The Elder's Wife and the Sermon on Moses
Story★★★★I remember when I was at Bowman Hills up in Cleveland I was 1 of my first it’s my first sermon and I preached this is an aside I preached on Moses talked about how long 40 years was. I just went on, I really accentuated this point. I said 40 years, long time. I was 20 something then. And I went on about how long 40, well, little did I know, I think he was the head elder at the time, the head elder’s wife was sitting in the balcony and was just celebrating her 40th birthday. Well, needless to say, that made a deep impression on this lady and she let me know about it and then I went on and pastored in Crossville and then I was in Greenville and on my 40th birthday I got a card.
Arnall, Jeremy, “Growing Patience” (AudioVerse teaching 30008).
The point
A preacher recounts his first sermon about Moses' forty years, unaware that it coincided with a church member's 40th birthday. Years later, he receives a card on his own 40th.