This is “Miracles in Your Home.” God is shining a light into our homes during this time. We’re in the midst of a rare opportunity for families to take inventory of their spiritual lives and see where we’ve laid up our riches. Inside a church building cannot be the only place we worship. It cannot be the only place we pray. We can no longer wait until we “go to church” to read the Bible, take communion, or lay hands on one another for healing. Could it be that God is saying, “Time is of the essence. I want you to nurture the Lamb—your relationship with Jesus—in your homes, with your families.” In this message, Jentezen Franklin teaches us an important lesson from Scripture: When you can’t give your family anything else, you can give them the Lamb.

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i want to show you something that maybe

you’ve never thought about

as i begin the first message in this

series

miracles in your home

there’s a story in second samuel chapter

12

and it says this in verse 3 but the poor

man

had nothing except one little lamb

which he had brought and nourished

notice that listen and it grew up

together with

him listen to the specific wording and

with his children

it ate of his own food drank

from his own cup and lay in his

bed or his bosom and it was like a

daughter to him

in the text in second samuel 12 nathan

was given an assignment from god to

confront david about the sin

that he had committed he had committed

adultery

and he had killed

bathsheba’s husband to cover it up he

had

spawned a web of lies and he was

not the same man that that he used to be

he’s not the same david that we read

about who would spend hours

in worship private meditation and

worship

playing the harp writing songs of

adoration to god

something had shifted in this text he

was proud now

he was arrogant as a matter of fact the

bible said in second samuel chapter 8

that david had gotten him a name

we would say he’s made a name for

himself the scripture puts it that way

that he got himself a name

he had become famous he

was so famous that they were writing

songs about

him the women would sing songs about

david david’s name was so popular that

mothers were naming their babies after

they gave birth

after king david they would name their

babies david

he had gotten him a name but something

had

shifted in his heart he no longer

was a man after god’s heart but now he

was living in deceit and living

in a lie and living in adultery and

living

in sin and pretending

and nathan the prophet was given the

assignment to go confront this man this

man who

had become so vicious so bloody

that he had killed an innocent man named

uriah to cover up

his own sin so there’s no doubt that

nathan

was even probably approaching the palace

that day

with consternation and fear and worry

that he could just turn on me and kill

me right there on the spot

and so he’s going through his mind as

he’s approaching the palace i could see

his

pace slow down i could see him maybe

kicking a rock down the road or whatever

just trying to ponder in his mind what

am i going to say

how can i somehow find that

david that used to have a heart after

god who loved him with all of his heart

mind soul and strength how can i how can

i reach him if there’s a little flicker

or flame

left of the man that he once was that

was so

passionate for god and now that he’s

famous

and he’s powerful and he’s got wealth

and palace and

and and everything that the world can

offer

and his heart is so cold

and as he approaches the palace he says

i know what i’ll do

when it’s all said and done if there’s

anything left of david of the man he

used to be

the spiritual loving god man that he

used to be

i’ll tell a story about a

a shepherd and a lamb

and he walked into the palace that day

and david was sitting on his throne

and david knew that he was a prophet

from god

and david looked at him and when he did

he said back

to him david i want to tell you a story

he said what kind of story he said it’s

a story about a lamb and suddenly a

little flicker

of the love that david once had when he

was a little shepherd boy watching his

father’s sheep

fighting bears and fighting lines to to

guard

the sheep the precious sheep the lambs

he would hold them

in his in his arms

and he said i want to tell you he said

then tell me the story and he said there

once was a rich man

and there once was a poor man and they

both lived

in the same city

and they both were

in the same location one on one side of

town and one on the other

the rich man held wealth and power and

prestige

david’s leaning in now and he’s

beginning to listen

he had flocks without number he had

hired

shepherds who tended after his flocks by

the hundreds and thousands

he had a beautiful home and he was

prominent

and he was powerful and he had

all that you could imagine and living in

the same city on the other side of town

was a poor man

this poor man had

times when his family went to bed hungry

they had no

wealth they had no house to speak of it

was just a shack

they were just poor people a man

married to his wife and they had a

little boy and a little girl

they had children they were unknown and

unimportant the total

opposite of the rich man was the poor

man

he only had one possession that we’re

told of in the text he had one lamb

