THE MARKS OF A MIGHTY CHURCH (1 OF 2)
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
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The Marks of a Mighty Church (1 of 2)
Series: The Marks of a Mighty Church
Marvin Patterson
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Bill, Jim and Scott were at a convention together and were sharing a large suite on the top of a 75-story skyscraper.
After a long day of meetings, they were shocked to hear that the elevators in their hotel were broken and they would have to climb 75 flights of stairs to get to their room.
Bill said to Jim and Scott, ''Let's break the monotony of this unpleasant task by concentrating on something interesting. I'll tell jokes for 25 flights, Jim can sing songs for the next 25 flights and Scott can tell sad stories for the rest of the way.''
At the 26th floor, Bill stopped telling jokes and Jim began to sing. At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began to tell sad stories.
''I will tell my saddest story first,'' he said. ''I left the room key in the car!'' Wouldn't you love to hate him? HERE'S ANOTHER.
ILL.- A Redneck buys a ticket and wins the lottery. He goes to Austin to claim it and the man verifies his ticket number.
The Redneck says, ''I want my $20 million.'' The man replied, ''No, sir. It doesn't work that way. We will give you a million today and then you'll get the rest spread out for the next 19 years.''
The Redneck said, ''Oh, no. I want all my money right now! I won it and I want it.'' Again, the man explain that he would only get a million that day and the rest during the next 19 years. The Redneck, furious with the man, screams out, ''Look, I want my money! If you're not going to give me my $20 million right now, then I want my dollar back!''
I think we all would say that guy has a problem. But we all have a problem or several problems. We all make mistakes in life and some real humdingers. Consequently, it's easy to focus on those failures and flubs, but somehow we need to look at the positive things in people's lives and be thankful for them.
Introduction:
We are starting a brand new study ...
Series: The Marks of a Mighty Church
Marvin Patterson
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Bill, Jim and Scott were at a convention together and were sharing a large suite on the top of a 75-story skyscraper.
After a long day of meetings, they were shocked to hear that the elevators in their hotel were broken and they would have to climb 75 flights of stairs to get to their room.
Bill said to Jim and Scott, ''Let's break the monotony of this unpleasant task by concentrating on something interesting. I'll tell jokes for 25 flights, Jim can sing songs for the next 25 flights and Scott can tell sad stories for the rest of the way.''
At the 26th floor, Bill stopped telling jokes and Jim began to sing. At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began to tell sad stories.
''I will tell my saddest story first,'' he said. ''I left the room key in the car!'' Wouldn't you love to hate him? HERE'S ANOTHER.
ILL.- A Redneck buys a ticket and wins the lottery. He goes to Austin to claim it and the man verifies his ticket number.
The Redneck says, ''I want my $20 million.'' The man replied, ''No, sir. It doesn't work that way. We will give you a million today and then you'll get the rest spread out for the next 19 years.''
The Redneck said, ''Oh, no. I want all my money right now! I won it and I want it.'' Again, the man explain that he would only get a million that day and the rest during the next 19 years. The Redneck, furious with the man, screams out, ''Look, I want my money! If you're not going to give me my $20 million right now, then I want my dollar back!''
I think we all would say that guy has a problem. But we all have a problem or several problems. We all make mistakes in life and some real humdingers. Consequently, it's easy to focus on those failures and flubs, but somehow we need to look at the positive things in people's lives and be thankful for them.
Introduction:
We are starting a brand new study ...
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