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1351. What Do I Do When The Load Is Too Heavy?

Exodus 18:13-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... , "I am all stressed out"? I know a lot of people who are all stressed up and have no place to go. On June 6, 1983, Time magazine's cover story was called, "Stress - The Epidemic Of The 80's". They referred to it as our leading health problem ... hit the water, the ships were not allowed to load anymore freight, because they knew any load heavier than that would sink the ship. That marking on a ship's hull became known as the Plimsoll Line and we all have one. We all have limits. Have you ever noticed when you ...

1352. Focus on the Finish

Hebrews 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... in this race, He is looking for winners. Everyday He wants you to strap on your running shoes; put on your running clothes; toe the mark and run your race to win. We learn in this passage of Scripture exactly how to do it. I. Lay Beside Whatever Weighs You Down "Therefore ... of our faith, and He will be waiting on us at the end. That's exactly what the Bible means when it says in Phil. 1:6, "He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." Can I tell you what is so exciting ...

1353. No Doubt about It

John 20:24-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." (John 20:6, NASB) Think about it. If Thomas had never communicated his doubt Jesus may never have uttered one of the greatest statements ever given, not ... trust in His goodness and love that there is "No Doubt About It." IV. Evaluate The Evidence When you take a question mark and you totally straighten it out - what do you have? An exclamation point. After Thomas had investigated the facts, he evaluated the ...

1354. The World’s Favorite Scripture

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... name of the Lord your God in vain. 4. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 5. Honor your father and your mother. 6. You shall not murder. 7. You shall not commit adultery. 8. You shall not steal. 9. You shall not bear false witness against your ... judge others. Now we come to the crucial truth of this passage. Jesus is not forbidding all judgment. In fact, did you know one of the marks that you are a spiritual person is that you know how to judge at the right time, at the right place, in the right way? ...

1355. Decisions, Decisions

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... big. Jesus said, "I tell you the truth. Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." (Mark 10:15, NIV) In other words, you don't enter into God's kingdom with the arrogance of an adult. You enter into God's ... also the man who said "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6, ESV) You have to decide which God you are going to follow - the God called Jesus Christ or any other god of your choosing. When I ...

1356. Know Fear: The Fear of God

Proverbs 1:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... Do you want to stay away from temptation and have victory over sin? "The fear of the Lord keeps one away from sin." (Proverbs 16:6, NLV) Do you want to have the best quality of life that you can possibly have on this earth? "The payoff for meekness and Fear ... . Now that leads to a shocking conclusion: the real reason why people do not tithe is because they do not fear God. One of the marks of the fear of God is that you will tithe. Finally, the fear of God will affect your witnessing. "We know the fear of God ...

1357. When Nothing Is Sacred

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... , a series titled Nothing Sacred conveyed just the opposite. This show came to mind this week when reading our text from Isaiah 6, which tells of the call of Isaiah to be a prophet. In narrating his call story, Isaiah helps us understand something about ... crucial juncture in Judah's history - "the year that King Uzziah died." This was probably 738 B.C., and the king's death marked the end of a period of relative independence. Seven years earlier, Assyria had begun to gain power in the region, and Judah ...

1358. Things Change

1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... a sense that how things were in your family was more or less how things would always be there. It is a natural mark of immaturity to think that things won't change. In high schools, for example, kids who are not in the cliques often ... the Bible is that he does not change. For example, speaking through the prophet Malachi, God says, "For I the Lord do not change" (Malachi 3:6). One of the psalmists said: Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will ...

1359. Mrs. Proverbs

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... to define a woman primarily by how well she serves others. It does, however, feel right if we are willing to apply that definition to all of us. Consider Mark 9:33-37 for example. There, Jesus discovered that his disciples had been arguing among themselves about which of them was the greatest. He said to them, "Whoever wants ... and Hilary Stout, "After Years Off, Women Struggle to Revive Careers," The Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2004, A1. 3. Alan Paton, Ah But Your Land Is Beautiful (New York: Scribner, 1982).

1360. What Happens When You're Not Prepared for What Happens

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

David R. Cartwright

... : "My name is ‘A Regiment' "1 (Luke 8:30 Barclay). At the time of the Emperor Augustus, a regiment was made up of 6,000 troops. A Catholic nun tells me about the time she came home from the grocery in Detroit, Michigan. Her apartment was in ... hesitation, Jesus agrees. At their request, Jesus drives the demons out of the man's mind and into the herd of pigs. The Gospel of Mark says that there were 2,000 pigs. Luke is content to reduce the number to a more manageable "herd." Luke leaves the exact figure ...

1361. Abba, Your Kingdom Come

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... a future event, but it came near when Jesus appeared on earth in the past. Jesus said, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent and believe in the good news" (Mark 2:15). While the kingdom of God won't come in fullness until the end of time, Jesus encouraged his followers to start living as if it had already arrived. In addition, the kingdom of ... ancient authorities include this phrase in the Lord's Prayer (Luke 11:2). In the Gospel of Matthew it is also included (Matthew 6:10).

1362. Be Reconciled — To Christ and Others

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... absolutely essential to the process. We need to believe that God never gives up on us. The story in Luke's Gospel (13:6-9) about the barren fig tree demonstrates God's ever-present love. The tree representing Israel has not been fruitful. The owner ... who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners" (Mark 2:17). The young man on the train found that reconciliation was not found through a sense of righteousness or aggressive behavior; it could ...

