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2951. The World's Best Kept Secret

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... teenager, I had labored under the assumption that the only way for me to go to college was on a football scholarship. And that's exactly what I set about to accomplish. During my days at Furman, I had a roommate who was extremely studious. I wanted to keep up with him, so I threw myself, with a passion, into every curricular and university service pursuit that he did. One day in my junior year, I went to the office of my history professor to discuss a paper. At the end of the conference he said, "Warlick ...

2952. Repairing Your Broken Dreams

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... The statue was built in memory of their deaths. It is the figure of two children on either side and another child on top, their arms outstretched to express their hope for a peaceful world. For more than 30 years, to this very day, Japanese children keep the center of that statue filled with many-colored paper cranes. God's design of love holds. It stands. It triumphs for all generations over any design of darkness and death. Paul is absolutely correct. History has proved it in a thousand ways. If a person ...

2953. Christian Values My Holy Mountain

Isaiah 11:1-16

Bulletin Aid

... more harsh words, no more cruelties. No more recovering from wounds, no more vain regret over wounds we have inflicted. Youth: Victim and sinner alike will be set free in your holy mountain, Lord. We rejoice that we don’t have to struggle with sin forever. All: Until that time, keep us safe in the blood of Jesus Christ. Protect us from temptation and where we have failed, convict us of sin and lead us to repentance ...

2954. Christian Values: Idols of Our Making

Isaiah 45:16, 20

Bulletin Aid

... of possessions and dreams clutched too tightly? Men: We must consider God, our Creator, and worship him instead of creating new gods to worship. All: You are a kind and loving God, able to meet the needs of your creatures because you are God. Free us from the bondage of keeping idols and keep us by your grace.

2955. The Christian Life A Cord of Three Strands

Ecclesiastes 4:1-12

Bulletin Aid

... are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Women: If two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Men: One may be overpowered; two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. All: United in Christ we can conquer all enemies, endure adversity and triumph over sin. Individually we come to Christ; together we remain in his ...

2956. Consecration Idols

Exodus 20:1-21

Bulletin Aid

... possessions. Remind us that all we have comes from your hand. A rich reward goes to all who use their time, talents and money according to your wisdom. Leader: "You shall not bow down to idols and worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God." Youth: Keep us from making conformity our idol. Life is more than seeking to wear the latest fashions, to have the newest albums and to belong to the popular crowd. All: It’s hard to ...

2957. Consecration Upon Our Hearts

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Bulletin Aid

... strength. Leader: Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Women: May we show our children your goodness and your ways as we go about the daily chores. Keep us from failing to tell them about you because there just isn’t time. Men: May we not neglect to teach our children in word and in actions. Help us to be illustrations of your unconditional love. Leader: Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them ...

2958. Special Occasions The Sabbath

Isaiah 58:1-14

Bulletin Aid

... Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the Lord. Congregation: Make your joy our joy, Lord, and let your pleasure be our pleasure. Leader: Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God. Congregation: Let them be a special day of fellow ship with you. Fill our hearts with love for you so that this holy day will not be a ...

2959. Reward!

Matthew 5:12

Children's Sermon

... follow Jesus and to do the things that he wants us to do. It may not be easy. It will probably be hard, but it is worth it. Our reward is also in heaven and is part of the promise that Jesus made to us. I know that Jesus will keep his promise and give us our reward, because he has kept all of his other promises. I believe that someone who lost his dog will give me the reward if I find him. If I believe that people will ...

2960. Forty Long Days

Mark 1:9-13

Children's Sermon

... like to know what day it is, and how many days it will be until they must do something. People keep calendars to remind them of birthdays and other important things that they want to celebrate. What day do you like best that is shown on the calendar? (Let them ... answer.) All of us like certain days and we keep track of them on the calendar. I brought the calendar with me this morning for another reason. I brought it to show you how ...

2961. Check Inside

Mark 7:15

Children's Sermon

... this is what is wrong with my flashlight? That's right. It is something on the inside and not on the outside that is keeping my flashlight from working. That is like people. Most people think that what is wrong is with all of the things that happen ... or sister? Do you feel unhappy when you talk back to your mother or father? Those are the things that really make us feel bad and keep us from working the way that God wants us to be able to work. You think that my flashlight will not work because the insides are ...

2962. You Can't Hold it Back

Mark 7:36

Children's Sermon

... as he was there, it was all right, but as soon as Jesus left, the people went everywhere. They ran as fast as their legs would take them to tell everyone that they knew about the wonderful things that Jesus had done in their town. There was no way to keep them from talking. They ran this way and that way, praising God and telling the world about Jesus. Like I said, Jesus did not want them to tell, but the more he told them not to, the more they ran and did it. That was the way it was in ...

2963. Food From Heaven

John 6:35

Children's Sermon

... and drink? (Let them answer.) That's good because we would never want anyone to leave church feeling hungry or thirsty. It takes food to keep us alive and healthy, doesn't it? (Let them answer.) All of us need to eat and drink if we want to be able to ... and drinking our kind of water means that we will live only until we grow old, and then we will die. Bread and water cannot keep us alive forever. But believing in Jesus will let us live with God even after we die. That is a very important difference and one ...

