Blessed Are The Busy:
For They Shall Receive Holy Exhaustion
Speaking of Jessica’s excellent message yesterday about the need for Sabbath in our lives, i.e. Commandment #4, I have a favorite quote I’d like to share as a way to say, “Amen” to her words...
The Anchor Holds
Last Sunday we talked about the passage from Hebrews, chapter 6, which describes our hope in God as a strong anchor for our souls. The God we need is a solid, firm foundation that can hold us by His side, despite the collisions and storms of life. I found this illustration to support that idea but ran out of time to use it.
Great Quote that Just Missed
‘The Cut’ to be Included In the Sermon
Jen Wilkins, in her excellent exposition of the ‘Ten Words’ writes:
“If I am walking into my home and see a ladybug on my doorstep, I smile and take care to relocate it to the nearest plant. But if I see a cockroach, I have a different response. Why? Because I feel affection for one and contempt for the other.
Gossip
I’d preached on the Ten Commandments or the Ten Words before (I know, who would have guessed). In that sermon I focused a bit more on off shoots of false witness such as hypocrisy and gossip. Here’s one of my favorite illustrations regarding spreading falsehoods about others.
Archived Posts
Gandhi and the Sugar
I wasn’t preaching Sunday, Reverend Jackie Chandler was. And she talked about the power of influence you get when you practice what you preach. This famous illustration came to mind. It fits Jackie’s points quite well. Enjoy!
Not Just for Parents
Our current sermon series is about How To Talk Parent, but it doesn’t require any of us to be parents to appreciate the bits of wisdom OUR parents shared with us growing up.
If Not Higher
Here’s a story I wanted to use when talking about ‘what you do when no one is looking’ yesterday. It’s a wonderful illustration of what Jesus was saying in Matthew 6:1-6—do what you do because of who you want to be, not so that others will take notice and praise you.
The Perfect Church
There is an old joke about the perfect church. We talked just a little about the perfect pastor, but turnabout is fair play. It goes like this:
The Clothes You Wear
Sunday I talked about Joshua the High Priest having his filthy clothing replaced by a cleaned and beautiful garments. I also used the illustration of a boy becomes a dragon—who ‘wears’ dragon scales—and is stripped of those scales in order to be restored to a boy. In fact, I could have done the whole sermon around all the clothing imagery in scripture.