FLC TV - Jun 17 Sermon: Finishing the Race
Despite being more than an hour behind the other competitors, an Olympic runner with a dislocated knee presses on towards the finish line - why?
Despite being more than an hour behind the other competitors, an Olympic runner with a dislocated knee presses on towards the finish line - why?
Pastor Grayl talks about the reality of heaven and references Heaven Is for Real, the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear. Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how "reaaally big" God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit "shoots down power" from heaven to help us. Told by the father, but often in Colton's own words, the disarmingly simple message is heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready, there is a coming last battle.
Pastor Grayl asks what could happen "if rocks could talk" in his sermon for World Mission Sunday and highlights the 75th anniversary of the World Mission Prayer League.