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The SermonCentral.com Weekly Newsletter -
August 26, 2002
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Theme: Grandparents
Day
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have given to their families and exhort them to continue in helping to raise
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2.
Top 5 Illustrations On Grandparents Day
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1.
Top 5 Sermons On Grandparents Day
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HONORING YOUR
PARENTS by Joel Smith: Exodus 20:12-12
Everything that you've
needed to know, somewhere along the line a mom
probably taught you. Let's
revisit some of those lessons:
My Mother taught me LOGIC: "If you fall off
that swing and break your
neck, you can't go to the store with me," as well
as, "If everyone
else...
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GRANDPARENTS:
FAITHFUL AND FRUITFUL by Joe Bedy: Hebrews 11:5-5
Faithful
Grandparents-The key to faithful Great grandchildren.
Tonight we are
beginning our series on Family Relationships and I want
to begin with
Grandparents because I talked about Fathers, not too very
long ago. How
many of you in here are grandparents? Do you think your
life...
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THE
SANDWICH GENERATION by Denn Guptill: Exodus 20:1-17
A little bit of
a change in direction here. Early in January we started
this series on the
Ten Commandments, and after the first four messages
we are about to make an
abrupt turn. The first four commandments dealt
with our relationship with
God. They were vertical commands, and now
they...
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GODLY
GRANDPARENTS by GLENN PEASE: Ruth 4:13-17
Among the many things
that makes man unique in creation is the presence
of, and the influence of,
grandparents. F. W. Boreham many years ago
pointed out that in the vegetable
world, "The bursting buds of spring
push off the last lingering leaves of the
previous season, and thus
decline to have...
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THE
AGED MAN: HIS FAMILY AND CHURCH by Michael Reeves: Titus
2:1-2
As I have been sharing these messages on the family I have had
the
privilege of looking at each of you and you at me. Many of the
messages
that I have presented so far in this series of studies have
been
directed toward the younger members of the congregation who still
have
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2.
Top 5 Illustrations On Grandparents Day
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HOW DID YOU
MAKE IT?
A grandchild sitting on her grandfather's lap listening to
the Bible
story of Noah's Ark, asked "Were you in the Ark, grandpa?"
He
chuckled and replied, "Why, no I wasn't."
There was a pause, and the child
looked up at him quizzically and asked,
"Then why weren't you
drowned?"
Contributed by: Marcus
Naugler
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AGE AND YOUTH
Why can't we build orphanages
next to homes for the aged? If someone's
sitting in a rocker, it won't be
long before a kid will be in his lap.
- Cloris
Leachman
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A PORT IN THE STORM
My grandmother was the one
who took me to church at a young age and
introduced me to Jesus. She was the
one who raised me during the early
years after my parents divorced. She was
the one who prayed for me as I
grew up, going between parents and providing a
port in the storm when
things got too tense with my parents. Had it not been
for my godly
grandmother, I shudder to think how my life would have turned
out. Even
though as an adult, I have often failed, her example to me has been
my
beacon and I thank God for her. To me, she was the epitome of Jesus
in
the earth. She truly expressed his love for me through her
life.
SOURCE: Holly Ruddy, Huber Heights, OH.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/holidays/grandparents/features/grandpar
ents.html
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WHAT IS A GRANDMOTHER? By
a Third Grader
A grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own.
She likes other
people's little girls and boys. A grandfather is a man
grandmother. He
goes for walks with boys, and they talk about fishing and
stuff like
that.
Grandmothers don't have to do anything except be there.
They're old so
they shouldn't play hard or run. It is enough if they drive us
to the
market where the pretend horse is, and have a lot of dimes ready. Or
if
they take us for walk, they should slow down past things like
pretty
leaves and caterpillars. They should never say, "Hurry up!"
Usually
grandmothers are fat, but not too fat to tie your shoes. They
wear glasses
and funny underwear. They can take their teeth and gums
out.
Grandmothers
don't have to be smart, only answer questions like, "Why
isn't God married?"
and "How come dogs chase cats?"
Grandmothers don't talk baby talk like
visitors do, because it is hard
to understand. When they read to us they
don't skip or mind if it is the
same story over again.
Everybody should
try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have
television, because
they are the only grown-ups who have time.
Contributed by:
Jan Spencer
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RESPECT YOUR ELDERS
At age twenty-six,
Pat Moore performed an unbelievable experiment. An
industrial designer, Moore
wanted a better understanding of senior
adults, so for three years she
frequently disguised herself as an
eighty-five-year-old woman. From 1979 to
1981, she utilized the skills
of a professional makeup artist and visited 116
cities throughout
fourteen states and two Canadian provinces in her elderly
persona. From
her experience, Moore estimates that one of every 25 senior
adults is
abused, with most victims being 75 or older. She was impressed with
the
compassion and care she received from senior adults when she was
in
character, but she received harsh treatment from younger
generations.
Unfortunately, society has widely accepted a practice called
"social
dismissal" of the elderly.
SOURCE: Pat Moore,
Disguised. 1984. P 165-167.
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