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1. Leave Your Stuff Behind

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of self-pity, is to go through life as a cripple. It’s to stumble along at an uneasy and faltering pace, so we need to leave the bundle of self-pity behind us, as we go into this New Year. We need to stride into the future, not with self-pity, but ... release. The big point is that the burden of cancelled sin is too great for us to carry into the New Year. You can leave that stuff behind, because God forgives. He loves you and accepts you. And if you’ve not experienced the release from cancelled sin, if ...

2. Wedding: Leaving, Uniting, Becoming One

Genesis 2:4-25

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... the rib and brought her to him. Then the man said, "At last [or loosely translated, "Wow!"], here is one of my own kind -- Bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh. 'Woman' is her name because she was taken out of man." That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one. It seemed like God had given the first man everything he needed -- a nice place to live, interesting work to do. But that wasn't enough. Something was missing from his life -- until God ...

3. God’s Plan for Leaves

Ezekiel 17:1-24

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

... s the color you see the most as you look around this park? Green is the color I was thinking about, especially the green leaves on the trees. Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a leaf on a tree? Well, let’s think ... come from would have bare branches. It would look dead. But would it be dead? It would still be alive. Green leaves would grow on it again in the spring. Leafy trees are one of the many good things God has given us. In the summer, when it’s hot, we can be thankful that ...

4. Where Does That Leave Us?

Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... no water for people. What was he doing? Was he just lazy? Perhaps he was waiting for something very special to do -- a time when he could be really important. Why, that doesn’t make sense! He was needed each night by all who used the water. Where does that leave us? Two points present themselves for our consideration. 1. God’s time, and 2. our watch. 1. God is in charge of the day that is to come. Certainly we are to trust him to manage his affairs. Once we have this point well in mind and heart, we are ...

5. The Good Works We Leave Behind

Acts 9:36-43

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... not so long before had cried over her corpse, could now hug her person. The friends who had whispered their affection and appreciation in her ear where she had layed could now say it to her face. And then, in the midst of it all, watch the apostle leave the scene. The grateful people are loathe to let him go. They hug and thank him repeatedly. They cling to him in their appreciation. We human beings are accustomed to saying thank you for routine things: a door held open, a compliment, a gift. But how do ...

6. You Will Not Leave My Soul In Hell

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Evans Rogers uses this analogy in one of her books. "Ships coming into port slow down to `pick up the pilot'-take aboard a man who knows every rock and sand bar in the harbor and who can steer the ship safely through them to the dock. When the ship leaves the harbor, the same pilot comes aboard to take her out to deep water and the open sea, and then they `drop the pilot.' "`Dropping the pilot' has always made me sad," she writes, "whether it happens on a ship or in a human life, but `picking up the pilot ...

7. On Leaving Your Signature

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... a rejection or repudiation of that mark - made in the image of God, signed by the artist - that was, from the beginning, placed upon him. It is obvious that every one of us goes through life bearing the stamp of others; at the same time, we leave the mark of our own influence. It is one of the miracles of personhood that we are both impressionable and have the capacity to imprint another. Every man, woman, and child bears the stamp of some personal influence: God, Christ, parent, kin, mentor, or friend ...

8. God's Will: Don't Leave Home Without It

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... they are in the church they take on the color of sanctity, holiness, and righteousness. They sing from the hymnal, bow their heads to pray, drop a few dollars in the offering plate, and glad-hand everybody on the way out the door. But when they leave the church they take on the color of carnality and worldliness. They will go to a company party and drink because everybody else is drinking. When they are in the office they tell dirty jokes just like everybody else. When they give a wedding reception they ...

9. Leaving Home

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... place in the community. This was no small demand that God was laying on him. It certainly could not have been easy for Sarai, his wife, either. Sometimes moving is more difficult for the spouse, or for the children, than it is for the one who has been called to leave to go to a new place. A Philadelphia schoolteacher tells about a fourth grader who came to her and said, “Miss, I won’t be coming back to this school anymore. I don’t know where I’m going. But I won’t be coming back here. And this is ...

10. The Coming Judgment Calls for the Saints to Leave Babylon

Revelation 18:1-24

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... 5). The angel’s promise to reveal the punishment of the prostitute in 17:1 is expanded in chapter 18 (cf. earlier allusions in 14:8; 16:19; 17:16), especially as it relates to her economic downfall. Babylon’s coming judgment means that believers must leave the city lest they share in the punishment she will soon receive (18:1–8). The funeral atmosphere takes center stage in 18:9–19, where we hear laments from three groups: kings, merchants, and mariners. Finally, in 18:20–19:5, Babylon’s doom is ...

11. Leaving Home

Luke 15:11-32

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... , it seems like yesterday. (Homer and Gladys freeze) JIM: (stage right) I’m all packed Mom and Dad. Car is filled with gas. Think the old Buick will make Northfield? St. Olaf here I come! Yahoo! Bye. See you at Thanksgiving break – love you! (leaves) (Homer and Gladys unfreeze) GLADYS: Yes, that was almost twenty years ago. My goodness. HOMER: Seems like yesterday. That old Buick made it. GLADYS: Of course I cried when Jim left. Shouldn’t have I suppose. But couldn’t help crying – I suppose both ...

12. I Will Not Leave You Comfortless

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... tell them to find somebody else who is in trouble. Go to hospitals, go to a person in need, and do something for them. Leave all your troubles. Try to get a smile on their faces." DeLuise even indulges in a little theology. He says, "What happens is, God says ... receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I ...

13. Leaving ‘Last Chance’ Heading For ‘Needmore’

Romans 12:9-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... people who have grown hopeless about them." Frederick Langbridge put it another: "Two men look out through the very same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars." The truth is, we can't have hope without getting over ourselves or looking beyond ourselves. We have to Leave ‘Last Chance' and Head For ‘Needmore'. Let's look at the passage for today, Romans 12:9-11. It's only three verses so I want to read it first from the NRSV and then from The Message. (NRSV) [9] Let love be genuine; hate what is evil ...

