Melvin Payne

A Night With The Snakes

 Acts 28:1

 I.  Barbarous People   vs. 2  (Kindness-they built fires)

     Need to keep the fires burning:

  1. The Fires Needed to be Kept Burning (by placeing fuel on the fire.)                                    
    1. Fires in our government

a.  Stick of prayer

b. Stick of participation – voting, etc.

c.  Stick of program

1.        God back in our schools

2.        God back in our White House

3.        God back in our state house

4.        God back in our court house

    1. Fires in our homes

a.  Stick of family devotion

b. Stick of family love

c.  Stick of family training

    1. Fires in our churches

a.  Stick of cooperation

b. Stick of worship

c.  Stick of brotherly love

d. Stick of concern for the lost

II. A Snake In The Woodpile

  1. Let the church begin to burn for the Lord and the heat will run Satan out every time
  2. Some things need to be shaken off in the fire

1.       Jealousy

2.       Slack attitude towards God

3.       Service for God

4.       Bad Attitudes

5.       Holding grudges

6.       Not liking the way things are run

 

 

                                                                                                           

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