Reflection That Leads to Revolution
Donald Cantrell
Philippians 3:13-14
New Year's Sermon
Phl 3:13 KJV - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Phl 3:14 KJV - I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
I - Archiving Our Past Record (13a)
II - Ascertaining Our Present Reach (13b)
III - Affirming Our Prized Reward (14)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
In a Peanuts comic strip, there was a conversation between Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy said that life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going; some place it so they can see where they have been; and some place it so they can see where they are at present. Charlie Brown's reply: ''I can't even get mine unfolded.''
At the beginning of a New Year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers' New Year's resolutions on the bulletin board.
As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion started. One of the teachers was complaining. ''Why weren't my resolutions posted?'' She was throwing such a temper tantrum that the principal hurried to his office to see if he had overlooked her resolutions. Sure enough, he had mislaid them on his desk. As he read her resolutions he was astounded.
This teacher's first resolution was not to let little things upset her in the New Year. I am not so sure that New Year's resolutions are even worth the effort or the time involved, because most are broken before the ink even dries.
I think ''New Year's Reflection'' is must better for us, than ''New Year's Resolution.'' The beauty of entering into a new year is that there is a freshness to it and it ushers in an aurora of hope. The former year is in the rearview mirror and hopefully we have 365 brand new days ahead of us.
As believers i ...
Donald Cantrell
Philippians 3:13-14
New Year's Sermon
Phl 3:13 KJV - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Phl 3:14 KJV - I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
I - Archiving Our Past Record (13a)
II - Ascertaining Our Present Reach (13b)
III - Affirming Our Prized Reward (14)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
In a Peanuts comic strip, there was a conversation between Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy said that life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going; some place it so they can see where they have been; and some place it so they can see where they are at present. Charlie Brown's reply: ''I can't even get mine unfolded.''
At the beginning of a New Year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers' New Year's resolutions on the bulletin board.
As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion started. One of the teachers was complaining. ''Why weren't my resolutions posted?'' She was throwing such a temper tantrum that the principal hurried to his office to see if he had overlooked her resolutions. Sure enough, he had mislaid them on his desk. As he read her resolutions he was astounded.
This teacher's first resolution was not to let little things upset her in the New Year. I am not so sure that New Year's resolutions are even worth the effort or the time involved, because most are broken before the ink even dries.
I think ''New Year's Reflection'' is must better for us, than ''New Year's Resolution.'' The beauty of entering into a new year is that there is a freshness to it and it ushers in an aurora of hope. The former year is in the rearview mirror and hopefully we have 365 brand new days ahead of us.
As believers i ...
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