Hi everyone, I'm Lynn.
Thanks for watching my video.
Today, I'm gonna be telling you about how to learn new English vocabulary
and use it in everyday conversation.
This is a very important video.
So keep watching.
A lot of my students are studying the TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, or other English tests.
And I understand.
They have to learn a lot of new words in a very short period of time.
But let me tell you something
Memorizing vocabulary lists is not a good way to learn English.
The best way - the very best way to learn English is by reading.
Reading anything that you can.
Books in English.
Magazine articles in English.
Even comic books.
Whatever you like - read - and read as much as you can.
This is really going to help you improve your English much more than memorizing long vocabulary lists.
It just doesn't work.
But, the thing is, how can we use this vocabulary in everyday conversation?
The most important thing to do is as soon as you learn a new vocabulary word or even a phrase,
Use it! right away!
Make yourself a note
or something to help you remember to use that in conversation.
Even the same day would be good.
Using the vocabulary right away is going to help you memorize it
and stick in your brain.
And you know what, you might be afraid that you're gonna use it wrong or incorrectly
That's okay.
If you use it wrong or incorrectly - not a problem,
that's part of the learning process.
And using what you read is going to help you memorize the English words a lot faster.
By actively using new vocabulary every day, you're going to really memorize that
and it's gonna help you become a better English speaker much faster.
Memorizing vocabulary lists is not a good way to learn English.
If you don't use the new words, then you won't master pronunciation and you might forget the words.
So remember. Read it and use it.
Thanks for watching.
If you can think of any other useful ways to memorize and use new vocabulary,
let me know in the comments and don't forget to Like and subscribe.
See you next time
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#TBT 24 Reasons Honey, I Blew Up The Kid & Ant Man Are The Same Movie - Duration: 3:45.
There's a company working on technology that can manipulate density to change the
size of stuff.
In the lab, we see a presentation and it looks like the organization is on the cusp of something
great except most of the test subjects popping and having to be be cleaned off the floor.
In the right hands, I could see this tech being a warm light for all mankind, but you
could tell the evil program director has other things in mind.
Later on, the evil dude is having a drink of wine with one of the board members from
the company and together, they talk about how they hate the main scientist guy in the
movie.
Honestly, I think if a man talks about another man while that man ain't present, a man
don't listen.
But it doesn't matter because the evil guy hates the scientist guy for no reason and
it sucks because he's probably the solution to his problem since scientist guy is the
only person to successfully shrink a human test subject.
To reward him for his miracle, he's granted no say so whatsoever in company operations.
With the whole revenge, business politics, corruption and greed themes in the first 5
minutes, you forget you're watching a Disney movie for a second, but you're reminded
later on when the family friendly elements start creeping in there.
There's some heartfelt moments like the when the dude who works at the junk food joint
wants more out of life and you can't help, but root for the guy.
The tear jerker scene comes right around that part too and your eyes get watery when the
man gives his kid this bunny toy, and even though the bunny looks creepy as hell, the
kid loves it anyway because it came from his or her daddy.
The tone of the movie makes a sharp right at the part where it becomes a heist film
about a quarter into the run time.
One of the characters breaks into a building and steals the shrinking technology.
Wackiness ensues and we learn that changing size has it's pros, but has a whole lotta
cons.
Biggest cons include impossibility to stay on beat no matter what type of music the DJ's
playing.
And yeah, property insurance covers fires, theft, and some water damage, but the companies
that reimburse you when the damage was caused by somebody changing sizes, I heard they charge
you a fee if you pay by phone.
But anyway, the guy that changes sizes, the scientist, and the scientist's kid join
forces and break into the lab.
When they get to the lab, surprisingly the villain saw it coming from a mile and is waiting
there for them like "aha".
It doesn't even matter though, because they wiped the database and now the research won't
run the risk of getting into the wrong hands (audio).
Later on, when the action picks up one of the guys turns big in a random family's
backyard and everybody's like Ahhh and runs for your lives.
Meanwhile, two cops are pursuing the fully loaded van from the heist part.
The two characters in the van get to getaway without a speeding ticket or anything.
Then, at the part where the evil guy grabs the scientists kid and the guy who changes
sizes gets taken into custody you get the feeling it's about to get real.
You're absolutely right because it gets real when the evil program director gets into
a helicopter and at first, it looks like he's shooting at the guy for no reason, but there's
a little bit of method to his madness though.
See I don't think it's a good idea for the bad guys or the good guys to be experimenting
with that stuff.
During the scene where they character develop the scientist's wife, he even tells you
how dangerous it is.
(Audio of wife from Honey).
After a climatic ending where one of the main dudes plays with a toy car, and trust me it's
way more exciting than it sounds.
The bad guy's defeated and never heard from again, barring any future storylines in prequels,
sequels or equals.
At the end, the scientist walks in on his kid first basing the person he hired earlier
in the movie.
