May 28, 2006am Fish
On! Matthew 4:19
By Ronald E.
George Jr. at the
I will never forget the time that we went shark fishing at the beach. My Dad, my Brother in law, and I paid a total of100 dollars to catch a shark. We went out and they pulled in a shark and then we went back to the dock. I never got to touch a pole, but I did get to take the pictures.
Stock truck is the word for the day in the
Scripture Text:
Mat. 4:18 (NIV) As Jesus was walking beside the
Follow me with
Attitude! Do you feel like going
fishing? Do you feel like you have a
fish on the line? What are you
looking for? What would you like to
see?
“This may shock you,
but I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day
basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education,
my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of
me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude is that `single
string' that keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or
assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there's no barrier too high, no
valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.” --
Charles R. Swindoll
“Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our
attitude toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is
10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.” -- Charles
R. Swindoll
Attitude of a fisher of men.
1.
Relentless. Keep
getting your hook wet. No matter how
dark the water may seem there is always hope in life’s waters. Why?
Because Jesus is our Hope.
2.
Optimistic: Believes
that if he or she keeps on fishing he or she will eventually catch something.
Let’s go fishing with the Lord.
3.
Realistic: Willingly
accepts the good catches and the bad times as a part of life.
4.
Visionary: Believes
that there is more to life than meets the eye.
(you can’t see the fish but you believe that eventually a big fish will
come by)
5.
Confident: Doesn’t get easily discouraged.
Don’t quit. Keeps getting
the hook wet.
6.
Enjoys life and fishing because it isn’t called
catching. It’s all about the
fishing.
7.
Reliable: Isn’t
afraid of hard work. Hard working
and willing to get hands dirty. Ready
to answer the call.
8.
Has a Mind over Matter
attitude: If I don’t mind, then it
doesn’t matter. Don’t let the
little things of life get them down. Remember
the first two rules. Don’t sweat
the small stuff and everything is small stuff.
Fish Stink! Sometimes they
aren’t cooperative. Sometimes they
croak when you get a hold of them. Sometimes
they may even bite you. Come what
may you still need a mind over matter attitude when it comes to fishing.
Go fishing anyway.
9.
Remembers God knows where all the big fish are.
Why not ask Him?
10.
Fishermen
go fishing! Have
we gone fishing for men? Will we?
John 21:1 (NIV) Afterward Jesus appeared again to his
disciples, by the
2 Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in
3 "I'm going out to fish," Simon Peter told them,
and they said, "We'll go with you." So they went out and got into the
boat, but that night they caught nothing.
4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the
disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
5 He called out to them, "Friends, haven't you any
fish?"
"No," they answered.
6 He said, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat
and you will find some." When they did, they were unable to haul the net in
because of the large number of fish.
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It
is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the
Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off)
and jumped into the water.
8 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net
full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. {[8]
Greek about two hundred cubits (about 90 meters)}
9 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there
with fish on it, and some bread.
10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have
just caught."
11 Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It
was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn.
12 Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast."
None of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was
the Lord.
13 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the
same with the fish.
14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after
he was raised from the dead.
There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, What happened? -- Ann Landers
Life is a grindstone. But whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.
L. Thomas Holdcroft
Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.
Corrie ten Boom