Sermon outline:

Hebrews 12:1-3

WINNERS NEVER QUIT AND QUITTERS NEVER WIN

Intr.: Therefore,………. a great cloud of witnesses,….

A. let us throw off

— everything that hinders and

— the sin that so easily entangles, and

B. lET US RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE

— the RACE marked out for us.

First Corinthians 9:24; Galatians 2:2; Galatians 5:7;  Philippians 2:16; Philippians 3:14; Second Timothy 4:7,8

C. Let us fix our eyes on JESUS,

( the author of our faith– the perfecter of our faith,)

— who for the joy set before him

endured the cross,

scorning the shame of the cross, and

— sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

— Consider him  who endured such opposition from sinful men,

End:

— so that you will not grow weary

— so that you will not lose heart.

The dictionary: retire

to give up or to cause (a person)  to give up his work, esp. on reaching pensionable age.

There is NO pensionable  age for the people of the Lord, and therefore NO giving up of work!

“The camera is a wonderful tool, but nine-tenths of people using it are simply button pushers, who let off their cameras as one lets off a firework.” – D A Spencer

(I am just a button pusher!)

CAPE REINGA is the North of New Zealand and the distance from Cape Reinga to London is 18 029 km!

Luke 24:5

“IN THEIR FRIGHT THE WOMEN BOWED DOWN WITH THEIR FACES TO THE GROUND, BUT THE MEN SAID TO THEM,’WHY DO YOU LOOK FOR THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD?'”

Today I picked up a little magazine at the local library. It is “The Kiwi kid’s good book guide.” It is a complimentary copy. “The hottest Books for Children and Young Adults- April/May 2009″ are listed.

On the front page is the picture of a boy reading a book . Above the picture it says “New Zealand’s best books.” Underneath is written:”Too good to put down!”

HOT BOOKS?

THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD!!

(I am also on a committee)

From newsletter (Age Concern April 09)

Oh, give me your pity, I’m on a committee

which means that from morning to night,

we attend and amend, and contend and defend

without a conclusion in sight.

We confer and concur, we defer and demur

and reiterate all of our thoughts,

we revise the agenda with frequent addenda

and consider a load of reports.

We compose and propose, we suppose and oppose

and the points of procedure are fun!

But though various notions are brought up as motions,

there’s terribly little gets done!

We resolve and absolve, but never dissolve

since it’s out of the question for us.

What a shattering pity to end our committee,

where else could we make such a fuss?