God has not given us God has not given us a spirit of timidity or a spirit of timidity or fear, but a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, love and a power, love and a

sound mind.sound mind. -- II Timothy 1:7II Timothy 1:7


We all have to learn We all have to learn to conquer our fears.to conquer our fears.


You can’t be a hero You can’t be a hero without a villain.without a villain.


““Fear is the darkroom Fear is the darkroom that develops that develops negatives into negatives into

positives.”positives.”

- Author Unknown- Author Unknown


Fear is the darkroom in Fear is the darkroom in which negatives can be which negatives can be

developed into positives…developed into positives… Probably because it is in the dark that our Probably because it is in the dark that our

negative emotions seem to be the most negative emotions seem to be the most intense and as hard as we try we can’t intense and as hard as we try we can’t dismiss or run away from them, if we are dismiss or run away from them, if we are ever going to be free.ever going to be free.

Maybe, because the thrill of soaring begins Maybe, because the thrill of soaring begins with the fear of falling and we need to get with the fear of falling and we need to get pushed out of the dark, cozy nests to pushed out of the dark, cozy nests to discover how far we can go.discover how far we can go.

Or maybe, it is because the older we get, Or maybe, it is because the older we get, the easier it is to pretend to be something the easier it is to pretend to be something that we are not and Rhodas scare or give us that we are not and Rhodas scare or give us courage to let the real you out of you.courage to let the real you out of you.


Small - Rhodas keep Small - Rhodas keep us Smallus Small


““Its smallness is not Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary petty; on the contrary

it is profound.”it is profound.”

- Jim Morris- Jim Morris


““To see life with mustard-To see life with mustard-seed eyes is to see right seed eyes is to see right through the thicket of through the thicket of

growth into the essence of growth into the essence of things, to understand the things, to understand the

primal as primary, to never primal as primary, to never lose track of the simplicity in lose track of the simplicity in the midst of the complexity.”the midst of the complexity.”


If you have faith the If you have faith the size of a mustard size of a mustard

seed…seed…- Matthew 17:20- Matthew 17:20


Luke 22:7-23Luke 22:7-23


When we do this, in Paul’s When we do this, in Paul’s words, we “proclaim the words, we “proclaim the

Lord’s death until he Lord’s death until he comes” comes”

- I Corinthians 11:26 - I Corinthians 11:26 NRSVNRSV


The essence of the The essence of the incarnation is that incarnation is that God made himself God made himself

small.small.


God works little God works little large.large.


Living Large by loving Living Large by loving little – What does this little – What does this

mean to you?mean to you?


““It’s the little things It’s the little things that run the world.” that run the world.”

- E. O. Wilson- E. O. Wilson Harvard Insect Harvard Insect

BiologistBiologist


A child’s simple, small A child’s simple, small questions are the most questions are the most

profound.profound.


Remember it was Remember it was Thomas’s willingness Thomas’s willingness

to ask a Rhoda to ask a Rhoda question,question, “Lord, we “Lord, we

don’t know where you don’t know where you are going, so how can are going, so how can we know the way?”we know the way?”

-- John 14:5John 14:5


That elicited the That elicited the words from Jesus that words from Jesus that

have resounded have resounded through the ages: through the ages: “I “I am the Way, the Truth, am the Way, the Truth,

and the Life.” and the Life.”

- John 14:6- John 14:6


Jesus himself modeled the Jesus himself modeled the art of questioning?art of questioning?

““Who do people say that I am?” Mark Who do people say that I am?” Mark 8:278:27

““Who do you say that I am?” Mark 8:29Who do you say that I am?” Mark 8:29 ““What good is it for a man to gain the What good is it for a man to gain the

world and lose his soul?” Matthew 16:26world and lose his soul?” Matthew 16:26 ““Why are you thinking these things?” Why are you thinking these things?”

Mark 2:8Mark 2:8 ““What do you think?” Matthew 17:25What do you think?” Matthew 17:25 ““What is written in the Law?” Luke 10:26What is written in the Law?” Luke 10:26


Light - Rhodas keep Light - Rhodas keep you Lightyou Light


Gravity is an adult Gravity is an adult disease that leads to disease that leads to

the grave.the grave.


““Age wrinkles the Age wrinkles the body. Quitting body. Quitting

wrinkles the soul.”wrinkles the soul.”

- - General Douglas General Douglas

MacArthurMacArthur


““You don’t get old from living a You don’t get old from living a particular number of years; You particular number of years; You

get old because you have get old because you have deserted your ideals. Years deserted your ideals. Years

wrinkle your sin; renouncing wrinkle your sin; renouncing your ideals wrinkles your your ideals wrinkles your

soul. Worry, doubt, fear, and soul. Worry, doubt, fear, and despair are the enemies which despair are the enemies which

slowly bring us down to the slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust ground and turn us to dust

before we die.” before we die.”

- General Douglas MacArthur- General Douglas MacArthur


Children keep us Children keep us young because they young because they

keep us flying.keep us flying.


They will soar up on They will soar up on wings as eagles, they wings as eagles, they

will run and not be will run and not be weary, walk and not weary, walk and not

faint.faint.

- - Isaiah 40:31Isaiah 40:31


Alive – Rhodas keep Alive – Rhodas keep us Aliveus Alive


The sole origin of The sole origin of philosophy is wonder philosophy is wonder

– Socrates– Socrates


““Animation” is Animation” is “anima”, which “anima”, which

means alive!means alive!


In a child’s world In a child’s world everything is alive, everything is alive,

from talking animals to from talking animals to talking toys to talking talking toys to talking

nature.nature.


For children, there is For children, there is only the “naked only the “naked

now”.now”.


Rhodas teach us to live Rhodas teach us to live in the moment and to in the moment and to truly celebrate it, with truly celebrate it, with the words, this is the the words, this is the day that the Lord has day that the Lord has

made. made. Let us rejoice and be Let us rejoice and be

glad in it.glad in it.


““This is the day that This is the day that the Lord has made. Let the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad us rejoice and be glad

in it.” in it.”

- Psalms 118:24 - Psalms 118:24


If spirituality means If spirituality means waking up, the Rhodas waking up, the Rhodas

are our spiritual are our spiritual directors.directors.


Ephesians 5:14-16Ephesians 5:14-16

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