Get 30 FREE sermons.

BUILDING YOUR OWN FIRE

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Acts 28:1-6


Building Your Own Fire
Donald Cantrell
Acts 28: 1 - 6


I - The Icy Emergency (1 - 2)

II - The Important Example (3a)

III - The Intense Encounter (3b)

IV - The Indicting Expectation (4 - 6)

This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.

Theme: ''Learning how to keep our fire ablaze''

Mistaken Locations

There was a man who lived up in upstate New York and he was getting tired of the cold weather, so he decided to go to Florida. His wife was on a business trip at the time so he called her to let her know what he was doing and to tell her not to go back to New York but to meet him in Florida.

When he arrived he sent her an e-mail to let her know he was there, but he got a few letters wrong in the address and instead of going to his wife the e-mail went to a little old lady in Iowa, who was a pastor's wife. And whose husband had died the day before.

The little old lady turned on her computer - read the e-mail, screamed and fainted right on the spot. Her family and friends who were there came in saw her on the floor - and when they read the screen they understood why she fainted...

Dearest darling just wanted you to know I arrived safely

Looking forward to you being with me, tomorrow

Signed, your husband - PS, it sure is hot down here...

In our sermon today we are going to look at some men that faced some very bad weather, they were cold and they were wet. The men had abandoned ship and some were able to swim to land and others could only hold onto broken pieces of wood and float to shore.

I am a reality show addict when it comes to shows like dual survivor and alone. I cannot get enough of those shows, though I fully know that I would never try to live like them. I have no desire to go for days upon days without any food, water, or fire. The very idea of seeing some of the things those people eat just to maintain their energy is nauseating to me.

It is humorous for me to look back at all of the tim ...

There are 20258 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.

Price:  $5.99 or 1 credit
Start a Free Trial