WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE GRACE OF GOD? (14 OF 31)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10
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What Are You Doing with the Grace of God? (14 of 31)
Series: 2 Corinthians
Jeff Schreve
2 Corinthians 6:1-10
If you have your Bible, please turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter 6. I want to share with you tonight a message I've entitled, What Are You Doing with the Grace of God?
I read a story today about a woman. She was a long-distance truck driver. She went to a thrift shop. She was trying to find a gift for her friend who was depressed, and she wanted to cheer her up. And she found this gigantic, ugly painting that she thought, Well, maybe this would be something because it has nice colors.
This was the painting that she found. Just looked like somebody just poured paint on it. I mean, not a lot of rhyme or reason there. But she said, ''Well, maybe there's some colors there. The thing is as big as a dining room table. It was gigantic. She bought it for five bucks. She brought it to her friend. Her friend lived in a trailer park in a trailer, and it wouldn't fit. She had no place to put it because it was too big. So this woman, her name was Terri Horton, she took the painting home. She had it in her garage. She didn't know what to do with it. She was going to use it for target practice. And then she was going to sell it. And an art teacher saw the painting and she said, ''That looks a lot like something that Jackson Pollock would do.'' And the lady said, ''Who's Jackson Pollock?'' Well, Jackson Pollock is a very famous painter. That painting, it looks like he does. My daughter, Amy, who's an artist, she goes, ''No, you don't understand how intricate that is.'' It's like, ''No, I pretty much understand. I think you just throw it against there and some dummy's going to pay you millions of dollars. That woman who bought that for five dollars, she was offered 9 million dollars by some Saudi sheik, and she didn't sell it. She was holding out for 50 million dollars. I think she still has it. I mean, if you'd come up with 90 bucks, I'd be like, ''Yours! Th ...
Series: 2 Corinthians
Jeff Schreve
2 Corinthians 6:1-10
If you have your Bible, please turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter 6. I want to share with you tonight a message I've entitled, What Are You Doing with the Grace of God?
I read a story today about a woman. She was a long-distance truck driver. She went to a thrift shop. She was trying to find a gift for her friend who was depressed, and she wanted to cheer her up. And she found this gigantic, ugly painting that she thought, Well, maybe this would be something because it has nice colors.
This was the painting that she found. Just looked like somebody just poured paint on it. I mean, not a lot of rhyme or reason there. But she said, ''Well, maybe there's some colors there. The thing is as big as a dining room table. It was gigantic. She bought it for five bucks. She brought it to her friend. Her friend lived in a trailer park in a trailer, and it wouldn't fit. She had no place to put it because it was too big. So this woman, her name was Terri Horton, she took the painting home. She had it in her garage. She didn't know what to do with it. She was going to use it for target practice. And then she was going to sell it. And an art teacher saw the painting and she said, ''That looks a lot like something that Jackson Pollock would do.'' And the lady said, ''Who's Jackson Pollock?'' Well, Jackson Pollock is a very famous painter. That painting, it looks like he does. My daughter, Amy, who's an artist, she goes, ''No, you don't understand how intricate that is.'' It's like, ''No, I pretty much understand. I think you just throw it against there and some dummy's going to pay you millions of dollars. That woman who bought that for five dollars, she was offered 9 million dollars by some Saudi sheik, and she didn't sell it. She was holding out for 50 million dollars. I think she still has it. I mean, if you'd come up with 90 bucks, I'd be like, ''Yours! Th ...
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