Make a Mark

In order to do this sermon well you'll need someone who is able to draw whether it's you or a friend, son or daughter, etc. Have preferably an easel set up with a large piece of paper on it so that the artist can draw so that everyone can see. "Good morning. Earlier this morning I asked three or four people to make me a mark on this large piece of paper. Now I'm going to add something to each one of them." So I take my marker and begin to draw finishing what the three or four other people started. Some of the lines became cartoon characters, animals, landscapes, etc. I just drew whatever came to my mind. I spoke to the congregation as I drew making as many jokes as possible. Sometimes I would take the mark made by a man and turn it into something very sweet like flowers, butterflies, etc. and then say that Mr. So and So was showing his feminine side this morning. After completing all three or four drawings I could sign the paper at the bottom. Then I would start with my sermon. "Lots of people ask me how I do this - making something rather nice and creative out of just a line or squiggle. Well it's easy because I'm an artist. I can look at those simple little marks and see their potential. I can see what they can become with some help. So I just apply my talent to them and they change into something special." "If you think about it, this is a lot like God. God must be an artist too. Well I like to think that He is. Think about it. He can take an insignificant and somewhat useless life and see its potential. But what does He do? Well I added my talent to these lines while He adds His love, mercy, forgiveness and grace through His son Jesus Christ. And a miracle happens as that life becomes something beautiful. In fact this person becomes like a new creature in Christ. Before I could make a drawing from these marks, there was one requirement of these three people. Can you tell me what I was? Correct, they all had to give me their initial mark. Boys and girls, it's the same way with God. We have to surrender or give Him our lives before He can make something beautiful out of them. like a Christian.? Are you tired this morning of being just a simple little mark when God can see your potential as something so much greater? Well God is not now nor has He ever been pushy. Instead of barging into our lives He quietly and patiently waits for us to invite Him in. Want you do that today, right here, right now? Let's pray."

 

This is Mark and Celeste from St. Luke AMEZ Church in Bladenboro doing the disappearing ink trick.  Here Celeste is dropping on the disappearing ink.

 

Here, Mark is wrapped up with red cloth symbolizing the blood of Jesus Christs.  Once it was removed the ink was gone.