Take Up Our Mat And Walk

July 19, 2023

Pastor Cheryl Jackson

The Parables of the Treasure and Pearl Matthew 13:44-46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. John 5:2-9 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda. On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed. One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?” “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.” Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.” Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk Joni Eareckson Tada Shares Her Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVXJ8GyLgt0 Movie Soul Surfer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7BUODAhBuQ Short clips: Bethany Hamilton youtube.com/shorts/cT01XidFCLE?feature=share youtube.com/shorts/-IMJWRT-zUw?feature=share