Title: Do Not Lose Heart
Author: J. Gerald Harris
Text: II Corinthians 4:16-5:1
It is difficult to admit that I am not what I once was. There was a time when I was young, agile, strong, alert, and physically fit. But I'm still trying to maintain at least some of my physical prowess.
Let me tell you what I do. I start outside behind my house, and with a five-pound potato sack in each hand, extend my arms out to my sides and hold them there as long as I can.
After a few weeks, I moved up to 10-pound potato sacks, then 50-pound potato sacks, and finally I got to where I could lift a 100-pound potato sack in each hand and hold my arms straight out for more than a full minute.
Next, I started putting a few potatoes in the sacks, but I would caution you not to overdo it at this level.
Billy Graham said, "Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling (years) of our lives."
Grandma Moses did not start painting until she was 76 years old. Gladys Burrill completed the Hawaii marathon at age 92 - that is more than 26 miles. It took her 9 hours, 53 minutes, and 16 seconds, but she finished it. George H. W. Bush marked his 75th, 80th, and 85th birthday by skydiving. Benjamin Franklin helped Thomas Jefferson write the U. S. Declaration of Independence and signed it when he was 70 - the oldest person to sign the document, and when he was 81, he signed the Constitution of the United States.
I love being 84 years old and I do not want any of you to lose heart as senior adults. In II Corinthians 4:1 we read: "Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart." And in verse 16 of chapter 4 Paul writes: "Therefore, we do not lose heart, even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day."
If one loses heart he loses his passion, his ambition. He becomes spiritless and weary in well doing. If a ...
Author: J. Gerald Harris
Text: II Corinthians 4:16-5:1
It is difficult to admit that I am not what I once was. There was a time when I was young, agile, strong, alert, and physically fit. But I'm still trying to maintain at least some of my physical prowess.
Let me tell you what I do. I start outside behind my house, and with a five-pound potato sack in each hand, extend my arms out to my sides and hold them there as long as I can.
After a few weeks, I moved up to 10-pound potato sacks, then 50-pound potato sacks, and finally I got to where I could lift a 100-pound potato sack in each hand and hold my arms straight out for more than a full minute.
Next, I started putting a few potatoes in the sacks, but I would caution you not to overdo it at this level.
Billy Graham said, "Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling (years) of our lives."
Grandma Moses did not start painting until she was 76 years old. Gladys Burrill completed the Hawaii marathon at age 92 - that is more than 26 miles. It took her 9 hours, 53 minutes, and 16 seconds, but she finished it. George H. W. Bush marked his 75th, 80th, and 85th birthday by skydiving. Benjamin Franklin helped Thomas Jefferson write the U. S. Declaration of Independence and signed it when he was 70 - the oldest person to sign the document, and when he was 81, he signed the Constitution of the United States.
I love being 84 years old and I do not want any of you to lose heart as senior adults. In II Corinthians 4:1 we read: "Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart." And in verse 16 of chapter 4 Paul writes: "Therefore, we do not lose heart, even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day."
If one loses heart he loses his passion, his ambition. He becomes spiritless and weary in well doing. If a ...
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