So it's true money, can't guy you love, but false when your parents are the ones that
wrote the check.
Those are 24 reasons these movies are the same.
You agree?
Yes, no, maybe so?
If not, politely share your thoughts in the comment section below and click the subscribe
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SUPER FAST KODI BUILD JULY 2018 🔥 FOR KODI 17.6 BUILDS 🔥 COLUSSUS KODI BUILD 🔥 FREE KODI IPTV - Duration: 19:48.
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Hello guys, this is kodi best build back with you again with another great video so
Today guys, we're gonna install an amazing kodi build working
well safe fast really great for kodi 17.6krypton and
Just updated and working well without any problem, but first don't forget to subscribe to my channel
Join me in the facebook group and facebook page and follow me on twitter and instagram
Don't forget also to visit my website for more informations about kodi if you have any problem installing, kodi
Or installing any build on kodi krypton or kodi 18 leia
so post your problem on my Facebook group or
Just leave your comment on any video
I'm gonna replay you guys on help you for free for sure you guys to install the colossus kodi build
From the colossus kodi wizard right here go to settings press on settings
Hello it press yes and
Then press back
As you can see right here and click on file manager
So here we get profile directory and add source
If your kodi is new and you don't have anything install it yet to your kodi press on
double click on add source
We don't have anything you will find only profile directory and source if you use to style builds
You will get your things sources right here in the list
double double click on add source
Press done. And
Copy and paste the address right here to not miss anything
Just post the video and get the address and put it in your device press ok
Erika name it, whatever you want
You can name it Colossus you can omit John
Steven any name you on it? So it's not a big deal, press on. Ok, and
Here dear friends press back
Press back again
here scroll down to adults
Click on add-ons and here you got this lift box right here in the top press on it
Then click on install from zip file
So choose Colossus and then click on plugin program Colossus wizard
The wizard is gonna be added and install it to your kodi Krypton to get this amazing code evil
There is one single bill on this Colossus wizard
You can install it to your kodi Krypton as you can see
When you go back to the home page and adults you will get
the wizard install it
Press on add-ons. All right here go to program add-ons and you will get Colossus wizard in solid
it's gonna be installed directly to your kodi crap town without get it and
install it from
repositories
So right here often the Colossus wizard
Press on builds, as you can see k builds maintenance save data attacked and settings
There's only one builds
When you press on builds
You got one single bill as you can see right here
It's updated on 26th of June version for 1.6
So here the guy the fresh installed
You can use it if you have a previous build
Already install it
You got a lot of problems you get a lot of the impute fives. You got a lot of
Streaming problems do a fresh install to get everything new in your kodi
Standard install if your kodi is new and you're a Kodi beginner and just watched my video and came across to my video
Just press on standard installed if your Kodi is new
So press on the stand are installed
So here get guys click on ES install it so
The download process is going as you can see it's a lot it's not a tap. Hey we build
only
almost
200 megabytes so
While the download process is going do not press right here in this empty space with press on council
If you do that, they're friends. You have to restart everything from zero. So just be patient and wait
Hold on until everything is done right without any problem
Then you can run Cody again and watch movies TV shows on
So I wish you doing well having a great time having a great summer
If you are in the United States or Canada or Australia or United Kingdom?
Netherlands Sweden
Watching me guys. Thanks for watching. Thanks for your time
But if you are from Germany for sure, thanks, Russia or any country
So here I'm gonna leave you with the dumbbell going and then back after it's done to
Reveal this great bill together and see what is working on it. What is not?
In here my dear friends you got the demo process done and now as you can see it's installing your files
Do not press right here in this empty space as I told you or press on cancel you do that
You have to restart everything from zero
Just be patient on hold on and wait
Until we got everything done right? So as you can see right here it's done
Now first close zero-calorie and restart again to enjoy this great bill
Install it to your Kodi Christ
and on Amazon fire stick Nvidia shield or any other device you can get Cody and
Enjoy and watch movies TV shows and anything you want
So my dear friends after installing this great amazing cody bill. He got this great homepage
Right here. We got our announced
Down in the submenu, you got years movies popular movies get searched get popular shelves and network
Network shows if you use to watch from AMC
ABC CBC or NBC you watch form Fox
You got a lot ABC Family Animal Planet, Breville Cartoon Network Cinemax
You got all the shows right here
For example, if you use to watch anything on Animal Planet, and you missed a TV show
press on Animal Planet
You will get all your shows as you can see right here, so if you use to watch river monster
River Monsters tank or doodle heroes or
Northwood low or anything press on our tree house master
press on any show
and
Re-watch what you missed so we got the season
seasons
season 10 if you missed any
Episode you got it right here. So press on any episode
As you can see right here you got
Arenas is finding your sources you get
24 links. So right here pick on any
Streaming link don't pier your device with any link
until
Wait until we found
Find our working link and 3-1
As you can see right here guys
So I got it
Working well save without any problem
You can keep watching on it with your friends family or anyone
And right here you got cinema
As you can see you got cinema and you can watch all the greatest
movies right now
You got a lot of stuff and great movies
You can pick any one as you can see right here in the list pick any movie to get it working
Got Tom, Brady troll black puncher did pull
So press on any one as you can see you gather with jets right here list of movies
Press on any one
They got it working or gallop from placenta as you can see the center or our nose Neptune rising Yoda
Joshua all of these Cody add-ons and Kratos all of them are working well
Save for Cody crapped on if you get any built anyone
To keep your bill just get the other Cody add-ons bunny lay to make your Cody
Complete and better. So right here. We got the Lynx, press on any link you want to
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel and join me in the Facebook group
Facebook page follow me on Twitter, so
That way we're gonna keep in touch all together and you won't miss anything
So right here we got a pork in
Can keep watching on it up or do whatever you want press right here on back
So here we got cinema and here my dear friends you got TV shows
You got some great TV shows right here. We got a lot of great stuff
So at the flicks aliens the lab man cave flicks Yuki
jerk Supremacy star check a lot of great stuff and
Here we got TV shows for sure
You can get all the shows right here
So you can watch the whispered game of crowns or anything press on any
Chill you used to watch it. So we get season 1 and season 2 of waste world
Press on the season 2 is the new one
Right here we got the episode press on any episode you want to
Get a vanishing point
All right, you'll get the passenger
All right here guys got the links
You can choose any link, but don't be a real device as I told you you will get a lot of viruses and stuff
So, let me let your Kodi be clean and safe
So as you can see right here with me my dear friends you get a working well safe without any
streaming problem for a better experience
You better get a VPN if you have some money for that if you don't just use a free VPN
service
to protect yourself
That's it
Right here got Colossus TV as you can see got GI TV. I view my
TV Live Neville a lot of
gas stream line
So here got some channels I think they rose the game playing right now a
World Cup
So here as you can see you got some live TV
And you got a lot of great stuff right here got larsa TV Barcelona got the CBC
So I think everything is great well I
Got also with a ivo TV quite
It's a great guide for Cody Krypton as you can see
Right here. You can see what is coming in your
box and your channels
You got all the program right here
So right here my dear friends you got some great things as you can see you got some
channels, as you can see we got the BBC Four baby c3 ITV
You got a lot of channels you can pick on any
Any channel you want you got TV shows movies and all
sections
So that's it for I
feel
Right here. Got some mud bro channels as you can see you got some live net channels also
We got us channels and UK
so this is a great TV right here and
Here we got some Latino TV as you can see you can watch some Latino TV right here and this great
section and
here gal game time you can watch soccer or
NBA or anything you need right here in this great section
You get a lot of stuff as you can watch the World Cup in sport matrix
So now right now there's a game playing on do it
FIFA World Cup you can watch it as you can see
You can watch Sweden and Switzerland right here
So got a lot of sources you can press on any source to watch this great game I
Think they are
One zero, I don't know I
Got four sources or more you can pick any source you want
You got a lot of sources. I'm gonna check them until we got the game working
And I'll show you that it's working
Source tool
Because the FIFA is ban is banning all the streaming
Sources, but it works right here as you can see
0 0
It's working well
Switzerland again in Sweden. You can watch your national team right here on spore matrix on Cody
on this Cody atom and the FIFA World Cup
Right here got playground as you can see you can watch Disney you can one nickel down
You can watch boomerang Network Cartoon Network a lot of great things and animations right here
got a big fan of
Marvel
heroes, you can watch them right here on this playground and
Here we get some
documentaries and
biography, so if you want to watch any the commentary
You can go right here and watch anything you need
Right here
Got some rock solid as you can see you got some stuff right here to work out with your buddy from YouTube
aliens
star tech placenta and
Riggio as you can see right here you can watch and enjoy and build your body
Here you got back in time
So you got some MMA replay in it?
Spore even you can replay it right here
Here got one stop. You got some soup. I got you key. Jerk monkey. We got aliens at the flicks
You got a lot of great things as you can watch anything you want
and here we got some program add-ons, you can all the program add-ons on this section as you can clean your kodi and
fresh install
Your kodi back to normal skin or do whatever right here?
you can back you the estuary skin off Cody and
He'll get power
Can suspend rebuild power off system
Why here got favorites
Can place all your favorites stuff right here and he'll got YouTube?
You got all the popular things right here and YouTube music or anything?
so
Back to all runners. I wish you guys doing well and having a great time a great summer enjoying your family
Enjoy your your holidays and don't forget to visit my website and subscribe to my channel
Join me in the Facebook group and share the video with your friends and family and thanks for watching me
See you tomorrow for another Kodi build
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Obama just Got Huge Honor As 'Real President of the United States' For July 4 Instead Of Trump - Duration: 5:18.
