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2801. Drink Deep

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the most important thing," we know that it is the forgiveness and mercy we receive from Christ, and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to live a more godly life. One of the ancient practices of baptism was that people who were going to be baptized ... the Greek Orthodox church, being immersed 3 times (once in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Spirit). Toula and her brother Nick are talking. Toula's brother Nick turns to her and says, "It's not so bad, huh?" Toula, who has had ...

2802. The Gift of Comfort

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... sent His only son to be our Savior. It's also the season to be like John the Baptist and Nancy and Rick and the little boy dressed up like a doctor. "It's a GOD!" For unto us a Child is born who will baptize us with the Holy Spirit." That's the True Gift of Comfort given, not just during this season, but every single day. 1. The Pastor's Story File (Saratoga Press, P.O. Box 8, Platteville, CO, 80651; 970-785-2990), December 1994 2. "Traveling Friend." Nancy Leman. THE UPPER ROOM, March-April, 1993, p. 66 ...

2803. We Are Weak, But He Is Strong...

Romans 8:26-39

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... at the passage for the message this morning. "We Are Weak, But Jesus IS Strong . . ." And He loves us. Romans 8:26-39 [26] Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. [27] And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. [28] We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are ...

2804. Cast All Your Anxiety on Him

1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . But take courage; I have conquered the world!" Our God is a loving parent who wants to hold us and cradle us like a loving mother or father. And in a very real and deep theological sense, God wants to kiss our boo boos, mend our broken hearts and spirits. And tell us that it's going to be all right. Come to our loving parent this morning. Really open up that line of communication. I promise there won't be any tracking bracelets. Trust in the second half of this passage so you can experience the first half ...

2805. The NFL of Grace

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... best during the second half. The passage for this morning could almost be seen as one of those half time speeches by God to lift Jesus' spirits and give him the courage and strength He needed to go on. Let's look at passage. Matthew 17:1-9 (NRSV) [1] Six days later, ... to do, in order to achieve what they've always wanted to be." (8) In a sense that's the NFL of God's Grace. The Holy Spirit Nudges us to do what we don't want to do in order to become what we've always wanted to be. God Nudges us and loves ...

2806. The Inheritance

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... was pleased to dwell, [20] and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. Doesn't that just set your blood racing? Doesn't that stir up your spirit? That passage is so Spirit filled. Paul tells us that the very one for whom and through whom all of creation was created came to walk among us. The one in whom "all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell" chose to live among us and reveal to us the unconditional ...

2807. Chosen by God

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . And that brings forth the next picture: the holy person, the Christian, is to be a sign of hope. IV One of the very poignant thoughts that Paul has in this introduction to the Ephesian Christians was “God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised” (verse 13). That’s where I’d like to close. That’s what it means to be holy, that’s what it means to be called; that’s what it means to be full of love. That’s what it means to be a sign of contradiction ...

2808. Being Christ by Affirming and Forgiving

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... us can be Christ to and/or receive Christ from very person we meet. What Christ has been and done for me, we must be and do for others. Our life and our ministry in his name are inseparable. That sort of attending is the context in which the Spirit comes alive in relationship and evangelism takes place. It is a listening with mind and heart out of which comes revelation. When I listen in this fashion, the gap between the other person and me is bridged. A sensitivity comes that is not my own. I feel the pain ...

2809. No Longer Strangers

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... God in the world. But now, not so – since the Cross – the way is open to all. Those who were “afar off “ and “those who were near” have been reconciled, brought into the body by the Cross. All - no one is exc1uded – “all have access by one spirit to the Father.” We are no longer strangers - or we need not be. III Now, let’s apply this. Particular powerful aspects of the gospel are to be noted. I selected four phrases from this passage to give us light. One, “For he himself is our peace ...

2810. Bearing the Marks of Christ

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

James W. Moore

... you are the servant of Christ? Can people look at you and tell by the way you respond to the church, by the way you treat your mate, by the way you care for your children, by the way you act at home with your family… that you have the Spirit of Christ in you? In recent years, we have experienced an upsurge in religious, button-wearing and religious bumper-stickers. I don’t know about you, but I have never much wanted to wear a sign that says, “I am a Christian.” Some people do and that’s O.K ...

2811. On the Emmaus Road with Cleopas and His Friend

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

James W. Moore

... too good to be true, too idealistic for this cruel world. How could we have been such fools! We followed him… we trusted… we thought he was the one to save us and now it’s all over.” Now, that is the bold portrait of the stress-fractured-spirit. Down, dejected, defeated, worn, weary, wounded. But, we also know that that is not the end of the story. No! Suddenly, the Risen Lord comes to them. He walks with them. He talks with them. He opens the scriptures to them. He breaks bread with them… and as ...

2812. Discipline and Means of Grace

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Thirdly. In using all means, seek God alone. In and through every outward thing, look singly to the power of His Spirit, and the merits of His Son” (Fifty-Three Sermons, “The Means of Grace, pp. 183-184). Now a word about the prudential ... I surrender to Him? Law provided a clue: “He therefore is the devout man who lives no longer to his own will, or the way and spirit of the world, but to the sole will of God, who considers God in everything, who serves God in everything, who makes all the parts ...

