![]() Knocking is an effort to open and pass through obstacles.Keep on Knocking on Doors till One Opens! ![]() McGarvey said, “Asking is a simple use of the voice. And we are the ones who must do the knocking. This is a good kind of knock at the door. KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU. For everyone who asks receives he who seeks finds and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask and it shall be given to you seek and you will find KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU. PROP.- In this message I want to consider three different knocks on the door. And perhaps you didn’t even know you were knocking! Or perhaps it was you who did the knocking. And some times when we are not aware of it. HAVE YOU HAD A KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR LATELY? Bet you have. Anybody can wish someone well or give them a verbal blessing, but to bless someone with a $20 bill or a hot meal or a sincere prayer, etc. Just to say, “God bless you” is not enough. If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it isįaith without works is dead! When people have a need and we can take care of that need, but we don’t, then our faith is dead. James 2:14-17 “What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. She must have looked bad and I’m sure she did, because he told me that he offered to pray with her. “Where’s your man?” Then she told him how he had suddenly passed away with a heart attack. He said that he went into her house and said, Salvation Army man told me about a neighbor lady. Service gets exciting! Spectatorship can become boring! Participation is exhilarating! That’s what keeps people involved and coming to a church more than anything! That’s what keeps people committed to Christ and His Church! CHRISTIAN SERVICE! Involvement and service. ![]() He wasn’t coming to church just to sit and listen! Or to be entertained. WOW! CAN YOU IMAGINE? Every Christmas for 40 years! Talk about dedication to a cause! Talk about commitment to Christ! Talk about devotion to Christian service! That man had it!īrethren, that may well be the key to his faithfulness to the Salvation Army. Then he told me that he’d been coming to Anna, IL, from Cape for about 40 years. He replied, “I hope it was good.” I said, “Oh, it is!” ![]() No, really, I told him that I had included some words in my sermon about the Salvation Army. I told him who I was and that I just finished preparing a sermon. He was making his annual Christmas visit to our neighborhood to collect money for their work in helping the poor and needy. A Salvation Army volunteer from Cape Girardeau, MO. Shane opened the door and lo and behold, it was a Salvationist! A what? A Salvationist. Don’t they know it? I don’t live in the sticks.” “Bang! Bang! Bang!” And I thought, “Who in the world is banging on my door? I have a doorbell. ILL.- One winter night near Christmas several years ago there was a loud knock at my door. Ice Cream who? Ice cream every I see a ghost. Ya who? What are you getting so excited about? Accordian who? Accordian to the TV, it’s going to rain
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