StoneBridge Community Church
Faithfulness: It's All About the Long Game
Pastor Jeff Cheadle
Locations & Times
StoneBridge Campus
4832 Cochran St, Simi Valley, CA 93063, USA
Saturday 5:30 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
I meant what I said and I said what I meant… An elephant’s faithful 100%!
Horton Hatches the Egg
James Kemp, a retired United Methodist pastor, compares Horton to the early Christians to whom the First Epistle of Peter was addressed. Like those early Christians, Horton faces persecution and ridicule for his actions, but Horton is faithful to his mission and is rewarded, as evidenced by the elephant-bird that hatches at the end of the book. (James Kemp, The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2004. pp. 1–6)
http://bit.ly/1s0aC4bFaithfulness
Louis Goldberg, "Faithfulness" Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Edited by Walter A. Elwell © 1996 by Walter A. Elwell.
http://bit.ly/1TwF2p81. My faithfulness…
1. My faithfulness pleases God.
2. My faithfulness…
2. My faithfulness blesses others.
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Ruth in Boaz's Field", 1828
3. My faithfulness…
3. My faithfulness is noticed and will be rewarded.
What happens when we fail to be faithful?
What Is Love?
Bill and Glad Forward, a devoted couple married for 50 years, shows us what love and faithfulness look like. “I’m not interested in ‘what’s in this for me?’” Bill said in an interview. “Everything is ‘what’s in this for Glad?’ At the end of the day, I’ll say, ‘sweetie, I’m here’, and she’ll say ‘Oh, my Will’! And to me, that’s it. That’s enough. That I’m her anchor in the midst of all of this. We’ve had such a lovely life, we really have. Not easy, but so varied, so interesting. I wouldn't change it for a bit. I don’t feel the least bit burdened by the fact that from the moment she wakes up to the moment I put her to bed she’s dependent on me. Idon’t find that a burden, that’s a privilege. I just love who she is. She’s my soul mate. She’s always been and still is, and will always be.” Watch the What Is Love? video here.
http://bit.ly/257f0gdMemory Verse/ Key Verse: Proverbs 3.3-4
Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3.3-4)
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3.3-4)
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