Sermon in the Weight RoomWritten by Tony Papajohn
The other day, I gave my first sermon in 3 years.After 13 years of Sunday lessons, you can hold forth at drop of a hat, or a barbell as case may be. I was in a weight room and my audience was custodian. I had seen him for several weeks. We exchanged pleasantries, but nothing else save one request about 3 weeks previously to pray for him. I said I would, but didn’t tell him my background in “praying business.” He is about 25, a nice enough fellow, and reasonably happy with his job. Other than that, I don’t know anything about him. The other day, I was weightlifting and he walked into weight room. Out of proverbial blue, he said, “I never understood what “There, but for Grace of God, go I’ means. What does that mean?” I said, “Well, think about a guy in a wheelchair, a guy who gets killed in a head-on collision, or a guy in prison who ‘fell in with wrong crowd.’ If not for goodness of God, something like that could happen to you or I.
| | What Will I Learn Today?Written by Tony Papajohn
This is a simple question with far-reaching implications.Psychologists tell us that we learn more in our first five years than in any other time of life. I’m sure that’s true, but that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to make a respectable showing. We can learn something new every day despite fact that we are hampered by a great learning impediment: We are adults. Just ask yourself, “What will I learn today?” Make powerful assumptions that you have something to learn, you are able to learn it, and you will come across it today. With these 3 key points settled, you can go about your day with a confident expectation that some insight will emerge. This will happen on its own time and in its own way. Usually, it happens when you least expect it. You are on way to find something else. Your mind is preoccupied with other matters. You are temporarily at a loss and decide to give up for now.
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