one little lamb is all

that he possessed they lived in the same

city but they were worlds apart one

powerful famous

with wealth with fame with flocks

without number

thousands and thousands of lambs and one

family that’s poor and unimportant and

unknown

by anyone and all they had in their home

the bible said

they had it in their home as a

as a part of their family one little

lamb

when i hear the word lamb i can’t help

but think

of the lamb of god jesus is

is known if he’s known for anything in

scripture he’s known

as the lamb of god when the book of

genesis opens up

isaac is asking his father on top of

mount moriah as

the altar is built and the knife is

laying there and the fire is kindled

and he says father where is the lamb the

book of genesis

opens with the question where is the

lamb

the new testament opens in the first

book with john the baptist

pointing his finger and saying behold

he’s pointing at jesus and he’s saying

behold the lamb of god

that takes away the sins of the world

the book of revelation

ends with the multitudes in heaven

on a sea of glass around the throne of

god and the lamb is central

and they’re singing in the book of

revelation the last book of the bible

worthy is the lamb that was slain

worthy is the lamb that was saying

the bible talks about a donkey

that would have a coat

and this coat that this

mule would have or donkey would have to

be consecrated to god this is talked

about in the book of leviticus

and if it was the if it was the

firstborn the bible said

that if they didn’t bring a lamb for

that firstborn

cult then they had to break its neck

and on palm sunday we read that jesus

through the prophecy of zechariah

chapter 7

comes riding into jerusalem on

a cult why was he riding

on a coke why not a white stallion

because he was fulfilling the old

testament

where if the firstborn of a donkey

was not redeemed by a lamb

they had to break its neck

and jesus the lamb of god was riding in

on a donkey he was saying i’m the lamb

of god and because i’m the lamb of god

your neck doesn’t have to break with

judgment

because i’m going to take it i’m going

to bear it on the cross

i’m going to take your sins to the cross

as the lamb of god the book of

revelation the central theme

of the book of revelation is the

revelation of jesus christ

the lamb he’s called 27 times in one

book the book of revelation

the revelation of jesus christ is what

the book is called

the book of revelation is not the

uncovering the word revelation means

uncovering

it’s not the uncovering of the

antichrist it’s not the uncovering

of the end times it’s not the uncovering

of prophecy certainly those things are

in there

but we shouldn’t make that the central

theme of that book

it’s not the uncovering of 666

the book of revelation if it is anything

is the revelation or the uncovering of

jesus christ as the lamb of god

27 times in the book of revelation the

bible calls

jesus the lamb of god he’s the slain

lamb he’s the worship lamb in the book

of revelation

these are all biblical phrases in the

book of revelation he’s the worthy lamb

he’s the lamb on the throne he’s the

lamb that breaks the seals and opens the

book

he’s the lamb at the center of the

throne

it’s the wrath of the lamb it’s the

salvation of the lamb

it’s the multitude standing before the

lamb

it talks about the horns of the lamb the

war of the lamb

the song of the lamb the marriage supper

of the lamb

it talks about the twelve apostles of

the lamb

it talks about the lamb’s book of life

and people’s names and family names that

are written

in the lamb’s book of life

you can do with a without a lot of

things you can do without the foul of

the air the beast of the field or the

fish in the sea

but one thing you can’t do without in

your home

is you need a lamb in your home that’s

why the bible said in

exodus 12 concerning the passover let

every house have a lamb

for that house

you’ve got to have the lamb for your

house

and so in the story that nathan begins

to tell

david he says the rich man had exceeding

flocks

of lambs but the poor man listen

carefully

did not have all the things the rich man

had

but notice what it said in verse 3

that he had one lamb

and he number one nurtured it

the word nurtured means to feed

something

until it grows just as a mother

nurtures her newborn baby

it’s the lamb that was nurtured in their

home

it didn’t live out in the backyard it

didn’t live out in a barn

it lived in their home the bible’s very

clear about that

and they were feeding the lamb and the

lamb was growing in their home

and in their family their family grew up

with the lamb

the children were familiar with the lamb

the lamb was a part

of their family the bible said that

he ate at their table

he ate it their table the lamb it was it

was not

a pet it was not

an animal that they had a distant

relationship with

that was that was not really bonded and

connected he didn’t stay out in the barn

in the backyard out in the field

somewhere

but the bible said that the lamb

it it was not a a petting zoo lamb

so that’s kind of how we want to treat

jesus says we just want to go to church

and we want to have a petting zoo and

pet the lamb

and then leave after church is over and

go do

our thing but this was not the

relationship

