WE ARE ON THE WINNING TEAM (8 OF 9)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: 2 Kings 6:8-23
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We Are on the Winning Team (8 of 9)
Series: Elisha
Jim Perdue
2 Kings 6:8-23
Intro/Attention
We're on the home stretch in our study of the life of Elisha. We have one more message in our series after today. We have studied this prophet who lived a life of amazing faith. And can I just remind you, God wants to do amazing things through your life!
This message today is about having your eyes opened. It's about gaining a proper perspective. When God opens your eyes, your whole perspective changes. Do you need a new perspective? This passage will do exactly that for us. But we must pray like Elisha, ''Lord, open [my] eyes that [I] may see...'' READ 2 Kings 6:8-17
When God opens your eyes, and changes your perspective, you will begin to understand something critically important: We Are On the Winning Team! Doesn't that just bless you!
In the 50 years that major-league sports have been played here, Atlanta's teams have won one World Series, no Super Bowls, no NBA or NHL championships. It is a dearth of titles that, to some, defines the city's pro sports history. In the past half-century, only one city that currently has at least three major-league teams has won fewer championships than Atlanta: Cleveland, which has won none. Of 165 seasons played by Atlanta teams - 50 by the Braves (including this hopeless one), 49 by the Falcons, 47 by the Hawks and a combined 19 by two departed NHL teams - only one has ended with a win in the final postseason game. One-for-165 - that means 0.6 percent of Atlanta's major-league sports seasons have produced an ultimate championship. ''It quite honestly almost seems impossible,'' long-time Atlanta sports radio host Chris Dimino, now with 680 The Fan, said of that record. ''It seems every time it can tip either way, it has fallen to the absolute (wrong) side of things. ... I think it's absolutely close to inexplicable. It just seems like any time that you need to win a moment to make the possibility of another title ha ...
Series: Elisha
Jim Perdue
2 Kings 6:8-23
Intro/Attention
We're on the home stretch in our study of the life of Elisha. We have one more message in our series after today. We have studied this prophet who lived a life of amazing faith. And can I just remind you, God wants to do amazing things through your life!
This message today is about having your eyes opened. It's about gaining a proper perspective. When God opens your eyes, your whole perspective changes. Do you need a new perspective? This passage will do exactly that for us. But we must pray like Elisha, ''Lord, open [my] eyes that [I] may see...'' READ 2 Kings 6:8-17
When God opens your eyes, and changes your perspective, you will begin to understand something critically important: We Are On the Winning Team! Doesn't that just bless you!
In the 50 years that major-league sports have been played here, Atlanta's teams have won one World Series, no Super Bowls, no NBA or NHL championships. It is a dearth of titles that, to some, defines the city's pro sports history. In the past half-century, only one city that currently has at least three major-league teams has won fewer championships than Atlanta: Cleveland, which has won none. Of 165 seasons played by Atlanta teams - 50 by the Braves (including this hopeless one), 49 by the Falcons, 47 by the Hawks and a combined 19 by two departed NHL teams - only one has ended with a win in the final postseason game. One-for-165 - that means 0.6 percent of Atlanta's major-league sports seasons have produced an ultimate championship. ''It quite honestly almost seems impossible,'' long-time Atlanta sports radio host Chris Dimino, now with 680 The Fan, said of that record. ''It seems every time it can tip either way, it has fallen to the absolute (wrong) side of things. ... I think it's absolutely close to inexplicable. It just seems like any time that you need to win a moment to make the possibility of another title ha ...
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