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2526. Dealing with Difficult People

1 Peter 3:8-18

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... to sabotage you. Some of you live with folks who are always blaming you or someone else for their problems and they never take responsibility for themselves. What do you do with people like that? How do you respond to people like that? Maybe you are tired of feeling awkward or angry or nervous around that person, but you don’t know what to do about it? Is there a way to respond to difficult people that you won’t live to regret? Is there an effective way to respond to difficult people that won’t get ...

2527. While You Wait

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... for the Lord, make straight paths for him” (Mark 1:3 NIV). “Repent” — that’s an old-fashioned word. We think it means to feel awful about the bad things you have done. Tell God and others you are really sorry and ask for forgiveness. We may think, “Okay I ... out of your sadness and funk when the truth is deep inside you know that this funk you are in is about the guilt you feel about a sin in your life you need to confront. You may be praying to God for the right things but for the wrong reasons. ...

2528. Less Is More

John 1:(1-9) 10-18

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... we could be in a bigger house, then we would be happy.” Maybe you got some of these things and you experienced pleasure for a little while, but guess what happened? When the newness wore off — when the novelty wore off — when the cool factor wore off the feelings of being unsatisfied returned. Then it was on to another goal or desire. We spend so much of our lives thinking that happiness is on the other side of some future event. We think that once we get there we will be happy. You have probably felt ...

2529. Does Prayer Make Any Diﬀerence?

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... anywhere. You know you need to pray but you just don’t seem to get an answer. Maybe this frustrates you because you hear people talk about the power of prayer like God is eating cornflakes with them at the breakfast table every morning and when you pray it feels like you are ringing the door bell to an empty house. Maybe you are someone who has a heavy burden or a serious issue in your life and you have prayed repeatedly about it and you wonder if all your prayers are falling on deaf ears. Maybe you have ...

2530. Unstoppable Love

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... was required to obey certain Jewish laws regarding cleanliness. So it took great courage for this leper to even approach Jesus. He did so because he knew that Jesus could give him the healing love he so desperately needed. Maybe you feel like that leper. You feel left out, picked on, and pushed aside. You feel ugly. You are desperate for a healing love that will show you your worth and make you whole. The good news is Jesus is walking by. He is right there beside you. You don’t have to beg like the leper ...

2531. The Power of Appreciation

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... Christmas. Just in case the busyness of the season caused us to miss the true love of Christmas, we can read about the Magi and experience God’s love at this very moment. We don’t have to wait for next Christmas. What does this love from God look and feel like? What does it mean for your life? What do we find when we experience God’s love at Christmas? We find a self we can live with. There is a great story about the actor Kirk Douglas. He picked up a hitchhiker on a California freeway one day. The ...

2532. Addicted to Hurry

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... as connected and why the intimacy has faded. Those are the moments that count. You may think skipping worship or your devotional time to get more work done around the house will make you feel better but is replacing a light bulb more important than feeding your soul and developing your relationship with Christ? How do we apply this critical principle in our lives today so that we can start living without hurry and worry and live life with joy and focus? Two simple things: ...

2533. Death, Risk, and Confidence

Matthew 10:24-39

Sermon

Tom Garrison

... think he is talking about those occasions in life where we dare to risk beyond the security that our own strength and our own material possessions can provide, to step out in faith, not knowing the end from the beginning, not having everything in our knapsack that we feel we are going to need, but like Abraham, moved from beyond, we venture to the limit of our own powers, only to discover that we are not alone, that there is another, and we are received in those moments as surely as we were received when we ...

2534. Rat Poison

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... she had suffered a series of miscarriages and might not be able to have a child. Her husband lost his job and suddenly the veil dropped. I felt my poison begin to dissipate. I was so consumed by my anger that I didn't really see her or her feelings. I began to feel the waters of grace flowing over me and the wind of the spirit of forgiveness blowing through my bones. My voice became kinder. I still didn't really like her, and I didn't think she was a good teacher, but something changed when I saw that she ...

2535. Stopping the Spread of Hell

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... revenge. We take every chance we get to put him down or make a joke at his expense. We think that revenge will make us feel better, but it doesn't. When we fight in these ways we create for ourselves a kind of living hell. There is a haunting picture ... anything to avoid. We have lots of excuses. It was her fault, not mine. Why should I go to her? If I tell her about my hurt feelings, she'll just hurt them again. These excuses are just fine if we don't mind living on the outskirts of hell. They will not do ...

2536. Thanks-Giving Is Good for Everyone

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... reply he received was in a feeble scrawl and it began, "My dear Willie." He was thrilled about that. Stidger was over fifty at the time, bald, a professor, and he didn't think there was anybody left in the world who would call him "Willie." It made him feel years younger right off: My dear Willie, I cannot tell you how much your note meant to me. I am in my eighties, living alone in a small room, cooking my own meals, lonely and, like the last leaf of autumn, lingering behind. You will be interested to know ...

2537. Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... choice of words that literally means “not to put a noose on you” (Orr and Walther, 1 Corinthians, p. 220). 7:36–38 The NIV’s alternative reading is: (36) If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years, and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. (37) But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up ...

2538. David Spares Saul's Life

1 Samuel 24:1-22

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... ’s request that his family be protected rather than destroyed. With David’s ready agreement to this—he has already given the same guarantee to Jonathan (20:14–15)—the two part. David is not so convinced by Saul’s volte-face that he feels confident enough to accompany Saul. He knows that Saul’s rational moments are neither regular nor extended. But for the moment he and his men are safe in their stronghold, which perhaps refers to Adullam (22:1). Additional Notes 24:1 The writers’ purpose ...

