THE STEP INTO SPIRITUAL STRENGTH (3 OF 7)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-25, 1 Peter 2:1-5
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The Step Into Spiritual Strength (3 of 7)
Series: The Next Step
Jeff Schreve
1 Peter 1:22-2:5
In 1893 a boy was born in Italy. His parents named him Angelo Siciliano. When he was about ten years old he and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York. Angelo said that he was a skinny kid and couldn't gain any weight. And when he was a teenager, he would get made fun of because he was such a skinny, scrawny little wimp. He said he went to the beach and one of the other bigger kids, bullied him and kicked sand in his face. And Angelo said, ''I'm going to do something about this.'' He began a quest to build up his body. And he came up with a system of isometrics when people weren't really doing isometrics, and he started to get strong. He got so strong, in fact, that his friends began to comment, ''Man, Angelo, you are looking strong. You know, Angelo, you remind me of the Greek god, Atlas.'' And a few years later, he changed his name to Charles Atlas. He competed in a competition in New York in 1915ish with seven hundred guys and he won. He won the title of the world's most perfectly developed man. People remember Charles Atlas, guys especially, because they always had an advertisement in the back of comic books, a little advertisement about being a 97-pound weakling. Do you remember this ad? ''Hey, skinny, your ribs are showing!'' And it was supposed to be the story about Angelo Siciliano before he became Charles Atlas. And he says, ''If you'll write to me and give me all your money, I will send you....' No, he didn't say that. You had to do that eventually. But just fifteen minutes a day you could look like Charles Atlas, fifteen minutes a day. It would take you about a week to ten days and you'd look like that. And I would watch and look at that stuff when I was a twelve-year-old, thirteen-year-old boy and think, man, that's what I want. That would be so awesome to be strong like Charles Atlas.
Hey, we're in a series entitled, The Next Step, the next step wit ...
Series: The Next Step
Jeff Schreve
1 Peter 1:22-2:5
In 1893 a boy was born in Italy. His parents named him Angelo Siciliano. When he was about ten years old he and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York. Angelo said that he was a skinny kid and couldn't gain any weight. And when he was a teenager, he would get made fun of because he was such a skinny, scrawny little wimp. He said he went to the beach and one of the other bigger kids, bullied him and kicked sand in his face. And Angelo said, ''I'm going to do something about this.'' He began a quest to build up his body. And he came up with a system of isometrics when people weren't really doing isometrics, and he started to get strong. He got so strong, in fact, that his friends began to comment, ''Man, Angelo, you are looking strong. You know, Angelo, you remind me of the Greek god, Atlas.'' And a few years later, he changed his name to Charles Atlas. He competed in a competition in New York in 1915ish with seven hundred guys and he won. He won the title of the world's most perfectly developed man. People remember Charles Atlas, guys especially, because they always had an advertisement in the back of comic books, a little advertisement about being a 97-pound weakling. Do you remember this ad? ''Hey, skinny, your ribs are showing!'' And it was supposed to be the story about Angelo Siciliano before he became Charles Atlas. And he says, ''If you'll write to me and give me all your money, I will send you....' No, he didn't say that. You had to do that eventually. But just fifteen minutes a day you could look like Charles Atlas, fifteen minutes a day. It would take you about a week to ten days and you'd look like that. And I would watch and look at that stuff when I was a twelve-year-old, thirteen-year-old boy and think, man, that's what I want. That would be so awesome to be strong like Charles Atlas.
Hey, we're in a series entitled, The Next Step, the next step wit ...
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