this was the relationship of the lamb in

the home and the bible said

he ate at their table

he hated their table it’s not like they

had the lamb’s

little bowl over there and and he would

eat in the corner like a dog or

something

but he would the lamb would be at their

table it’s a beautiful picture of

communion

it’s a beautiful picture of the cup

jesus said this is my cup and this is my

body the bread

and the lamb they’re they’re having

communion common union

and it’s not like he’s just a pet in a

petting zoo

that they see once a week but he’s

living

in the home the lamb is now here’s the

story

you’ve got one man who has thousands of

flock

and he’s hired shepherds to take care of

him he used to be

david you used to be the one that took

care of the shepherd the sheep but now

you’re

you’re too important you’re too you’re

too busy to spend any time with them

you just hire it but here’s a family

and a man who said i can’t give my

children

the clothes that everybody else can give

them i can’t give them the house i can’t

give them

the stuff but there’s one thing that i

can give my family i could give them the

lamb

i can give them a relationship a

connection with the lamb

if i can’t give them everything else if

i can give them

if i can raise them in an atmosphere

where the lamb is central where the lamb

is a part of our family where the lamb

is head of our home

he’s at every meal he’s in every all our

conversations

he is the bedrock of our lives

and the bible said that the rich man had

a traveler come through

a stranger and instead of taking one of

his thousands of flock

this is nathan telling david the story

and david is totally captivated

he said instead of instead of uh

going out and killing indiscriminately

any of his lambs by the thousands that

he had

that he had no connection to

he he went and seized

the poor man’s lamb that was

the life of his family and he

slew the lamb for a stranger

and fed him to this traveler

and david was so enraged

that david said who is this man

he’ll pay he’ll pay fourfold

for what he’s done to that poor man that

only had one precious lamb

for his family you know what the bible

said the prophet whirled around

and pointed his finger and he said david

you are the man

and he said the judgment of the lord

will be even as you have spoken

four-fold

he lost absalom he lost adonijah

abner and and

three of his boys died and then the baby

four-fold

and he falls on his face and he repents

and he writes psalms 51

wash me and i shall be clean take not

your holy spirit

somehow he gets back to god and he

writes his greatest songs

psalm 23 was written after the fall

he wrote his greatest songs and he sung

his greatest songs

after he had messed up but the thing

that the lord spoke to my heart was

to challenge all of you who are watching

me all over the world and

to challenge our free chapel family

to not have a casual relationship with

the lamb

i want you to see jesus the lamb of god

and make sure that he’s in every house

there must be a lamb for every house the

franklin house must have a lamb

the redmond house must have a lamb

your house must have a lamb

do you have jesus

right where you are would you get on

your knees

as a family

would you just bow humbly before the

lamb of god

as a family would you just gather

everybody around there in the room

and would you invite the lamb

of god into your family and into your

home again i want every teenager to just

say god

i want to know the lamb i don’t want i

don’t want some

loose connection with jesus

i want to know him

i want him to be my life

i want him to be the center of my life

pray this prayer right where you are say

lord jesus

i receive you today as my savior

everybody

out there right now all over the world

wherever you’re watching this just say

lamb of god

cleanse me lamb of god cover my house

say that lamb of god

cover my children my grandchildren

lamb of god i ply the blood of jesus

christ on the door of my house

and may the lamb grow may the lamb get

bigger and bigger

while we’re confined to our homes may

the healing power of the lamb keep us

may it flow to the hospitals and flow

may it cover the doctors and the nurses

may it heal the nations of the world

that are suffering and dying by the tens

of thousands

we plead the blood of the lamb

in times of distress and disaster

plead the blood of the lamb

oh

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he’s here and he’s there in your home

there’s a miracle in your home

we’re gonna bless you with this blessing

on your house we dedicate your house

as holy ground we consecrate your living

room

as holy ground your family

is entertaining the lamb

he’s in the home with you the healer is

there the deliverer is there

the peacemaker is there the promise

keeper is there

and now may the lord bless you and keep

you may the lord make his space shine on

you

may the lord be gracious unto you may he

lift up his countenance upon you

and may he give you peace and protection

in jesus mighty name

you know in our closing moments together

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the nation of israel

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so

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and play school kingdom this is an

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