The Danger of Losing One's Influence
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 13:8-13
I - The Multiple Options of Lot (Gen. 13: 8 - 11, 13)
II - The Missed Opportunity of Lot (Gen. 14: 14, 16, 21)
III - The Meaningless Occupation of Lot (Gen. 19: 1, 9)
IV - The Mockers Outlook of Lot (Gen. 19: 12 - 14)
V - The Miserable Outcome of Lot (14b - 17, 26, 36)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated sermon, with sub-points.
The Power of Influence
A mother took her young son shopping. After a day in the stores, a clerk handed the little boy a lollipop. ''What do you say?'' the mother said to the boy, to which he replied, ''Charge it!''
Years ago the communist government in China commissioned an author to write a biography of Hudson Taylor with the purpose of distorting the facts and presenting him in a bad light. They wanted to discredit the name of this consecrated missionary of the gospel. As the author was doing his research, he was increasingly impressed by Taylor's saintly character and godly life, and he found it extremely difficult to carry out his assigned task with a clear conscience. Eventually, at the risk of losing his life, he laid aside his pen, renounced his atheism, and received Jesus as his personal Savior.
Dave Navarro has written an article entitled, ''The 5 People Who Secretly Control Your Life.'' In it, he says, what you may not realize is just how many people influence your life, feeding you ideas about what is ''right,'' ''wrong,'' ''good,'' ''bad,'' and practically every other subjective decision-making criteria that guides your life. Some of these ideas are good for you, while others are bad. In fact, there are more people than you'd like to admit secretly controlling your life by influencing how you make your most important, life-guiding choices. They're ''secret'' because we usually don't know that it's going on.'' The 5 influences he names are: your heroes, your nemesis, your parents, your partner or spouse, and your image of who we ...
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 13:8-13
I - The Multiple Options of Lot (Gen. 13: 8 - 11, 13)
II - The Missed Opportunity of Lot (Gen. 14: 14, 16, 21)
III - The Meaningless Occupation of Lot (Gen. 19: 1, 9)
IV - The Mockers Outlook of Lot (Gen. 19: 12 - 14)
V - The Miserable Outcome of Lot (14b - 17, 26, 36)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated sermon, with sub-points.
The Power of Influence
A mother took her young son shopping. After a day in the stores, a clerk handed the little boy a lollipop. ''What do you say?'' the mother said to the boy, to which he replied, ''Charge it!''
Years ago the communist government in China commissioned an author to write a biography of Hudson Taylor with the purpose of distorting the facts and presenting him in a bad light. They wanted to discredit the name of this consecrated missionary of the gospel. As the author was doing his research, he was increasingly impressed by Taylor's saintly character and godly life, and he found it extremely difficult to carry out his assigned task with a clear conscience. Eventually, at the risk of losing his life, he laid aside his pen, renounced his atheism, and received Jesus as his personal Savior.
Dave Navarro has written an article entitled, ''The 5 People Who Secretly Control Your Life.'' In it, he says, what you may not realize is just how many people influence your life, feeding you ideas about what is ''right,'' ''wrong,'' ''good,'' ''bad,'' and practically every other subjective decision-making criteria that guides your life. Some of these ideas are good for you, while others are bad. In fact, there are more people than you'd like to admit secretly controlling your life by influencing how you make your most important, life-guiding choices. They're ''secret'' because we usually don't know that it's going on.'' The 5 influences he names are: your heroes, your nemesis, your parents, your partner or spouse, and your image of who we ...
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