Years ago, a guy named Mark was putting his daughter to bed, but, for whatever reason, she just go to sleep. wouldn’t She was like three or four years that age where it can be a old… lot of work putting them down. So he put her down to go to sleep, but, when he checked on her an hour later, she was still awake. He said to her, "What are you doing?" She said, "I'm thinking." He said, "What are you thinking?" She said, "I'm thinking about someday when I'm all grown up and I'm going to be a bride. I'm going to wear a big dress and you're going to be my prince." And he said, She said, "I can't be your prince." "What do you mean you can't be my prince? Why can't you be my prince?" He said, "Well I'm already Mommy's prince. But even if not I’m your always be your prince, I’ll daddy.” She said, "Well then who is going to be my prince?" He says, "I don't know. It might be someone you know right but now… probably someone never even it’s you’ve met… But worry honey, when it's time for a prince to be chosen, don’t Daddy will decide who the prince is going to be!" a woman here, married or single, young or old, you If you’re need to hear this. You're the daughter of a king. If you're a man, whatever scars you bear, whatever wounds you carry, you're the son of a king! Jesus treated everybody like they were the child of the King. And most people, especially the poor, the sick, the sinners, were not used to being treated this way. And, BTW, they're still not. But, you can still be part of Jesus' movement to change the world by the way you see the people you walk past every day. Go through the Old Testament and see that, over and over again, you’ll God talks about four categories of people. When He's talking to Israel He says, "You be real careful about how you treat widows, orphans, aliens, and the poor."
Years ago, a guy named Mark was putting his daughter to bed, but, for whatever reason, she just wouldn’t go to sleep. She was like three or four years old… that age where it can be a lot of work putting them down. So he put her down to go to sleep, but, when he checked on her an hour later, she was still awake. He said to her, "What are you doing?" She said, "I'm thinking." He said, "What are you thinking?" She said, "I'm thinking about someday when I'm all grown up and I'm going to be a bride. I'm going to wear a big dress and you're going to be my prince." And he said, "I can't be your prince." She said, "What do you mean you can't be my prince? Why can't you be my prince?" He said, "Well I'm already Mommy's prince. But even if I’m not your prince, I’ll always be your daddy.” She said, "Well then who is going to be my prince?" He says, "I don't know. It might be someone you know right now… but it’s probably someone you’ve never even met… But don’t worry honey, when it's time for a prince to be chosen, Daddy will decide who the prince is going to be!" If you’re a woman here, married or single, young or old, you need to hear this. You're the daughter of a king. If you're a man, whatever scars you bear, whatever wounds you carry, you're the son of a king! Jesus treated everybody like they were the child of the King. And most people, especially the poor, the sick, the sinners, were not used to being treated this way. And, BTW, they're still not. But, you can still be part of Jesus' movement to change the world by the way you see the people you walk past every day. Go through the Old Testament and you’ll see that, over and over again, God talks about four categories of people. When He's talking to Israel He says, "You be real careful about how you treat widows, orphans, aliens, and the poor."
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