Sermon and Worship Resources

Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on

Showing 2626 to 2650 of 4986 results

2626. SURVIVAL IN THE RAT RACE

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... They have the illusion that they are running uphill, that they are getting some place, that they are accomplishing some goal, that they are getting ahead of the other rats. But all they are doing is making the wheel spin faster and faster and faster. In order, then, to stay in the same place, they have to run faster. Goal? Do we ever stop long enough to discover what our goal is, or if there is one at all? How often we are like the military officer who was being flown from one tiny island in the Pacific to ...

2627. Well, What Did You Expect?

Acts 12:1-19a

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... known one? I doubt it. This is the most effective and sustaining power for love and understanding that men may know, and only the most blind and stupid and ignorant people would neglect it in their homes and in their marriages. Look, have you ever tried staying angry, for instance, with someone with whom you pray? It just isn’t possible. It just isn’t possible! I suggested to one man that he try praying with his wife, and he retorted: "Yeah, but if you prayed, then you would stop the fight, and then ...

2628. Worn Out? Tired? Weary?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... be better off with fewer brains. They would use their heads less and their feet more." One wife reports in a clinical report that her husband became a much better husband since he surgically had part of his brain removed. Before the surgery her husband would stay at home from work at least one day a week, begging tiredness and fatigue, and then he spent the day worrying about how tired he was. Now he never worries about small details that previously drove him frantic. He thinks less and does more. Try it ...

2629. TRYING IT WITHOUT GOD

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... in the night, we shall meet in spirit, until we meet again in person. Yet, if all these hopes should fail, blessed be our God that we are assured that we shall meet one day, not as husband and wife perhaps, and yet in a better condition. Let that stay and comfort thy heart. Neither can the sea drown thy husband or enemies destroy or any adversity deprive thee of thy husband and children. Therefore, I will only take thee now and my sweet children in my arms and kiss and embrace you all and leave us all with ...

2630. Chapter III

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... keep them from touching us. So, be it at the office where we work, or the school we attend, or with the people whose back yard butts up against ours, while we try to be pleasant, we want no deep ties to develop. We purposely keep our bonds weak. We stay enough aloof so that no entanglements develop which might give one of them a claim on us. That way we don’t have to get involved with them or their lives, with all of their messy problems. We have trouble enough of our own, heaven knows. Three weeks ago I ...

2631. Chapter IV

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... who he was, why he was created, and who and what he was working for. Certainly we all need time to set our tools aside, whether they are pancake turners or wrenches. We need to get the chance to rebuild ourselves mentally and physically. We need that just to stay alive and healthy. This is a fact, even though there are those who act as though such a move is absurd. Their catechism reads that "The chief end of man is to labor and the chief end of labor is money." Such individuals push their bodies as though ...

2632. We Are All Welcome In God's House

Luke 2:49

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... you a quick story. Once upon a time, Mary and Joseph, the father and mother of Jesus, thought that Jesus was lost in a big city called Jerusalem. They went back to the city and they hunted everywhere. They looked in the market place, and the motel where they stayed and all of the carpenter shops and all sorts of places, but they couldn’t find him. Finally, one of them had an idea where Jesus might be, and they hurried to find him. Do you know where that was? That’s right, church or temple. Do you know ...

2633. Good Soldiers for Jesus

Matthew 8:9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... right people they have to obey. A long time ago a Captain said to Jesus, that if Jesus gave orders for the Captain's good friend to be healed, he would be. Jesus said that would be fine, but he would go with the Captain to where his friend was staying. The Captain said that he would be very happy to have Jesus come, but he knew that he wouldn't have to go; he could just give the order. The Captain knew that everything, even sickness, had to obey Jesus. Well, this is what I want to tell you this ...

2634. Bursting the Bubbles

John 8:54

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... tell others how good we are, it doesn’t seem right. We call that bragging. But if we just do what we should, then others, including God, will notice, and they will tell others how good we are. That’s the way that it really counts and then our goodness stays and doesn’t disappear like bubbles.

2635. Jesus Is Here Today!

John 16:7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... make one pie. Then all of us can eat the pie when we put everything together. I guess we found out something pretty important. We found out that we needed everthing put together to make one whole pie. When Jesus lived here on earth, the disciples wanted him to stay here just with them. But Jesus said something like you just learned. He said he had to go and be with his Father. The disciples were very sad and said that they just wanted him. But Jesus told them that they would know more and be much happier if ...

2636. The Magnet Called Love

John 14:23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... do? (Wait for the answers) Very good. Now I have some red colored pieces and some green colored pieces in this box and I'm going to hold the magnet above them and see what happens. Look at that - the red pieces are being picked up and green pieces are staying in the box. Well, let me tell you a secret. The red pieces are like people who have a love for Jesus and the green pieces are like those who don't care one thing about Jesus. Now, that shouldn't really be so strange to you and me, because ...

2637. Is It Wrong for Us to Brag?

Luke 18:14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... does valuable things. Old Pete can’t get hurt because he isn’t just filled with air but instead with love. Some of you may know of people like my sacks. Some people never want to do anything but comb their hair and look at themselves in a mirror and stay pretty. But for what? Other people work hard, and don’t think about themselves, but instead help others. Now which kind of a person do you think God is going to choose to do his work? I think I know, and I’m pretty sure I know which sack I ...

2638. This Is Our Song

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... . I sleep on the job. I sleep when my children are trying to talk to me. I’m a sleepy pilgrim. I need help. I need a God who won’t go to sleep on me. Man, as much help as I need, I really need a God who will stay with me without getting tired or frustrated or losing his patience and pooping out. "The Lord is your keeper and shade; he defends your right hand. The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night." It does get awfully hot on this trip. There are pressures ...

