Sermon: You Are The Man
Sermon Series: Dysfunctional Families & God's Grace (6 of 6)
Preacher: Jeff Strite
Text: II Samuel 12:1-14
In 2013, a 19 year old Austrian skier named Teresa Stadlober became the 1st Austrian skier to take the gold and silver medals in the Junior Skiathlon (in the Czech Republic). Ever since that time she'd been training for the Olympics, and in 2018 (at the age of 25) she was at the Olympic Winter games in South Korea.
As the race was being run it was obvious Stadlober was a shoe-in for 2nd place and the silver medal. But (PAUSE) with less than a 1/3 of the race yet to complete, she mysteriously veered right on a downhill slope, while the rest of the skiers went left. By the time she realized her mistake and had corrected her course she had fallen from 2nd place to ultimately finish 9th in the race. Her hopes... for an Olympic medal... vanished in a moment.
Commenting on what had happened, she said: "I don't know. I really don't know. I took the wrong way, and I did this twice. The 2nd time I wasn't sure anymore. I had a blackout. I don't know why I took the wrong way."
Her trainer said he believed that she'd simply taken her eyes off the track for a moment... and she lost her focus. (https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/22574076/cross-country-skier-teresa-stadlober-loses-chance-medal-wrong-turn Associated Press: Feb 25, 2018, 06:27 AM ET)
Now, there's a couple things I want you to notice about that story. She made a bad decision, and it cost her something that was valuable to her. She took her eyes off the path for just a moment and she lost the race.
(PAUSE) In our story today, we're looking at one of the important men in the Old Testament. A man named David. He became a hero when he was just a young man when he faced off against a giant named Goliath, and he took that giant down (snap fingers) just like that. And from that day on he was destined for greatness. Ultimately he became a powerful warrior; a ...
Sermon Series: Dysfunctional Families & God's Grace (6 of 6)
Preacher: Jeff Strite
Text: II Samuel 12:1-14
In 2013, a 19 year old Austrian skier named Teresa Stadlober became the 1st Austrian skier to take the gold and silver medals in the Junior Skiathlon (in the Czech Republic). Ever since that time she'd been training for the Olympics, and in 2018 (at the age of 25) she was at the Olympic Winter games in South Korea.
As the race was being run it was obvious Stadlober was a shoe-in for 2nd place and the silver medal. But (PAUSE) with less than a 1/3 of the race yet to complete, she mysteriously veered right on a downhill slope, while the rest of the skiers went left. By the time she realized her mistake and had corrected her course she had fallen from 2nd place to ultimately finish 9th in the race. Her hopes... for an Olympic medal... vanished in a moment.
Commenting on what had happened, she said: "I don't know. I really don't know. I took the wrong way, and I did this twice. The 2nd time I wasn't sure anymore. I had a blackout. I don't know why I took the wrong way."
Her trainer said he believed that she'd simply taken her eyes off the track for a moment... and she lost her focus. (https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/22574076/cross-country-skier-teresa-stadlober-loses-chance-medal-wrong-turn Associated Press: Feb 25, 2018, 06:27 AM ET)
Now, there's a couple things I want you to notice about that story. She made a bad decision, and it cost her something that was valuable to her. She took her eyes off the path for just a moment and she lost the race.
(PAUSE) In our story today, we're looking at one of the important men in the Old Testament. A man named David. He became a hero when he was just a young man when he faced off against a giant named Goliath, and he took that giant down (snap fingers) just like that. And from that day on he was destined for greatness. Ultimately he became a powerful warrior; a ...
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