14. Leaving Us To Do the Work

Humor Illustration

... 236 million to do the work. When you subtract the 95 million people under 21, you get 141 million. There are also 44 million employed by the Federal Government, which leaves 97 million to do the work. The 22 million in the Armed Forces leave only 75 million to do the work, and, when you subtract from this the 30,000,000 who are in state and city offices and 5,520,000 in hospitals, mental institutions and similar places, the work force is reduced to 39,480,000. Fine, but 37,227,000 are ...

15. The King Will Never Leave

Illustration

Dr. Mickey Anders

... , the home of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was a prime target and was hit at least once. Most families who could afford to leave the city left or at least sent their children away. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth chose to stay. The Queen said, ‘The girls will never leave without me, I will never leave without the King, and the King will never leave.’ This example of the king gave enormous encouragement to the working people of London, those who had no choice but to stay through the bombing ...

16. Leave It On The Course

1 Timothy 3:1-16

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... was counseling me to incorporate a therapeutic distraction or mental bath into my schedule in order to survive all of the above. He played golf. He played golf with my dad. So he thought it was a good game for me. And he always said I would be able to leave my problems on the course. God knows life can be tough. I've got two close friends in ministry who are going through hell. I'm the pastor of a church that comes nowhere near its membership and mission potential. Every day isn't a hot fudge sundae for me ...

17. Leaving Prints

Hebrews 1:3

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... . Do you know what is so special about a fingerprint? (response) A fingerprint is unique. Only one person in the whole world has your fingerprint -- you. So if I take my thumb and press it on the ink pad, and then put my thumb on the paper, it will leave my print. Watch this. Demonstrate making your thumbprint. Today, I have special paper that I want you each to have. Hand the paper to each child. And in a minute I want you to put your thumbprint on the paper just like I have done. Application: This morning ...

18. Leave It All Behind

Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Illustration

Billy D. Strayhorn

... D. Rockefeller died, one man was curious about how much he left behind. Determined to find out, he set up an appointment with one of Rockefeller's highest aides and asked, "How much did Rockefeller leave behind?" The aide answered, "All of it." Jesus is reaching out to you just as sure as he was reaching out to all three of these people. What is it that you need to leave behind? What burden do you need to lay down? What is it that's breaking your heart? What area of your life is filled with pain? You can ...

19. New Leaves

1 Timothy 6:15

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... It was time for it to come down. Next year there will be a new season called spring and when it comes, there will be new leaves on the tree. There are seasons - spring, summer, fall and winter - and every one of them is different. The best part of seasons is that ... don’t, and there is no way for us to know until it happens. Could you tell me that day when there are going to be new leaves on the tree? No, you can’t. You know that it will be next spring, but you don’t know the day. Could you have told me ...

20. What Fragrance Are You Leaving?

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... it. Mother Teresa's devotion to the least and lowest of this world was her bottle of precious ointment broken for the Master. And so, on this Palm Sunday of the year 2000, you and I are left with the question, what is the fragrance we are leaving with the world? Are we offering up the fragrance of complete devotion to Christ and to the world for which Christ died? Or are we still standing off at a distance calculating whether Christ is worthy of our devotion? 1. Peter Hay, MOVIE ANECDOTES (New York: Oxford ...

21. Why The Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves

John 1:1-14

Drama

Matthew Powell

... that it touched fell from the tree. North Wind: May I touch every leaf in the forest? Narrator: Asked the north wind in its frolic. But God answered, Voice Of God: No. The trees that have been kind to the little bird with the broken wing may keep their leaves all winter long. Narrator: That is why the spruce, the pine, and the juniper are always green, and that is why the evergreen tree is the symbol of kindness and of the birth of a new life at Christmastime. The End Source: There is a version of this folk ...

22. Love Them Before You Leave Them

John 19:25-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... cherish, and love his family. There is a great lesson we can learn from this one saying from Jesus on the cross, and that is, we should take every opportunity to love those who are dearest to us, and make sure that we love them before we leave them or before they leave us. G. K. Chesterson said: "We spend the first half of our lives fighting with our parents, and the second half of our lives fighting with our children." Well, I believe we need to spend all of our lives loving one another and doing it before ...

23. Leaving Before the Invitation

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Gary L. Carver

... and revealing experience, but it is a humbling experience. It is a joyful and progressive experience. Notice that after being lifted up, leaving everything and following Jesus, it wasn't over. It continued. It is a lifelong experience of obedience and joyfully growing. I ... sentences, 2) I can hire a welder to come in and teach you to weld so that you can have a marketable skill when you leave the prison, or 3) I can hire a dancer and a painter to teach you how to dance and how to paint." Ninety-five percent ...

24. I Leave You Softly

Illustration

... and out of a coma. Day and night his wife sat at his side. One evening, she put her head on his hand and fell asleep. Jeno awoke during the night and seeing his wife, picked up an envelope and pencil and scribbled these words: "Softly, I will leave you, for my heart would break if you should wake and see me go. So I leave you. Long before you miss me. Long before your arms can beg me stay for one more hour, one more day. After all of the years, I can't stand the tears to fall, so I ...

25. The Good Samaritan Didn’t Leave His Name

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... forever, the way a dissatisfied customer reacts to a product that does not live up to its advanced billing. Yes, there will always exist a need for Good Samaritans. The Christian calling today is for dedicated men and women to perform acts of kindness without leaving their name. Many people in our world feel that God has forsaken them, that he hears not the words of their groaning. Today two percent of the nation’s population controls 33 percent of the nation’s wealth, while one-half of the families in ...

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