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3051. From Selfishness to Servanthood

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... day, I noticed that this man was off that couch. He was doing constructive projects around the house and was encouraging his son to do the same. There was a glimmer of hope in his eyes. I had the most wonderful feeling that Christ had used me to touch this man. I cannot describe what a thrill that was!” This young woman from Christ Church had been a servant on behalf of her master. Do you sense a need today to move from selfishness to servanthood? Here is a vital question to ask: “How much of my ...

3052. Stop Fuming, Start Forgiving!

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... all over the world, even in the Middle East. Indeed, I doubt that there is any way on earth that Israelis and Palestinians can live in the same area unless they learn the Christian doctrine of forgiveness. Let me close with a true story that touched my heart. It comes from the book by Marlo Thomas entitled, “The Right Words at the Right Time.” The author Amy Tan recalls the awful power struggles she had with her mother when she was a teenager. Her mother criticized her excessively, often humiliating her ...

3053. From Worry To Trust

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . Then ask for a 24-hour full activation of the Holy Spirit that filled your heart and mind when you first trusted in Christ as your Savior and Lord. The Holy Spirit will provide the resources you don’t have for living victoriously that day. Secondly, touch base with God periodically throughout the day. This could take the form of what I call “red-light prayers,” little prayers that you can whisper with eyes wide open, perhaps when you’re about to talk with a customer or just before boarding a plane ...

3054. The Treasure Principles

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... are tithers. He figures his tithe based on the previous year’s tax return. He pledges 10 percent of what he earned the previous year. God has blessed them with an increase each year. Therefore, about half-way through a typical year, he gets in touch with me, saying, “Pastor, we’ve been blessed again this year. My pledge has been completed, but I’m still earning income. Where can I invest this overage to get maximum benefit for the Kingdom?” You cannot imagine the comfort that message gives to a ...

3055. The Secret Of Our Confidence

2 Timothy 1:11-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... God each day in prayer, even if at first you feel as though your prayers are pointless. Secondly, read God’s inspired book each day, even if at first you read just a few verses from the Gospel of John. Thirdly, as you begin to sense God’s spirit touching your life, make a personal commitment to Christ. Dare to confess your sin to him and believe that he paid for your sin on the cross. Invite the risen Christ to be the leader of your life. Step number 4 is this: gather regularly with other believers to ...

3056. Mary, Did You Know?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... That lending cost her enormously, but in the process her life was fulfilled and glorified. There can be only one Mary in history, only one mother of our Lord. But the living Christ-Spirit is searching constantly for new instruments, new hands and feet, to use in touching this sin-marred world. Whenever and wherever God finds such a person, he has a new entrée into this world. Could God be asking you to make yourself available to him in 2007 in a more committed, obedient, and joyful way? God has a task that ...

3057. Do I Really Matter To God?

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... she was regarded as of little or no value by the Jewish, patriarchal society. Furthermore, she was suffering from internal bleeding, and that made her ceremonially unclean according to Jewish law. She was not even supposed to be out in public. Jesus said, “Somebody touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.” Somehow this woman knew immediately that she had been healed. It must have been embarrassing for her to step forward. But Jesus was motivated by love. You see, this woman believed that her ...

3058. I Believe In God The Father Almighty

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. Rembrandt knew personally the acute agony of loss, having lost three sons, two daughters, and his wife. He painted this masterpiece in 1668, near the end of his life. In this painting we see the father’s left hand touching the son’s shoulder, with gentleness and love. (8) That is what God is like, always searching for us until we are safe and secure in his house. This is the God we are talking about when we declare, “I believe in God the Father Almighty ...

3059. I Believe In Jesus Christ

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the tables of the money-changers in the Temple, protecting the sanctity of worship and the poor people from exploitation. If you want to see God’s compassion, watch Jesus weep with grieving friends over the death of his friend Lazarus. Or watch him touch the lepers whom everybody else ran from. Or watch him defend a terrified, guilty adulterous woman. Or see him notice poor blind Bartimaeus whom everybody else considered just a part of the landscape. If you want to see God’s forgiveness, see Jesus as ...

3060. Saints By Faith: Good to the Last Drop

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... a better life to those who rarely know love. [4] Of course, he is one of the well-known saints, but today we also celebrate the quiet saints, the unnamed and unknown who day by day share their faith through words and simple deeds: · Tutors who touch a child's life · Parish nurses in private homes who bring the love of Christ · Carpenters and landscapers and common weed-pullers who add to the beauty of God's house · Singers and story-tellers and teachers and parents and partners · Tithers and givers and ...

3061. Joshua: Why These Stones?

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... should not ask God to bless what we are doing. He says that's how we usually function. We organize, strategize, get it all planned out, then say a prayer and ask God to bless what we are doing. Rather, we should pray to see if we can get in touch with what God is blessing, then to step into that stream, to pile our stones in that river of new life, and to cross over. The pile of stones on the riverbank symbolized the forward movement of the people on the journey of faith. The very act of piling them ...

3062. Moses: On the Manna Diet

Exodus 16:1-5

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John E. Harnish

... the journey, daily bread. It wasn't much, but it was enough.... 1. Just enough…daily manna…daily bread. In a day of freeze-dried fast food, processed and pre-packaged, vacuum-packed and vitamin-enriched food, it is hard for us to get in touch with the basic necessity represented by the need for daily bread. For us, bread is an add-on, a compliment, something extra. But for the biblical people—and frankly, for most of the world today—bread represents the basic sustenance of life itself. The people ...

