Where is YOUR Line?
Jerry Watts
Daniel 1:1-8
Some experts say that there are five levels of listening:
Ignoring, pretend, selective, attentive, and empathic. I have always taught 3 levels - superficial, for facts, and with understanding. What kind of listener are you? Most of us will have to admit that it depends on who is talking and what the subject is?
Let's tighten the noose, as it were, what type of listener are you during worship time on Sundays? Think through all the levels - How would it be if God listened to your prayers just like you listened to His word? What might be worse is, 'what if God responded to us the same way we respond to Him?' The truth is that the Bible indicates that HE DOES.
I begin with that thought because it is my hope that you will listen attentively and empathically today because I want to ask you an important question. ''Where is Your Line?''
Let's turn to Daniel 1. Before we start, you might enjoy an illustration (Bugs Bunny). Seeing that clip makes me believe ''Yosemite Sam'' might be a Baptist.
Consider this: You are young on the playground, a disagreement begins, and one of the boys draws a line in the dust 'daring' you to cross that line. Most of us knuckle-headed guys have stepped across that line more than once. When we did, someone paid (us or them), like Yosemite Sam.
While the question is 'Where is YOUR line, I would like to reframe it into ''what line would you NEVER cross?'' Would you never cross a property line to hunt on private property, correct your boss, never be smart to a LEO? What if someone dares to you steal, tell a lie for them, try some unknown drug, curse, or commit a sexual sin, what would you do?
Some of us like that list because YOUR SIN was not mentioned. It could just as easy be gossip, backbit, covet, get angry, be prideful, arrogant, or power hungry - the list is inexhaustible, the question remains - where is your line?
For years I have taught young people that your ' ...
Jerry Watts
Daniel 1:1-8
Some experts say that there are five levels of listening:
Ignoring, pretend, selective, attentive, and empathic. I have always taught 3 levels - superficial, for facts, and with understanding. What kind of listener are you? Most of us will have to admit that it depends on who is talking and what the subject is?
Let's tighten the noose, as it were, what type of listener are you during worship time on Sundays? Think through all the levels - How would it be if God listened to your prayers just like you listened to His word? What might be worse is, 'what if God responded to us the same way we respond to Him?' The truth is that the Bible indicates that HE DOES.
I begin with that thought because it is my hope that you will listen attentively and empathically today because I want to ask you an important question. ''Where is Your Line?''
Let's turn to Daniel 1. Before we start, you might enjoy an illustration (Bugs Bunny). Seeing that clip makes me believe ''Yosemite Sam'' might be a Baptist.
Consider this: You are young on the playground, a disagreement begins, and one of the boys draws a line in the dust 'daring' you to cross that line. Most of us knuckle-headed guys have stepped across that line more than once. When we did, someone paid (us or them), like Yosemite Sam.
While the question is 'Where is YOUR line, I would like to reframe it into ''what line would you NEVER cross?'' Would you never cross a property line to hunt on private property, correct your boss, never be smart to a LEO? What if someone dares to you steal, tell a lie for them, try some unknown drug, curse, or commit a sexual sin, what would you do?
Some of us like that list because YOUR SIN was not mentioned. It could just as easy be gossip, backbit, covet, get angry, be prideful, arrogant, or power hungry - the list is inexhaustible, the question remains - where is your line?
For years I have taught young people that your ' ...
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