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226. Going Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... who called those first fishermen on the shores of Galilee. One final bit of fishing advice (and I say final only because of time considerations - whole books of advice for anglers are out there). Be patient. No one can be successful at fishing without perseverance. If you give up after a few minutes, a few casts, without any bites or nibbles, you will never catch any fish. 'Tis the same in fishing for people: you have to keep on casting, keep on extending the invitation, sometimes adjusting the bait. Give ...

227. The Forgiveness Factor

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... relatively easy to repair the breach again. So the four men dug out the filling between two of the cross-ties and let their friend down at Jesus' feet.(5) As the lesson has it, "When Jesus saw their faith" - their willingness to overcome any obstacle and persevere in pursuit of the goal - "he said to the paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven.'" I wonder if they were taken aback by what Jesus said. They had heard about all the healings. This would be one more. After lugging their friend across town, up to ...

228. The Triumphant Christ

Revelation 1:1-3

Sermon

King Duncan

... from him who is and who was and who is to come . . . Amen." 1. Joyce Madison, GREAT HOAXES, SWINDLES, SCANDALS, CONS, STINGS, AND SCAMS, (New York: Penguin Books, 1992), pp. 4953. 2. Ruth Bell Graham, LEGACY OF A PACK RAT, (Nashville, Tennessee: OliverNelson Books, 1989). 3. Henry Gariepy, PORTRAITS OF PERSEVERANCE, (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1989). 4. "Burrito Prompts Quick Acquittal of Murder Charge," THE KNOXVILLE NEWSSENTINEL (Aug.2, 1990), Section A, p.8.

229. Drooping Arms And Crooked Feet

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... roll call of faithful followers of God. Such notables are listed as Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rahab, Moses, the Judges, David, Samuel and all the prophets. They have run their race; now it is our turn. It is our turn to run with perseverance the race that is set before us as we cast aside everything that hinders us including our sin, our fears, and our doubts. How shall we run to victory? Particularly those of us with drooping arms and weak knees? Where will we find the energy not ...

230. Yearning For Rejection; Thriving On Insults

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... if you are one of these people who breeze through life without a hair out of place, you are of limited usefulness to God. Why should anyone listen to your witness? When have you suffered and overcome? When did your life demand courage, perseverance, determination? First of all, Paul could rejoice in his hardships because they revealed him as vulnerable. God can only use people who are vulnerable. This is why God had difficulty using the Pharisees. They were afraid to reveal their doubts and their weaknesses ...

231. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... Seven Summits, an accomplishment known as the "Explorer's Grand Slam." Through his foundation, the Sean Swarner Cancer Climbs, he continues to motivate and support individuals affected by cancer, demonstrating that despite the most daunting challenges, the human spirit, perseverance, and a positive mindset can achieve remarkable feats. Sean Swarner’s story is a testament to resilience, courage, and the limitless potential of the human spirit. Today Sean is a speaker and author inspiring others. I like to ...

232. Waiting On God

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Lord shall renew their strength....(40:31) The word wait appears 106 time in the Scriptures. Sometimes there is nothing else we can do. Like the early church, we can only wait, watch, and work. Such waiting requires humility and faith simply to persevere. Sometimes, however, waiting can be a strategic response to a difficult situation. "Remember Jesus and Good Friday," said the old lady. "Give God a chance to helpwait three days." St. Paul was writing to a church that was waiting for the revealing of ...

233. Out Of Our Control

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... or our native language. We could not choose the prenatal care we had or the quality of our teachers. Some of us "self-made people" started life with an enormous advantage. Now that we are adults, though, we can choose. We can set goals, chart courses, work hard, persevere. Still, there is a margin of life that does not yield to our control. We speak of being in the "right place at the right time," or perhaps the "wrong place at the wrong time." A couple happened to be sitting in a restaurant in New York ...

234. The Lure Of The Easy Way

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... give the 70. A sound family means that we will take the time to be sensitive to the needs of our children, that we provide not only for their physical needs but their emotional and spiritual needs as well. Such goals require sacrifice, they require perseverance, they require determination. But everyone of us knows that the path to personal success is the path of self-denial. We also know that self denial is essential to the salvation of the world. Here is the missing summons in our day. Our world faces ...

235. Rise Above It

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... to windward has no chance to grow, where the branches all point one way, and where a tree to live must stay on its knees all through its life, that is where the most resonant wood for violins is born and lives and dies. (3) Through pain and perseverance is born the most beautiful music. In the same way there are those who will tell you that a painful and heart-wrenching experience turned out to be one of the most fortuitous events in their lives. Some of you may know that Julio Iglesias was a professional ...

236. Take Time To Pray

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... is going to be impossible unto you." You and I must take time to pray. Prayer is the key that unlocks the awesome power of God in our lives. Prayer helps us put our priorities in order. Prayer makes it possible for us to face up to our problems, to persevere until that day when God gives us victory over them. You don't have time to pray? Think again. As busy as our lives are nowadays, who can afford not to pray? 1 Carl Sandburg, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE WAR YEARS, 4 Vol. 2 As told by Charlie "Tremendous" Jones ...

237. Dr. Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... things that really matter. 1. USA Today, February 22, 1993. 2. Bud and Lolo Delaney,THE LAUGH JOURNAL (New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1974). 3. Melinda Beck "The New Middle Age" NEWSWEEK Dec. 7, 1992, p.53. 4. Bruce Narrimore, FREEDOM FROM GUILT, p. 7 5. Henry Gariepy, PORTRAITS OF PERSEVERANCE, (Wheaton,Illinois: VictorBooks, 1989).

