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1. “The King Rejoices in Your Strength, Lord”

Psalm 21:1-13

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C. Hassell Bullock

... he has endured. 22:15 you lay me in the dust of death. He believes himself close to death, and God has a hand in it. The description of his ailments sounds like he is physically ill, but other statements sound equally descriptive of an emotional state (22:14b, 24). Both may be the case. 22:16 they pierce my hands and my feet. This traditional reading, dependent on the Septuagint, is not quoted in Matthew’s Passion Narrative. The Hebrew text literally reads: “like a lion, my hands and my feet ...

2. Soul Soup

John 2:13-22

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Lori Wagner

... and healthy. But what about spirit care? How do you care for your spiritual health? The health of our spirits too can affect our bodies and minds, our physical and emotional well-being. When we feel spiritually empty or depleted, our physical and emotional state can suffer too. We are holistic beings, and we need to treat ourselves as whole human beings. Some of you are familiar with the popular book series, “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” authored by Jack Canfield. These simple books of stories were ...

3. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

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Phil Thrailkill

... to life. This is blessing enough for me. Amen.” 1. PreachingToday.com search under Matthew 5:7-10. 2. Some of the more colloquial translations substitute Happy are... for the more correct but less familiar Blessed are.... A psychological or emotional state is thus substituted for the fruits of a divine relationship. 3. Martin H. Mauser, The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations (Louisville, KY: WJK, 2001), 158. 4. Ibid., 158-159. 5. John 4:23. 6. Manser, Quotations, 247. 7. Michael Green, ed ...

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

Psalm 55:1-23

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C. Hassell Bullock

... from the prayer of verse 15, it is not all that different from verse 9, where David prays that the Lord will “confuse the wicked, confound their words.” The emotional tone of Psalm 55, in fact, is quite in line with David’s emotional state as he and his supporters left Jerusalem weeping, with their heads covered (2 Sam. 15:30). This psalm uses two metaphors to describe the easy talk of David’s friend-turned-betrayer, “smooth as butter” and “more soothing than oil” (55:21). This window ...

5. The Wild Within

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

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Lori Wagner

... wilderness place, the desert beyond the Jordan, but that place of sand and shadows is also a metaphor for his time of preparation. It is his inner emotional landscape. In the scriptures, told orally long before written down, landscapes reveal much about the emotional state of the people we are reading about. Think about it…. Jonah’s stormy inner turmoil The disciples’ stormy sea The valley of dry bones Moses on the mountaintop, his face glowing The woman at Jacob’s well The winds of Pentecost And we ...

6. At the Tomb

Luke 24:1-12, Luke 23:50-56

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R.T. France

... , this was hardly a surprising outcome. The term translated “nonsense” suggests a rather contemptuous response to the women’s supposedly wishful thinking; it was well known that a woman could not be trusted, still less a whole bunch of them in an emotional state! 24:12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. This verse (absent from some early Western manuscripts but accepted as an original part of Luke by most commentators) seems like a brief reference to the visit spelled out in more detail ...

7. In the Mood for Murder

Matthew 5:21-26

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King Duncan

Some of you can remember back in the 1970s when mood rings were a big fad (sort of like the pet rock). They were especially popular with young girls. The theory behind the mood ring was that body heat fluctuates with the emotional state of the wearer . . . and the ring was attuned to the body’s temperature. None of this was ever established scientifically, of course, but, like most fads, it provided some fun for people especially for comedians and cartoonists. For example, in a 1976 Peanuts comic strip, ...

8. Easter 4

John 10:1-21, Acts 4:1-22, 1 John 3:11-24

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Russell F. Anderson

... the cornerstone, the most important building block of all, for it ties the whole edifice together. Epistle: 1 John 3:16-24 How do you know you're in love? This is the question that young people ask. Of course, they are thinking of love primarily as an emotional state rather than something we do. John would phrase the question differently. He would say: How do we know love? The answer would be: We know love in Christ, who loved us so much that he offered up his life for us (v. 16). We also know love when ...

