Emphasis Preaching Journal
Picture a surprise birthday party...
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Picture a surprise birthday party. The specific arrangements have been made well in advance. You know the special person and approximately when he or she will arrive. You are stationed behind a corner in the kitchen with a few others. Your adrenaline is pumping and your ears are perked to listen for approaching footsteps. When the front door springs open, you'll jump out and yell, "SURPRISE!" Nothing would be more disastrous than missing that moment when the door opens and the featured guest enters. Everyone prepares for that instant when the SURPRISE! shouts let loose.