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1. 80% Emotions

Illustration

Michael P. Green

The human personality is said to consist of roughly four-fifths emotions and one-fifth intellect. This means that our decisions are arrived at on the basis of 80 percent emotion and only 20 percent intellect. To engage in a confrontation, or even a discussion, without taking emotions into account is to be only 20 percent effective in your dealings with people.

2. The Emotion Behind Christmas

Humor Illustration

In the cartoon, SALLY FORTH, Sally says to her mother after she has just viewed the large family Christmas tree with all the packages lying under it: "Have you ever noticed how one particular emotion gets real strong at Christmas?" Her mother answers: "I sure have, honey. I get very nostalgic at this time of the year. I especially like to think back to Christmas times when I was your age. My mind fills with memories of decorating the tree...singing carols...baking cookies...It' ...

3. The Controlling Emotion of Fear

Matthew 11:1-19

Illustration

Johnny Dean

... name it, he was afraid of it! Eventually he became so overcome with fear that he was partially paralyzed, and it was only after years of psychoanalysis and treatment that he was able to conquer his fear and go on with his life. Fear is one of the most controlling emotions of life. Most of us don't like to think of ourselves as fearful people. We prefer to think of ourselves as strong and independent, as though we had the world by the tail and are just waiting for it to say "uncle," as if we were capable of ...

4. Healing on an Emotional Level

Mark 5:21-43

Illustration

Charles R. Leary

... all doctors should be required to attend healing services as a part of their training. They should not be allowed to prescribe medications or consider operations during those training sessions. He is convinced that doctors need to "learn that they can help by touching, praying, or simply sharing on an emotional level."

5. Aroma: Bringing Back an Emotion

John 12:1-11

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

... . Southerners seem to prefer hearty snorts of pine. Midwesterners like the whiff of hay and farm animals. Westerners like the aroma of barbecuing meat. Whatever our pet smell, huge histories of time are relived within the microseconds of a sniff. Nothing can bring back a time, a place, or an emotion better than an aroma.

6. Mixed Emotions

Humor

One man described mixed emotions like this: It's like watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new Cadillac.

7. How to Love God

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Yes, our minds are for the love of God. As the Apostle Paul said, we should "Study to show ourselves approved unto God, workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). Love Of The Will So, we can love God with our emotion and our intellect. But is there yet another expression our love for God can take? Yes, there is. In the text, Jesus says, "Love God with all your soul." This means that we can love God with all our will. For instance, there is a lady who is getting a ...

8. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... fragile to go out on your own." Isn't it good to know that there is One who always believes in us? Who says to us, "You are created in my image. You can make it. I will be with you." Good religion heals the body. Good religion heals the emotions. GOOD RELIGION HEALS THE SOUL. By the soul we mean "the whole person." Who we really are inside. Not what other people see, not a tiny fragment of our being, but the totality of our being…our personality, our dreams, our fears. When we understand who we are under ...

9. Claimed, Framed, Changed

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Tony Everett

... just for everybody in the crowd but for all of Israel. God’s promised Messiah had come to them and he was Jesus of Nazareth. God’s promised Christ, Peter told them, was “this Jesus whom you crucified” (Acts 2:36). Wow! That really fanned their emotional flames. Our text states that “when they heard this, they were cut to the heart” (Acts 2:37). In one powerful address, Peter had described how God still claimed them as God’s own children, even though they killed their own God-given messiah. In ...

10. The Heart of the Matter

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... to forgive, we know we need to let go of our hurt, our sinful longing, our pride, our resentment, or whatever the negative emotion may be, but our heart won’t let us. And we pray with David, “Oh, Lord, give me a new heart.” There is ... this body of death?” (21-25) Paul is speaking to this very thing. He’s saying he cannot control his heart. He cannot control his emotions. He cannot control his sinful nature. Indeed, to a point they control him. If that was true of St. Paul, how much more true is it ...

11. Missing the Mark

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Sermon

Charles Allo

... they don't want me as their king any longer. They have had this rebellion in them from the beginning even when I showed them that I was their king. And now they are doing it to you. What was the ultimate values that is underneath all the layers of emotion and circumstance? From their words, we see: "for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don't want me to be their king any longer. 8 Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually forsaken me and followed other gods. And now they are giving ...

