Talk (Acceptance - Trigger Happy TV)

Talk Introduction

• Who likes Trigger Happy TV?
• Well then you in for a treat…here are a couple of sketches from their latest video Trigger Happy TV : Series 2
• [Play clip: 37 - 40 mins from the start of the tape. Starts with the supermarket and ends with the cat.]

The middle bit

• Has anyone played trick on anyone like that?
  • I once put a Christmas tree in my step-fathers bed...
• Has anyone had a trick played on them?
  • The first time I went offshore, they wanted me to climb up the 50-meter mast to adjust the satellite dish. I was up for it, they bottled out!
  • Boss took these rude pictures using my camera
• Playing tricks can be a laff, but sometimes it can get out of hand
• People can get hurt / upset
• Personally, there have been too many times in my life when people have made me feel stupid / put me down / embarrassed me, like the man in the video
• People make us feel bad about ourselves because of who we are...something that God will never do:
  • Romans 15:7 Page 1161 "Christ [Jesus] accepted you, so you should accept each other…"
• What do you think that means?
• Who ever you are, God accepts you
• You could:
  • Be a nun (like Rach)
  • Be a murderer
  • Hate yourself
• God loves you as you are

Conclusion

• I thought it would be good to think about this for a moment
• If you'd like to pray about any of those things, and ask for God's help
• What I would like you to do, it take a pen and a piece of paper
• And write down some of the things or maybe even people who get you down
• Post it in the prayer box
• Don't worry, I won't be looking!!

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