Sermon in the Weight Room

Written by Tony Papajohn


The other day, I gave my first sermon in 3 years.

After 13 years of Sunday lessons, you can hold forth atrepparttar drop of a hat, or a barbell asrepparttar 129896 case may be.

I was in a weight room and my audience wasrepparttar 129897 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 inrepparttar 129898 “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 intorepparttar 129899 weight room.

Out ofrepparttar 129900 proverbial blue, he said, “I never understood what “There, but forrepparttar 129901 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 withrepparttar 129902 wrong crowd.’ If not forrepparttar 129903 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 despiterepparttar fact that we are hampered by a great learning impediment:

We are adults.

Just ask yourself, “What will I learn today?”

Makerepparttar 129894 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 onrepparttar 129895 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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