THANK YOU VERY MUCH (2 OF 10)
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:18
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Thank You Very Much (2 of 10)
Series: No Hard Feelings
James Merritt
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Introduction
1. Rudyard Kipling was a great British poet and novelist who at the peak of his career at the turn of the 19th century and early 20th century was one of the most widely read men in the world. He won a Nobel Prize for literature and his children’s series called The Jungle Book is still widely read today. His books and poems made him a great deal of money.
2. A newspaper reporter came up to him once and said, ‘‘Mr. Kipling, I just read that somebody calculated that the money you make from your writings amount to a $100 a word.’’ Mr. Kipling raised his eyebrows and said, ‘‘Really? I certainly wasn’t aware of that.’’ The reporter cynically reached into his pocket, pulled out a hundred dollar bill, gave it to Kipling and said, ‘‘Here is a hundred dollar bill Mr. Kipling. Give me one of your hundred dollar words.’’
3. Kipling looked at that hundred dollar bill for a moment and with a big smile on his face took it, folded it up, put it in his pocket and simply said, ‘‘Thanks!’’ That word ‘‘thanks’’ may have been a hundred dollar word a century or two ago and I would say today it is more like a million dollar word. It is one word that today is too seldom heard, too rarely spoken, and too often forgotten. It seems like live in an ocean of ingratitude and walk in a desert of gratitude. When I heard this, I couldn’t believe it. Rather than being grateful for his opportunity in life, Raphael Samuel is suing his parents for bringing him into the world without his consent. A 27-year-old man from Mumbai, India, claims his parents were selfish and ‘‘had me for their joy and pleasure.’’ He went on to say, ‘‘I want everyone in India and world to realize one thing: that they are all born without their consent. I want them to understand that they do not owe their parents anything.’’ He then said this, ‘‘If we are born without our consent we should be maintained for ...
Series: No Hard Feelings
James Merritt
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Introduction
1. Rudyard Kipling was a great British poet and novelist who at the peak of his career at the turn of the 19th century and early 20th century was one of the most widely read men in the world. He won a Nobel Prize for literature and his children’s series called The Jungle Book is still widely read today. His books and poems made him a great deal of money.
2. A newspaper reporter came up to him once and said, ‘‘Mr. Kipling, I just read that somebody calculated that the money you make from your writings amount to a $100 a word.’’ Mr. Kipling raised his eyebrows and said, ‘‘Really? I certainly wasn’t aware of that.’’ The reporter cynically reached into his pocket, pulled out a hundred dollar bill, gave it to Kipling and said, ‘‘Here is a hundred dollar bill Mr. Kipling. Give me one of your hundred dollar words.’’
3. Kipling looked at that hundred dollar bill for a moment and with a big smile on his face took it, folded it up, put it in his pocket and simply said, ‘‘Thanks!’’ That word ‘‘thanks’’ may have been a hundred dollar word a century or two ago and I would say today it is more like a million dollar word. It is one word that today is too seldom heard, too rarely spoken, and too often forgotten. It seems like live in an ocean of ingratitude and walk in a desert of gratitude. When I heard this, I couldn’t believe it. Rather than being grateful for his opportunity in life, Raphael Samuel is suing his parents for bringing him into the world without his consent. A 27-year-old man from Mumbai, India, claims his parents were selfish and ‘‘had me for their joy and pleasure.’’ He went on to say, ‘‘I want everyone in India and world to realize one thing: that they are all born without their consent. I want them to understand that they do not owe their parents anything.’’ He then said this, ‘‘If we are born without our consent we should be maintained for ...
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