Jesus' Life (9 of 14)
Series: Jesus' Glory
Steve Jones
John 11
Sermon Summary: Jesus' raising of Lazarus from the dead illustrates the glory of his life. Jesus demonstrates that glory in his 1) Determination to save your life, and, 2) The ''slight delay'' in saving your life. (Two more ''life lessons'' next week).
INTRODUCTION: You wouldn't expect to learn about life at a funeral. But Holly Hunter, who was in the funeral home business for years, believes otherwise. Her article is entitled ''Five Life Lessons from a Funeral Home.''
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/life-lessons-from-a-funeral-home/
1) Don't Wait Until Retirement to Live.
2) Always Have Enough Life Insurance
3) Never Stop Saving
4) Tell Your Spouse You Love Them Every Day
5) The Real Currency is Time Not Money.
In Stephen Covey's Classic book ''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People'' habit #2 is to ''Begin with the end in mind.'' He starts with an imagination exercise. You are to imagine a funeral, but not just any funeral, YOUR funeral. Covey asks us to imagine the eulogies that are given about us. How do we want to be remembered? And then work backward from there to incorporate those values into our lives now.
We're going to learn some life lessons from a funeral today, but the lessons we're going to learn are far more valuable in the long run than anything from Holly Hunter or Stephen Covey.
Jesus went to the funeral of his friend Lazarus and performed a miracle. His greatest miracle to date, the resurrection of a dead man. In the process, he made his fifth ''I Am'' statement - ''I am the resurrection and the Life.'' Just what does that mean? And what does it mean to us? Two life lessons today. Two more life lessons next week.
I am the resurrection and the life means...
I. GOD IS DETERMINED TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
John 11:4 ''But when Jesus heard about it he said, 'Lazarus's sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God wi ...
Series: Jesus' Glory
Steve Jones
John 11
Sermon Summary: Jesus' raising of Lazarus from the dead illustrates the glory of his life. Jesus demonstrates that glory in his 1) Determination to save your life, and, 2) The ''slight delay'' in saving your life. (Two more ''life lessons'' next week).
INTRODUCTION: You wouldn't expect to learn about life at a funeral. But Holly Hunter, who was in the funeral home business for years, believes otherwise. Her article is entitled ''Five Life Lessons from a Funeral Home.''
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/life-lessons-from-a-funeral-home/
1) Don't Wait Until Retirement to Live.
2) Always Have Enough Life Insurance
3) Never Stop Saving
4) Tell Your Spouse You Love Them Every Day
5) The Real Currency is Time Not Money.
In Stephen Covey's Classic book ''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People'' habit #2 is to ''Begin with the end in mind.'' He starts with an imagination exercise. You are to imagine a funeral, but not just any funeral, YOUR funeral. Covey asks us to imagine the eulogies that are given about us. How do we want to be remembered? And then work backward from there to incorporate those values into our lives now.
We're going to learn some life lessons from a funeral today, but the lessons we're going to learn are far more valuable in the long run than anything from Holly Hunter or Stephen Covey.
Jesus went to the funeral of his friend Lazarus and performed a miracle. His greatest miracle to date, the resurrection of a dead man. In the process, he made his fifth ''I Am'' statement - ''I am the resurrection and the Life.'' Just what does that mean? And what does it mean to us? Two life lessons today. Two more life lessons next week.
I am the resurrection and the life means...
I. GOD IS DETERMINED TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
John 11:4 ''But when Jesus heard about it he said, 'Lazarus's sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God wi ...
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