The Sermon Story

Jesus said, "Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" ( Matthew 6:33 ). What we put first shapes everything else. These seven stories about priorities, retold in our own words, include a classroom object lesson, a cheeky letter home, a coach's surprising answer, a missionary's long road, an inventor who nearly missed his moment, a country doctor's question and the race to the Moon. Each ends with a takeaway for sermons or reflection. Stories in this collection: Put the Big Rocks in First A Letter Home From College Wayne Bennett's Greatest Achievement David Livingstone's Long Road Alexander Graham Bell and the Patent That Nearly Wasn't "Are You Being a Good Citizen?": A Doctor's Question The Space Race: A Giant Leap, and a Hard Question ──────── ✝ ──────── Put the Big Rocks in First A popular object lesson, made famous by Stephen Covey . We retell it in our own words. A unive...