When Less is More

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Sermon Series Description: The nature of God's kingdom is a paradox. The way up is down. It's an upside down kind of lifestyle. It's counter cultural. If you want to get, you have to give; you want joy, go through persecution; to be rich you must first be poor. These are stranger things. When Less is More Description: As humans, some of us have more to offer than others. Some have money, some have toys, and others have big families. But in God's upside down kingdom, less means more. Less pride means more room for God. Less self-reliance means more reliance on God. And less joyful cirucumstances means mor true happiness from God.

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Growing up in the Yarber household: Brother, Me, Mom, Dad, and 1 cat
Each Christmas Eve we got to open one gift under the tree
Just 1—most of the time parents picked it out
Most gift they choose was something we could do as family
One year—bro and I got to pick the gift
Most kids go for the biggest gift
I had my eyes set on a video game
The year was 2001—Nintendo Gamecube—making me 7
Nintendo Gamecube had just come out—2001—making me 7
I picked a wrapped gift I knew was the game
I knew the shape of the video game box
I was certain I had the right gift
I was going to play it all night
I opened the gift—it was DVD movie of Frosty the Snowman
This was not, in anyway, what I was expecting
Come to find out my parents had put it towards front to trick me
I threw the biggest fit—kicking, screaming, demanding my game
Parents sent me to room
My dad comes in
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