The Guilt Grind (1 of 4)
Series: Get Over It
Jeff Strite
Psalm 32:1-11
OPEN: A little boy had been given a slingshot for his birthday. He loved it and practiced every day aiming at different objects. During the summer he and his sister would spend a lot of time at their grandmother’s house and, one day he was out in her backyard he spied his grandma’s pet duck. On impulse he took out his slingshot, took aim and hit the duck with a stone.
The duck died!
He’d killed it!
Then he panicked. What was he to do? This was grandmother’s pet duck. She’d hate him forever for having killed her pet.
So he hid the bird in the woodpile.
And when he looked up… and there was his sister. She’d seen what he’d done.
After lunch that day, Grandma told Sally to help with the dishes. And Sally said, ‘‘Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen today. Didn’t you Johnny?’’ And then she leaned over and whispered to him, ‘‘Remember the duck!’’
So, Johnny did the dishes. What choice did he have?
For the next several weeks Johnny did a lot of dishes. And every once in a while (when he’d be tempted to object) his sister would whisper to him: ‘‘Remember the duck’’
APPLY:
Have you ever felt guilty?
Have you ever been sitting somewhere, or standing in the shower, or driving down road and suddenly remembered something you’d said you shouldn’t have said. Or something you’d done you shouldn’t have done. Or something you’d thought that would bring you shame if anyone knew you’d thought it?
And this wave of guilt comes flooding over you, and you felt this shame and embarrassment that you just felt like crawling under a rock somewhere?
Have you ever felt like that?
Me too.
Somewhere along the line… we’ve all killed a duck.
And when we remember that incident of what we’d said, thought or done, we hate ourselves for it.
And, you know the Bible tells me that Satan loves to use that against us. Revelation 12:10 tells us that Satan is ‘‘the accuser of the brethren…’’ ...
Series: Get Over It
Jeff Strite
Psalm 32:1-11
OPEN: A little boy had been given a slingshot for his birthday. He loved it and practiced every day aiming at different objects. During the summer he and his sister would spend a lot of time at their grandmother’s house and, one day he was out in her backyard he spied his grandma’s pet duck. On impulse he took out his slingshot, took aim and hit the duck with a stone.
The duck died!
He’d killed it!
Then he panicked. What was he to do? This was grandmother’s pet duck. She’d hate him forever for having killed her pet.
So he hid the bird in the woodpile.
And when he looked up… and there was his sister. She’d seen what he’d done.
After lunch that day, Grandma told Sally to help with the dishes. And Sally said, ‘‘Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen today. Didn’t you Johnny?’’ And then she leaned over and whispered to him, ‘‘Remember the duck!’’
So, Johnny did the dishes. What choice did he have?
For the next several weeks Johnny did a lot of dishes. And every once in a while (when he’d be tempted to object) his sister would whisper to him: ‘‘Remember the duck’’
APPLY:
Have you ever felt guilty?
Have you ever been sitting somewhere, or standing in the shower, or driving down road and suddenly remembered something you’d said you shouldn’t have said. Or something you’d done you shouldn’t have done. Or something you’d thought that would bring you shame if anyone knew you’d thought it?
And this wave of guilt comes flooding over you, and you felt this shame and embarrassment that you just felt like crawling under a rock somewhere?
Have you ever felt like that?
Me too.
Somewhere along the line… we’ve all killed a duck.
And when we remember that incident of what we’d said, thought or done, we hate ourselves for it.
And, you know the Bible tells me that Satan loves to use that against us. Revelation 12:10 tells us that Satan is ‘‘the accuser of the brethren…’’ ...
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