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 251 to 275 of 2404 results

251. Paul Today

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon Aid

T. A. Kantonen

... ). "Both Jesus and Paul agree," says Jeremias, "that no man is so far from God as the self-righteous person."26 The gospel of sin and grace begins to make sense only when man has become his own biggest problem, when he realizes that with all his achievements his orientation to life is wrong, that he needs God but his whole life is in contradiction to God. Today we are recovering the awareness of the need for a radical change in basic life-attitude. Mass evangelism has returned to popularity, for it seeks to ...

252. The Christian’s Style - 1960

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... a person and only a casual acquaintance, or you may never even have met him personally, and yet you feel quite sure you know him - because you are sure of his style. The fact is, a person is never really a person in the deepest sense until he has achieved such a degree of integration as to reveal a distinctive style all his own. The only way we ever really know any of the masters, the real geniuses, is by knowing their style. Suppose you hear a strain of music that you have never heard before, but in just ...

253. Christians In A Warring World - 1941

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... religion of Jesus into the religion of a war god. How can anything justify committing the worst sin imaginable? And that is precisely what modern war inevitably involves. In the second place, not only is war sinful, the pacifist believes it is likewise utterly futile. It never achieves the results sought. The victor is victimized as much as the victim in modern war. How can we so easily forget that not more than two decades ago we fought and won a war to end war; we fought and won a war to make the world ...

254. A Thanksgiving Question

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ," said Dr. Taylor. "We supply all the light for all the stars in the entire universe." That's the kind of humbling word the ancient Corinthians needed to hear. Perhaps all of us over-achievers need to hear it if we are really going to praise God on Thanksgiving rather than take stock of our own achievements. Paul urged the Corinthians to remember three things. FIRST, REMEMBER WHO YOU AEE! In verse 1 of our text, Paul referred to himself and all Christians as "servants" and "stewards." The Greek word we ...

255. A Streak of Common Sense

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... of not obeying God, while they make perfectly clear the daily demands of faithfulness if they are to obtain God’s favor. Thus, the law is not a burden; it is a gift of God to insure the continuance of genuine common sense, if the people truly desire to achieve God’s favor. The favor may be the promised land, eternal life, or freedom to fulfill oneself here and now by living a life justified by faith. Look at some of the streaks of common sense that show forth from time to time in scripture. (1) "But the ...

256. Good Friday

Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27, John 19:28-37

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... us bless God for the great gift of his Son for our sake! People: LET US BLESS GOD FOR LOVING US ENOUGH TO SACRIFICE THAT SON ON OUR BEHALF! Leader: Let us praise Christ for enduring a tragedy that we might be saved! People: LET US PRAISE CHRIST FOR ACHIEVING TRIUMPH OVER SIN AND DEATH EVEN AS HE EXPERIENCED SIN AND DEATH. Collect God of grace and glory, who gave a Son to suffer for our sakes, teach us both to grieve and to be grateful on this holy day; that, remembering the awful death that Jesus suffered ...

257. Proper 22

Gn 2:4-25

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... God’s gracious gift of the Kingdom. The key idea here is not innocence, but receptivity. Without the kind of receptivity that a child has to a gift, no one will enter the Kingdom; for it too is a gift, not a human accomplishment or an achievement award. Call to Worship Leader: The Kingdom of God announced by Christ is God’s future reign upon the earth. People: THE KINGDOM IS GOD’S DOING, NOT OURS; YET IN CHRIST WE ARE GRACIOUSLY MADE PARTICIPANTS IN IT. Leader: Our proper response, therefore, is the ...

258. The Final Farewell

Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

George Bass

... its pilgrimage." And that’s the business of each generation of Christians in a world that desperately needs to see the cross and hear the story of Jesus Christ and the victory he achieved for all of us through the tree and the tomb. By the time of his ascension, the disciples clearly understood what Jesus had been doing and achieving for God and humanity during those three years they had spent with him. God had intended the story to come out this way and, despite his departure from them, their hearts were ...

259. When Ten Equals Two

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Larry Powell

... ; (6) do not kill; (7) do not commit adultry; (8) do not steal; (9) do not bear false witness; (10) do not covet. Perhaps the hinge word here is respect. Without respect for parents, human life, neighbor, property, truth, and achievement, the second table is unintelligible. Lack of respect may be the result of, among other things, ignorance, arrogance, crudeness, or stupidity. Alexander H. Stephens, the diminutive, thin-faced Georgian who compensated for his physical infirmities by honing his intellectual ...

260. We May Have to Change Our Name

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

... new name is already given. Isaiah’s festival concludes with an image of the renewed covenant as "a crown of beauty" held by the Lord - a "royal diadem" in the hand of God. This, too, is a gift of God’s grace. It is certainly not our work, nor our achievement. But as we surround the Table of the Lord, we are given the Body of Christ. And with the gift of our Lord’s presence, we are given again the name that proclaims who we are ... for ourselves, and for the world. We offer the bread and the wine and ...

261. An Unusual Legacy

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... - my paraphrasing David left a legacy of good words that encouraged and brought hope and life to people. He also left a legacy of ... 2. Leadership In a poetic and beautiful way, the writer of "David’s Legacy" gives us a glimpse of what perfect leadership might achieve. When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God, he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth upon a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth. - 2 Samuel 23:3b-4 Such an image ...

262. Success

Mark 10:17-31

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... BRYAN: Oh. JESUS: Some people are trying to be good. BRYAN: Uh-huh. But what you're saying is that a person cannot be good by trying to be good. JESUS: You've said it. Do you understand what you said? BRYAN: No. JESUS: Goodness cannot be attained by human achievement. BRYAN: Then how can it be attained? JESUS: Who is good? BRYAN: You said God alone is good. JESUS: Then doesn't it make sense that God alone can make people good? BRYAN: Yes, it does make sense. But how does God do it? JESUS: God won't make you ...

