The prequel to the "Lost" Sermon

As most of you know I was blessed enough to have the scary and nerve racking experience to spread the good news with the rest of the youth in my congregation plus a few of my friends that came to support me, thank you Brit, Syd, and James. As you may have foreshadowed by the title all did not go well. I typed up the outline following this prequel for my sermon, but it would not print my printer wasn’t working (when I got home it was working again) so I e-mailed it to myself so I could just print it off at church but the church internet was down. My hands were tied I reverted to using my rough draft. My rough draft was in no particular order and it reflected in my sermon. It was just a collection of thoughts that would appear to me at different times.

I don’t know if my audience was just being nice or if they genuinely enjoyed it but I knew I could have done better. If I would have been walking stronger with God, and He closed this outline to my use I would know I should not force my way though a God closed door, just as you should walk though a God open door. However when I should have been thriving the most for Him I took shortcuts relying on my “own” talents of winging it on the spot. I am very gifted in that area if I do say so myself, God blessed me immensely. Was it His way to remind me that all earthly things can and will fail you, even yourself and only His strength can hold up the heaviest builder of burden with ease? That was one good thing about me not being able to use my outline it exemplified the message that only He never fails. Try to always look at what good came out of any situation, even if we don’t do His will He can make good out of failure.