God's Signet Ring (5 of 5)
Series: It's Time to Rebuild, Bigger and Better
Donald Cantrell
Haggai 2:20-23
Theme: God's chosen are appointed and anointed for a divine purpose
I - God's Specific People Appointed (20 - 21a)
II - God's Supreme Power Announced (21b - 22)
III - God's Select People Anointed (23)
IV - God's Sovereign Plan Achieved
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
The Big Picture
We've got to get together and work together to solve the problem. In his book Wind and Fire, Bruce Larson tells of a friend of his who lives near Hoyt Park in Madison, Wisconsin and who happens to be a great bird lover. Invariably, his yard is full of all kinds of birds in all seasons. However, the squirrels plague his bird feeders continually. Exasperated, he finally bought a pellet gun and began to shoot the squirrels, two and three a day, every day, week after week. In spite of these desperate measures, the squirrel population seemed undiminished.
One day, he was discussing the irksome problem with his colleague at work. His friend said, ''I solved that problem. I was troubled by squirrels, too. but now I trap two or three a day and take them down to Hoyt Park and release them.'' Larson comments, ''That's an example of what can happen when we approach all of our problems individually, with no sense of the larger picture.''
PUZZLES AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
At our traditional family Christmas gathering with Jenny's side of the family, somebody always brings a puzzle (usually 1000 piece) to put together as part of the festivities. Later, Jenny's mom will frame it and put it on the wall in their family room where there are over 14 Christmas puzzles on the walls representing the spirit of each Christmas past. Everyone has the year of that particular Christmas printed on it with the theme of that year's Christmas.
Putting together a puzzle illustrates how we build our lives in Christ. First: To do a puzzle we need to ...
Series: It's Time to Rebuild, Bigger and Better
Donald Cantrell
Haggai 2:20-23
Theme: God's chosen are appointed and anointed for a divine purpose
I - God's Specific People Appointed (20 - 21a)
II - God's Supreme Power Announced (21b - 22)
III - God's Select People Anointed (23)
IV - God's Sovereign Plan Achieved
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
The Big Picture
We've got to get together and work together to solve the problem. In his book Wind and Fire, Bruce Larson tells of a friend of his who lives near Hoyt Park in Madison, Wisconsin and who happens to be a great bird lover. Invariably, his yard is full of all kinds of birds in all seasons. However, the squirrels plague his bird feeders continually. Exasperated, he finally bought a pellet gun and began to shoot the squirrels, two and three a day, every day, week after week. In spite of these desperate measures, the squirrel population seemed undiminished.
One day, he was discussing the irksome problem with his colleague at work. His friend said, ''I solved that problem. I was troubled by squirrels, too. but now I trap two or three a day and take them down to Hoyt Park and release them.'' Larson comments, ''That's an example of what can happen when we approach all of our problems individually, with no sense of the larger picture.''
PUZZLES AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
At our traditional family Christmas gathering with Jenny's side of the family, somebody always brings a puzzle (usually 1000 piece) to put together as part of the festivities. Later, Jenny's mom will frame it and put it on the wall in their family room where there are over 14 Christmas puzzles on the walls representing the spirit of each Christmas past. Everyone has the year of that particular Christmas printed on it with the theme of that year's Christmas.
Putting together a puzzle illustrates how we build our lives in Christ. First: To do a puzzle we need to ...
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