The Fishermen

There were three fishermen Who fished with their sons everyday on Lake Malawi.
Each day, the three Father and sons would each would pray to God to bless their work, and the family would take their boat out on the waters. Each day, every Father and son's boat brought back ten fish.

Al three fishermen families brought their ten fish back to the beach each day, and cooked them all over coal fires. Each prayed together with the rest of their Families.

The First Fisherman's Family


The first fisheman's family always prayed this prayer:
Thank you God that you made us wise enough to know the sea and the fishing grounds. We are grateful for great eyes to see the good fishing places.
We will take the ten fish, the fruit of our labor, and we will feast tonight.

The second fisherman's family:

They brought their ten fish back to the beach each day, and they took one fish to the local priest before they cooked the 9 remaining fish over coal fires. They then prayed:

Thank you God that Showed us favor today and send the fish to our nets. We show our gratitude by returning to you one of the fish from the ten that you have given to us.

We will take the nine fish, the fruit of our labor, and we will feast tonight.

The third fisherman's family

They brought their ten fish back to the beach each day, and they took one fish to the local priest.

They built a hut where there was a slow smokey fire buring all the time. They took the second fish and hung in on a rack in the smokeing hut, where it dried.

They cooked the eight remaining fish over coal fires.

They then prayed: Thank you God that Showed us favor today and send the fish to our nets. We show our gratitude by returning to you one of the fish from the ten that you have given to us, and we set aside another fish so that you may use us to share with others who have no fish.

One Day, a great tsunami blew over the reefs, and for seven days that came and went when the fish disappeared from their waters and all the nets of the fishermen came up from the sea empty.

After their first day without fish, The first and second fishermen came together and cried out to God, because they knew that their children would soon not be able to sleep because of their hunger.

The third fisherman's family took their dried smoked fish and fed all three families for the next seven days.

The third family prayed this prayer:

Father God, we are thanfull that you provide all our needs, thank you for using some of the fish you sent us to meet the needs of your people.

Such is the way of God's provision and fellowship:
He often uses the most grateful, those most dependent on him to sometimes be the provision and instrument of fellowship for his people.

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