12. One Commandment, Slightly Used

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Some people turn us on, others turn us off. It has nothing to do with that. Christian love is not a feeling, but a position of active goodwill toward another person whether you happen to feel anything toward that person or not. You cannot whip up an emotion if it is not there, but you can take a position of goodwill toward someone, which means that whether or not I feel anything toward this person, I will, as a matter of principle, act lovingly toward this person. I have always appreciated the fact that in ...

13. Experiencing God

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... the streets to preach about Jesus because they couldn't help themselves, we have to ask, how should the our direct experience manifest itself? Or to ask it another way, how should it make us feel, and how should it make us act? Those who have had emotional religious experiences — and some of us have — perhaps at church camp or a youth rally or in a revival service or even in private, know that the "high" we felt at the time was terrific. It was something we wanted to keep flowing. But sooner or later ...

14. Jesus Heals Body and Soul

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... up residence in your household. It will make a difference. When Jesus is present, there is healing. Simon Peter’s mother-in-law discovered that. For the past two thousand years millions of other people have discovered it as well. Whether it is physical healing, emotional healing, or the healing of a relationship, trust Christ. Healing does not always come as we would choose, but a life of constant prayer will reassure us that we are not alone. 1. Robert W. Youngs, What It Means to Be a Christian (New York ...

15. The Great Depression

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... : A passive or listless feeling. Sadness An attitude of “nothing seems to matter.” A feeling of helplessness. A feeling of hopelessness. An attitude of feeling nothing is ever going to get better. An idea that no one cares or under-stands. A sense of rejection. An emotion of “I would be better off dead.” A desire for death itself. More than anything in the world I want this message to be a help for the hurting, and a hope for the hopeless. One of the greatest heroes of the Old Testament, King David ...

16. Dynamic Preaching January 2024 Sermons

Sermon

King Duncan

... fragile to go out on your own." Isn't it good to know that there is One who always believes in us? Who says to us, "You are created in my image. You can make it. I will be with you." Good religion heals the body. Good religion heals the emotions. GOOD RELIGION HEALS THE SOUL. By the soul we mean "the whole person." Who we really are inside. Not what other people see. Not a tiny fragment of our being, but the totality of our being. Our personality, our dreams, our fears. When we understand who we are under ...

17. “Cast Your Cares on the Lord and He Will Sustain You”

Psalm 55:1-23

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... so it is not surprising to find this kind of inference. Verse 22 of this psalm is among the great affirmations of faith in the Psalter. It comes close to Jesus’s own assurance that his yoke is easy and his burden light (Matt. 11:30). Among the emotional traumas of human frailties, the betrayal of a friend is one of the most painful. The New Testament story that looms above all other stories of betrayal is Judas’s betrayal of Jesus with a kiss (Matt. 26:47–49). The Gospel story tells both sides of the ...

18. The Ear of the Heart

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... will read about preaching. We will read about missions. We will read of the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. We will read about who Jesus was, is, and is to be. And we have a Christological hymn that allows us to understand that and give it emotional expression. We have a hymn that shares with us the life and meaning of Jesus. Bobby McFerrin is best known to us for his iconic 1988 feel-good hit song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” Since then he has received ten Grammy Awards. McFerrin’s love of ...

19. An Arranged Wedding, But An Intentional Marriage

Genesis 24:1-67

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... do not marry for economic or survival reasons. Men do not need wives to help with the farm. Women do not need husbands to support them. Today, people marry expecting more. We want our husband or wife to make us feel loved and appreciated. Today emotional support is the central reason for the relationship. If great-grandma and great-grandpa loved one another (in the sense that we have come to use that word), it was considered a wonderful added benefit, but not a requirement. Obviously, all people do not need ...

20. Walk In Love

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the American Psychosomatic Society that it's not known why this happens or if people can change their behavior, but "It's not going to hurt people to adopt a more positive view of others." (3) That is certainly the understatement of the year. NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE NOT ONLY DESTRUCTIVE BUT THEY ARE DEGRADING TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT. You may have read about a reply that came to the credit department of a jewelry store from an irate customer. It seems he was angry over a mistake in billing. He wrote: "You ...