Obama Just Given Huge Honor As 'Real President of the United States' For July 4 Instead
Of Trump.
It never ceases to amaze me how out of touch with reality Democrats and their party really
are.
In a $2,700 per plate event in lavish Beverly Hills California to raise much-needed money
for the failing DNC, also known as the socialist party, Democratic National Committee Chairman
Tom Perez had the task of introducing former President Barack Hussein Obama to the guests.
And what ensued will leave you speechless.
"Let's give it up for the real president of the United States," Perez said as the
former President walked out according to the news publication Politico.
Via Politico:
"Do not wait for the perfect message, don't wait to feel a tingle in your spine because
you're expecting politicians to be so inspiring and poetic and moving that somehow, 'OK,
I'll get off my couch after all and go spend the 15-20 minutes it takes for me to vote,'"
Obama said in his first public comments in months, which only a few reporters and no
cameras were allowed in for.
"Because that's part of what happened in the last election.
I heard that too much."
"Boil it down," Obama said, reiterating an argument he made on the campaign trail
for Ralph Northam in 2017 about the existential challenge Trump poses to America.
"If we don't vote, then this democracy doesn't work."
He almost accepted some of the blame for the state of the party, though he framed it less
as the DNC atrophying from years of benign neglect while he was in the White House and
being saddled with his reelection campaign debt and more as people making the mistake
of falling too much in love with him.
"I'll be honest with you, if I have a regret during my presidency, it is that people
were so focused on me and the battles we were having, particularly after we lost the House,
that folks stopped paying attention up and down the ballot," Obama said.
Obama stuck to his routine of never saying President Donald Trump's name in public,
but he spoke at length about what his problems are with the Trump presidency — and why
he thinks Democrats would be foolish to believe that they're in good shape to beat him just
because they've been doing well in winning recent elections.
"Fear is powerful," Obama said.
"Telling people that somebody's out to get you, or somebody took your job, or somebody
has it out for you, or is going to change you, or your community, or your way of life
— that's an old story and it has shown itself to be powerful in societies all around
the world.
It is a deliberate, systematic effort to tap into that part of our brain that carries fear
in it."
He did not specifically discuss immigrant families being separated at detention centers.
He did not discuss the travel ban or other rulings from the Supreme Court this week.
Teed up gently but directly by DNC chairman Tom Perez, who was seated next to him on a
small stage asking questions to prompt the discussion, he dodged a question about Anthony
Kennedy's retirement.
Merrick Garland's name wasn't mentioned, and neither was the current push by most Senate
Democrats — and supported by Obama's former vice president Joe Biden — to say that Trump's
nominee should also not be given a hearing until after the next election.
No one mentioned Joe Crowley's shocker primary loss, or the burst of youthful optimism and
talk of socialism that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's win has injected into Democratic politics.
He spoke only obliquely about the "Me Too" movement, saying that the current Republican
leadership believes in "women staying in their place in all kinds of ways."
His only direct comments on current events were about the newspaper office s******g in
Maryland earlier Thursday, which he said left him heartbroken but hopeful that people would
see this one as the turning point to take action on g*n laws."
As he read his teleprompter at the event, Obama suggested there may have been something
he did not do right during his two terms in office.
Which according to him was that people were so focused on him and the battles he was having,
especially after the Democrats lost the House, that folks stopped paying attention up and
down the ballot.
No sir, I would say that's just the opposite.
After you people lost the house in 2010 mainly because you oversaw a government takeover
of our healthcare system people started paying attention.
They started to forget your skin color and the hype and they started to see your so-called
summer of recovery never panned out.
Of course, you were able to pull out a win in 2012 because Obamacare didn't kick in
until 2013 on purpose because your side knew very well that if people knew the truth about
the law they would have never elected you, no matter what the color of your skin is.
But perhaps the worst thing this former president said during his speech is that "Republicans
fit the mold of the party of anger."
Really?
And who are the ones kicking people out of restaurants for being Conservatives and tweeting
nasty things about putting Barron Trump in a cage full of pedophiles?
Conservatives?
Not everyone agreed with Obama's ignorant statement:
What do you think about this?
Please share this news and scroll down to Comment below and don't forget to subscribe
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BEST FAST & NEW BUILD 🔥 FOR KODI 17.6 JULY 2018 🔥 LUXURY KODI WORLD BUILD KODI 🔥 FROM LUXURY WIZARD - Duration: 15:37.
What's up guys it's Everything Kodi back with another video
so many of you are looking for a build with lot of different add-ons
and lot of different sources for content then you might want to check the luxury kodi world build
I've also tested on my fire TV and two other fire sticks the build works great
You will enjoy this kodi build on your amazon fire stick or nvidia shield or android tv box
now I'm gonna give you guys an overview of what it has to offer
offer if you like it I can show you how you can get it installed on your device.