238. Who Is He?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... live for him? 1. READER'S DIGEST 2. Ruth Bell Graham, LEGACY OF A PACK RAT, (Nashville: Oliver Nelson, 1989), pp. 18-20. 3. Bishop Earl G. Hunt, Jr., RECOVERING THE SACRED, quoting from Thomas 4. S. Kepler, "Leaves from a Spiritual Notebook," p. 57. 5. Henry Gariepy, PORTRAITS OF PERSEVERANCE, (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1989). 6. Charles Colson, THE BODY, (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1992), pp. 354-355.

239. Empowered By Angels

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... a faithful disciple of Christ in a confusing and confused world. Whatever our mission may be, the future is uncertain. It is questionable if we will succeed. We wonder if we will be hurt ” spiritually, emotionally, physically ” in the process. Uncertainty haunts us. Can we persevere to the end? OUR LESSON THIS MORNING IS ABOUT A MAN WHO FELT TOO INADEQUATE TO BE A PROPHET FOR GOD. He saw himself as one without any special skills or abilities. He questioned if he had the stamina for the task to which he ...

240. Lessons From The Locker Room

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... would keep us from attaining the goal we have chosen. St. Paul writes in our text from Hebrews, "...since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Get the picture ...

241. Hope For The End Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... this tribe for four years and eventually introduced these people to the love of God. (4) Where do we get the ability to keep going even when everything appears to be going wrong? From God and God alone. In times of need we receive help from beyond. Thus we persevere. This brings us final thing to be said. FOLLOWERS ARE NOT TO SIT BY AND DO NOTHING WHILE WAITING FOR CHRIST'S RETURN. While we wait we have work to do. What kind of work? All kinds of work ” loving work, encouraging work. Let me give you an ...

242. A Date With Destiny

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... other side of the coin, of course, is also true, and that's the third reason CHRISTIANS HAVE A SENSE OF FIDELITY. That's what we read in verses 35-36: "So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised." Promises broken carry with them the weight of judgment, but promises kept are richly rewarded. The poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning admired Charles Kingsley. She saw a radiancy about his ...

243. We've Been Bragging About You!

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... and the Lord Jesus Christ. We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing. Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring." (NIV) It's always great to hear somebody brag on their church. But it's rare to hear someone brag about someone else's church. Paul was boasting on the church at Thessalonica as a way ...

244. To Be Abased, To Abound, To Be Content

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... to believe that you're never going to have a problem "for the rest of your days" would be a stretch for even the most rosy of optimists! The faith Paul spoke of, that Jesus spoke of, is not a denial of life's pain, but the strength to persevere through it. God provides our strength. A pastor visited a man in prison--a man who had made a tragic mistake but was trying to keep his faith. In one of their semimonthly phone conversations, the man told his pastor he was assisting in the weekly chapel services. He ...

245. April Sky

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... in rocketry that they win a national science competition. All four boys receive college educations, and Homer goes on to a career with NASA. The film works because it avoids mushy sentimentality and focuses upon the marvelous themes of CHARACTER, HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE AND YES, VISION. Mary Magdalene and the disciples of Jesus, who had no hope when Jesus died, received new hope that first Easter. We could say that it was their APRIL SKY experience. For Mary, it happened when the risen Christ called ...

246. It's A Miracle

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." Authentic Christian faith does not depend on signs and miracles! Be wary of people who put too much emphasis on the dramatic or the supernatural. Christian faith is an ongoing relationship with the living Christ that perseveres even when God seems to be silent. A few years ago, Elaine St. Johns and a friend were riding down a twisting canyon road and somehow left the road. I would like to report to you that a hand came out of the clouds and caught ...

247. The Servant-king

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... to teach his disciples to live a Kingdom lifestyle here on earth. They wanted an earthly kingdom of might and power. He taught them about a heavenly kingdom of love and grace. They wanted quick results. Jesus taught the value of patience and perseverance. The disciples wanted easy answers. Jesus challenged them to ask different questions. In our Bible passage for today, Jesus knows that he will be returning to the Father soon. He will be leaving his disciples to carry on his message. And so Jesus takes ...

248. "Head" Lines

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... has belongs to us. This includes God's authority and power, which was transferred to the disciples on the day that Jesus ascended into heaven. And what kind of power does the Holy Spirit give us? The power to translate compassion into action. The power to persevere in the face of stress and suffering and uncertainty. The power to love the "unlovable." The power to live generously, without fear or anxiety. The power to overcome evil with good. The power to speak the truth in a culture of lies. The power to ...

249. Frustrated By Their Lack Of Faith

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

The Fourth of July makes us conscious of our roots. Have you ever thought what a leap of faith it was for Columbus to embark on his great adventure? Do you not marvel at his perseverance and commitment to his dream? I read somewhere that the average speed of the Santa Maria during the voyage across the Atlantic was two miles an hour. Yet we get frustrated when we have to slow down to 30 miles an hour in traffic. Do you wonder why his crew ...

250. Passing The Ultimate Test

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... Capt. Gordon Sparks, The Asbury Herald, Volume 112, No. 2 & 3, p. 11. 4. "On a Wild and Windy Mountain," by William H. Willimon, Pulpit Resource, April/May/June 1996, p. 54. 5. Quoted in Lord if I Ever Needed You, Creath Davis, Baker. Cited in Henry Gariepy, Portraits of Perseverance, (Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1989).

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