S1E245 - Let the Children Come to Me
Transcript
Let the little children come to me.
Speaker B:And do not hinder them, for the.
Speaker A:Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.
Speaker C:Matthew 1914 she is only six years.
Speaker D:Old and that doesn't make the story.
Speaker C:Any easier to tell.
Speaker E:Her daddy doesn't let her go to.
Speaker F:Sunday school and church.
Speaker A:Jesus said, let the children come to.
Speaker B:Me and do not hinder them.
Speaker G:But that means nothing to him.
Speaker D:So the little girl doesn't get to go.
Speaker B:Fortunately, by the grace of God, this.
Speaker H:Little girl is loved and cared for.
Speaker G:By a kind christian nanny.
Speaker C:In nothing short of a minor miracle.
Speaker H:This little girl's daddy granted permission for.
Speaker A:The nanny to take the little girl.
Speaker F:To Sunday school and church one Sunday.
Speaker H:The little girl was thrilled.
Speaker E:She looked forward to it all week.
Speaker B:And talked about it every day.
Speaker C:On Saturday night she picked out her.
Speaker A:Clothes for the next day and went to bed happy and without complaint, knowing.
Speaker C:That she would wake up on Sunday morning and get to go to Sunday school and church.
Speaker D:But the devil wasnt happy.
Speaker A:On Saturday night he struck the nanny with the flu.
Speaker D:When the little girl woke up on.
Speaker C:Sunday morning excited about going to Sunday school and church, she had to be.
Speaker G:Told that she couldnt and she cried.
Speaker H:On a Sunday morning. A six year old girl weeps with.
Speaker A:A broken heart because she cant go.
Speaker F:To Sunday school and church.
Speaker H:On that same Sunday morning, full grown.
Speaker A:Men and women choose not to go.
Speaker D:To church because they have to work.
Speaker B:Are going to a ball game, don't like the music, don't like the pastor.
Speaker H:Or because of any one of a hundred other petty and pathetic reasons that.
Speaker A:Have nothing to do with the kingdom.
Speaker G:Of God or the savior of men.
Speaker H:A little girl cries because she can't.
Speaker D:Go to church to hear about Jesus.
Speaker A:Shame on those grown ups who can.
Speaker G:But choose not to.
Speaker H:They blaspheme the God they claim to.
Speaker C:Love and mock the tears of a.
Speaker H:Little girl who wants to go to church.
Speaker A:It can't.
Speaker I:This has been your thought for the day with Steve Burkham, pastor of Community Christian Church in Stockton, California. If you have questions or comments for Pastor Steve, please send them to dailythoughtspodcastmail.com dot. Have a great day and we hope you'll join us tomorrow as pastor Steve opens God's word to bring us another thought for the day.
Episode Notes
Matthew 19:14 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
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