2539. Abner Goes Over to David

2 Samuel 3:6-21

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... , and therefore the term was commonly used in insults. Goliath felt he was being shown disrespect, treated as a dog, by being faced with the boy David (1 Sam. 17:43). In most OT instances, the image occurs when people refer to themselves as dogs—expressing either their feeling of being insulted, as here, or their humility (1 Sam. 24:14; 2 Sam. 9:8; 2 Kgs. 8:13). The only exception is when Abishai, Joab’s brother, calls the Saulide Shimei a “dead dog” (2 Sam. 16:9). 3:15 Z. Ben-Barak (“The Legal ...

2540. Job’s Reply to Zophar

Job 12:1--14:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... picture of senseless leaders groping helplessly through utter darkness—like drunkards. To grope here is to find one’s way by feel rather than sight. The verb translated, “he makes them stagger,” is the same verb used in verse 24 to describe ... power of water unleashed in torrents down these streams that run from the mountains to the sea. Similarly, at times we may feel in our own lives the overwhelming power of circumstances tumbling us along against our will and carrying us away beyond our control. ...

2541. Elihu

Job 32:1--37:24

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... directed to God in 13:24: “Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?” 33:11 He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths. Elihu quotes almost directly from Job’s statement in 13:27. In that context, Job feels certain that his case warrants vindication (13:18) and invites proof to the contrary (13:19). He seeks a meeting with God where each may examine the other (13:22), and then he requests an accounting of the wrongs for which he is being punished (13:23). The ...

2542. Betrayed by God in Battle?

Psalm 44:1-26

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... legitimate expectations from God. As one turns to prayer, God becomes both the problem and its solution. Psalm 44 is a prayer psalm lamenting a battle defeat. The people have been killed, despoiled, and dispersed (esp. vv. 10–11, 19, 22). The survivors feel humiliated (vv. 13–16) and downcast (v. 25). The psalm contains no historical or geographical allusions that point to a particular defeat known from the historical books of the OT, but Sennacherib’s invasion in 701 B.C. during Hezekiah’s reign (2 ...

2543. Alone and Persecuted

Psalm 142:1-7

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... alien, the fatherless, and the widow (Pss. 10:14, 18; 68:5; 146:9). The depictions of threat and distress are varied—trappers (v. 3), pursuers (v. 6), and prison (v. 7)—thus indicating they are not describing actual circumstances but are portraying images that denote feelings of attack and confinement. This allows the psalm to be used for a variety of needs. 142:1–2 The opening verses refer to Yahweh in the third person and describe the act of praying—they are not a formal part of the prayer itself ...

2544. The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:2-35

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... mentioned” (BDB, p. 482). The thing referred to in the context is wealth. In other words, all the wealth of this king will stir up the kingdom of Greece. This means that the king of Greece will covet the wealth of Persia and go after it. It feels awkward, but it does make sense of the Hebrew and is the most natural way to read it. Most English translations are similar to the NIV, reading ʾet as “against” and taking hakkol, “the whole,” as the object: “he shall stir up all against the kingdom of ...

2545. Joab Murders Abner

2 Samuel 3:22-39

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

2546. Ish-Bosheth Murdered

2 Samuel 4:1-12

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

2547. Faith and Deeds

James 2:14-26, James 2:1-13

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... pp. 118–19, contrasts the law of liberty of 2:12 with the law of ordinances in 2:10–11, seeing a law-grace dichotomy consonant with his reformed theology. But there is no evidence in the text that this was in James’ mind. He feels perfectly comfortable with enjoying grace within a structure of ethical rules. 2:13 Judgment without mercy is not injustice but rather strict justice without forgiveness. See further E. E. Urbach, The Sages. Mercy triumphs over judgment in the sense of “boast in triumphant ...

2548. Deliverance of Israel

Isaiah 27:1-13

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... see 28:21). That is quite a statement in this angry book. Having previously invited briers and thorns to take over the vineyard, Yahweh now relishes the prospect of a fight with them to protect the people (“Make my day . . .”). Yet apparently the benign feelings extend even to these potential spoilers of the vineyard, if they change their stance. Yahweh would rather be at peace with them, too: it is the principle that has underlain the poems on peoples such as Moab and Egypt. Warmaking is not Yahweh’s ...

2549. The Women of Jerusalem

Isaiah 32:9-20

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... and flocks. Forever (v. 14) . . . till (v. 15)! It is a fine contradiction. Admittedly, the Hebrew term “forever” regularly has fewer metaphysical connotations than the English expression, but it does suggest something final and permanent. This calamity will look permanent. It will feel as if it goes on forever. It deserves to go on forever. There is no basis for thinking anything different, except the being of Yahweh for whom the bringing of trouble is not first nature, and the commitment of Yahweh to ...

2550. I Want to Make Sense Out of My Life

John 6:24-35

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... our life out, getting it back in order. Have you ever felt that way? Maybe you've had a bad day, maybe you got in an argument with your brother or sister, maybe you got in trouble at school. When we have a really bad day, we can start to feel like our life is all messed up, just like this Rubik's Cube.And you know the best way to get everything straightened out? Talk to God about it. Pray. God loves us, and He wants to help us with our problems. (As you speak, straighten out the Rubik's ...

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