1363. God Is Rock Solid

Hebrews 12:18-29

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... our lives, there is one thing that is secure. God's place of authority will never crumble and fall. We read in Psalm 45:6: "Your throne, O God, endures for ever and ever ..." and in Lamentations 5:19: "But you, O Lord, reign for ever; your throne ... will not be shaken. He will always be there to hold onto. If God is a sure foundation, then his word will also be unshakable. In Mark 13:31 hear Jesus say, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." Peter echoes this in his epistle when he ...

1364. Whose Inheritance Is It?

Ephesians 1:11-23

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... something. We all have spiritual money in the bank. We have a divine inheritance. We don't talk about the unsaintly marks of the ungrateful, but all of us have them from time to time. We have private jealousies, resentments, fantasies, and greeds ... that we are self-made people. It is costly ... above all, because it was costly to God. "We were bought with a price" (1 Corinthians 6:20). Nothing can be cheap to us, which is costly to God. If you find yourself oddly judged by the absence of gratitude for your ...

1365. Who Will Go?

Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13)

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... the floor. With his prey in tow, he vanished beyond the pickled okra, back into the secret recesses of the doors marked "Employees Only." What security force would not be delighted to have such a huge embodiment of dedicated loss control on its ... , can you say with Isaiah, "Here am I, Lord. Send me!"? 1. Kenneth L. Waters, I Saw the Lord: a Pilgrimage through Isaiah 6 (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1996), p. 83. 2. James Dickey, "The Calling of Isaiah," God's Images (Birmingham: Oxmore House, 1977), non pag. 3 ...

1366. He Will Abundantly Pardon

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon" (vv. 6-7). In a way this makes no sense. We're used to insurance firms restricting coverage, companies reducing their liability, fine print ... 's travails and beyond. Jesus was criticized because he and his disciples didn't fast, didn't wear ashes, but ate, drank, and displayed the marks of life and living. The cross lay ahead for Jesus and many of his disciples, and for us as well, but as today's scripture ...

1367. The Undoing of Babel

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... with one another and there are sometimes strong disagreements within single congregations. But Pentecost is the event that started the church worldwide. Our beginning is marked by an event where factions were overcome and people of diverse backgrounds and languages not only understood one another, but were brought together with a ... the spring of 2003, but it comes from a column Anne Lamott wrote for Salon Magazine, January 6, 1997, called "Knocking on Heaven's Door." www.salon.com/jan97/lamott970106.html.

1368. New Covenant, New Testament

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... thing, the new covenant is incorporated in the promise. Earlier, covenants were made, not promised. The taking up of the covenant into the promise marks the end of the history of God's previous dealings with God's people and a new history will begin. In point of ... us in the carpenter from Nazareth. The foundation of this new covenant for the Christian community is Christ (Hebrews 8:6). It is revolutionary, involving not only Israel and Judah, but even the Gentiles. It offers a unique, personal relationship ...

1369. A Day of Singing

Zephaniah 3:14-20, Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... and pocket change as seed money. Then he swiveled his case to face the people who passed by, and began to play. “In the next 43 minutes, as the violinist performed 6 great classical pieces, 1097 people passed by. Almost all of them on their way to work in mid-level Government jobs. No one knew that the violinist was one of the ... .htm. 4. http://pastorgavinellis.blogspot.com/2005/11/luke‑28‑15‑from‑silence‑came‑music.html. 5. John Mark Ministries. http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/20684.htm.

1370. Jesus: What's in a Name?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... two names, Jesus and Emanuel. First, the name Jesus. Jesus is the Greek form of the Jewish name Joshua. Joshua means “God Saves.” Mark Trotter reminds us that “the Jews chose names not only because of the meaning of the name itself, but because of the tradition ... shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:2, 6 RSV) What promise! What hope! This is the word we desperately need to appropriate tonight, for this is no naive ...

1371. Putting Ourselves into the Picture

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Exodus. Those words are covenant, change, conflict, and commitment. First, covenant. Now let’s go to the scripture. Look at verses 6 and 7 of this first chapter of Exodus. Then Joseph died and all his brothers and all that generation. But the ... . That’s what happened in the civil rights movement in this country. If there is a dangerous class, and I put that in quotation marks, if there’s a “dangerous class” at any level of society, the surest way to make them more dangerous is to treat them harshly ...

1372. What the Lord Does Best

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... out of Egypt. The first issue is death and life. It takes a moment to see how remarkable those words are in verses 6 and 7; let’s look at them again. Then Joseph died and all his brothers and all that generation, but the descendants of Israel ... next seven days? Now you think about those questions. To be preoccupied with death is morbid, but to take death seriously is a mark of wisdom. Then Joseph died. Death is inevitable. And that leads to the next point – life and choice. Since death is inevitable, the ...

1373. A Stone’s Throw From: Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , 'One does not live by bread alone.'" [5] Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. [6] And the devil said to him, "To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and ... spread through all the surrounding country. One of the unique things about the temptations is that they are recorded in Matthew and Mark with just as much detail, which says to me that Jesus shared his struggle in the wilderness with the Disciples. He wanted ...

1374. A Stone’s Throw From: The Rolled Stone

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. [6] Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, [7] that "the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be ... resurrection. We talked about how we had to accept it on faith. It was all very Biblical and theologically correct. I would have gotten great marks back in seminary. But I could tell it wasn't getting through. With a deep sigh Emma said, "I want a sign." I told her ...

1375. Flying First Class

Ephesians 1:3-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... him in love. [5] He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, [6] to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. [7] In him we have redemption ... glory. [13] In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit" Have you ever flown First Class? I've only had the privilege of flying in First Class three ...

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