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The Value of One - Part 10

Over the past nine weeks, we have taken a look at the value heaven places on one soul. Whether that one soul will go on to influence hundreds or thousands for the Kingdom, or whether it is never known the influence that one soul has, that one soul has infinite value.

In the parable the shepherd goe…

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The Value of One Part 9

It started on a very crowded city street during a life-saving mission. The slow moving crowd belied the urgency of the mission. People were pushing this way and that way in an effort to get to a dying young girl on the other side of the city.

And yet the urgency of the crowd did not seem to have th…

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The Value of One - Part 8

It started in the region of Gennesaret. Jesus had just gone back to this region a second time and had received a hero’s welcome. Why? Because the formerly demon possessed man had done the work Jesus had assigned him. The man had gone to the entire Decapolis region telling everyone who would listen t…

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The Value of One - Part 7

It started one evening in a boat that was caught in a terrible storm. The disciples had been fighting the storm for a while trying to keep the boat afloat, and although they were seasoned fisherman, they were losing the battle. Finally, remembering that Jesus was asleep in the back of the boat, the …

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The Value of One - Part 6

It started with a message that the Pharisees were intently watching Jesus’ ministry. They began to do what most do when measuring church growth – they counted baptisms. And the baptisms that were occurring as a result of Jesus’ evangelistic work were greater in number than those resulting from the w…

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The Value of One - Part 5

It started after dark when the city was quiet. A man moved stealthily through the streets on a mission of his own. His heart was seeking Jesus. He had to find Him. He moved through the city gates and up onto the mountain to the place where he knew Jesus would be. And the discourse began.

He came to…

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The Value of One - Part 4

It started with a Bible tract on a boring afternoon during the holidays. The teenage boy had nothing to do. So he went through the house looking for some entertainment.

This teenage boy was raised in a Christian home. His grandparents and great grandparents had served the Lord wholeheartedly. Howe…

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The Value of One - Part 3

It started with a preacher in Samaria. The evangelistic series was going well, really well. Acts 8:6-8 tells us:

And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who w…

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The Value of One - Part 2

It started with two unnamed men sent on a covert mission into enemy territory.

Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” Joshua 2:1

The two men had their mission. They were spy out the land – especially Jeric…

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The Value of One - Part 1


It started with a bitter snow storm in January 1850, a storm that pretty much shut down the town of Colchester in southeast England. A 15-year-old young man was on a journey and felt he could go no farther without some respite. So he looked for a building to enter, if only for a short time.

The bu…

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