2639. God Bless America! Well ... Uhh

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... , God makes us concerned not only with the body count on our side of a war but also with the bodies and families of those who suffer and die on the other side. Through Christ, God makes us concerned not only with our America forging ahead and staying ahead but also with how we get ahead and who is being hurt in the process. Through Christ, God makes us sensitive and alert to human injustice and discrimination, even when that inequality is being practiced by what it is often labelled a Christian nation. In ...

2640. Crossing the Great Divide

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... My children confuse me. I don’t understand them." Children gasp a long sigh of concession to their previous thoughts that parents are out of it and will never be with it. Citizens never cease complaining about taxes and crazy spending, but their armchairs manage to stay warm and cozy. Church members don’t like what’s going on, but the pastor can’t hear them. The pastor gripes under his breath, and the church can’t hear him. Meanwhile, the great divide gets bigger and the wide valley gets harder to ...

2641. A Reason to Hope

Lamentations 3:1-66

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... of the Resurrection. Jesus didn’t just come out of his tomb. He won a battle over every deadly enemy, over every philosophy and every institution that enslave us, from a technology gone haywire to the legalization of war to the substances some of us need to stay afloat to the priorities which have knocked our lives out of kilter. The Introit for Laetare says it well: "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad with her; all who love her. Rejoice for joy with her; all who mourn for her." That’s where the writer ...

2642. COURIER

2 Chron 30:6; Esther 3:13

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... . I’m sure that the people in England are even more aware of their dependence on the mails, since their strike lasted much longer than ours. We all know jokes based on the mailman’s pledge - that nothing in the direst circumstances shall "... stay the courier from the swift completion of his appointed round." So - what’s a courier? A mailman! Right on! But - with all due respect to our many friends associated with the postal services - a very special mailman. These were the special messengers used by ...

2643. INNKEEPER

Luke 10:35

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... their visit with Joseph in Egypt. But, there too, the inn itself was in Egypt, not Palestine. Whatever inns they had were located close to watering places and were probably just camping grounds, or, perhaps, just niches in the walls. The people who stayed there had to provide their own food, cooking utensils, and other provisions for living and sleeping. So, in the Old Testament period, we cannot speak of innkeepers, because there were none such. However, by New Testament times, travel had increased, and it ...

2644. SANTA CLAUS OR CHRIST?

Drama

G. William Genszler

... forevermore be Thine! Amen. Reader: Let us pray: 1. Forgive us, Lord This Christmas Sin That makes Thee Guest Instead of kin. 2. A Guest we welcome For a day - Then wish him well Along the way. 3. But KINFOLK loved and held so dear - We welcome HOME to stay all year. 4. Lord, may this CHRISTMAS Prove to Thee - Our KINSHIP To Thy FAMILY. All Sing: O come let us adore him O come let us adore him O come let us adore him Christ, the Lord. (Ten seconds of silent prayer, then leave Chancel quietly in dignified ...

2645. Peace of Mind

Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41

Illustration

... unhappiness. Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation with old mistakes and failures leads to depression. Not wasting time and energy fighting conditions you cannot change. Cooperate with life, instead of trying to run away from it. Force yourself to stay involved with the living world. Resist the temptation to withdraw and become reclusive during periods of emotional stress. Refuse to indulge in self-pity when life hands you a raw deal. Accept the fact that nobody gets through life without some ...

2646. Episode III: Birth of the Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... ; there is no church like that. Because if there was, I'd join it." What compels a man at 3:00 in the morning in a greasy diner on some back street to throw a birthday party for a lady of the evening? It is a desire for Pentecost to stay alive and for others to repent of their sins and be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. 2. We Must Have Power The church needs people with passion. But if we are to reach people for Christ we also need power. At Pentecost the disciples were given the ...

2647. Parents, Tend Those Lambs!

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... coffee-drinker near him found out who he was. Then he said, "Dr. Craddock, let me tell you my story. I was born just a few miles away across that mountain. My mother was not married when I was born, and the criticism directed at her also hit me. I stayed to myself at school, lest the insults of my classmates hurt me. "When I was 12, a new pastor came to the little community church. People talked about what a wonderful preacher he was. So, I began to attend. I would slip in late, sit in the back, and leave ...

2648. DON'T GET LOST!

Matthew 28:16-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... you next Sunday so you can share this special place with them. Soon it could be their church, and they would want to invite others so that they could share Jesus and His Church with them. No, you don't need a map book to find out where God is staying. God is everywhere once you know Him. God is not hiding from you or your friends. He wants you to share what you know with others, so next week get out your map and find your friend's house and then bring him to Church so that he can have ...

2649. Broken and Beautiful

Luke 18:9-14, Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... living off welfare. I thank you that I'm not a homosexual or an abortionist or New Ager or Hollywood pagan. 0 Lord, it's hard to be humble when you're perfect in every way." But there was another man in the temple that day, said Jesus. He stayed out in the remote area, the Court of the Gentiles, not feeling worthy to come into the sanctuary. He was a tax collector- --which meant that he was an unpatriotic thief and extortionist. He was so broken by his recognition of his failings that he could not bear to ...

2650. Picking A Winner, Claiming A Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ,000 to get free of back pain. Would you pay $100,000? Sure. Some people pay that for drugs, hoping to get just a portion of what the Treasure represents. A story is told of a wealthy socialite who traveled to Europe with several friends. Her husband stayed home and played the stock market. While in Paris she found a fur coat that was the most beautiful she had ever seen. She sent a telegram to her husband that said, "Have found the perfect coat for only $50,000. What do you think?" He responded immediately ...

Showing results