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2951. Walking On The Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... so your blood doesn't flow harmoniously. As a result, you experience sickness. Focus your thoughts on God instead of on your problems..." Hundreds of years before Christ, Isaiah the prophet put it this way: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee..."(26:3) The best antidote for fear is to keep your eyes fixed on ChristHis power and His promises. Here is the lesson from this little story. The disciples saw Jesus out on the water. They were terrified. Jesus told them to take heart ...

2952. One Word Changed Everything

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... ducks. You are probably aware that some baby birds have a strong instinct to follow the first moving thing they see after they are born as though it were their mother. Ducks in Bali have been known to follow a flag stuck on a pole and have stayed within sight of it while they grazed in the rice fields. That's the way some people are. They will follow almost anything or anybody. Jesus wasn't really that concerned about what the masses were thinking about him. Winston Churchill once was congratulated on the ...

2953. Vive La Difference

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... looked so thin and weak. While he was engrossed in admiring himself in the spring, a lion appeared and charged toward him. The buck fled and easily outdistanced the lion, for his true strength was in his legs. In the open fields he had no problem staying in front of the lion. Unfortunately, he soon ran into wooded country, where his antlers became entangled in the branches of a tree. The lion caught him. The buck thought to himself, "Alas! my legs which I thought were too frail were my salvation and the ...

2954. When Someone Else Gets The Honor

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... those who had worked just one hour. And those who worked all day were furious. It wasn't fair. The same envy is displayed by the elder brother of the prodigal son. "It isn't fair that my younger brother should receive a welcome like this, when I have stayed home all these years in the Father's house and I have never received a party like this one." Now, the important issue here is not the fairness of the situation. none of these situations is fair. The workers had a point. The elder brother had a point ...

2955. Save The Tokens For Uncle Sam

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... do what we please with our bodies, we usually do ourselves harm. Our bodies are such wondrous, miraculous gifts. I like the way Zig Ziglar puts it. He asks, "If you had a million dollar race horse, would you allow it to smoke cigarettes, drink whiskey and stay out all night? How about a thousand dollar dog? How about a fivedollar cat." If you wouldn't treat a million dollar race horse like that, then how can you abuse a sixmillion dollar body? This was brought home to me recently when I read a story about ...

2956. Ready For The Game Warden

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . "How did you do this?" a critic asked. "You had no chance to practice for seven years." "I did practice," Liu replied, "every day. I rehearsed every piece I had ever played, note by note, in my mind." (2) Liu knew that he must stay ready. He would not always be in prison. He wanted to be prepared in case there ever was another performance. In 1976, Indiana University's basketball team was undefeated throughout the regular season and captured the NCAA National Championship. Controversial and colorful coach ...

2957. Rise Above It

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... seek the wood found on the peaks of the Rockies, 12,000 feet above sea level. Up there where the winds blow so fiercely and steadily that the bark to windward has no chance to grow, where the branches all point one way, and where a tree to live must stay on its knees all through its life, that is where the most resonant wood for violins is born and lives and dies. (3) Through pain and perseverance is born the most beautiful music. In the same way there are those who will tell you that a painful and heart ...

2958. The Mighty Tide Of God Rolled In

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... began speaking in other languages. News of what was happening spread quickly. Jews from all over that part of the world had crowded into the holy city to celebrate the sacred feast. Curious crowds gathered outside the house where the disciples were staying. Each listened with amazement to the disciples testifying in the their own language. There was such turmoil that some supposed that the disciples were drunk. It fell upon Simon Peter to interpret to the crowd what was occurring. They were not drunk ...

2959. Do Not Lose Heart

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... the tasks at hand. OF COURSE, THE ESSENTIAL KEY IS TO TRUST IN A HEAVENLY FATHER. As R.G. Letourneau once said, "Worry and trust cannot live in the same house. When worry is allowed to come in one door, trust walks out the other door; and worry stays until trust is invited in again, whereupon worry walks out. " How true it is. It's like a construction crew that was building a new road through a rural area, knocking down trees as it progressed. A superintendent noticed that one tree had a nest of birds who ...

2960. God's Plan For His World

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... people. Unfortunately, you and I do not always act like a special people. Once a man attended a fair and saw another man leading a fine, well-groomed horse. He asked, "Is that a saddle horse?" The other replied, "No, sir. This horse will buck off a saddle. Nothing can stay on his back." "Is he a driving horse, then?" the man asked. "No, he was hitched up once to a cart, but he made kindling wood of it," was the reply. "Well, what is he good for? Why is he here?" the man asked. The answer was, "Style, man ...

2961. Looking For Mr. Right

James 4:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... and that nothing could be done to change the situation. Imagine that married to the wrong person and nothing you could do about it! According to divorce statistics, a lot of people feel they married the wrong person. And researchers tell us that many who stay married say they would not marry the same person if they had it to do over again. As comedian Jackie Gleason once said about one couple, "When they were married, they were mispronounced husband and wife." Nearly everyone some time in their lives hopes ...

2962. He Can Change Water To Wine

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... lives we must lose them. From maintenance to mission--that is a key step in turning the water of our lives to wine. Another is a NEW MOTIVATION. Ulysses S. Grant had a famous weakness for drink. A biographer of Grant wrote that "fondness of drink seemed to stay with him, although it is notable that he never indulged it when the chips were down. His benders always took place in dull periods, when nothing much was going on." Did you catch that? WHEN NOTHING MUCH WAS GOING ON. It is hard to imagine a follower ...

