{"id":33128,"date":"2021-12-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=33128"},"modified":"2021-12-02T08:12:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T13:12:01","slug":"inspiration-from-a-100-year-old-pastors-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2021\/12\/inspiration-from-a-100-year-old-pastors-sermon\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration from a 100-Year-Old Pastor&#8217;s Sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706\" data-series-id=\"628\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 2 of 24 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/pastors-hope-and-a-future\/\">Pastors: A Hope and a Future<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a pastor who, after retirement, preached a sermon every year during his birthday week. Take 26 minutes today to listen to his sermon for his 100th birthday, which I posted on July 8, 2012. I want you to be inspired that this pastor was still preaching at 100 years of age and also to be inspired by the content of his sermon: a message of hope, perspective, and perseverance through difficult times using Isaiah 40:30-31 as his text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Though youths grow weary and tired,<\/em><br><em> And vigorous young men stumble badly,<\/em><br><em> Yet those who wait for the Lord<\/em><br><em> Will gain new strength;<\/em><br><em> They will mount up with wings like eagles,<\/em><br><em> They will run and not get tired,<\/em><br><em> They will walk and not become weary.<\/em><\/p><cite>Isaiah 40:30-31 (NIV)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow the link below to hear the sermon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-cccc-news-amp-blogs wp-block-embed-cccc-news-amp-blogs\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HKlDA0Ky4V\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2012\/07\/08\/a-sermon-by-a-100-year-old-pastor\/\">A Sermon by a 100-Year-Old Pastor<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;A Sermon by a 100-Year-Old Pastor&#8221; &#8212; CCCC Blogs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2012\/07\/08\/a-sermon-by-a-100-year-old-pastor\/embed\/#?secret=bX53DfRLsA#?secret=HKlDA0Ky4V\" data-secret=\"HKlDA0Ky4V\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706 pps-series-meta-excerpt\" data-series-id=\"628\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 2 of 24 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/pastors-hope-and-a-future\/\">Pastors: A Hope and a Future<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>Audio recording of a 100-year old pastor&#8217;s sermon on hope, perspective, and perseverance using Isaiah 40:30-31 as the text. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2021\/12\/inspiration-from-a-100-year-old-pastors-sermon\/\" class=\"linkbutton\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ts_fic_featured_image_caption":"Pastor John Richardson and myself on July 15, 2012. 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