2964. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of the story. The brothers still have the chance to repent and change their ways. And that’s the Good News for you and me. There is still time. Time to submit to God’s word. Time to rearrange our priorities. Time to meet Lazarus at the gate. Time to keep from sharing in the fate of the rich man. Time to be sensitive to the needs of those who suffer. The alternative is a dire picture. To live for oneself, to allow others to suffer by themselves, to die behind the stone cold walls of luxury will land us ...

2965. The Master Has Come - To Face Jerusalem

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... the road which led down toward Jerusalem. As he paused out there on the edge of the city, he must have known there was still time to change his mind. He could still have waited a while longer, or have gone back. But no, he decided to go on - to keep riding toward the city. And, so he faced Jerusalem. He came to face his enemies. He knew they were there waiting, plotting, scheming against him. He did not run from a fight, nor did he back his way into it. They did not drag him screaming and yelling to the ...

2966. The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... carry on a dialogue with Jesus as he moves us from self-defensiveness to surrender. "But, Lord, I know all about money. I earn it. I control what it does. It represents me. I can give a little away, and through it I can be secure." Jesus keeps confronting us until we see his presence in the "element" which is money. It has the potential to bring about communion with him when used as a sacramental object. At last, pushing aside all our excuses, we recognize that he is speaking in and through it. His spirit ...

2967. Running for Jesus

Romans 5:3-4

Children's Sermon

... fast so that we get a lot of work out of everyone. (Don't let them quit when they first start to tire, because we want to talk about how we must endure the pain of our suffering to produce some hope.) Let's keep going. Even if we feel tired, it is important that we keep going because we are going to prove something to each other in a few minutes. (Continue to prod them along with their running, and pushups.) All right, that's enough. I think all of you have worked pretty hard this morning. What did we ...

2968. Do You Have to Fight?

Galatians 5:15

Children's Sermon

... on fighting, As they grow older, it becomes their way to settle problems, and the fights get bigger. Pretty soon the people who did the hurting are getting hurt by someone else and they keep on hurting other people until someone comes along and hurts them. Fighting is not the answer. It never was, and it never will be. If you want to use these things - iodine, band-aids, and slings - then you learn to fight. But if you don't want to use them, ...

2969. Do Lettuce Seeds Grow Into Corn?

Galatians 6:7

Children's Sermon

... true. If you tell lies, then your life will be a lie. Nothing is true for you when you have to hide or keep telling lies because of the one lie that you told a long time ago. It is better to go to the person that you lied to and tell them you are ... sorry you lied. And then tell the truth, rather than keep on lying. Remember, if you plant a bean, then you grow a bean. The next time you see a seed or someone's garden, I hope you ...

2970. Bringing Us Together

1 Timothy 2:5

Children's Sermon

... to bring the people close to him. The people love God, but they have all kinds of problems. We call these problems "sin." Sin keeps them away from God. If you put the two pieces of paper together and let go, the pieces of paper fall away from each other ... and they both go their own way. While they like each other and want to be together there are just too many things that keep them apart. What we need is a mediator. I have a mediator with me this morning that will do the job. (Hold up the paper ...

2971. Responding to What We Hear and See

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... love our enemies. Do you know what will happen if we do? They will nail our hide to the wall And what will we do then, keep on praying for them? We liked you when you were a little boy Gentle, meek and mild, cooing in your cradle. All those nice shepherds and ... at all we've done for you, Jesus, Why can't you leave us alone? We've got enough troubles now. Why do you keep pricking our conscience? What do you want for Christmas, our hearts? Because of his doubts, John the Baptizer introduced us to the One who ...

2972. Submission

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

... from the fact that they both died one day apart. They both gave themselves to that which they considered important. People who keep up with harps and harpists say that Lily Laskin, the French harpist, took the harp out of the living room and made ... Christ. He will make love, fill out his income tax, and decide what to give away and what to keep as one of Christ's people. He will make up his mind about issues like war, sexuality, affluence, and relations as one on whom the water has been sprinkled. He ...

2973. Settling Our Differences

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... coolness where persons treat one another with a cold shoulder or with a frozen stare. Next, there is lack of tenderness where touching, feeling, and talking in soft voices seems to be absent resulting in routine communication. After a while, there is only enough communication to keep things going. A little boy was asked, "What do you talk about at your house?" He said, "We don't talk about anything except, at meals. We say 'pass the salt' and 'pass the pepper,' but that's about all." Next, there's a feeling ...

2974. Fog-Clearing Moments

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

... this reason that they were told, in the stark reality of a divine command, that Jesus must be obeyed. Thus, the disciples were able to follow because they had had a fog-clearing moment. They had had an immediate experience with Christ which enabled them to keep on going, even when the road was fogged over. They might not have fully understood, but they kept on following because of that one moment when they had had an immediate experience with Christ which enabled them to stay on the road with him. They had ...

2975. Misunderstanding Jesus

John 6:25-59

Sermon

... is about faithfulness to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Jesus is speaking here about "abiding" in him. By taking in his flesh we accept on faith who he is. And we abide, or remain faithful to who he is by keeping his commandments as 1 John 2:24 tells us when it says: "All who keep His commandments remain in Him, and He in them." So Jesus is speaking here of not only what he will do for the believer, but how in faithfulness the hearer demonstrates obedience. This is important. It is not enough to get ...

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