21. Why Do You Believe What You Believe?

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... have agreed. "For I decided to know nothing among you except Christ and him crucified...that your faith may not rest in the wisdom of men but the power of God." It may have once been our parent's faith. It may have started as an intellectual affirmation or an emotional experience. Now it is based upon a daily walk with Christ in which we experience His presence and His power in our lives. We know it is real not because of what we have been told, or what we have deduced, or because of what we felt once upon ...

22. A Cure for the Workaholic

Genesis 2:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... , Coke-a-Cola had adopted as their marketing slogan a phrase that sticks even to this day, "The pause that refreshes", that is a perfect way to describe what God intended the Sabbath to be. We need a day a week to refresh our soul and to recharge our emotional batteries. We have totally gotten away from this whole concept of a Sabbath rest. Where do you think we got the phrase "TGIF" - Thank God It's Friday! The next day, technically, is the Sabbath. Most people don't even know what that is. As a matter of ...

23. Hope for People Who Are Angry

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... back there?” (2) We’ve all been there, haven’t we? I don’t mean to the motor vehicle bureau. But we’ve all been in situations when things were so aggravating that we haven’t known what we could do with our fury. Paul addressed this very emotion in our lesson for the day from the Epistle of Ephesians when he wrote: “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form ...

24. The Wild Within

Luke 4:1-13, Mark 1:9-13, Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... with God’s wisdom and strength. He would need to prove ready and solid as the rock he would become for others, the stumbling stone to the strong, and the rock of ages to the weak. To prepare, he would need to dive into his imagination, delve into his base emotions and raw fears, deal with anything that could trip him up in the days, months, and years to come. Jesus entered into his “wild place” for a month and a half or more (40 days and 40 nights as it were), and he came out ready with the battle cry ...

25. The Olfactory Sense of Prayer

Exodus 30:34-38, Exodus 30:22-33, John 12:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... all of these, wrapped up into one. For Jesus, the scent of his anointing carried him from the time of his anointing through to the time of his crucifixion, leaving the scent of blessing and prayer, hope and presence upon him to remember in his time of greatest emotional pain and grief.^^ We too need reminders of God’s presence in our lives that last beyond the time we spend in weekly worship. We too need to know that Jesus’ presence is with us, that it goes beyond skin-deep but sinks deep into our souls ...

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Showing 1 to 25 of 3128 results

1. 80% Emotions

Illustration

Michael P. Green

2. The Emotion Behind Christmas

Humor Illustration

3. The Controlling Emotion of Fear

Matthew 11:1-19

Illustration

Johnny Dean

4. Healing on an Emotional Level

Mark 5:21-43

Illustration

Charles R. Leary

5. Aroma: Bringing Back an Emotion

John 12:1-11

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

6. Mixed Emotions

Humor

One man described mixed emotions like this: It's like watching your mother-in-law go over a cliff in your new Cadillac.

7. How to Love God

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

8. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

9. Claimed, Framed, Changed

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Tony Everett

10. The Heart of the Matter

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

11. Missing the Mark

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Sermon

Charles Allo

12. One Commandment, Slightly Used

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

13. Experiencing God

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Stan Purdum

14. Jesus Heals Body and Soul

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

15. The Great Depression

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

16. Dynamic Preaching January 2024 Sermons

Sermon

King Duncan

... fragile to go out on your own." Isn't it good to know that there is One who always believes in us? Who says to us, "You are created in my image. You can make it. I will be with you." Good religion heals the body. Good religion heals the emotions. GOOD RELIGION HEALS THE SOUL. By the soul we mean "the whole person." Who we really are inside. Not what other people see. Not a tiny fragment of our being, but the totality of our being. Our personality, our dreams, our fears. When we understand who we are under ...

17. “Cast Your Cares on the Lord and He Will Sustain You”

Psalm 55:1-23

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

18. The Ear of the Heart

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

19. An Arranged Wedding, But An Intentional Marriage

Genesis 24:1-67

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni