Who is Greater?: August 13, 2017

SERMON NOTES

I.  FOLLOWERS OF JESUS (DISCIPLES) ARE OFTEN CONFUSED BY THE
VOICES FROM SOCIETY AND MISS HIS MAIN POINT ABOUT
GREATNESS.
– What Character Trait (Not Popular in Many Settings Today) does Christ Wish Us to
Possess?

II.  JESUS SAID, “CHANGE AND BECOME LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN.”
– What does he mean?

III.  IF WE WELCOME THE CHILDREN, WE WELCOME CHRIST.
– What can and will you do to embrace a child?

CHILDREN QUOTES OF INTEREST

We do not develop habits of genuine love automatically. We learn by watching
effective role models – most specifically by observing how our parents express love
for each other day in and day out.
– Josh McDowell

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
– Charles (Chuck) Swindoll

I remember my mother's prayers — and they have always followed me. They have
clung to me all my life.
– Abraham Lincoln

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
– Colossians 3:21

A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her
baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the
world.
– John 16:21