2963. Help For Troubled Hearts

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." Some of us are afraid. FOR SOME OF US THAT FEAR IS LINKED TO GUILT. Norman Vincent Peale tells of spending some time on a lush tropical isle in Jamaica. In the hotel in which they were staying there was a map that hung in one of the hallways. In the corner of the map there was some very faint lettering over an almost totally uninhabited part of the island. Looking closely Dr. Peale realized that the words were, "The Land of Look-Behind." Intrigued ...

2964. A Pentecostal Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." (RSV) That is how the church was born not from below but from above. That is a most encouraging truth to me. A Pennsylvania denominational executive tells of his family's stay in a dilapidated hotel one summer while on vacation. They had made reservations long in advance, sight unseen. Upon awaking the morning after their arrival, they heard the steady thud of a wrecking ball working very close to them. The thuds kept getting closer ...

2965. How Can I Know The Truth?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... of all, we ask, "Does it make plain sense?" Gene Ruyle in his book, MAKING A LIFE, tells a story about Eliazar Hull, the captain of a whaling ship, who sailed from the ports of New England in the early 1800s. Eliazar was able to sail out farther, stay out longer, and, in that way, come back with a larger catch than anyone else. The owners of the fleet, seeking to insure their ships against damage or loss at sea, asked that all ship captains be schooled in the latest navigational techniques of the day. When ...

2966. A Mystifying Question

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... IS THE BEST WAY. Life gets awfully complicated, sometimes, even for the best of us. On a snowy December evening years ago there was a party for teenagers at Addie’s house. Addie was a 12 yearoldboy who felt out of place there but his older sisters asked him to stay. An older boy at the party noticed him looking gloomily out the window and offered to do the manual of arms that he had learned at school for him. Addie got the family’s .22 rifle and the boy gave a quick demonstration of the manual of arms ...

2967. Ready For The Great Race

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... champ needed a chump to fight. Rocky fits the bill. Creed ™s backers hype the fight as a major one, but none of Rocky ™s friends think he has a chance. They think Creed wil make hamburger out of Rocky. For his own part, Rocky is determined only to stay in the ring the entire 15 rounds. As he put it, he simply wants to "go the distance." "Going the distance" is a noble achievement. Many begin races that they never finish. It is always disheartening to a pastor to see middle-aged people drop out of the ...

2968. The Secret Of Champions

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... They made fun of the way he walked, and the way he looked with a catcher ™s mask on. He swung at bad pitches, had problems behind the plate, his throwing was wild. He was criticized and laughed at, but would not quit. He was determined to stay with it. He worked hard to overcome his shortcomings as a catcher; he spent extra hours in the batting cage; he studied rival hitters, until he knew their every weakness, and eventually turned the table of public opinion. He won the respect of his teammates, and the ...

2969. God Loves An Underdog

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... shared with him what Christ had done in his own life. Kornfield was so enthusiastic about this change in his own life, that he caught the patient's attention in spite of his brief lapses brought on by the medicine. Late into the night, the doctor stayed with his patient, sharing with him the unsearchable riches of Christ. Later that night someone slipped into the doctor's quarters and brutally bludgeoned him to death. From a human standpoint that should be the end of the story-a tragic story ending only in ...

2970. How Much Faith Is Enough?

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... . We are told that whenever you ask a Japanese how he is doing, he almost always replies, `Oh, I'm quite busy.' Even if he has nothing to do, his response is the same. Rest and relaxation in the Japanese culture are almost looked on as sin. So people stay busy, even if it is with activities of little importance. (1) Some of us are like that. We are ready to jump into action at a moment's notice not because our faith compels us, but because we are uncomfortable being still. I once read an intriguing story ...

2971. Victory on a Broken Knee

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’t bloom for another two years,” he chuckled, as Jane made one last attempt, before the cutaway to a commercial, to discover the elixir for his longevity. Finally Jane Pauley made one last attempt. “What’s your secret for living so long and staying alive?” she asked. The old man replied with a question of his own. “Who would take care of these beautiful flowers?” he asked. “Jane sighed,” writes Denis Waitley, “turned a little pink, and Today took a time-out to sell something.” (5) You ...

2972. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... deep, was to see God, to find God, to know God. And there he was! And somehow we know that’s true for us too this morning, God is here. He meets us in this place. We don’t always think about it like that. It’s not something that stays in our minds from week to week. There are some wonderful lines in one of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poems. She says, ("Crowned and Buried"): Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, The rest sit ...

2973. Promises Kept!

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... s what everybody else was doing. But by a stroke of genius, he changed the future of the world. You know, he thought, people get restless when they’re forced to move. Sometimes they don’t give up their identities. Sometimes they just fight all the harder to stay separate. Let’s try something new: Let’s give all the scattered peoples the option of going home. Let’s tell them to go back to their countries, back to their villages, back, even, to their gods! And maybe if we help them to do that, they ...

2974. Finding Jesus

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... because of the witness of John the Baptist. Jesus noticed them following him, and asked them what they were seeking. They replied that they wanted to know more about him. Jesus issued the personal invitation, "Come and see." And they did. They stayed with him all day. They became his disciples. Today, Jesus Christ issues the same invitation to other would-be followers, "Come and see." Two months before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke to his congregation at Ebenezer Baptist Church in ...

2975. United We Stand, Divided We Fall

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... negative message to the community, including people who might be considering joining the church. "Why would I want to be a part of that church?" someone might think. "All they do is fight with one another all the time. I would be better off staying home on Sunday morning." United with one focus there is no stopping the church of Jesus Christ. Together we in the church can accomplish great things; divided the church will not accomplish much of anything. The church at Clyde's Corner that was quarreling about ...

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