Thanks – The One Hundred Dollar Word (2 of 6)
Series: Thanksgiving Table Talks
Donald Cantrell
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
I – The Hazards that we Face (Psalms 34: 1)
II – The Habits that we Form (1 Thess. 5: 16 – 17)
III – The Honor that we Find (Hebrews 13: 15)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: “The art of being thankful is more than a season”
Thanks
Rudyard Kipling was one of the few old writers who had opportunity to enjoy his success while he lived. One time a newspaper reporter came up to him and said, "Mr. Kipling, I just read that somebody calculated that the money you make from your writings amounts to over a hundred dollars a word. Mr. Kipling raised his eyebrows and said, "Really, I wasn’t aware of that." The reporter cynically reached down into his pocket and pulled out a one hundred dollar bill and gave it to Kipling and said, "Here’s a hundred dollar bill, Mr. Kipling. Now, you give me one of your hundred dollar words." Kipling looked at the hundred dollar bill for a moment, took it and folded it up and put it in his pocket and said, "Thanks." It’s true, ‘Thanks’ is a hundred dollar word. It’s a word we probably don’t say often enough. And being thankful is an attitude we probably don’t have enough.
Derrick Tupper
The Caddy
Two golfers stepped up to the first tee on the St. Andrews course in New York. The older golfer was a kindly man who played a thoughtful, deliberate game. The younger golfer was full of pride and impatience.
On the first hole he sliced, lost his ball in the tall grass, hit another one, & had a score of 8 instead of 4 or 5. And the next hole was even worse.
Frustrated, he began hollering at the caddy: "Keep your eyes peeled. I'm not here to do your job for you!" Thereafter, every bad shot was the caddy's fault! At the end of the first 9 holes, the younger golfer was so upset that he discharged the caddy & carried his own bag. "That caddy made me nervous. He ...
Series: Thanksgiving Table Talks
Donald Cantrell
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
I – The Hazards that we Face (Psalms 34: 1)
II – The Habits that we Form (1 Thess. 5: 16 – 17)
III – The Honor that we Find (Hebrews 13: 15)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: “The art of being thankful is more than a season”
Thanks
Rudyard Kipling was one of the few old writers who had opportunity to enjoy his success while he lived. One time a newspaper reporter came up to him and said, "Mr. Kipling, I just read that somebody calculated that the money you make from your writings amounts to over a hundred dollars a word. Mr. Kipling raised his eyebrows and said, "Really, I wasn’t aware of that." The reporter cynically reached down into his pocket and pulled out a one hundred dollar bill and gave it to Kipling and said, "Here’s a hundred dollar bill, Mr. Kipling. Now, you give me one of your hundred dollar words." Kipling looked at the hundred dollar bill for a moment, took it and folded it up and put it in his pocket and said, "Thanks." It’s true, ‘Thanks’ is a hundred dollar word. It’s a word we probably don’t say often enough. And being thankful is an attitude we probably don’t have enough.
Derrick Tupper
The Caddy
Two golfers stepped up to the first tee on the St. Andrews course in New York. The older golfer was a kindly man who played a thoughtful, deliberate game. The younger golfer was full of pride and impatience.
On the first hole he sliced, lost his ball in the tall grass, hit another one, & had a score of 8 instead of 4 or 5. And the next hole was even worse.
Frustrated, he began hollering at the caddy: "Keep your eyes peeled. I'm not here to do your job for you!" Thereafter, every bad shot was the caddy's fault! At the end of the first 9 holes, the younger golfer was so upset that he discharged the caddy & carried his own bag. "That caddy made me nervous. He ...
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