The Battleship And The Lighthouse

The Battleship And The Lighthouse - Christian Illustrations for YOUTH TALKS...

In the darkest part of the night, a ship’s captain cautiously piloted his warship through the fog-shrouded waters. With straining eyes, he scanned the hazy darkness, searching for dangers lurking just out if sight. His worst fears were realized when he saw a bright light straight ahead. It appeared to be a vessel on a collision course with his ship,
To avert disaster he quickly radioed the oncoming vessel. “This is Captain Jeremiah Smith,” his voiced crackled over the radio.
“Please alter your course ten degrees south! Over.”
To the captain’s amazement, the foggy image did not move. Instead, he heard back on the radio, “Captain Smith. This is Private Thomas Johnson. Please alter your course ten degrees north! Over.”
Appalled at the audacity of the message, the captain shouted back over the radio, “Private Johnson, this is Captain Smith, and I order you to immediately alter your course ten degrees south!
Over.”
A Second time the oncoming light did not budge. “With all due respect, Captain Smith.” came the private voice again, “I order you to alter your course immediately ten degrees north! Over.” Ger the lives of men and crew, the captain growled back over the radio, “Private Johnson. I can have you Court-martialed for this! For the last time, I command you on the authority of the United States government to alter your course ten degrees to the south! I am a Battleship!”
The Private’s final transmission was chilling “Captain Smith, Sir. Once again, with all due respect, I command you to alter your course ten degrees to the north! I am a light house!”

Application:
Many of us in today’s world have little respect for authority. We operate as if rules can be (or should be) changed to fit our personal needs and desires. Commercials egg us on: have it your way.” In reality, we cannot always have it our way. We have to conform our lives to a higher truth, a higher authority—the Word of God…
God’s Truth is like lighthouse. It is not going to change to accommodate us. We are the ones who must change to conform our lives to what God wants for us.
Jesus is also like a lighthouse. The Bible teaches, “JESUS CHRIST is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Heb. 13:8). He will always be there for us. HE is absolutely dependable. We Christians must conform our lives to His will for us. If we tell us to alter our courses, we have no choice but to obey. That is what being a disciple is all about.

The bee Sting (Christian Illustrations for YOUTH TALKS)

The bee Sting



A vacationing family drives along in their car, windows rolled down, enjoying the warm breeze of the sunny day. All of a sudden, a big enjoying the warm breeze of the sunny days. All of the sudden, a big black bee darts in the window and starts buzzing around inside the car. A little girl, highly allergic to bee stings, cringes in the backseat. If she is stung, she could die within an hour.
Oh, Daddy, “she squeals in terror. “ It’s going to sting me!” the father pull the car over to a stop, and reaches back to try to catch the bee. Buzzing around toward him, the bee bumps against the front windshield where the father traps it in his fist.
Holding in his closed hand, the father waits for the inevitable sting. The bee stings the father’s hand and in pain, the father lets go of the bee. The father lets go of the bee. The bee is loose in the car again. The little girl again panic, “Daddy, it’s Going to sting me!” The father gently says, “No honey, he’s not going to sting you now. Look at my hand.” The bee’s stinger is the there in his hand.

Application:Paul exalted in I Corinthians 15:55, “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death is your sting?” Jesus says to us, “look at my hands,” He has Satan’s sting of death, the sting of sin, the sting of deceit the sting of feeling worthless. Jesus has all of those stingers in His hands. When you see the nail-scarred hand, realize that, on your behalf, Jesus took all the pain that could throw at Him. He reduced Satan a big black that’s lost its stinger—all Satan’s can do is buzz. That’s the victory that Jesus won for you.

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Reaction About President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last SONA (2009)

This day month of July 27, 2009, Madam President Arroyo will state her last SONA or State Of The Nation Address. How important it is to be hearing by many Pilipino people or even around the world. The last SONA of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and how it will impact the industry, economy, jobs, works, and etc. Many individual believe that Madam PGMA does nothing in her term but some are not, some of them say she is doing great things in our country. The poverty was lessen, the economy of the Philippines growth higher compare to the other president before, she has the knowledge, brave and ability to go in other country for the improvements of the Philippines. My last message is this “Madam Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is doing a Great things and also a very responsible President I ever know”.

At this point you will read some comment about Madam President some are good and bad… (President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last SONA (2009)

* So don't tell me to analyze the root of poverty in the Philippines because it doesn’t take a genius to analyze it, the root of poverty is the severe corruption of the people who are in position. People who can be paid and put food on the table and feed their families from taking money who does not belong to them. Thieves!You know what I’m thinking? I don’t know how Gloria will answer God on the judgment day. God won’t ask Gloria how many countries she traveled and how many people she took with her during her administration. God would ask Gloria, what did she do to the Filipino people why there were lots of us who starve ourselves to death and others committed suicide because life for them has no way out. I don’t believe her anymore. Only her puppets believe her even if they are not convince its just because they got money by merely acting stupid in showing support to her. I'm so sick!

*· I think aside from giving a grade to the President after her term, we must also look deep within ourselves what have we contributed to make our country better? It's very easy to point our fingers, take note "fingers" to other parson or find fault in what they do. Are we just like "fence-sitters" or a part of everyday corruption in the bureaucracy? I think we must answer this question as honestly as we can.



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The Painting of the last SUPPER( story 2)

Story 2:

One of the reasons the painting took fours years to complete was that when da Vinci was almost finished, a friend commented on how incredibly moving the painting was---especially the silver cup on the table. “It was brilliant, beautiful!” he said.” My eyes were immediately drawn to it.” Da Vinci got so angry that he immediately painted over the cup, blotting it out. The focus of the painting was to be Jesus, not the cup. All attention had to be drawn to Him; anything that detracted from Him had to be removed.

The Application:
What is the focus of your life? We need to remove anything that before Christ or hinders us from serving Him. Christ must be the center of our lives…
See Philippians 1:21).

The Painting of the last SUPPER...

Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Fresco “The Last Supper” in a urch in Milan .Two very interesting stories are associated with is painting.

Story 1:

At the Leonardo da Vinci painted “The Last Supper”, he had an enemy who was a fellow painter. Da Vinci had a painted the face of Judas Iscariot at the table with Jesus, he used the face of his enemy so that it would be present for ages as the man who betrayed Jesus. He took delight while painting his picture in knowing that others would actually notice the face of his enemy on Judas.

As he worked on the faces of the disciples, he often tried to paint the face of Jesus, but couldn’t make any progress. Da Vinci felt frustrated and confused. In time he realized what was wrong. His hatred for the other painter was him back from finishing the face of Jesus. Only after making peace with his fellow painter and repainting the face of Judas was he able to paint the face of Jesus and complete his masterpiece.

One of the reasons we may have a hard time accepting the forgiveness of God is that we find it hard to forgive others. That’s why Jesus said “ If you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly father will also forgive you” ( Matt. 6:14,15).

The Application is this….. IF you want your relationship with Jesus to be all that it should be, forgive your enemies and do all you can to demonstrate Christ’s love to them.