Struck

DEFINITIONS:
Surprise blow
Force
To cause
Forcible contact
To afflict suddenly
Unexpectedly
Hit hard

YOU CAN BE STRUCK:
Car struck, Love struck, star struck, lightning struck, stage struck, well struck, dumb struck, struck by…


STRUCK WITH:
I have been struck with hands, air soft bullets, illness, cars, foreign objects, hammer to fingers, even w/ dumbness and occasionally w/ moments of enlightenment


HUMOROUS RELATED MOVIES:
The gods Must be Crazy - “Bushman” being struck in the head with a coke bottle
Mighty Ducks – the goalie has a fear of being hit by the puck
Monty Python – the black knight - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRUe-gz690


OUTCOMES MAJOR:
Death, injury, paralyzed, handicapped, permanently changed


OUTCOMES MINOR:
• They come so suddenly that you have no chance to react til it’s passed
• Temporarily immobilized
• Ouch!…what was that?…why?…who?…where did that come from?…Then we get out of the way, rub the spot, ask questions


LIFE EXAMPLES:
• In baseball the coach told me after being hit by the ball the last time at bat “stay close to the plate, hug the plate” – I was in fear of being struck, the coaches fear is that I “struck out”
• Fell off bicycle, crashed and hit the ground, got scrapped up, and stitches on my chin– got back up on there
• Motorcycle accident apparently hit a guide wire and power pole
• “Light bulbs” have comes on and suddenly i have had an epiphany or flash of brilliance, creativity, a whole plan revealed


BIBLE EXAMPLES:
Blindness, plague, objects, death, injury, life change


2 Corinthians 4:8-10
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.


Acts 12:7
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!" he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists.


Acts 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.


Acts 9 records how Saul was on the road to Damascus and was struck down by light from heaven, which blinded him, he fell to the ground and heard a voice … the result of this encounter was healing, life change, name change, salvation, powerful story to tell that could never be forgotten , churches begun….


CLOSING:
What have you been struck with?
What was the outcome?
How did that encounter change your life?