-- Crossroads of Life is a spiritually powerful, 10 minute radio program written and narrated by Rick Lawrence Note: these sample scripts below may be used by others for sermons, talks and the like. The scripts should not be changed except for textual errors. Rick, freely grants the use of these scripts to spread the Gospel.
How you can be a part of Crossroads of Life radio program. Most people who tune into radio will tune out a religious program in a heartbeat, the moment it starts. But not Crossroads of Life. Why? Because Rick always starts with an illustration such as a story, testimony or some fact about the world we live in. Almost everyone listening will stay tuned when an interesting story [testimony] of another person's life starts the program. Rick then goes from the opener moving gradually into a Bible story or message that gets the Word of God across. Crossroads always ends with an invitation to accept Jesus Christ as personal Savior.
The Loyal Dog of
Gundagai
radio script #24(Love for your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, or
friend)
Opener: story or illustration – There
was a dog who deeply, loved his master. His owner was a teamster who hauled
supplies and equipment over dangerous and very rough trails in the virgin
wilderness. The trails were often so muddy the wagons would get bogged down; it
was difficult to get them back on solid ground.
The year was in the early 1800s, the wilderness was in
The dog
and his master were making their way along a rough stretch of trail some
distance from Gundagai a village near the
In those days, each wagon or cart always had with them a long and wide box which
was used to carry provisions of food and often clothes and valuables of the
owner. It was called a tuckerbox. In
It was
never determined what happened to the teamster. Perhaps he was killed or died of
exhaustion trying to reach Gundagai. The
dog, loyally, faithfully waited until he could no longer sit. He laid down on
the top of the tuckerbox and watched for the master he loved -- until the end
came and he died there. Weeks later
others coming along this wilderness trail found the dog. He was lying there on
top of the tuckerbox; he had been loyal to the end.
Hello all
of you out there! This is Rick Lawrence. Loyalty
is a wonderful character trait. People who are loyal are often admired. What
does it mean to be loyal? Loyalty can mean doing your duty, for instance,
Upholding democracy and human rights, paying your share of taxes, obeying the
law or serving in the armed forces. Patriotism is loyalty.
Another meaning of loyalty is faithfulness
or commitment. Commitment is a word that means we agree or pledge to do
something. Commitment is also a
pledge that you are in it for the long haul, in other words commitment means you’ve
decided or agreed to involve yourself for the “long term.”
Lets talk about love.
Love can
be a big part of commitment. Love,
especially unconditional love, means that you pledge your loyalty or
faithfulness to your boyfriend or girlfriend, wife or husband, a family member
or close, personal friend. Unconditional love is the type of love that
accepts a person for who he or she is, not like what you want that person to be.
Unconditional love means you
accept and love someone without a list of conditions they must meet.
When
people go steady or get engaged, or get married, they are signing-on or
pledging, and agreeing to a greater loyalty to the person they love and are
attached to emotionally. When people get married, they take a vow. Vow is
another word for pledge or something you promise to do or commit to doing. The
marriage vow is meant to be a vow of unconditional love; it is a pledge to
faithfully, and loyally care for each other in sickness and health, whether rich
or poor.
When we
commit to someone, about marriage it is a life long promise to someone, letting
them know they can count on you, and that you can both grow and learn together.
Marriage is meant to be a lifelong partnership – man and wife together
as a team. It is like a business, and, in most cases, it should also be a
romantic adventure.
Why are so
many marriages shallow and full of argument and strife, the man and wife willing
to part ways and divorce at the drop of a hat?
We know that most sports teams have
found that to work well together, team members have to sacrifice childish
demands to always get their own way. Marriage is also a team effort. Another
thing that makes for a good and happy marriage is to apologize when you are
wrong, or when you have reacted to something in the wrong way.
Lastly,
are the words “until death do us part.” That’s a pledge of long term
loyalty. The greatest form of loyalty is the willingness to do whatever it to
takes to love and protect the one you are committed to – even if it means
laying down your life for them. It
might be a good idea for a couple to sit down and reread the marriage vow
together. I wish I had heard this teaching when I was young.
There was
a team: The man’s name was Adam, his wife’s name was Eve. God created these
two people and placed them in a place of great perfection. Like it was the most
awesome park you could ever see. There was no suffering or death. The Bible says
God allowed Adam and Eve to choose to live in obedience to Him, since He, as
their master, was the creator of the world and everything in it. Or, they could
live in sin, that is, they could live in disobedience to God – each of them
going their own way and forgetting about God’s commands and rules. I know many
of you have heard this story, but you have problems that hound you in everyday
life.
As a
result of sin, the world began to suffer. Nature declined and got out of whack,
and sin and disobedience coursed through the world and the descendants of Adam
and Eve began to be torn apart by all kinds of harmful actions: murder, rape,
molestations, violence of every kind, sexual immorality, and all manner of
problems began to tear people and families apart. Sin, sickness and death have
become the result of this disobedience.
It is
still the same today – because of people’s sin or disobedience to God, the
world is in a mess in many ways. Many people want to find their way back to God,
but because of wrongful teaching they have come to overly fear God. It is true
that God hates sin and we should fear his established penalties, and punishment
for sinners according to their sins, however, God has made it quite clear in the
Bible, God’s Word, that He hates sin or disobedience against him, but He Loves
the sinner. 7: 00
The Bible
clearly teaches that God’s love for us is unconditional!
It is written
in the Bible, the Book of John chapter 3, vs. 16, “God so loved the world that
he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life?” OK, we might say, but did God ever lay
down his life for us?
Yes, he did, God came to planet earth born in a manger in
Jesus grew up and at the age of 30 ministered doing great miracles of healing
and deliverance, telling the people about the
In Rev.
3:20, Jesus says, “"Look! I have been standing at the door, and I am
constantly knocking. If anyone hears me calling him and opens the door, I will
come in and fellowship with him and he with me.” Will
you open the door of your heart and invite Jesus into your heart as the Lord of
your life? He will give you a new
life in Him and you will be spiritually born again and assured of going to
heaven when you die. :25
Let
me help you pray. Pray this prayer with me, “Dear God, I confess that I
have sinned against you. Thank you for taking all of my sin upon yourself on the
cross. I want to receive your forgiveness. I want to enter into a relationship
with you. I ask you to come into my heart and life as my Savior and the Lord of
my life. I accept you now, Jesus, as my personal Savior. Help me to live a life
that pleases you. Amen.
If you've
made this decision, be sure to tell someone about it. This is Rick
Lawrence, God bless you.
Closing: by
Craig Burnett.com: Radio/Television announcer [
Guest
speaker today has been Rick Lawrence of Crossroads of Life ministry. Rick Lives
in a suburb of
---------------------
Crossroads of Life scripts page 2 Next >>