REPUTATION REHABILITATION (2)
by Craig Smith
Scripture: Joshua 2:1-24
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Title: Reputation Rehabilitation (2)
Series: Prelude
Author: Craig Smith
Text: Joshua 2
So I wanna talk to you today about what you wanna be when you grow up. I know we got a wide range audience, and some of you're like eight, and you're like, that's a lot of pressure for eight. And on a Sunday morning, some of you are like closer to 80 and you're like I retired 15 years ago. I'm just now starting to relax.
So I don't wanna go back into that, but I'm not talking about what we do for a living. I'm talking about the kind of living we do. I'm talking about what we're known for. I'm talking about. What people think of us when they think about us. I'm talking about our reputations, and so I just, I kinda wonder, are you at peace with the reputation that you have?
'cause my guess is if you're like me, there's some parts of the reputation you're not at peace with. There's some things that maybe you're known for that you wish you weren't known for anybody. Yeah. Maybe there's some things you'd like to be known for, but that's not what you're known for.
Anybody. Yeah. I think probably all of us on some level would like a little bit of reputation rehabilitation. Can I get an amen? Amen. That was weak. I feel like I'm ready to preach. I'm not sure you're ready to be preached to anybody. Feel like maybe you have a reputation that could use just a little bit of rehabilitation.
Gimme some love. There we go. Okay. I was in my 25th high school reunion a few years ago. And I was talking to this guy and he said, Hey what do you do? And I said, I'm a pastor. And he goes, really? I was like, okay, first off, I don't love the edge on that. I said, why? Why does that surprise you so much?
He goes your nickname in high school was Rambo. And I was like, oh, I forgot about that. That was actually, 'cause I played a very aggressive style of soccer. Okay. And and he goes, and I was looking in our yearbook before I came to the reunion and you were voted most likely to bec ...
Series: Prelude
Author: Craig Smith
Text: Joshua 2
So I wanna talk to you today about what you wanna be when you grow up. I know we got a wide range audience, and some of you're like eight, and you're like, that's a lot of pressure for eight. And on a Sunday morning, some of you are like closer to 80 and you're like I retired 15 years ago. I'm just now starting to relax.
So I don't wanna go back into that, but I'm not talking about what we do for a living. I'm talking about the kind of living we do. I'm talking about what we're known for. I'm talking about. What people think of us when they think about us. I'm talking about our reputations, and so I just, I kinda wonder, are you at peace with the reputation that you have?
'cause my guess is if you're like me, there's some parts of the reputation you're not at peace with. There's some things that maybe you're known for that you wish you weren't known for anybody. Yeah. Maybe there's some things you'd like to be known for, but that's not what you're known for.
Anybody. Yeah. I think probably all of us on some level would like a little bit of reputation rehabilitation. Can I get an amen? Amen. That was weak. I feel like I'm ready to preach. I'm not sure you're ready to be preached to anybody. Feel like maybe you have a reputation that could use just a little bit of rehabilitation.
Gimme some love. There we go. Okay. I was in my 25th high school reunion a few years ago. And I was talking to this guy and he said, Hey what do you do? And I said, I'm a pastor. And he goes, really? I was like, okay, first off, I don't love the edge on that. I said, why? Why does that surprise you so much?
He goes your nickname in high school was Rambo. And I was like, oh, I forgot about that. That was actually, 'cause I played a very aggressive style of soccer. Okay. And and he goes, and I was looking in our yearbook before I came to the reunion and you were voted most likely to bec ...
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