Sermon: Luke 17:11-19
November 24th, 2008 · Posted in SERMONS ·I have posted my sermon from yesterday on my sermon blog.
It’s the final sermon in my Stewardship Series for this year — based on Luke 17:11-19 and entitled “An Attitude Of Gratitude”.
Here’s a portion of it:
Gratitude is rarely expressed.
A clergyman included this item in his annual parochial report: “Nine persons lost at sea.” When the congregation read it, they expressed shock and amazement. He said, “Well, eleven people came to me and requested prayers for e voyages they were taking this year. . But only two asked me to give thanks for a safe return. So I assumed the other nine were lost at sea.”
A man writing at the post office desk was approached by an older fellow who had a post card in his hand. The old man said, “Sir, could you please address this post card for me?” The man gladly did so, and he agreed to write a short message on the post card, and he even signed it for the man, too. Finally the man doing the writing said to the older man, “Now, is there anything else I can do for you?” The old fellow thought about it for a minute, and he said, “Yes, at the end could you just put, ‘P.S. Please excuse the sloppy handwriting.’”
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