Now if you haven't already go ahead and hit the subscribe button
and make sure you click the little bell icon right next to subscribe so you don't miss any of my posts
so let's go ahead and jump into the overview of the build.
Now once you install it the first section you're gonna run into is the movies section
so you have the widget here at the top
you can scroll through find a movie and tv shows you like.
Don't forget to subscribe and click the bell icon to stay informed.
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HOT NEWS !!! O2 and EE UK Start to Rollout Android Oreo Update for The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge - Duration: 2:06.
going by the software update policy set by Google and followed by almost all
Android OMS these days most premium devices are guaranteed to major software
updates and security updates up to three years by those standards the two year
old Galaxy s7 and s7 edge are all pumped up to receive the android 8.0 oriole
update which will presumably be its last for the lifetime the android oreo update
for the galaxy s7 and s7 edge came out all the way back in April in the United
Kingdom for the unlocked variants the major software update then finally made
its way to other European countries while finally hitting the United States
earlier this month in June however despite being the first region to
receive the Oreo update some users in the UK had been waiting to taste the
goodness of android 8.0 up until now Galaxy s7 and s7 edge users on the o2
and EE networks in the United Kingdom are finally receiving the highly
anticipated Android Oreo update some users on the o2 network claim to have
received the software update a week ago so if you haven't received the OTA
notification for it already try to check for it manually by heading over to
settings about device system updates and then select check for update
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Powerful Home Remedy: Boil a Banana Before Bed and Drink the Liquid - Health and Fitness | Life Care - Duration: 2:05.
Have trouble sleeping through the night?
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute advises that adults should get seven to eight
hours of sleep nightly.
However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 50 to 70 million adults
suffer from sleep disorders, and that the dilemma is becoming a health problem.
The National Sleep Foundation found that the effects of sleep deprivation affect up to
50 percent of people living in the United States.
However, the common banana may help many resolve the problem.
A Boiled Banana Before Bed.
A famous cardiovascular surgeon suggests cutting the ends from one organic banana.
Put the banana in a small pot, and cover the fruit with water.
Bring the water to a boil, and allow it to continue boiling for approximately 10 minutes.
Strain the nutrient rich water into a mug, and then consume the beverage just before
bedtime
Why a Boiled Banana?
Livestrong explains that one banana contains approximately 487 milligrams of potassium,
which acts as a natural muscle relaxant.
The fruit also contains 37 milligrams of magnesium, which is also known to have similar effects.
Additionally, bananas contain the amino acid, sleep-inducing neurotransmitter tryptophan
along with the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin.
The chemical compounds are not only found in the fruit, but also within the skin.
Boiling a banana with the skin on extracts the nutrients from both the fruit and the
skin.
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Nie tylko w Polsce żony i partnerki piłkarzy cieszą się ogromnym zainteresowaniem mediów i fanów, co często przekłada się na ich kariery "influencerek"
Takim własnie mianem sama siebie w mediach społecznościowych opisuje Maja Nilsson, żona środkowego obrońcy Manchesteru United, Victoria Lindelofa
Jeden z bardziej znanych piłkarzy reprezentacji Szwecji we wtorek wywalczył ze swoimi kolegami awans do ćwierćfinału mundialu pokonując 1:0 Szwajcarię
Poczynaniom ukochanego z trybun bacznie przygląda się Maja, która, sądząc po jej Instagramie, świetnie się w Rosji bawi
Poza zdjęciami w koczulce reprezentacyjnej na jej koncie możemy podziwiać zdjęcia w ładnych sukienkach, na wakacjach, na imprezach czy podczas spędzania czasu z chłopakiem Ładniejsza od naszych WAGs?
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What Child is This? Part One - Duration: 27:53.
