VALIDATING YOUR VISION (5 OF 7)
Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-23
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Title: Validating Your Vision (5 of 7)
Series: Pulling Together with a Purpose
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Nehemiah 4
Sermon Series "Pulling Together With a Purpose" Sermon 5 of 7
I - The Facts That We Must Face (1 - 3, 7 - 8)
II - The Faith That We Must Follow (4 - 6)
III - The Fortitude That We Must Find (11 - 14)
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The Hound of Heaven
The son of a doctor, Thompson started out with great potential. His father sent him to study for the priesthood, and then to another school to become a doctor. But he failed at both professions and became a wastrel instead, running from responsibility, family, and God. Eventually, this prodigal hit bottom. Wandering the back alleys of London, he was hungry, friendless, and addicted to drugs. With tattered clothes and broken shoes, he barely survived by selling matches and newspapers. Still, God did not relent in His dogged chase to capture the young man's soul. A ray of hope came when Thompson began to write poetry. Wilfred Meynell, an editor, immediately saw Thompson's genius. He published his works, encouraged him to enter a hospital, and personally nursed him through his convalescence. This marked a spiritual turnaround in Thompson's life. In the poem "The Hound of Heaven," he writes of his flight from God and God's pursuit of him.
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways, Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter . . . Still with unhurrying chase,
And unperturbed pace, Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,
Came on the following Feet, And a Voice above their beat--
"Naught shelters thee, who wilt not shelter Me."
With this same breathless pursuit, the Hound of Heaven once chased another running man. This person was not a vagrant; he was a well-educated Pharisee. Nonetheless, he ...
Series: Pulling Together with a Purpose
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Nehemiah 4
Sermon Series "Pulling Together With a Purpose" Sermon 5 of 7
I - The Facts That We Must Face (1 - 3, 7 - 8)
II - The Faith That We Must Follow (4 - 6)
III - The Fortitude That We Must Find (11 - 14)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
The Hound of Heaven
The son of a doctor, Thompson started out with great potential. His father sent him to study for the priesthood, and then to another school to become a doctor. But he failed at both professions and became a wastrel instead, running from responsibility, family, and God. Eventually, this prodigal hit bottom. Wandering the back alleys of London, he was hungry, friendless, and addicted to drugs. With tattered clothes and broken shoes, he barely survived by selling matches and newspapers. Still, God did not relent in His dogged chase to capture the young man's soul. A ray of hope came when Thompson began to write poetry. Wilfred Meynell, an editor, immediately saw Thompson's genius. He published his works, encouraged him to enter a hospital, and personally nursed him through his convalescence. This marked a spiritual turnaround in Thompson's life. In the poem "The Hound of Heaven," he writes of his flight from God and God's pursuit of him.
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways, Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter . . . Still with unhurrying chase,
And unperturbed pace, Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,
Came on the following Feet, And a Voice above their beat--
"Naught shelters thee, who wilt not shelter Me."
With this same breathless pursuit, the Hound of Heaven once chased another running man. This person was not a vagrant; he was a well-educated Pharisee. Nonetheless, he ...
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