9. John 15:9-17

John 15:9-17

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Leonard Sweet

... continue to love them? Verse 12 clarifies Jesus' "commandment." For all who would really love him, the Torah has been reduced to one all-encompassing command, "Love one another." Lest the disciples think this some sort of nebulous, undefined emotional state, Jesus adds a specific and intimidating parameter, "... as I have loved you." "Love one another" is in the present imperative state, grammatically testifying to Jesus' moral intent that this be a continuous, ever-present love. Conversely, the condition ...

10. “I Confess My Iniquity; I Am Troubled by My Sin”

Psalm 38:1-22

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C. Hassell Bullock

... here as “feeble,” to describe Jacob’s reaction when his sons, just returned from Egypt, inform him that Joseph is alive: “and his heart fainted, for he did not believe them” (RSV). The latter part of the verse is a description of the psalmist’s emotional state of being (“anguish”), like Psalm 22:1. 38:9 All my longings lie open before you, Lord. The psalmist addresses the Lord, as he did in 38:1, saying that the Lord (’adonay) is aware of his longings. 38:10 My heart pounds. The ...

11. Lady of the House / The Practice of Joy

Luke 10:38-42

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Lori Wagner

... ” your mind into being happy or joyful –by smiling, laughing, singing, or dancing. Remember that song, “Put On a Happy Face?” The song by Tony Bennett? It didn’t just mean fake it! But when you start smiling, your body chemistry starts changing, and your emotional state changes with it. [You may want to take a moment and hum the song, or ask people if they remember the lyrics…..Grey skies are gonna clear up….put on a happy face….brush off the clouds and cheer up…put on a happy face. Take ...

12. The Reality of the Resurrection

Luke 24:36-49

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Brett Blair

... and feet as proof that he was the one that had just been nailed to the Roman cross beams we call the cross. That’s the scene. It was an absolute impossibility. It was unrealistic. It was not human. And then scripture nails it. Scripture describes the emotional state of the disciples in realistic terms. It says, “They did not believe it because of joy and amazement.” That’s a human expression isn’t it? It was just too good to be true. Let me ask you: Have you ever been involved in something that ...

13. Would You Like To Hold The Baby?

Matthew 1:18-25

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King Duncan

... . But there are folks who are afraid to dance. Something in life has made them afraid--afraid to trust life, afraid to trust other people, afraid to trust God. Some people are actually afraid of joy, elation, pleasure or the other usually positive emotional states. Being joyful causes them to have feelings of guilt, shame or unworthiness. I think a lot of it stems from our Puritan heritage. Did you know that the Puritans banned the celebration of Christmas as both frivolous and pagan? There are some people ...

14. Your Cheatin' Heart

Luke 6:17-26

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Leonard Sweet

... love that refuses to follow social dictates and boundaries resides at the heart of the Jesus faith. In Jewish thought the heart is not seen simply as the seat of emotion. That distinction is reserved for the bowels, the organ which most registers one's emotional state. (By the way, don't try sending bowels in a Valentine!). In Hebrew texts the heart includes the functions of thoughts and tasks, of belief and behavior, of all that is central to an individual's very being. How many songs have been based on ...

15. Skin Game

Mark 1:40-45

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Robert J. Elder

... , because he was called to preach. Now another opportunity for healing presented itself, and if he accommodated the man, these critics reason, Jesus knew that he would once again be overrun with petitioners, and his preaching would suffer. Another justification for Jesus' emotional state is that his anger was directed at the evil powers that are represented by disease. God's will at creation was wholeness for his people, and every case of disease is evidence of separation from God's will for his creation. I ...

16. A Prayer for the Sick

Psalm 38:1-22

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... ’s anguish; the poem portrays it with several metaphors and images. God’s hostility is depicted as a military assault: arrows and a striking hand (v. 2). Guilt is likened to a burden too heavy to bear (v. 4). The expressions of the speaker’s emotional state are drawn from mourning rites for the dead (v. 6). His eyes are an extinguished lamp (v. 10). The opponents are portrayed as hunters (v. 12). 38:1–12 The psalm unfolds with an introductory petition (v. 1, cf. 6:1) and a lament that concerns ...

