Watch last Sunday's TV Show! Just click on the image to join Dave Grant as he hosts the Bible Study for the next several months. Dave is the minister for the Church of Christ at 5079 18th Rd in the Soo Hill area of Escanaba.
Discipline in the church is a difficult study because many don't want to address the need for corrective instruction. Dave Grant presents a series of lessons on relationships within the context of discipline in the church. Click the image to the right for audio and text (pdf) as they are presented.
The Road of Life
The following story was given to me several years ago and is still very special to me. I think of it often! Special thanks to my friend Dixie for caring enough to share it with me!
At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I had done wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there, sort of like a president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I really didn't know Him. But later on, when I met Christ, it seemed as though life was more like a bike ride, but it was a tandem bike, and I noticed that Christ was in the back helping me pedal.
I don’t know just when it was that He suggested we change places, but life has not been the same since. When I was in front and had control, I knew the way. It was rather boring, but predictable—it was the shortest distance between two points. But when He took the lead, He knew delightful long cuts, up mountains, and through rocky places at breakneck speeds, it was all I could do to hang on! Even though it looked like madness, He said, “Pedal!”I worried and was anxious and asked, “Where are you taking me?” He laughed and didn’t answer, and I started to learn to trust. I forgot my boring life and entered into the adventure.
And when I'd say, "I'm scared;” He’d lean back and touch my hand. He took me to people with gifts that I needed—gifts of healing, acceptance, and joy. They gave me gifts to take on my journey, my Lord's and mine. And we were off again.
He said, "Give the gifts away; they're extra baggage, too much weight." So I did—to the people we met, and I found that in giving I received and still our burden was light. I didn’t trust Him, at first, in control of my life. I thought He'd wreck it; but He knows bike secrets, knows how to make it bend to take sharp corners, knows how to jump to clear high rocks, and knows how to fly to shorten scary passages. I’m learning to listen and pedal in the strangest places, and I'm beginning to enjoy the view and the cool breeze on my face with my delightful and constant companion, Jesus Christ.
And when I'm sure I just can’t do any more, He just smiles and says...”Pedal!”
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Let the Bible Speakis on every Sunday at 10:00/9:00 CST on TV6.
At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I had done wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there, sort of like a president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I really didn't know Him. But later on, when I met Christ, it seemed as though life was more like a bike ride, but it was a tandem bike, and I noticed that Christ was in the back helping me pedal.
Let the Bible Speak is on every Sunday at 10:00/9:00 CST on TV6. 
