Pastor David McGee's teaching references for 08/13/2006

John 21:1-7

Life Lesson (verse John 21:3)

God wants to divinely interrupt our lives.

Life Lesson (verse John 21:5)

Jesus said without me, you can do nothing. With me, there is nothing you can’t do.

Life Lesson (verse John 21:6)

Jesus has what you are looking for.

Matt 28:16 NKJV

Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.

Mark 1:16-18 NKJV

16 And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.17 Then Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."18 They immediately left their nets and followed Him.

Rom 12:1 NLT

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice--the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask?

Matt 9:37-38 NLT

37 He said to his disciples, "The harvest is so great, but the workers are so few. 38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send out more workers for his fields."

Luke 10:2 NLT

These were his instructions to them: "The harvest is so great, but the workers are so few. Pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest, and ask him to send out more workers for his fields.

John 4:35-36 NLT

35 Do you think the work of harvesting will not begin until the summer ends four months from now? Look around you! Vast fields are ripening all around us and are ready now for the harvest. 36 The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike!

Matt 10:38-39 NLT

38 If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine. 39 If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will find it.

Matt 16:25-26 NLT

25 If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life. 26 And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul?

Luke 17:33 NLT

Whoever clings to this life will lose it, and whoever loses this life will save it.

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