17. John 20:1-18

John 20:1-18

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Leonard Sweet

... book to book. Unlike Paul's accounts, however, all the gospels are interested in the details that surrounded this miraculous event, each adding their own personal touches to the story to make it come alive for new readers. In John, the fragile emotional state of Jesus' followers is used to give a tender poignancy to the narrative. John begins by bringing a grieving Mary Magdalene to the tomb even before daylight has returned. Although John mentions only Mary specifically, her later words indicate that, as ...

18. John 20:1-18

John 20:1-18

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Leonard Sweet

19. All in the Family

1 John 3:1-3

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Mary S. Lautensleger

"Surprise! You're adopted!" If you were to hear those words from a trusted relative, surprise would be an understatement, I'm sure. Total shock would probably be more descriptive terminology for your emotional state as you examined the official court record and your original birth certificate. "Adopted" does describe each of us though, because we have been adopted by God into God's family. How do we know? The Bible tells us so. When the Spirit of God dwells within us, we are given ...

20. He Descended Into Hell

1 Peter 3:18-22

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David E. Leininger

... to survive the bleakness of winter. Hell — perhaps it is physical infirmity — the sore that will not heal which carries a message you are afraid to hear; perhaps it is the pain that persists and pervades and allows no relief. Hell — perhaps it is an emotional state — the landscape of life is utterly bleak, and nothing you or anyone does can brighten it. Hell.... Is there a hint there of what we have in Jesus? "He descended into hell," we say. Even yours. As the psalmist said, in the phrasing of the ...

21. The Story Of The Scandalized Neighbors

Luke 15:11-32

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John M. Braaten

... of a man hobbling down the road. Instinctively he sensed it was his son and he ran to him, the pain in his heart was transformed into compassion. Judah stopped. He wanted to run but he was frozen with fear. You see, he wasn't sure of the emotional state of the old man who ran toward him. He was comforted a bit by the fact that he still remembered his "speech." But before he could utter the words, Eli embraced him and kissed him. Feeling the strong heartbeat of his father's love, Judah collapsed into his ...

22. Christ and Healing

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Robert G. Tuttle

... that she was desperately ill and that I had better not see her that night. This woman’s brilliant, talented daughter had died five or six years before. The mother had become bitter, and seemed to hate God and hate life. In her deeply disturbed emotional state a malignancy had taken over, and she was dying. Entering her room the next morning, I could feel the tension and despair. The conversation was not satisfactory. Before leaving I had a brief prayer. I was guided to pray: "Father, give a quiet peace to ...

23. A Very Special Man

Luke 2:22-40

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King Duncan

... of that Grace. And ultimately it cost him his life. In his book, BECOMING A WHOLE PERSON IN A BROKEN WORLD, Ron Lee Davis tells about a young woman named Marie who was admitted to a mental hospital in Europe. She was in a terrible emotional state. She had been reared by violent, abusive parents. At age twelve, she saw her mother and father in a horrible drunken argument one night. They were fighting and struggling over a gun. Suddenly, the pistol fired, and before young Marie's eyes, her father fell ...

24. John 11:1-45

John 11:1-16

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Leonard Sweet

... who have accompanied her out to meet Jesus. This sight of Mary and her friends weeping causes Jesus to be “greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved” (v.33). But the term “embrimathai,” translated here as “deeply disturbed in spirit,” is an emotional state associated with anger, not sympathy or sadness. As the flicker of true faith is swept away in her tears, Jesus experiences his own momentary cloudburst. He is washed over by the realization that despite all he has said and done, and even ...

25. Peace Comes to Our Hearts

Philippians 4:4-7

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King Duncan

... --afraid to trust life, to trust other people, to trust God. Dr. Raymond Moody put it this way in his book, Laugh after Laugh: “It is well to recognize that some persons are actually fearful of joy, elation, pleasure or other usually positive emotional states. In many of these people being joyful causes them to have feelings of guilt, shame or unworthiness.” (1) That’s sad, isn’t it--to be fearful of joy? To feel unworthy of experiencing happiness? Unfortunately, such feelings have crept into the ...

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