KINDNESS: OVERCOMING SELFISHNESS (6 OF 8)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 2 Samuel 9
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Kindness: Overcoming Selfishness (6 of 8)
Series: Relational Harmony in Your Home
Scott Maze
2 Samuel 9
Did you see the recent news article about the cabbie that found $187,000 in cash? Yes, a Boston taxi cab driver dropped off a homeless man at a hotel. The homeless man had just finished living in a homeless shelter for the past six months when he inherited the incredible sum of money. Yes, you heard me correctly - a homeless man inherited nearly $200,000. It was then that Raymond, a 72-year-old taxi cab driver with more than 50 years of experience on the job, noticed a forgotten bag. Opening it up to find a name, he found stacks of $50 and $100 bills inside. He worried the man might be dangerous so he decided to bring the cash to a local police station. Only the money was ill-gotten, instead it was the homeless man's money that he accidently forgot in the cab. After the homeless money located his money, he offered the cab drive $100 for his honesty. But then this cab driver offered a salient comment for our day, he felt the man should have given him more money as a reward. Yes, the cab driver felt he should have received even more. After all, his $100 reward was the equivalent to less than half a penny on the dollar when you consider the large sum of money. Would you bookmark this story for a few moments and we'll return to it.
Today, I want to talk to you about how you can develop kindness. Mark Twain said, ''Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.'' Many think it only take willpower to be kind. No, it takes supernatural power to be kind. You need supernatural power to overcome the rude and insensitive feelings welling up inside of you.
We're in a summer sermon series devoted to bringing the change into our lives that we've always longed for. These nine virtues are the real signs the Spirit is in and with you. It's a series devoted to advocating living life with the fruit of the Spirit: ''But the fruit of the Spirit is ...
Series: Relational Harmony in Your Home
Scott Maze
2 Samuel 9
Did you see the recent news article about the cabbie that found $187,000 in cash? Yes, a Boston taxi cab driver dropped off a homeless man at a hotel. The homeless man had just finished living in a homeless shelter for the past six months when he inherited the incredible sum of money. Yes, you heard me correctly - a homeless man inherited nearly $200,000. It was then that Raymond, a 72-year-old taxi cab driver with more than 50 years of experience on the job, noticed a forgotten bag. Opening it up to find a name, he found stacks of $50 and $100 bills inside. He worried the man might be dangerous so he decided to bring the cash to a local police station. Only the money was ill-gotten, instead it was the homeless man's money that he accidently forgot in the cab. After the homeless money located his money, he offered the cab drive $100 for his honesty. But then this cab driver offered a salient comment for our day, he felt the man should have given him more money as a reward. Yes, the cab driver felt he should have received even more. After all, his $100 reward was the equivalent to less than half a penny on the dollar when you consider the large sum of money. Would you bookmark this story for a few moments and we'll return to it.
Today, I want to talk to you about how you can develop kindness. Mark Twain said, ''Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.'' Many think it only take willpower to be kind. No, it takes supernatural power to be kind. You need supernatural power to overcome the rude and insensitive feelings welling up inside of you.
We're in a summer sermon series devoted to bringing the change into our lives that we've always longed for. These nine virtues are the real signs the Spirit is in and with you. It's a series devoted to advocating living life with the fruit of the Spirit: ''But the fruit of the Spirit is ...
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