November 17, 2013 – Blessing in Abundance – Sharing in Good Work from John Knox Kirk on Vimeo.
A stewardship sermon preached at John Knox Kirk of Kansas City, Missouri, on November 17, 2013.
Philippians 4:4-7
and 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
A Methodist preacher[i] once opened his stewardship sermon
with a story about a vivacious elderly woman
who got stopped by the police one day for speeding.
She was going 70 in a 40 mile-an-hour zone, you see.
And the policeman, after stopping her,
approached her car and asked
“Why were you going so fast, ma’am?”
She said to him: “Sir, the sign back there said 70.”
“No ma’am.” He replied.
“That wasn’t the speed limit, that was the highway number.
This is highway 70.”
“Oh my goodness,” she said.
“I’m sure glad you didn’t see me back there
on highway 129…”