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 Never The Same Again                                      
                                             Nehemiah 9:1-6 (#16)  Click Here to listen (mp3)”Never The Same Again,” is today’s title in the series, “You Can Make A Difference.”

Nehemiah chapter 9  (Read verses 1-6)

One sunny afternoon a 12 year old boy and his dog were playing in the woods behind their house in Naples, Florida, when the boy felt a searing jolt of heat pulverize his lower leg.  He looked down to see the massive head of a an eastern diamondback rattlesnake attacking him through his shoe.Several hours later, his father found him lying unconscious in the kitchen.  Recognizing snakebite, he grabbed his son up, threw him into the family car, and headed for the nearest clinic.  On the way his car broke down, and he found himself standing in the middle of the highway pleading for passing motorists for help.  Finally, a Haitian farm worker in a rickety truck pulled onto the shoulder. But the poison had been in the boy for so long by then, and the sheer volume of the venom was so great, that the doctor at the clinic said simply, “I’m sorry, but there is nothing I can do.”  If there were a glimmer of hope, he needed to be transferred to a hospital several miles away.

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                                   Good Snakes And Bad Snakes                                     
                                             Nehemiah 9:1-6 (#15)  Click Here to listen (mp3)
 This young man set a record that probably doesn’t interest you. He is a Thai snake charmer who set a new Guinness World Record…by kissing 19 deadly cobras, besting a standing seven-year record of 11 kisses.  (Click here to see a video of this nut!)

At the risk of being tagged politically incorrect, I wonder—Are you prejudiced? 
Are you prejudiced against snakes?
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Click here to listen to the sermon from Sunday, January 14, 2007 morning service.

 Nehemiah 8:1-6

1And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded Israel. 2So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. 3And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. 4And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. 5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. 6And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.