you know well ago we listen to what child is this and and there was a
caption down at the bottom and and it said that in 1965 this was a this was
written by a man named William Chatterton Dix and he wrote a poem and
it was entitled manger thrown and a few years later was set to the music of a
English folk lore song and and it was changed after that and it was called
Greensleeves but it was changed after that to what child is this so for a
decade and a half now every time we sing that song were reminded of the question
that those Shepherds probably had when they when they went to see the baby
Jesus what child is this and I know that can you imagine how they felt the wonder
that was in their hearts as an angel appeared to them and begin to share the
message that that in Bethlehem that they would go there and they'd find something
special because see you know what that wasn't an ordinary baby you know that
not was not an ordinary night that night something incredible happened and that
baby was an amazing person that would change the world and and the Shepherd's
in fact I'd like to read it to you it says in Luke chapter two and verse eight
we'll start there it says suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to them and a
radiance and the radiance of the Lord's glory surrounded them they were
terrified but the angel reassured them don't be afraid he said I bring you good
news that will bring you great joy to all people the Savior yes the Messiah
the Lord has been born today in Bethlehem the City of David and you will
recognize him by this sign you'll find him a wrapped snugly in strips of cloth
lying in a manger suddenly the angel was joined by a van
host of others the armies of heaven praising God and saying glory to God in
the highest good on earth peace and goodwill toward men then the angels when
the Angels had returned to heaven the Shepherd's said to each other let's go
to Bethlehem let's see this thing that has happened which the Lord has told us
about they hurried to the village and they found Mary and Joseph and the baby
lying in the manger after seeing him the Shepherd's told everyone what had
happened and what the angel had said to them about the child all who heard that
heard the Shepherd's story were astonished but Mary kept these things in
her heart and thought about them often no nativity scene would ever be the same
without a shepherd but what is it shipped as shepherd will the child he
was a shepherd he is a shepherd in fact the later Jesus said it this way in John
chapter 10 and verse 11 he said this I am The Good Shepherd the Good Shepherd
says life for the Sheep now many times Shepherds have been described as sort of
a rough around the edges and maybe there were kind of on the lower side or the
Lord part of the ladder but actually what Jesus describes is someone with
great responsibility and there's not any greater responsibility than then being
in charge or having the life of someone else's hands the life of someone else
someone else's life in your hands and pretend so you know this if you if
you're a parent that that when the baby I remember this one night when our
children were born but especially the first one I thought what next what I do
now but it was such a sense of responsibility that came on me and you
know what the Shepherd would do is he would he would lay down his life even
for the sheep which Jesus did in ancient Near Eastern history shepherds were
known as they were known for the righteous government they were expected
to show kindness in counseling protecting and guiding
those who were they responsible for they were good and they were just they were
wise and they were beneficial to others the shepherd's crook or the the staff
was a symbol of power and authority and strength shepherds are mentioned over
100 times in the Bible and in fact they were one of the first careers that was
mentioned in the Bible was was that of a shepherd in Genesis 4 2 it says this
that Abel was a keeper of the sheep and many times and most of the time
Shepherds were viewed as is wealthy and powerful Abraham was such an example it
says in Genesis chapter 24 and verse 35 and it says the Lord
I had the Lord has greatly blessed my master he has become a wealthy man the
Lord has given his flocks of sheep him flux of sheeps and goats herds of cattle
silver and gold and camels and donkeys there's another person that's mentioned
in the Bible that went through a really hard time in the book of Job but the
Bible says this that after a time that job after that his trial ended that he
was a very wealthy man this is a job 42 and verse 12 it says so the Lord bless
job the second part of his life with even more than in the beginning and he
now had 14,000 sheep six thousand camels ten one thousand teams of oxen and one
thousand female donkeys now the owners the one who owns the sheep a lot of
times were were actually they were the shepherds himself in Genesis chapter 4
we just talked about in a minute ago Abel was a shepherd and he owned those
sheep and in in Genesis chapter 30 the Bible says that Jacob he owned a lot of
sheep and cattle and all that stuff and he did the same thing that he was also
the shepherd but there were times when they delegated that response
ability to the children and when Rachel before she met the love of her life she
was tending taking care in fact when the servant of God our servant of Abraham
went to to meet her she was actually watering the camels for her dad she was
taking care of the flocks little Bible trivia for you I never knew this but
until I read the Bible that I didn't know Rachel smoked because but I found
out the Bible says this that when she feasted her eyes upon Isaac she led off
her camel okay I kind of did that for me okay another another person in the Bible
was David and David he was a shepherd let's read this and in 1st Samuel
chapter 16 and and it's verse 1 and then 10 to 13 it says now the Lord said to
Samuel you have mourned long enough for Saul I have rejected him as the king of
Israel so fill your flask with the oil and go to Bethlehem find a man named
Jesse who lives there for I have selected one of his sons to be the king
in the same way all all seven of Jesse's sons were presented to Samuel but Samuel
said to Jesse the Lord has not chosen any of these and Samuel asked do you
have any or are these all your sons there is still the youngest Jesse
replied but he's out on the field of watching the sheeps and goats sent for
him at once Samuel said we will not sit down to eat until they arise so Jesse
sent for him he was dark and handsome with beautiful eyes and the Lord said
this is the one annoying him so as David stood there among his brother Samuel
took the flask of olive oil he had brought an anointed David with oil and
