SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE! (10 OF 10)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Acts 10:1-10, Acts11:1
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Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! (10 of 10)
Series: Upon This Rock
Jeff Strite
Acts 10:1-11:1
(Before reading the Scripture I noted that Acts 10 is a pivotal chapter in Scripture. It was after this event at Cornelius' house that the Church exploded with growth and numerous churches were set up throughout the known world).
(After the Scripture reading and prayer, we showed the following clip from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZLui9Mtr4wandindex=4andlist=PL32F0A78DC1866504
Beginning at time stamp 0.21 and go till 1.45).
I've done my research and I discovered that people Really Do Win Prizes in these Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes. The good news is that they are legitimate. The bad news is that it is REALLY hard to win the prizes. The giveaways are so famous and so many people enter them that the odds of winning are astronomical.
For example, their $10 Million Giveaway which ended in 2008, offered odds were ten times worse than the odds of hitting a Powerball jackpot. But of course, the advantage is... you don't have to gamble to win. You simply sigh up. A lot.
What I wanted you to observe from that video clip was how this woman reacted. How did she respond to this sudden gift of $10,000? SHE WAS SURPRISED. And WHY was she surprised? Because she didn't really expect to win. She'd been entering the contest for years, but the only reason she walked out to parking lot that day was because her boss told her something wrong with her car. It was not a normal thing for her to leave work and get a check for several $1000.
Now hold that thought.
This is the last in our series of sermons called ''Thy Kingdom Come''. We've looked at the 1st few chapters of Acts from the perspective of Jesus' promise ''Upon this rock I WILL BUILD My church.'' (Matthew 16:18) Now I'm sure that the early Christians did many things that helped the church to grow, but each chapter we've studied from Acts has shown how Jesus built His church. We've looked at ...
Series: Upon This Rock
Jeff Strite
Acts 10:1-11:1
(Before reading the Scripture I noted that Acts 10 is a pivotal chapter in Scripture. It was after this event at Cornelius' house that the Church exploded with growth and numerous churches were set up throughout the known world).
(After the Scripture reading and prayer, we showed the following clip from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZLui9Mtr4wandindex=4andlist=PL32F0A78DC1866504
Beginning at time stamp 0.21 and go till 1.45).
I've done my research and I discovered that people Really Do Win Prizes in these Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes. The good news is that they are legitimate. The bad news is that it is REALLY hard to win the prizes. The giveaways are so famous and so many people enter them that the odds of winning are astronomical.
For example, their $10 Million Giveaway which ended in 2008, offered odds were ten times worse than the odds of hitting a Powerball jackpot. But of course, the advantage is... you don't have to gamble to win. You simply sigh up. A lot.
What I wanted you to observe from that video clip was how this woman reacted. How did she respond to this sudden gift of $10,000? SHE WAS SURPRISED. And WHY was she surprised? Because she didn't really expect to win. She'd been entering the contest for years, but the only reason she walked out to parking lot that day was because her boss told her something wrong with her car. It was not a normal thing for her to leave work and get a check for several $1000.
Now hold that thought.
This is the last in our series of sermons called ''Thy Kingdom Come''. We've looked at the 1st few chapters of Acts from the perspective of Jesus' promise ''Upon this rock I WILL BUILD My church.'' (Matthew 16:18) Now I'm sure that the early Christians did many things that helped the church to grow, but each chapter we've studied from Acts has shown how Jesus built His church. We've looked at ...
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