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276. How to Stay on Top of It

Luke 21:5-38

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... will secure our lives enables us to stay on top of it and live above the perils of the present even though we live within them. The promise of his triumph in the end and in his purpose also makes us masters of the situation now and people full of hope, so full that it spills over in a faithful witness. We do not play with cards that have been dealt to us, as people say with gritting teeth, clenched fist, and growling stomach. We are working with the love of God that has been given us and that enables us ...

277. The Resurrection of the Body

John 11:17-37

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Dean Lueking

... Christ’s own work of conquering death. He will not abandon us in our hour of greatest need! How could he? The very reason why he endured the full horror of death and was raised victorious over it, was in order to disclose God’s faithfulness to all. Put your hope in him. We do not need other human props or detours. We look to Jesus Christ. He is with us in death as well as life. That is all we need to know! This sure conviction exercises a definite influence upon our whole view of our lives here and now ...

278. Night Fighters

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James Bjorge

... piercing the darkness a light is seen afar off on a distant hillside. Would it be wise to sit and say, "Now that I have seen the light I’ll just wait it out in this frigid cold"? No, you would rather increase the tempo of your step as the hope of shelter and food would pulsate in your heart. To be sure when darkness has overtaken us we cannot always comprehend the inky blackness which has flooded our souls. We have no pat answers for the accidents and heartaches of life. We do know that sin has messed up ...

279. A Song of Promise

Zephaniah 3:1-20

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Harry N. Huxhold

... of December. The Christmas music expands and grows yearly to be the largest repertoire devoted to one subject in all the world. People want their songs to bring them joy in the season meant to create joy. Yet many of those songs are ditties with no message of hope or promise. The song of promise the prophet teaches us is one we can sing when there is nothing to be joyful about. The song of promise does not fall flat when a season ends. The song of promise does not fade when the Christmas trees are taken ...

280. Access Denied

Romans 5:1-11

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Richard W. Ferris

... a sense of peace, but also the assurance that all is right with God. He goes on to give a kind of formula that leads a follower of Christ to that peace. He says that "suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint" (Romans 5:4-5). Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, "If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility." Suffering can lead to war, or it ...

281. Advent 2

Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 14:1--15:13, Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... . Having advised the Romans to forego claims to personal rights or privileges for the sake of others (vv. 1-2) and having quoted Psalm 69:6 as a proof-from-prophecy (v. 3), Paul declares that scripture serves to instruct Christians in such a manner that hope is instilled in believers (v. 4). He then utters a wish that God may unify the Roman Christians (Jewish and Gentile) into a Christlike whole, which will eventuate in its harmony in the glorification of God (v. 5). One may focus on the crucial role of ...

282. Romans 5: 1-11

Romans 5:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... 3:27) were shown that their confidence was without merit. But Paul reclaims “boasting” here as a proper response to the new situation, the new possibility Christ has brought to believers. Those justified by faith in Christ can “boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.” This “glory” describes an eschatological state of being, the true, original relationship that was God’s design for divine/human interaction. Once broken and banished from this glory by sinfulness, the faithful may now look ...

283. The Lord's Song in a Foreign Land

Psalm 137:1-9

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John E. Harnish

... and the death march found themselves in captivity in a foreign land, cut off from the holy city and their heritage, their hope and roots, and, most important of all, from the temple, the center of their faith. No longer able to offer their worship ... God and one day every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. To be the people of God means to hold onto the hope that one day we will overcome. One day we will walk hand in hand. One day we will all be free. That we will live in peace, ...

284. What Is a Good Samaritan?

Luke 10:25-37

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Leonard Sweet

... 105.) Are we passing on the baton to others that they might run the race with us? Who are the Good Samaritans who passed the baton on to you? Corrie ten Boom is quoted as saying: "When I enter the beautiful city and the saints all around me appear, I hope that someone will tell me, 'It was you who invited me here.' When you get to heaven, will people tell you, 'It was you who invited me here. It was you who passed me the baton'?" Yet there is a significant difference between the image of the 400-meter relay ...

285. In Search of Jesus

John 6:16-24

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King Duncan

... a sense of purpose and meaning? She had within her the bread that endures unto eternal life. People who have no purpose for living need Jesus. This is to say that people who have a great emptiness in their lives need Jesus. This is why we run out of hope, this is why we have no purpose when we are empty within, there is no reason to go on. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick was the pastor of Riverside Church in New York City. He was one of the most influential pastors in America. Fosdick once wrote something you and ...

286. Shoots of Tomorrow

Jeremiah 33:14-16

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Mary S. Lautensleger

... good shepherd to God's people. God calls prophets to remind the people of who they are and whose they are, but the people have become deaf. Their land is invaded and defeated by other countries, and they are scattered to the four winds. Prophets offer comfort and hope, again reminding God's people that they are God's people. God has spoken of a time when God will cause a new shoot, a new king, to spring from the cut-off stump of the lineage of Jesse. The new king will rule with compassion, bringing justice ...

287. Leaving ‘Last Chance’ Heading For ‘Needmore’

Romans 12:9-11

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... at the Crossroads. Down one road is despondency and despair, and down the other is total misery and dejection. And that's ALL they see because that's ALL they have ever experienced. Somehow in life they missed the exit sign and the turn off to a life of Hope and Joy and true happiness. They don't know there is another road. They are like the character Leroy from the comic Lockhorns who comes home from work and says to his wife, Loretta, "The day went the way it usually does when your life is going down the ...