the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon
David from that day on then Samuel returned to write Rama but here's what
happened after he was anointed to be king he went back to the he was being a
shepherd his brother as it says in 1st Samuel chapter 17 verse 13 through 15 it
says Jesse's three oldest sons ELab abinadab and Shama had already joined
the Saul's army to fight the Philistines David was the youngest son
David's three older brothers stayed with Saul's army but David went back and
forth so he could help his father with the Sheep and Bethlehem and so David Wow
while he was with those and he was he was doing what his dad told him to do
he's being a shepherd there was one that was really close by and that was the
child that would be born in Bethlehem and David he he had a relationship with
his child and it was his Lord and and David wrote about this the relationship
that he had between his Lord between he and his Lord and and actually this is
this would even before David was the king he was a shepherd and Jesus would
be a direct descendant of the king in the Shepherd and now he is the king and
he's our Shepherd it says in Psalm 23 this is probably his most famous Psalm
it says the Lord is my shepherd I have all I need
he lets me rest in green pastures he leads me beside that the peaceful
streams there were two responsibilities really for the first thing was they were
supposed to feed the flock in fact it says in 1st Peter chapter 5 verse 2 it
says fleed the feed the flock of God which is
among you and take the oversight thereof and part of that oversight was actually
protecting the sheep and so in one of those journeys between between the the
sheep you know what between tending the sheep and going to
the battlefield David arrived at the battlefield and when he got there there
was a this giant in his name was Goliath and and and I've always thought about
this and and you know and and I this may be mixing stories but but I always
thought this that David and what if Goliath would have went v5o fights I
smell the blood of an Israelite I know I'm mixing stories but David what he
thought in his mind was fee fie fo fed if the king of let me I'll cut off your
head so anyway David had to convince the king that he was going to that he could
do to do this so in 1st Samuel chapter 17 and verse 34 and 35 it says but David
persisted I have been taking care of my father's sheeps and goats
he said when a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock I go after
it with a club rescue the lamb from it and rescued the lamb from his mouth if
the animal turns on me I catch it by the job and by the jaw and Club it to death
but David also understood this with that relationship he knew in Psalm 23 and
verse 4 that the Lord was with him all the time it says this even though I walk
through the darkest Valley I will not be afraid for you are close beside me your
rod and your staff protect me and they come from me David describes this the
Lord is a provider and a protector these are the characteristics or Good
Shepherd what child is this he's the one that will protect everyone under his
care he'll protect even when the thief would try to snatch one such little one
away from him John chapter 10 talks about this it says this I tell you the
truth in verse 1 I tell you the truth any
one who sneaks over the wall of the sheepfold rather than going through the
gate is a thief and a robber but the one who enters through the gate is the
Shepherd of the sheep the gatekeeper opens the gate for him and the Sheep
recognize his voice and come to him he calls his own sheep by name and leads
them out after he has gathered his own flock he walks ahead of them and they
follow him because they know his voice they won't follow a stranger they will
run from him because they don't know his voice those who heard Jesus used to use
this illustration didn't understand what he meant so explained it to them I tell
you the truth i am the gate for the Sheep all who came before me were
thieves and robbers but the true Shepherd didn't listen to them but the
true sheep didn't listen listen to them yes I am the gate those who come through
me will be saved they will come and go freely and will find good pasture the
thief Serpas is to kill and to it's to steal and to kill and destroy my purpose
is to give them a rich and satisfying life the Good Shepherd with the great
links to take care of those under his care he would go the extra mile even for
that one that was lost Matthew chapter 18 talks about this and verse 10 it says
beware that you do not look down on any of these little ones for I tell you that
in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly father and then
there's a parable of the lost sheep if a man had a hundred sheep one of them
wandered away what will he do when he leave the ninety-nine others on the
hills and go search for the one that is lost and if he finds it I tell you the
truth he will rejoice over it more than the ninety-nine
under way in the same way it was was it not my Heavenly Father's will that even
one of these little ones should perish what child is this he's the one who came
to see those that are lost but the Bible says this that we've all sinned we've
all been lost and so his mission was to bring us into the protection that only
he can give he would grow up it it from that manger he would grow up and be our
Lord and our Savior and he had laid down his life see and in Isaiah it says this
way it says he will feed his flock like a shepherd he will carry his lambs in
his arms holding them close to his heart now when Jesus when he died on the cross
he completed his earthly mission so what he did then was amazing in fact this is
one of my favorite parts of the Bible for a lot of different ways but what he
did was he commissioned one of his followers named Peter who was certainly
you know he's a little rough around the edges too but he commissioned him and in
that day on the shores of Galilee Jesus actually he met with his disciples
they'd been fishing and he he was sitting with him after breakfast and he
looked at he looked at Peter and he said this I love this he said Peter do you
love me and Peter said this you know Lord I love you and he said this then
feed my lambs now this is one of the things that I
like about this God's concerned about our kids he's concerned about lambs our
little sheep and so I love that he's concerned about every one of our
children and then he went on to say this he said Peter son of John
do you love me Peter said Lord you know everything you know that I love you he
said then feeding my sheep he cares about you too then he you know I don't
consider myself a lamb anymore you know I may be an old goat but but I'm not a
