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226. Doxology

Romans 11:33-36

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... that worship begins where theology ends. Where the legs of reason grow weary, the heart may yet soar on wings like eagles. Verse 33 marks the frontier between theological argumentation and sublime worship. Paul’s long and difficult philosophy of history now yields to a doxology to God’s wisdom. A lesser soul than Paul, having plunged into the labyrinth of divine sovereignty and human sin, might, like Job, have emerged shaking his head in despair. Not so the apostle. The severity of the problem magnifies ...

227. Struggling with Doubt, Standing on Faith

Matt 7:15-23; 28:16-20

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Donald M. Tuttle

... asks. We know deep inside that a life that endures our inevitable struggles cannot be built on Jesus as merely a wise man or as one great religious teacher among many. It rests on acknowledging by faith that Jesus is the very presence of God among us. It rests on yielding to the authority he possesses as God's only Son.

228. Faith In Death

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Maxie Dunnam

... different about her. Subtle, but distinctly different. "How are you?" I asked. Immediately she responded, "I'm praying, and I want you to pray that Jesus will come soon and deliver me." We did that together. It wasn't a surrender to despair; it was a yielding to certain hope. It was her ultimate commitment. For more than a year she had fought a courageous battle and lived in the strength of her faith. Now she had moved to another level of commitment. She prayed confidently and in hope. I think often of ...

229. Evil Will Not Prevail Against the Lord

1 Kings 21:1-29

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... , O Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, sometimes amid all that seems to be going wrong in the world around us we have been tempted to doubt that You really are in control of our destiny. At times we have even considered yielding to pressures that would have us do things You would not have us be about. Forgive us, Lord, and instill in our hearts the strength to be Your faithful servants. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name" "He Keeps Me Singing" "Standing ...

230. Three Kinds of Givers

Luke 12:13-21

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Keith Wagner

... anything from the flint, you must hammer it. Yet, all you get are chips and sparks. The flint gives nothing away if it can help it, and even then only with a great display. To get anything from the sponge, you must squeeze it. It readily yields to pressure and the more it is pressed, the more it gives. Still, one has to squeeze it. To get anything from the honeycomb, however, one must only take what freely flows from it. It gives its sweetness generously, dripping on all without pressure, without begging or ...

231. Our Savior Lives!

Acts 2:14-41

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... of Christ. We ask now for Your sustaining power that we might carry the Gospel to the world. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have come together in worship and spoken the words of Your resurrection, yet in our hearts we have yielded to the temptation to believe You are so Great You could not possibly care for our personal needs. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to remember it was for each one of us You willingly went to the Cross. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Thine Be The ...

232. Proper 17 * Pentecost 15 * Ordinary Time 22

Matthew 16:21-28

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... could - Seriously - Blame my temptations on the Devil - Or somebody else - But they are mine! My choices to make For good or bad And they are hard choices! (If they weren't They wouldn't be tempting! And I wouldn't risk making the wrong ones!) Lord, forgive me for yielding to temptation Especially the temptation to blame others For tempting me, And give me the strength to face my choices Honestly, And to decide as you would have me do. For Jesus' sake Amen

233. Change Your Tune

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Grady Nutt

... the refrigerator, plugged it in, turned it to WSM in Nashville (home of the Grand Ole Opry), and then pulled all the knobs off! He had already tuned in all he ever wanted or expected to hear. Some marriages are "rutted" and rather dreary because either or both partners have yielded to the tyranny of the inevitable, "what has been will still be." Stay open to newness. Stay open to change.

234. The Unshakable Kingdom of God

Hebrews 12:14-29

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... against Your Kingdom, yet You love us still. We praise You, O God. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession O God, even though we know You are our Creator and Sustainer and that Your Kingdom will be victorious for all eternity, so often we have yielded to the worldly pressures to believe our only hope lives in our worldly wisdom and science. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to remember that it is You we serve in this hurting and need-filled world. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "O Jesus, I Have Promised ...

235. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17

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... that of Judas Or even that of Peter. Mine's more quiet More like the other disciples; The decisions not made; The stands not taken; The witness not offered; The sacrifice not made To the one who sacrificed himself for me. Lord, forgive me for not standing by you For yielding to my fears, And grant me the courage to stand firm Through this long, Dark Night And through all the days to come, For Jesus' sake, And the sake of my soul. Amen

236. Knowing Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

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C. S. Lewis

... is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means - the only complete realist.

237. A Spirit of Unity

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Staff

... light of Christ's commands. Then they came together. Francis Schaeffer, who told of the incident, asked a friend who was there, "What did you do then?" "We were just one," he replied. As they confessed their hostility and bitterness to God and yielded to His control, the Holy Spirit created a spirit of unity among them. Love filled their hearts and dissolved their hatred. When love prevails among believers, especially in times of strong disagreement, it presents to the world an indisputable mark of a true ...

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest form of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal in satisfying his vices. And it all comes from lying to others and to yourself.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

239. Twelve Rules for a Happy Marriage

Eph 4:20

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Ann Landers

Twelve Rules for a Happy Marriage: Never both be angry at once. Never yell at each other unless the house is on fire. Remember that it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking. Yield to the wishes of the other as an exercise in self-discipline, if you can't think of a better reason. If you have a choice between making yourself or your mate look good choose your mate. If you feel you must criticize, do so lovingly. Never bring up a mistake ...

240. Thank God for Pain

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Dorothy Clarke Wilson

... of skin." All that night the great orthopedic surgeon tried to imagine his new life as a leper, an outcast, his medical staff's confidence in their immunity shattered by his disaster. And the forced separation from his family. As night receded, he yielded to hope and in the morning, with clinical objectivity, "with steady fingers he bared the skin below his ankle, jabbed in the point and yelled." Blessed was the sensation of pain! He realized that during the long train ride, sitting immobile, he had numbed ...

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

Oscar Wilde

To win one's joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy.

Andre Gide

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

Walter Lippmann

244. Legend In Your Own Mind

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Dag Hammarskjold

Around a man who has been pushed into the limelight a legend begins to grow as it does around a dead man. But a dead man is in no danger of yielding to the temptation to nourish his legend, or accept its picture as reality. I pity the man who falls in love with his image as it is drawn by public opinion during the honeymoon of publicity.

Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.

Gerald G. May

We are free to yield to truth.

Horace

When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

Khalil Gibran

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

Mahatma Gandhi

So long as the body is affected through the mind, no audacious device, even of the most manifestly dishonest character, can fail of producing occasional good to those who yield to it an implicit or even a partial faith.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

Pindar

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226. Doxology

Romans 11:33-36

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

227. Struggling with Doubt, Standing on Faith

Matt 7:15-23; 28:16-20

Illustration

Donald M. Tuttle

228. Faith In Death

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

229. Evil Will Not Prevail Against the Lord

1 Kings 21:1-29

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

230. Three Kinds of Givers

Luke 12:13-21

Illustration

Keith Wagner

231. Our Savior Lives!

Acts 2:14-41

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

232. Proper 17 * Pentecost 15 * Ordinary Time 22

Matthew 16:21-28

Bulletin Aid

233. Change Your Tune

Illustration

Grady Nutt

234. The Unshakable Kingdom of God

Hebrews 12:14-29

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

235. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17

Bulletin Aid

236. Knowing Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Illustration

C. S. Lewis

237. A Spirit of Unity

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Staff

Fyodor Dostoevsky

239. Twelve Rules for a Happy Marriage

Eph 4:20

Illustration

Ann Landers

240. Thank God for Pain

Illustration

Dorothy Clarke Wilson

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

Oscar Wilde

To win one's joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy.

Andre Gide

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

Walter Lippmann

244. Legend In Your Own Mind

Illustration

Dag Hammarskjold

Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.

Gerald G. May

We are free to yield to truth.

Horace

When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

Khalil Gibran

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

Mahatma Gandhi

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

Pindar

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