You Can't Always Play It Safe
Donald Cantrell
Ecclesiastes 11:1-8
Theme: ''Are you suffering from the paralysis of analysis, many are?''
I - Playing It Safe Practically Considered
II - Playing It Safe Socially Characterized
III - Playing It Safe Biblically Condemned
IV - Playing It Safe Individually Challenged
V - Playing It Safe Eternally Compensated
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He Just Played It Safe
Georgia farmer was sitting out on the steps of his tumbledown house. A stranger stopped by for a drink from the farmer's well and asked: ''How's your cotton coming along?''
The farmer replied: ''Ain't got none.''
The stranger asked, ''Did you plant any?'' ''Nope,'' said the farmer, ''Afraid of boll weevils.''
The stranger then asked, ''Well, then, how's your corn?'' ''Didn't plant no corn either. Afraid there weren't gonna be enough rain.''
The stranger persisted. ''How are your potatoes?'' ''Didn't plant none. Scared of potato bugs.''
The stranger was now frustrated. He asked, ''Well, what did you plant?'' The farmer said, ''Nothing. I just played it safe.''
That's a pretty good illustration of how many of us live our lives. In the face of all this uncertainty, we don't do anything.
Pat Damaini
The Best of Plans Don't Always Work
There was once an elderly gentleman who loved playing golf. But he was almost eighty, and his vision was not very good anymore. He always had partners with him when he went out to play so they could watch his ball and tell him where it went. One day his buddies did not show up.
It was a beautiful day for golf, and as he waited at the clubhouse he got more and more upset that he wasn't going to get to play his round. Another elderly man in the clubhouse saw him and asked, ''What's wrong?'' The man explained his predicament: ''I was really looking forward to playing golf today. But I don't see very well anymore, so I need someone to watch the ball af ...
Donald Cantrell
Ecclesiastes 11:1-8
Theme: ''Are you suffering from the paralysis of analysis, many are?''
I - Playing It Safe Practically Considered
II - Playing It Safe Socially Characterized
III - Playing It Safe Biblically Condemned
IV - Playing It Safe Individually Challenged
V - Playing It Safe Eternally Compensated
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
He Just Played It Safe
Georgia farmer was sitting out on the steps of his tumbledown house. A stranger stopped by for a drink from the farmer's well and asked: ''How's your cotton coming along?''
The farmer replied: ''Ain't got none.''
The stranger asked, ''Did you plant any?'' ''Nope,'' said the farmer, ''Afraid of boll weevils.''
The stranger then asked, ''Well, then, how's your corn?'' ''Didn't plant no corn either. Afraid there weren't gonna be enough rain.''
The stranger persisted. ''How are your potatoes?'' ''Didn't plant none. Scared of potato bugs.''
The stranger was now frustrated. He asked, ''Well, what did you plant?'' The farmer said, ''Nothing. I just played it safe.''
That's a pretty good illustration of how many of us live our lives. In the face of all this uncertainty, we don't do anything.
Pat Damaini
The Best of Plans Don't Always Work
There was once an elderly gentleman who loved playing golf. But he was almost eighty, and his vision was not very good anymore. He always had partners with him when he went out to play so they could watch his ball and tell him where it went. One day his buddies did not show up.
It was a beautiful day for golf, and as he waited at the clubhouse he got more and more upset that he wasn't going to get to play his round. Another elderly man in the clubhouse saw him and asked, ''What's wrong?'' The man explained his predicament: ''I was really looking forward to playing golf today. But I don't see very well anymore, so I need someone to watch the ball af ...
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