lamb but but he cares about me so then the third time Jesus says this he said
Peter do you love me by this time he was wary of it and he was just was maybe put
out a little bit and he said Lord you know I love you
and he said this then feed my sheep what child is this what child is this listen
to this he's the one who came to lay down his life he's the one who is the
Good Shepherd he's our Redeemer he's our healer he's the one that sticks
closer than a friend he's a miracle worker
he's our provider he's our protector he is the truth the way in the life he is
the word of God and he awakens our spirit to the life of God I love what
that Shepherd said in that video he said ever since that encounter his spirit had
been a wage and you know I remember when I first got saved I remember I felt so
different on the inside and and I know this there are times when when I'm
reminded that that same encounter continues to go on all the time
he's woke me up on the inside and there's some times when he probably
really needs to shake me or whatever but if you have Jesus Christ on the inside
of you your heart and your spirit is a way
right now you know my wife and I we we we talked about something called God
encounters and and and we like to talk about that and and I remember just about
three or four years ago that she was talking to one of our sons and and he
was she was just really talking to him about the Lord and he's been very polite
to his mom and finally he he was listening talking it to her and finally
goes you know what mom I guess I just need a god encounter and so it so from
there Rhonda said or he said have you had any God encounters and so Rhonda
just began to tell him story after story about our encounters our personal
encounters with God and how he had intervened it so many times in her life
and touched us that's what child is this he's the one who did all those things
for us he's the one that that brought us through all those times have we walked
but we've been in the valley of the shadow of death you know or we've been
in tough places we sure have that child laying in a manger that's who he is
of course he's not a child anymore but he's seated next to the Heavenly Father
and he's always interceding for us he's sitting there and he's always he wants
us to call on him and use the power in the name of Jesus to help others hi yo I
read this story and I'm gonna end with this
it's a story I'll have to bring it up here it's a story my wife actually
shared with me I think it's it's awesome it has a little bitty word someone let's
put it right here yeah maybe I make it a little bit bigger
it says while traveling while traveling by plane to preach I was seated by a man
who had a Bible on his lap I switched part of the scripture he liked most he
told me Stuart he told me the stories of the miracles of Jesus performed he went
on to tell me he was having a hard time time believing God still performed
miracles today his wife had passed away and his son had left the church
announced he was an atheist and turned to drugs he was on that flight heading
heading home after finding out that his son had nearly overdosed on heroin I
need a miracle to bring my son back to God or I fear he I'm going to lose him I
told him keep trust in God and even invited him to attend the service that
was set I was set to preach at that night when we landed I stood up to get
my bag out of the overhead compartment that's when the man's eyes lit up and he
jumped to his feet after turning his phone on he found a voice mail from his
son hey he said he said to me after listening to the message my son said
he's going to church tonight praise God an evangelist is in town
speaking wait what did you say your name was again and the man says this I smiled
miracles still happen praise the Lord the God of miracles you know I can't I
can't imagine somebody after if you see a video like that you read the Bible I
can't imagine anyone who wouldn't want Jesus to be a part of your life I just I
just can't even imagine that and even those ones who go away I
believe and and they're trying to go away I believe he never leaves I believe
the Word of God is forever and it sits on the inside of
and I believe that even those lost ones that that that power that's in the Word
of God it never returns void and it's going to bring them back to the place
that they need to be amen so here's the deal you know today if you
are in this place and and you have never accepted Jesus you need to the bottom
line is that you need to do that you need to receive Jesus and you know
another thing that came to me is this you may be in a dark place - and in a
bad place in your life but you know what he never leaves you he never forsakes
you so I want to pray for you today and and and in fact you know what let me ask
you this is there is there anyone here that has
would like to pray and ask Jesus to be their Lord anyone anyone I guess I could
fake it and say I see their name but I wonder if folks do that just to make
somebody else feel comfortable I don't even know if they dude I don't know why
I said that but but oh praise the Lord nobody well let me pray for you guys
though how many in here know that you're going to heaven let me see your hand
your trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ hallelujah hallelujah
it isn't Jesus wonderful he is praise the Lord father I just lift up this
group of people today I thank your heavenly Father that you bless them in
every way father I just think you did in the Christmas season we're reminded all
the just all the more of the importance of walking with you all the more of the
importance of trusting you for touching our lives all the more of tread of
knowing this that you are our Lord father I thank you for that
father I thank you in the name of Jesus that you lead every one of us and guide
us father I just pray for that there's there's I really believe that there's
someone in here today that really needs a touch from you and it's in their
emotions and father I think you're right now as I speak the Word of God that
they're being settled in their mind they're being settled in their heart
stop it devil I stopped you in the name of Jesus hallelujah hallelujah praise
You Lord praise you Lord hallelujah praise You Lord hallelujah praise You
Lord Jesus hallelujah praise you I'm just listening praise God
praise God
hallelujah Jesus hallelujah crazy Lord
hallelujah praise you Lord Jesus
praise You Lord Jesus father we worship you today father I just had to clear
this the joy the Lord is our strength I declare this that we can do all things
through you who strengthens me holily us I mean praise you Lord father we just
thank you in Jesus name hey man praise the Lord
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