SHAKING THE WORLD (2 OF 7)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Acts 2:1-6, Acts 2:8-47, Acts 2
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Shaking The World (2 of 7)
Series: When The Rock Moved
Jeff Strite
Acts 2:1-47
OPEN: Several years back, when having a computers was a fairly new experience for most people... a lot of folks got flustered over little things:
For example: one customer called in to customer service department to complain that he kept getting an ''Access Denied'' message every time he tried to get into a certain area of his computer. It turned out he was typing his password in all capital letters.
So, the Technical Support man said: ''OK, let's try once more, but use lower case letters.''
After a pause, the customer replied: ''But, I only have capital letters on my keyboard.''
Another time, a technician with Compaq computers received a call from a man complaining that his computer wouldn't read the files from his old diskettes (show picture of diskette). After trouble-shooting for things like exposure to magnets and heat failure to diagnose the problem, it was found that the customer labeled the diskettes then rolled them into a typewriter to type information on the labels. Diskettes don't like to be rolled into anything.
Then there was the customer who called Dell Computers to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of trouble-shooting, the technician discovered the man was trying to fax a piece of paper by holding it in front of the monitor screen (show picture of monitor) and hitting the ''send'' key.
APPLY: Now, I realize that some of you may still not understand what was funny about all that.
But the fact is... whenever we're exposed to something new in our lives - like computers - we often find ourselves being overwhelmed and intimidated. We may think that - whatever it is - it's just too complicated for us to do... so we just don't do it.
There are people who look at the idea of sharing their faith, talking about Jesus, in much the same way.
It's intimidating
It's overwhelming
It just seems too complicated for them... ...
Series: When The Rock Moved
Jeff Strite
Acts 2:1-47
OPEN: Several years back, when having a computers was a fairly new experience for most people... a lot of folks got flustered over little things:
For example: one customer called in to customer service department to complain that he kept getting an ''Access Denied'' message every time he tried to get into a certain area of his computer. It turned out he was typing his password in all capital letters.
So, the Technical Support man said: ''OK, let's try once more, but use lower case letters.''
After a pause, the customer replied: ''But, I only have capital letters on my keyboard.''
Another time, a technician with Compaq computers received a call from a man complaining that his computer wouldn't read the files from his old diskettes (show picture of diskette). After trouble-shooting for things like exposure to magnets and heat failure to diagnose the problem, it was found that the customer labeled the diskettes then rolled them into a typewriter to type information on the labels. Diskettes don't like to be rolled into anything.
Then there was the customer who called Dell Computers to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of trouble-shooting, the technician discovered the man was trying to fax a piece of paper by holding it in front of the monitor screen (show picture of monitor) and hitting the ''send'' key.
APPLY: Now, I realize that some of you may still not understand what was funny about all that.
But the fact is... whenever we're exposed to something new in our lives - like computers - we often find ourselves being overwhelmed and intimidated. We may think that - whatever it is - it's just too complicated for us to do... so we just don't do it.
There are people who look at the idea of sharing their faith, talking about Jesus, in much the same way.
It's intimidating
It's overwhelming
It just seems too complicated for them... ...
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