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- Pastor Name: Steve Miller
- Date & Time: July 27, 2014 | 10:00am
Some men in a pickup truck drove into a lumberyard. One of the men walked in the office and said, “We need some four-by-twos.”
The clerk said, “You mean two-by-fours, don’t you?”
The man said, “I’ll go check,” and went back to the truck. He returned in a minute and said, “Yeah, I meant two-by-fours.”
“How long do you need them?” The customer paused for a minute and said, “I’d better go check.” After a while, the customer returned to the office and said, “We need them for a long time. We’re gonna build a house.”
We have to give the guy some credit. Even though passion and drive outweighed his construction knowledge, at least he was going to start building.
It seems much of our lives revolve around the idea of building. Think about all the expressions that mention building in some form or fashion. We drink milk to build strong bones, build relationships, build a company, and we build a house. We say we have to build on that, build a reputation, build our Facebook following, and we build customer bases.
Finally, there’s the Bible, the book upon which we build our faith.
Download the entire transcript here: Servants Start Building 07-27-14