263. The Heart of the Reformation

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... is by this "good news" that the church lives. It is the dynamic center of all the church’s activities. A church true to the gospel is consecrated to the task of leading people to a personal whole-hearted commitment to their Lord and Savior. The Reformation has achieved its purpose when you and I can say with Luther: "Jesus Christ is my Lord who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned creature, delivered me from all sins, from death, and the power of the devil ... in order that I might be his own, live under ...

264. The Dynamic Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... instruments, the Holy Spirit is given, who works faith where and when it pleases God in them who hear the gospel." The Word itself is thus an important factor in God’s saving action. It is not only an account of the victory which God in Christ has achieved over the powers of evil but also the means by which that victory is realized in human lifes in one generation after another. Let us now turn to the men whom the Word addresses today. Are they aware of the need of being energized by the dynamic Word ...

265. The Communion of Saints

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... for righteousness, the merciful, the sincere, the peacemakers, the reviled and persecuted. The road to God’s kingdom, the road which the saints have trod, is the road of humble receptivity, of sincere concern, or heroic struggle. The emphasis is not on our achievement but upon our willingness to accept what God offers. It is our weakness, our failure, our helplessness, that entitle us to his grace. As Tertullian says, "Saints are beggars who live by the wealth of God." Or as Luther says, "The saints are ...

266. As We Remember - Memorial Day

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... the reverent appreciation of it which the fathers had and which Lincoln had. In this spirit, when Finland achieved its independence, the poet Koskenniemi wrote a stirring ode "To the Freedom of Finland." These lines are much ... the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." A word must be spoken, finally, about another aspect of Memorial Day. ...

267. True Freedom

John 8:31-41

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... many boys and girls in our day. It is when we can do as we please that our troubles begin, for nothing worthwhile is achieved without discipline. Paderewski was the world’s greatest pianist, but even in old age he practiced at least an hour a day, for ... free to launch out on the ocean of life without compass, chart or pilot. True freedom is freedom to attain the goal of life, to achieve the purpose for which we have been created. That purpose is fellowship with God. That is why, just as a bird is free only ...

268. You Shall Receive Power

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... old me. But Jesus promises it. He promised it to his apostles and promises it to his people today who have faith in him. You can’t claim what has been given or promised to you if you don’t have faith. If you have faith, you can believe and achieve what God has promised and then you will receive power. When the Holy Spirit comes on you — thus the power comes when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. This is the crux, substance, core, and basis of the power. When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, the power of ...

269. His Triumphal Entry

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... be rated R. We have sanitized the crucifixion so we can hang pictures on our walls and show it to our children. All in all the death of Jesus was a horribly violent event. But the violence and realism is not the great achievement of Gibson’s film; rather, its great achievement is the redeeming power of love. As you watch Jesus’ body being crushed you see there is more to the event then violence. That Jesus is acting out of a sacrificial love and it makes you want to act sacrificially. We will talk ...

270. Pentecostal Power

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... with one mission in mind. Only with the cooperation of everyone involved were the astronauts able to navigate their crippled capsule back to earth. (5) In short, they cooperated with one another. It has been shown time and time again. When people work as a team, they can achieve amazing things. Here is how Rudyard Kipling put it: “Now this is the law of the jungle--As old and true as the sky; And the wolf that keeps it may prosper; But the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the ...

271. Living With The Aches And Alleluias

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... of the Holy Spirit. Many Christians fail to remember that Satan has already been judged and defeated. When Jesus Christ died on the cross our sin debt was paid in full. Satan was defeated. We don't fight the good fight to achieve the victory but we fight from the victory that Jesus Christ has achieved for us. If God at times CONFRONTS AND CHALLENGES us let us never forget that He also COMFORTS US AS A MOTHER STILLS HER CHILD. Don't lose heart don't let your aches get in the way of your alleluias. Live ...

272. Are You Successful Or Do You Just Have Money?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... $1000 as a bank teller! He was hiding in Central America when his wife became deathly ill. His return to care for her couldn't save her, but it did earn him a number of years in prison. And from that prison cell he began to write and achieve literary success. He wrote, however, not under his own name of William Sydney Porter. He wrote under a pen-name, a disguise, to keep anyone from knowing that it was a convicted felon who wrote the intriguing short stories with the surprise endings which made him famous ...

273. Preparing For A Royal Visit

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the race, encouraging him every step of the way 2. When Chris crossed the finish line, Nik was there to give him a big hug and congratulate him on his incredible achievement 2. The Nikic family’s story is a testament to the power of love and family values. Nik’s unwavering support and encouragement helped Chris achieve something that many people thought was impossible. Their story is an inspiration to people all over the world. You see your parent doing things like that - it's the greatest lesson in ...

274. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... t over. At age 16, he was diagnosed with a different form of cancer—Askin's sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer. Despite the odds stacked against him, Sean didn't give up hope. Miraculously, he not only survived a second cancer but also achieved something extraordinary. He decided to push the boundaries of what was considered possible for cancer survivors. He decided to climb. He became the first cancer survivor to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, in 2002. But Sean didn ...

275. A House Divided

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... survived a massacre in 1870. They hid in a remote canyon for 41 years, motivated by a terrible fear of being lynched. That may not be the highest motivation in the world, but it kept them together. The best known example of a group that did not achieve unity was the crew of the HMS Bounty who mutinied in 1789. After three peaceful months on idyllic Tahiti, the crew seized the ship and set the captain and officers afloat in a raft. The mutineers went back to Tahiti, grabbed a small group of Tahitian men ...

Showing results