3/6/11 cblog WHAT is MOST DEAR TO U ? GIVE it to JESUS ! , Crystal cathedral, sheila schuller , r.h. schuller, pulpit interview guest austin gutwein & musical guest brian doerksen, m: "harold r u here ? ..harold shaw....running..I want u to shake for the lord..harold is our go & sow director..leader of missions..u need help..I do need more help..see saltshaker bells..those r 4 u..take from ...barrels for things to help homeless...underwear..building houses..Monday meals..for homeless...rather than give them money..harold has them @ back of church..thank u for your leadership..dad will u intro us to austin..r[R. H. SCHULLER INTERVIEWS AUSTIN GUTWEIN, TEEN FOUNDER of HOOPs Of HOPE] Remarkeable teen..austin gutwein..10 years old..heard.of a baby dying of aids..didn't know what aids was ..my first time ...2057 freethrows..7 hours...work w/ world vision..to this day $2.5 million..wow..what abt admin costs..? None..100% goes to .wow..amazing...rare..what difference has it made..40,000 kids who participated..we don't have to wait to become adults b/f we start participating..make a diff as a youth..[END INTERVIEW].[SHEILA SCHULLER GIVES MESSAGE] ...love believes..love gives hope..story of art collector...had vangoghs, monets...one day his son drafted to vietnam..said goodbye to only son..days weeks months.heard son killed in conflict..no greater love..this son gave his life in the battlefield..grief-stricken, broken-hearted...one day knock on door..your son gave his life for me..he talked abt you..how much u loved art..painted pic of son..
..father loved the painting..saw sons eyes in pic...when the father died..put art up for sale..art collectors from all over the world came....first for sale..pic of the son..the collectors..didn't want it..man in back, the gardener..offred $10..how 'bout $20 ? Sold..!..collectors clamored for the other pieces..secret stipulation..whoevver bought the son gets everything..the man who gets the son, gets everything..we get everything...life..everything we need, we find in Jesus..doesn't ask for an..the great gift exchange..learned this the hard way.my son chris ...healthy..took him in for checkup..doc said uh oh..not breathing right..pulled for breath..doc tried to open his airways..epinephrine..went to check on chris..was shuddering..he was burning..hot to touch..take to ER..spinal tap..spinal meningitis..fluid around brain..bacteria..could have life-long repurcussions..never forget..took baby..painful procedure..no pain med..b/c central nervous system..heard baby screaming..found restroom....doc said go hom, get rest..went home to empty crib..I cried to god.."my baby..is he going to live or die?" ..if ur real Jesus..need u now..saw Jesus holding..Christopher...I said, "Jesus, he is yours.."..b/c I know u love him more than I do..it will be well...either on earth or hereafter..Chrs turned out fine, graduating from sem this year..strong, strapping..not only parent who had to do this..abraham..god said to abe..."get up & go..going to make u the father of a great nation.." he set up..wife sara..make a great kingdom..sara will have child, she laughed..but she did give birth to isaac..not supposed to have been born, but he was..then god tested abrahm..tk son to mt. Moriah..offer up your son...contrary to jewish faith..but abraham said "I will obey..will give to god no matter what he asks of me.." ..tod loves son more than I do..if god says to me..god will raise him up again..set off..abraham isaac..carried the wood..just as he is abt to sacrifice isaac, angel of god said "STOP !"..I have a lamb in the thicket..foreshadow of ..stonethrow..mt. golgotha..later Jesus carried his own cross up golgotha..the angel did not come to sy stop..God allowed his one & only son to die that day for you & me..we have life eternal today & ever after..just..it didn't end there..it ended on resurrection Sunday..god...no greater love than love god has for u..today..want to leave with son? ..stand if so..hold out hands, close eyes..feel love of god enveloping u..here is life, grace..a gift of love for u my child..thank u for gift of love, ..life..accept embrace..keep hands out..imagine what is it u hold most dear ? Child, career, for me..this ministry..its no my ministry..yours..by faith I give my life..everything I hold dear..u hold it more dearly [I didn't know she had a son Chris, & he just finished seminary ?] [End SERVICE, R.H. SCHULLER GIVES BENEDICTION]
