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Sermon 29 Genesis 21:1-8 How God intends to give you laughter for His glory

    Sermon 29 Genesis 21:1-8 How God intends to give you laughter for His glory

    Date:8/6/23

    Series: Genesis Sermon Series

    Category: Real relationship with the Lord

    Passage: Genesis 21:1-7

    Speaker: jeff blaine

    I wonder how many of us think about laughter and God in the same sentence?
    I would be curious on the percentage of people who believe that
    following God's word will lead to laughter?
    What would be the percentage of people who attend church
    & claim to be Christians believe that following God’s word
    will lead to laughter?
    Let’s get a little more personal: how man people in this room or
    watching online believe that following God’s Word
    will lead to laughter?
    How many of us believe this when it comes to God…
    A patient about to go in for surgery at a small hospital was very
    nervous. Noticing his concern, the head surgeon traipsed up to him and
    said, "Don't worry, in all of my experience as a surgeon,
    only one other patient has died."
    Really?" the patient replied, already beginning to feel a little
    reassured. "How many other patients have you had?"
    the surgeon replied. “You’re my second"
    Alot of us have a morbid belief in submitting to God much like this
    patient had a morbid belief in submitting to the physician.
    It is all too easy to distrust God and assume only the worst will
    happen; laughter does not enter our mind when you have a morbid belief in submitting to God.