ARISE FROM DESPAIR (2 OF 4)
by Steve Jones
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-20
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Title: Arise From Despair (2 of 4)
Series: Arise
Author: Steve Jones
Text: Matthew 28
Series Summary: This sermon series consists of four applications of the resurrection to the universal human condition: Purpose, Despair, Joy and Hope.
Sermon Summary: How to ENGAGE the silence of God (unanswered prayer): 1) Look OUT, 2) Look BACK, 3) Look AROUND.
INTRODUCTION:
A man was looking for a job and he noticed that there was an opening at the local zoo. He inquired about the job and discovered that the zoo had a very unusual position that they wanted to fill. Apparently, their gorilla had died, and until they could get a new one, they needed someone to dress up in a gorilla suit and act like a gorilla for a few days. He was to just sit, eat, and sleep. His identity would be kept a secret of course. Thanks to a very fine gorilla suit, no one would be the wiser. The zoo offered good pay for this job, so the man decided to do it. He tried on the suit and sure enough, he looked just like a gorilla.
They led him to the cage; he took a position at the back of the cage and pretended to sleep. But after a while, he got tired of sitting so he walked around a little bit, jumped up and down and tried a few gorilla noises. The people who were watching him seemed to really like that. When he would move or jump around, they would clap and cheer and throw him peanuts. And the man loved peanuts. So, he jumped around some more and tried climbing a tree.
They threw more peanuts. Playing to the crowd, he grabbed a vine and swung from one side of the cage to the other. The people loved it and threw more peanuts. He continued to swing on the vine, getting higher and higher and then suddenly, the vine broke! He swung up and out of the cage, landing in the lion's cage that was next door. He panicked. There was a huge lion not twenty feet away, and it looked very hungry. So, the man in the gorilla suit started yelling, "Help! Get me out of here! I'm a man in a gorilla s ...
Series: Arise
Author: Steve Jones
Text: Matthew 28
Series Summary: This sermon series consists of four applications of the resurrection to the universal human condition: Purpose, Despair, Joy and Hope.
Sermon Summary: How to ENGAGE the silence of God (unanswered prayer): 1) Look OUT, 2) Look BACK, 3) Look AROUND.
INTRODUCTION:
A man was looking for a job and he noticed that there was an opening at the local zoo. He inquired about the job and discovered that the zoo had a very unusual position that they wanted to fill. Apparently, their gorilla had died, and until they could get a new one, they needed someone to dress up in a gorilla suit and act like a gorilla for a few days. He was to just sit, eat, and sleep. His identity would be kept a secret of course. Thanks to a very fine gorilla suit, no one would be the wiser. The zoo offered good pay for this job, so the man decided to do it. He tried on the suit and sure enough, he looked just like a gorilla.
They led him to the cage; he took a position at the back of the cage and pretended to sleep. But after a while, he got tired of sitting so he walked around a little bit, jumped up and down and tried a few gorilla noises. The people who were watching him seemed to really like that. When he would move or jump around, they would clap and cheer and throw him peanuts. And the man loved peanuts. So, he jumped around some more and tried climbing a tree.
They threw more peanuts. Playing to the crowd, he grabbed a vine and swung from one side of the cage to the other. The people loved it and threw more peanuts. He continued to swing on the vine, getting higher and higher and then suddenly, the vine broke! He swung up and out of the cage, landing in the lion's cage that was next door. He panicked. There was a huge lion not twenty feet away, and it looked very hungry. So, the man in the gorilla suit started yelling, "Help! Get me out of here! I'm a man in a gorilla s ...
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