3063. Moses: A Traveling God in a Pop-Up Camper

Exodus 13:17-22, 33:7-11

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... than any other part of the story. It's laid out in incredible detail—from the tables and lamp stands to the fifty loops and fifty bronze clasps on each of the curtains, from the high altar to the high priests' underwear, punch lists and technical touches by the score—because the tent of meeting was sacred space, holy ground. You might also note that the first time the Bible says a person was filled with the Spirit of God, it wasn't talking about prophets and preachers, it was speaking of Bezalel ...

3064. God Knows....Me!

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... soul is to think that God loves me. Oh, the wonder of it all, the wonder of it all, just to think that God loves me. The story is told of the young man who went to see his aging mother, stricken with Alzheimer's. She had long since lost touch with those around her. He walked in and said, "Mother do you know who I am?" No response. A second time he asked, "Mother do you know who I am?" No response. He asked it a third time, "Mother, do you know who I am?" And as he turned to ...

3065. The Song of an Awe-Filled Life

Psalm 138:1-8

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John E. Harnish

... the song of an "awe-filled life." That's the stance of the Psalmist and the reoccurring melody of the Book of Psalms. In these weeks, I hope you will read through this incredible poetry, the powerful imagery and the glorious music of the Psalms. The songster touches on the depths of human sorrow. He cries out in anger and agony over grief and guilt, pain and loss. He acknowledges his own sin and doubt, his failure to be faithful, and his own struggle with God. But underneath, the worship of the God beyond ...

3066. A Peculiar People

1 Peter 2:1-10

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John E. Harnish

... to carry the love of Christ to others. All are called to be the servant people of God. All are called to be priests to one another. In contrast to the priests of the pagan temples around them who were venerated, pampered and out of touch with the common people, Peter calls the whole church to the task of servanthood, the calling of Christ. Again, several years ago, when British Airways was doing well, Peter Storey tells of Dick Georgiades who was credited for turning British Airways into the most profitable ...

3067. Zechariah II: Thy Prayer is Heard

Luke 1:5-25

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... of incense. I have no idea what Zechariah was thinking or what he was expecting that day, but if he is anything like most of the priests and preachers I know—including the one I know best—it was with a mix of emotions: anticipation, a touch of stage fright, and yes, a bit of ego thrown in; weighted with the concerns of the temple—budgets, staffing, differences of opinion, divorces, deaths; maybe worried more about whether his stole was right than he was about whether his soul was right; full of faith ...

3068. The Revelation Code V: Cruisin' Toward the Dream

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... us but would have been discernable by John's underground church. So the best way to approach it is through the use of fantasy and science fiction, wonder and imagination—the movies: Harry Potter and the Hobbits, The DaVinci Code and Crash. I've tried to touch on a few of the high points and, frankly, to cut through some of the clutter of contemporary literalism—best described in Tim LaHaye's mega media money-maker known as the "Left Behind" series, which really ought to be left behind, along with most ...

3069. The Revelation Code III: The Mark on Harry's Forehead

Revelation 13:11-14:7

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John E. Harnish

... of a 666 "you-know-who." He says: "You-know-who" killed your parents, and then came after you. But he couldn't do it. Ever wonder how you got that mark on yer forehead? That was no ordinary cut. That's what yeh get when a powerful, evil curse touches yeh—but it didn't work on you, and that's why yer famous, Harry. No one ever lived after "you-know-who" decided to kill 'em except you. You were only a baby, and you lived. [2] It's all about the mark on Harry's forehead, the sign ...

3070. Singing at the Table

Joel 2:21-29

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... . The sermon is entitled "When Life Tumbles In, What Then?" and it is not unlike Bill Ritter's amazing sermons after the death of Bill, Jr. In it, Gossip says: "Many people's religion is a fair-weather affair. A little rain, and it runs and crumbles; a touch of strain and it snaps." But then he builds to his climax: I do not understand this life of ours. But still less can I comprehend how people in trouble and loss and bereavement can fling away peevishly from the Christian faith. In God's name, fling to ...

3071. When Seeing is Not Believing

John 20:19-31

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... . But...be prepared for a surprise. Thomas waits. Thomas questions. Thomas doubts. Then, one week later—today in fact—he is present in the upper room, and into the haze of his questions and the maze of doubt, comes the Living Christ, saying, "Here I am. Touch. See. Feel. Know. Be not faithless, but believe." And in that moment, as he reached out to Jesus, he believed and he saw. 2. You see, sometimes seeing is believing. But sometimes, believing is seeing. Like Thomas, when we finally come to the end of ...

3072. From the Tomb

John 20:1-18

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... you do with him, where would you take him? Then it happens. It has been called "the greatest recognition scene in literature." It is one of the most eloquent and exquisitely beautiful scenes in all of scripture, and I dare to say one of the most touching moments in all of the literature of humankind across the ages, even more beautiful because it is told in such simple understatement. Years ago, on an Easter morning during my college days, I heard Dr. David Seamands preach on this text. When he got to this ...

3073. Out of Solitude

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... with us. Like Jesus, we will find our focus in the depth of our inner lives, the strength which comes "out of solitude," a calm center. In Biblical language, that's "Sabbath": a time and space for relaxation and renewal a time and place to encounter God and get in touch with our souls a day of rest 1. Sabbath: a day apart from the days of our lives. The tradition begins, of course, with God's day of rest. In the Genesis story, the storyteller says God worked himself silly for six days, and at the end of it ...

3074. Worship and Wonder

John 1:1-14

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... the difference between "sponge evangelism" and "octopus evangelism." For the most part, we are pretty good about sponge evangelism—soaking up folks who come by, get close, walk in the door. But octopus evangelism is something else. It means reaching, stretching, finding, touching, drawing in those who are in need of the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ and may not have even realized it yet. Are we actively reaching, actively inviting, and actively gathering all into the body of Christ? A recent study ...

3075. Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John E. Harnish

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