All Access 2010 ... Dino Rizzo

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All Access 2010

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Stay SMALL … Dino Rizzo

Celebrating … 17 years at Healing Place. 25 years in the ministry.

1 Samuel 15:17 KJV --- And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

Luke 19:17 NLT --- 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities

Micah 5:2 NLT --- But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you, one whose origins are from the distant past.

Matthew 15:34 NLT --- Jesus asked, "How much bread do you have?" They replied, "Seven loaves, and a few small fish."

James 3:4 NLT --- And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong.

Zechariah 4:10 NLT --- Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand." (The seven lamps represent the eyes of the Lord that search all around the world.)

I used to despise my small beginnings. Disrespecting who we were and where we were. This was eating at my soul. Comparison is acid to your soul!

No one likes to feel small. Just about everything God does starts small. Don't despise those things and those places where God has you.

What do we have because someone didn't despise the small? Cars, planes, ARC, Starbucks and so much more…

There will be nothing that didn't small somewhere. Nothing starts big. It starts with a seed or a dream or a pray or idea…

The bigness of what we do is in God almighty. It is not in us.

Stay small. Keep HIM big. Because if you stay small and He is big, then He will anoint you.

I am not against big. But no matter how big we get, remember we are small to what is big. There are no big churches. There is only a big God using churches in big ways. We are all just small churches believing in a really big God.

Until I embrace the small I will not get the bigger blessings.

Let God be big in our lives.

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

Catalyst ticket arrived

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