2813. Barriers to Grace

Exodus 6:28--7:7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of his sons, the imprisonment of another son for bootlegging, a terminal disease of a grandchild, and finally his own broken health. One would have thought that all of this would bring him to his knees, that these events would soften his heart for some opening for the Spirit of God to get through to him, but not so. I remember so vividly those times that I would spend with him, seeking to share the grace of the gospel. It wasn’t as though he turned me off with a deaf ear, or that he was obstinate toward ...

2814. The Gospel of Marah

Exodus 15:22-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... are not masculine. For some mysterious reason, John and I hit it off that Sunday after noon. We found ourselves alone out on the balcony of his beautiful home. He talked honestly as I dared to probe a bit, and listen. By a miracle of Spirit, soul touched soul. Only a short time before, the huge manufacturing business that he headed was swallowed up in a conglomerate, and he’d lost his prestigious and powerful position. His world had crumbled and the “good life” that he had finally grasped, was now ...

2815. Not a Servant, but a Son

Galatians 4:6-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... model of relationship that Paul presents in verses 6 and of our text: “And because you are sons, God has set forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” And then comes our specific text this morning: “Therefore you are no ... lost but is found.” It is a joyful day in our lives when we move beyond the status of sonship, when we receive the spirit of the Son, and begin the free and glad life of sharing intimately with the Father. Let’s spend the balance of our time now ...

2816. For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ; crime in the executive suites of big business. Pleasure has become our God. Escape has become our goal. “If it feels good, do it”, is our unofficial motto. Later on in this 5th chapter of Galatians, Paul gives a summary of the fruit of the Spirit and many of us know that list: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithful ness, gentleness, self-control. Most of you are familiar with that list, but how many of you are aware that immediately preceding that list, Paul for us the works of the ...

2817. When God Seems Far Off

Psalm 10:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... m afraid it’s too late, that I’ve lost my wife’s and children’s love. I’m afraid.” To be able to express to others those feelings of fear, or any other deep or tumultuous feeling that are about to explode within us unburdens our spirit. It is dangerous to our physical, as well as our emotional and spiritual health, to keep those feelings bottled up inside. Sooner or later, they will break out - maybe as ulcers or stress that brings on a heart attack, or anxiety that brings a nervous collapse, or ...

2818. Design for Discipleship

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... perverse generation.” And there were those who gladly received his word. I like that. There were those who gladly received his word, and were baptized. And Luke said, “The same day about 3,000 souls were added to them.” That was the first miracle of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost - the birth of the church. It is more than passing interest to me that we have more people in our membership over 3,900 than made up that early church following Pentecost. Does that say anything to you? If that 3,000 ...

2819. What Would Jesus Say About Medical Care?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... good care of yourself. So much of health has to do with our individual and personal choices. Take good care of yourself physically. In I Corinthians 6:19, Paul poses this question, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit? ..… You are not your own, you were bought with a price. Therefore, honor God with your body.” He makes this statement in the midst of a discussion about food and sex. The Christian religion, unlike other world religions, regards the body as essential to human ...

2820. What Would Jesus Say About Modern Churches?

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... things. After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. He will bring salvation. All of us in the Church, and especially those of us who lead the Church, could do well to embrace that spirit of humility. This is not your church. This is not my church. In spite of the trust clauses in our deeds, the church does not belong to the Methodist Denomination. The Church belongs to Christ. We must seek his will. We must follow his ways. We must do his ...

2821. Checking Out the Scene

John 1:35-42

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... out to the woods at 4 a.m. every morning and listen for God’s still small voice. When he started feeling small enough in God’s great creation, then he would return to his laboratory and work on peanuts. Listen, God is speaking. Can you hear Him? The Spirit never screams. He doesn’t knock down doors. He comes as a very polite guest. O Let me hear you speaking in accents clear and still, Above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self will, O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control, O speak and make ...

2822. From Pride to Humility

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... judge others, you will be judged." Tough words, hard words, humbling words. Helpful words. Humility knows God. Not knows about God, but knows God. ‘Know' in the sense of being wedded to. Know God like a wife knows her husband. In the mystical union of marriage, two spirits become so united over the years that they are one. If you don't believe that observe the grief of a widow or widower at the death of a spouse, or sense the chaos and devastation when a long-time marriage ends in divorce. Two have become ...

2823. Be Silent

Luke 1:11-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to the house of God but keep us away from the awesome presence of God. The Lord is in his Holy Temple; let all the earth keep silence before him! How long is just one minute of silence in our noisy world? Silence, it protects the inner fire of the spirit down in your soul. The Bible is full of it, all the way through. Jeremiah says the word of the Lord came to me and I became his prophet and every time I spoke I got in such trouble that finally one day I just said to God, I'm ...

2824. To Say Elohim

Genesis 1:1-2:4a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... is a reflection of Elohim's character, goodness. John Greenleaf Whittier stated it this way: Yet in the maddening maze of things, Yet in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings; To one fixed trust my spirit clings; I know that God is good! I know that God is good! Elohim is a God of true godly goodness. It may have struck you by now that this is a somewhat odd sermon for Trinity, because the whole emphasis of this day is ...

2825. A Little Theology at Christmas

Titus 2:11-14

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... 't matter. After the visit of the Ghost of Christmas Future, with the specter of his own miserable death, Scrooge resolved, "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach." As people of the book, we do not need ghostly visitors to show us a glimpse of the future because, "We wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory ...

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