{"id":34495,"date":"2024-11-29T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/what-happens-in-one-minute-around-world\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T15:31:00","slug":"what-happens-in-one-minute-around-world","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/what-happens-in-one-minute-around-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens in One Minute Around the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following 10 things will happen around the world every 60 seconds of this new year:<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>Births<\/strong>: Approximately 250 babies are born worldwide every minute. (Source: Worldometers)<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>Deaths<\/strong>: Approximately 105 people die worldwide every minute. (Source: Worldometers)<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>Marriages<\/strong>: Around 116 people get married worldwide every minute. (Source: The World Bank)<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>YouTube Uploads<\/strong>: Approximately 500 hours of video content are uploaded to YouTube every minute. (Source: YouTube)<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>Packages Delivered<\/strong>: Amazon delivers approximately 1,200 packages per minute. (Source: Amazon)<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>Emails Sent<\/strong>: Approximately 200 million emails are sent worldwide every minute. (Source: Statista)<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>Google Searches<\/strong>: Approximately 40,000 Google searches are conducted every minute. (Source: Google)<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>Social Media Posts<\/strong>: Approximately 1.5 million social media posts are made every minute. (Source: Statista)<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>Netflix Streams<\/strong>: Approximately 100 million minutes of content are streamed on Netflix every minute. (Source: Netflix)<\/p>\n\n<p>&bull; <strong>Twitter Tweets<\/strong>: Approximately 500,000 tweets are sent every minute. (Source: Twitter)<\/p>\n\n<p>Note: These statistics are approximate and can vary based on various factors.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>Possible Preaching Angles:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>1) Divine Knowledge; Omniscience of God<\/em><\/strong><em> &ndash; The multiplied billions of events around the world each minute are no match for the infinite knowledge of God. 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