Sermon Jazzers      from Voicings Publications Each day SearchGodsWord.org and Voicing Publications posts for our users a fresh Sermon Jazzer illustration handpicked for usage with the "Sunday Sermon".   Today's Sermon Jazzer deals with the subject of 'forgiveness'. Click here to preview today's "Sunday Sermon." "Why do you keep talking about my past mistakes?" said the husband. "I thought you had forgiven and forgotten." "I have, indeed, forgiven and forgotten, said the wife. "But I want to make sure you don't forget that I have forgiven and forgotten." Sinner: "Remember not my sins, O Lord!" Lord:"What sins? I forgot them long ago." -deMello, A., "The Song of the Bird." "Love keeps no record of wrongs." (1 Cor. 13). Voicings Publications, Inc. Copyright, 2001. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is strictly prohibited.   Each week two new illustrations are posted from the "Handbook of Pulpit Humor: 101 Humorous Sermon Illustrations. Illustration #1 deals with the subjects of 'family, birth and twins'. Some of you may have noticed a statistic a few years back which indicated that more twins are being born. When a teacher mentioned this to her third-grade class, one of the pupils said, "I guess more twins are being born because little children are afraid to come into this world alone." The Handbook of Pulpit Humor: 101 Humorous Sermon Illustrations. From The Editors of Sunday Sermons. Copyright, 1999. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is strictly prohibited. Illustration #2 deals with the subjects of 'sharing, good news, rejection and troubles'. "New Yorker" magazine ran a cartoon in which a bank loan officer is seated at his desk with his hands folded and a pompous look on his face. Walking away from the loan officer's desk, with his head down and a sad look on his face, is a man whose loan application has just been rejected. In the caption, the loan officer says to the rejected and dejected man, "Well, thanks anyway for sharing your financial plight with us." Most of us have no problem sharing our troubles. Whether it's a financial crunch or a rejection of some kind, we're usually ready and willing to spread the bad news. But what the New Testament writers are telling us is that whatever is happening in our lives--good or bad, by our standards--our calling is to be ready and willing always to spread the Good News. Our calling is to share the Good News of the God who loves us and will never reject us! The Handbook of Pulpit Humor: 101 Humorous Sermon Illustrations. From The Editors of Sunday Sermons. Copyright, 1999. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is strictly prohibited.