HEAVENLY HOMECOMING (31 OF 32)
Scripture: Revelation 21:1-27
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Title: Heavenly Homecoming (31 of 32)
Series: Book of All Books
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Revelation 21:1-27
I - Precious Promises (1 - 8)
II - Phenomenal Portraits (9 - 27)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Have you ever gone away from home for a very long time? So long that you miss the sights and sounds of home? It happened to Janet Ross, a native of Texas, who accompanied her Navy husband on his tour of duty in Japan. The first thing Janet did was look for a job to supplement their income.
She was pleased when her first interview netted a secretarial position at the nearby Army facility. She was sure her typing skills had landed her the post, but a few weeks later her boss called her into his office and admonished her that she was too quiet. "The reason I hired you," he explained, "was your delightful Texas accent. I'm homesick for someone who can talk right."
Well, not everybody agrees that Texans "talk right," but if you've ever lived in a culture other than your own, you understand. We have an expression, don't we, that says it all? "There's no place like home."
Max Lucado tells about a parakeet in Green Bay, Wisconsin named Pootsie that
suffered from homesickness. Pootsie escaped from her owner and became a guest of the humane society of Green Bay. When no one came to claim Pootsie, Sue Gleason did. Sue and Pootsie hit it off. They talked and even bathed together, becoming fast friends.
But one day the little bird did something incredible. It flew over to Mrs. Gleason, put its beak in Sue's ear, and whispered, "Fifteen hundred South Oneida Street, Green Bay."
Gleason was dumbfounded. She researched and found that the address which
Pootsie recited actually did exist. She went to the house and found a seventy-nine-year-old John Stroobants.
"Do you have a parakeet?" she asked. "I used to," said John. "I miss him terribly." When he saw his Pootsie, he was thrilled. "You know," he s ...
Series: Book of All Books
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Revelation 21:1-27
I - Precious Promises (1 - 8)
II - Phenomenal Portraits (9 - 27)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Have you ever gone away from home for a very long time? So long that you miss the sights and sounds of home? It happened to Janet Ross, a native of Texas, who accompanied her Navy husband on his tour of duty in Japan. The first thing Janet did was look for a job to supplement their income.
She was pleased when her first interview netted a secretarial position at the nearby Army facility. She was sure her typing skills had landed her the post, but a few weeks later her boss called her into his office and admonished her that she was too quiet. "The reason I hired you," he explained, "was your delightful Texas accent. I'm homesick for someone who can talk right."
Well, not everybody agrees that Texans "talk right," but if you've ever lived in a culture other than your own, you understand. We have an expression, don't we, that says it all? "There's no place like home."
Max Lucado tells about a parakeet in Green Bay, Wisconsin named Pootsie that
suffered from homesickness. Pootsie escaped from her owner and became a guest of the humane society of Green Bay. When no one came to claim Pootsie, Sue Gleason did. Sue and Pootsie hit it off. They talked and even bathed together, becoming fast friends.
But one day the little bird did something incredible. It flew over to Mrs. Gleason, put its beak in Sue's ear, and whispered, "Fifteen hundred South Oneida Street, Green Bay."
Gleason was dumbfounded. She researched and found that the address which
Pootsie recited actually did exist. She went to the house and found a seventy-nine-year-old John Stroobants.
"Do you have a parakeet?" she asked. "I used to," said John. "I miss him terribly." When he saw his Pootsie, he was thrilled. "You know," he s ...
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