"The Power Of Gratitude" Brian Loveless Sermon
"The Power Of Gratitude"
Brian Loveless Sermon from November 2, 2014 at
Calvary Baptist Church, Grand Prairie, Texas.
Turn
your bibles if you would to the Gospel of Luke Chapter 17. So good to be with you today; I really look
forward to this time of being together.
I heard a story this week I want
to share with you. I heard about
a large dog who walked into a butcher shop carrying a purse in his mouth. The
dog walks right up to the meat counter and the butcher looks down kind of
puzzled. Here's this dog with a purse in its mouth and the Butcher’s kind of
amused. He says, “Hey boy, what is it?
Did you come to get some meat? Come to get some meat for your master?” The
dog barks. “Alright! Well you came to the right place. What kind of meat do you
want? We've got some ham. We've got some chicken. We've got some beef.” And the
dog barks right on beef. “Okay we got some beef for you! How much beef you want? A half-pound, a
pound...” Dog barks right on pound. “OK,
a pound!” Butcher wraps it all up and right
at that moment the dog drops its little purse.
Butcher comes around the counter, he’s still amused, and he picks it up,
gets out the right amount of money, and gives the dog the meat. The dog puts the package of meat in his mouth,
turns around, and walks out the door.
The butcher’s absolutely puzzled, bemused, like “I’ve got to find out
what the story is here” so he follows behind the dog. A few blocks in the dog turns into a particular
door of an apartment complex, walks up the stairs, butcher is right behind him.
Comes up to one particular door and just starts scratching on the door. The
owner opens up the door, and standing in the doorway, starts to berate this dog. Angrily, stomping his feet just giving that
dog what for. The dog has its tail down,
head tucked, and then the butcher steps up and he says, “Look buddy, I’m sorry,
I don't know what in the world this is all about but this dog is amazing! This
dog just came in and ordered from me for you, and brought it back. This is the most intelligent dog I've ever
seen in my life!” The guy looks at him
and says “Intelligent?! This is the third time this week he's forgotten his key!”