288. The Living Advent Wreath (Trust: Purple Candle of the Magi)

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Isaiah 61:1-11

Drama

Frank Ramirez

... biding, Love waits. Pilgrim: So I am satisfied, even if there are no answers to a skeptical world, to a world at war. Perhaps some ills cannot be changed. Guide: So you are content to return, even without the fulfillment of your mission? Pilgrim: Surely faith, hope, and love are enough. Guide: Perhaps they are. Yet, there is persistence. Even against the sneer of a skeptical world. Pilgrim: So what sort of answers can we give to those who are not believers? Guide: First we must not give up on such people ...

289. Everything Must Go: Striking It Rich

1 Timothy 6:3-10

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James Merritt

... really is most of us in this room he simply tells us that the key to holding a right perspective and hearing the right voice is found in having the right focus. “As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.” (I Timothy 6:17, ESV) It is important to note that God doesn’t condemn the rich for being rich. He doesn’t tell them to get rid of their money. He doesn’t ...

290. Pop Verses: Jeremiah 29:11

Jeremiah 29:11

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Charley Reeb

... find God’s will for you and apply it. If you are serious about finding God’s plan for you, God’s future for you, God’s hope for you, then listen up. So if finding God’s plan and will for us is not complicated then why do we struggle with it? The answer ... s will. God’s will for us is to seek his heart and be in a relationship with him. Out of that you will discover God’s hope and future. So how do we use this fundamental in our daily lives to discern God’s will? How do we seek the heart of God? ...

291. A Question of Trust

Romans 5:1-5

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King Duncan

... She says that the only way she survived that painful time was because she wasn’t suffering alone. As she wrote, it was Christ living in her by the power of the Holy Spirit, making his power perfect in her weakness, that allowed her to persevere and find hope. (6) It is only in our suffering that God’s power is made perfect in weakness. We can never understand the nature of God, we can never understand the power of God, and we can never truly trust the promises of God until we have endured suffering and ...

292. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Psalm 25:1-22

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William E. Keeney

... finds its fulfillment in riches beyond our greatest imagination. Homily Hints 1. Living with Uncertainty. (vv. 25-36) This is the season of Advent. In the time of Jesus' birth people lived with high expectancy. Most did not recognize the signs of the time. Nevertheless they lived with hope that God was active and gave signs of his constancy. A. Signs of God's Work in the Past B. Signs of God's Work in the Present C. Assurance of God's Work in the Future 2. Stand Up and Raise Your Head. (v. 28) The passage ...

293. Buying Swamp Land For God

Jeremiah 32:1-44

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Robert P. Hines

... to ignore deeds of sale. If they conquered your country, they figured they owned the land. It was a time when there was no hope in the city of Jerusalem. People weren't planning for their retirement. They weren't even planning for next week. No one knew if anyone ... social security, or financial security. Our future depends on God. And because the future belongs to God, there is always reason to hope. It is my contention that the people of God are often called to do things that look foolish to non-believers. We ...

294. Week Four Of Lent

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Richard Gribble

... Church. What is the reaction we give to the challenge of God? Do we ignore the challenge or worse yet become angry and do all we can to rid ourselves of that which asks us to change? This was the reaction of those who secured the death of the Lord. Hopefully our response is more positive. We may not be able today to dive head first into any and every challenge that comes our way. An open attitude, however, is important so that we can grow and in the process find God in ever more great and wonderful ways. Of ...

295. Your Journey Of Life - A Wedding Ceremony

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Mark P. Zacher

... and commitment in your relationship. Before this company, before this altar, and before God, you will, in just a few moments, make vows of love to one another. And, they are holy vows and your action in sharing them speaks very powerfully to us about the reality of hope and about promise and above joy and about love. I would like to, just briefly, remind you of some of the words that were read from the 13th chapter of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. Paul wrote, "Love is patient and kind; love is not ...

296. The Right Spirit Within Us ...

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... God of Israel: "The days are surely coming ... I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." (31:31ff) The preacher Ezekiel, a younger contemporary of Jeremiah, preached the same promise of hope in these words: "A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." (36:2) "Circumcision of the heart" is what is needed. The spiritual ...

297. What Makes People Great?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Edward Chinn

... began the good work within you will keep right on helping you grow in his grace until his task within you is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns" (Philippians 1:6, LB). There are four qualities to this divinely inspired greatness: humility, helpfulness, hopefulness, heroism. I First, a person is made great by being humble. When King David was a boy, he lived as a shepherd on the hills of Judea. Under the black sky, David saw the stars and realized how small human beings are. In a psalm ...

298. Surprise!

Luke 4:14-30

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King Duncan

... lady recommitted her life to Jesus that night. Before she left, she said, "I feel so confused and yet I feel so good and so at peace and free." (8) "The Spirit of God is always a spirit of liberty." That's what God is all about. God is about hope; God is about justice; God is about freedom. It was a surprise to Jesus' listeners 2000 years ago, and if we really think about it, it is a surprise to us today. Jesus came to share the good news that God cares about our hopelessness, our oppression, our bondage ...

299. The Eureka Experience

Genesis 12:1-8

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Edward Inabinet

... to make a new beginning. He could have stayed where he was, but he would never have known the beauty of faith in God--he would never have known the things God can do through those who trust in Him. Paul tells us in Romans 4 that Abram hoped against hope. He hoped against hope that God's promises would come true. He put his faith and his trust in God. Had he not done that, then he would not have experienced the newness of life, the new direction, the new beginning of life that the Lord gave to him. But he ...

300. Building a House (Mother's Day)

Luke 6:46-49

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Maxie Dunnam

... to God's grace. Her posters were very popular and communicated the Gospel in a mind-grabbing, heart- touching way. One of those posters carried this message: "There are three things that keep life from being so daily -- to make love, to make believe, and to make hope with the everyday common stuff and people around us." Isn't that it? The answer to keeping life from being so daily -- but far more than that -- this is what mothers and fathers are to do with children in the home: Make love, make believe, and ...

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