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301. Pay Attention To The Inside

Luke 11:37-54

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... own field...against our own competitors when room at the top is limited...that envy can pervade our spirits and poison our souls. (Jim Moore, Enemies Within, April 16, 1989) It happens in all walks of life. It happens among Clergy. I've known two persons, Methodist Ministers, who became bitter and cynical, and I think it began with envy. They envied the position, power and influence of bishops. That became their driving ambition to be bishops. When their goal was not realized, their disappointment was so ...

302. Fulfill Your Ministry

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for the souls committed to his care. In fact, if Ezekiel allowed the wicked to die unwarned, Yahweh threatened to require their lives at the prophet’s own hands. So, Yahweh says to him, “And you, son of man, groan! With trembling loins and bitterness shall you groan before their eyes!” (Ezekiel 21:11). We don’t groan – so the world groans! We don’t groan, so the Christian faith is presented simply as another option among many to make us more “healthy, wealthy, and wise.” We don’t ...

303. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... isolated, months at a time spent alone in the hills. Patrick had been raised in a Christian home, but didn't really believe in God. But now- hungry, lonely, frightened, and bitterly cold- Patrick began seeking out a relationship with his Heavenly Father. As he wrote in his Confessions, "I would pray constantly during the daylight hours," and "the love of God . . . surrounded me more and more." Six years later, God spoke to Patrick in a dream, "Your hungers are rewarded. You ...

304. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... of these kind of kingdom citizens in any family or any church or any town can make a big difference. One can then become two. These people also give up the right to hurt others who hurt them. They leave settling scores to God and refuse to be consumed by bitterness over old wounds. You simply can’t make them respond in kind. They know that to copy the tactics of their opponents is to become like them, which they refuse to do. They have learned that it is more fun to be like Jesus than to be like the devil ...

305. Love without Limits

John 13:31-38

Sermon

John K. Bergland

... you mind going in to see him?" I said, "Sure." As I approached Walter's room, the nurse said, "And, Chaplain, Walter is a very bitter man." When I entered his room, I said, "Hello, Walter, my name is Charley, and I am one of the chaplains of the hospital." ... different in mind for me. So for the next thirty minutes Walter talked about the joy of his life before cancer and the anger and bitterness he felt toward God because of his cancer. After we talked, I asked if I could have a prayer. He said, "I don't ...

306. The Embassy at 6601

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... from such ugly behavior, I ask you to reflect on your own lives for a minute. Who was the last person you gossiped about or maligned? How frequently do you label or stereotype others who may disagree with you? How willing are you to savor animosity and bitterness toward a friend or family member in order to hold onto your own hurt, your own self-righteousness, your own brokenness and pain? I love to tell the story of the conservative Presbyterian who just a few weeks ago called me a heretic, a harlot, and a ...

307. A Guide to Christmas

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... to your heart allow God access unto you? If it doesn't, if your mind and heart are turned away from God, then repent! Stop and turn! Change your mind! Ask God to help you clear the roads of clutter. Ask him to fix the ruts of hate and bitterness, to bridge the fears and failures, to smooth out the sins, the pride, the complexes. "Turn to God," John is preaching, "The Lord is coming! Clear the roads!" The People's Response From John's purpose and message, let us pass on to the people's response. According to ...

308. Three Ways to Know a Saint

Sermon

King Duncan

... brother’s children, and so Ian takes on the care of three children. It is his burden to bear, his penance for the tragedies he has brought about. And because he sees these children as his penance, Ian becomes bitter. The novel follows Ian Bedloe’s journey from bitter resignation to an awakening sense of joy and thankfulness over all the blessings these children have brought into his life. The obligations of caring for the children have not changed; only Ian’s perspective has changed. The burden has ...

309. Four Cornerstones

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 't even if he could. However, by means of a small, self-contained mortar and pestle, a portable grindstone, we're able to pulverize his pills and stir them surreptitiously into his twice-daily applesauce. Likewise Jesus the grindstone works in our lives to transform bitter lessons into new wisdom. East: Jesus as Living Stone The sun rises in the east. Facing the east is Jesus as our Rock and Redeemer – our Savior and our Shelter in the time of storm. Christians don't need worry stones, because we have the ...

310. Are You Living the Three Advents?

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... -21, identified there by Paul as “works of the flesh.” Paul’s Roman audience knew well these works, being able to observe them first-hand every night in the streets, taverns, and homes of Roman citizens. Significantly, Paul finds the bitter and community poisoning acts of “dissension and jealousy” as darkly sinful as the more easily identified boisterous sins of drunkenness and debauchery. Conversely, Christians are called by Paul to live “decently, as in daytime.” Our behavior should stand up ...

311. What to Do with Yesterday - A Sermon for a New Year

Psalm 103:1-22

Sermon

James McCormick

... about forgiveness, she said, “I’m not ready to forgive him yet. He hasn’t suffered enough.” But, he had remarried and gotten on with his life. He was not suffering because of her lack of forgiveness. She was. Every day she was being consumed by her bitterness and anger. And, her children and everyone around her were affected by the stink of it. When God cuts the cable, he takes that kind of garbage away, too. Listen to the good news: there is no sin God is not willing to forgive. There is nothing ...

312. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

John 16:17-33

Sermon

James McCormick

... from it. The book, a novel by Hannah Green, is about a girl who struggles with the help of a psychiatrist to emerge from an imaginary world and to enter the world of reality. But it’s a real struggle. At one point, the girl throws a bitter remark at her doctor. She cries out: “What good is your reality when justice fails and dishonesty is glossed over and the ones who keep faith suffer?” The doctor responds quickly and just as emphatically: “Look here, Deborah, I never promised you a rose garden. I ...

313. Prison Break

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , because----you forgave me. Pray for young people in prison. Pray of the victims of crime and their families. God of justice and compassion, we pray for all who bear the wounds of crime that they may be healed in body, mind, and spirit, given freedom from bitterness and the grace to forgive. Pray for all men and women in prison. Heavenly Father of us all, you alone can truly judge your creation. Help us to pray for all prisoners, no matter what their crimes may be, that they may find your grace, mercy and ...

314. The Lost and Found Elder Brother

Luke 15:25-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... man… and envy moved into his spirit. It consumed and ruined his life. He dropped out of the church and out of the choir… and he has sulked for thirty-three years. He rarely comes to church anymore and when he does, he sits in the congregation with bitterness written all over his face. He is mad most of the time: He is cynical and critical of the church, especially the music program; but people long ago stopped listening to him. Here is a man who has wasted his talent and who has wasted 33 years. Think ...

315. Let Me Tell You about the Birds and the Bees

Proverbs 5:15-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... consciences, marriages, and peace with God. But it also leaves the scar of spiritual defeat. God can forgive sexual sin. But you study the life of King David and you will find that he was never restored to his former power or position. The tree of promiscuity always bears bitter fruit. Though the wound heals, the scar always remains. May I just stop right here and say a word to all of us dads. There is something I have pasted in the front flyleaf of my Bible that I cut out of a book that I want to share ...

316. Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win (Fruit of the Spirit: Patience)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... opposite. We are quick to be angry, slow to get rid of it, and that is when the acid of anger turns into the burden of bitterness. Then we either hold grudges or try to get even. You know, sometimes we look like we are being patient when we're really not. I ... complete, lacking nothing." The word for complete means mature. God's goal for you is maturity, and patience may be a bitter plant, but it always bears sweet fruit. For full- blown patience makes for a full-grown Christian. Troubles and troublemakers ...

317. The Loss of the Harvest

Jeremiah 8:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... could came there to that wheat field to help them look for that little boy. It seemed as though they literally were threshing the wheat as they were looking for that lost son. They prayed, they searched, they looked, they called, and finally as the night grew on in its bitterness, one man said, "I believe there is a better way to do this. Let's get organized. Let's make a human chain. Let's stretch out and join hand to hand and then sweep these fields. We will go up one side and turn around and come back ...

318. How to Deal with Friends, Foes, and Fools

Proverbs 27:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... because of evildoers, nor be envious of the wicked; For there will be no prospect for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked will be put out." Prov. 24:17-20 The following statement will be bitter to the taste, hard to swallow, and difficult to digest, but better to take the medicine now than to allow the cancer of bitterness to destroy you; never wish ill on your enemy and leave revenge to God. God can handle your foes and punish them far better than you ever can. When you try to take matters into your own ...

319. The Sin of Silence

1 John 1:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... publication claimed that jumping off a tall building could lead to "sudden deceleration trauma."1 If you're going to deal with sin, you've got to call it what it is. If it's lust, call it lust; if it's jealousy, call it jealousy; if it's bitterness, call it bitterness; but call it what it is. Then secondly, confess it when it occurs. We love to sin retail and confess wholesale. Many of us wait until we go to bed at night and then say something like this, "Lord, if I've sinned forgive me." First of all, you ...

320. A Call to Arms

Exodus 17:8-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... But again God came through and began to rain down manna from heaven until their stomachs were full. Then here in the first part of this chapter, we see they came to a place called Rephidim. Again they were dying of thirst, but there was absolutely no water, bitter or sweet. God told Moses to strike a rock in Horeb with his rod, and water would come forth. Well, Moses did that and a rock became a fountain of fresh water. The point is, up until this point in the book of Exodus, Israel had been given blessing ...

321. Slaying the Green-Eyed Monster

Proverbs 27:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... to the bones." Now think about what he said. He says, jealousy is "rottenness to the bones." Bones are on the inside of you. Jealousy is a corrosive that will rot you from the inside out and destroy you. I read the story about two shopkeepers who were bitter rivals. Their stores were directly across the street from each other, and they would spend every day keeping track of each other's business. If one got a customer the other would smile real big and wave at his rival across the street. One night an angel ...

322. The Great Depression

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... . The Lord began His work in me. Through His word as you taught, the Holy Spirit showed me just exactly what my problem was, and what I needed to do about it. My problem was sin—a heart that would not forgive, and it was making me bitter….I turned to the Lord and asked Him to help me forgive. I continued in the Word diligently, and the transformation process took place. The Lord delivered me from this depressive illness. The memorizing of Scripture is renewing my mind. This is the only key for anyone ...

323. Pulling Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... alcohol or tobacco or gambling or some other addiction has them in its grasp. Or, even more likely, negative attitudes bitterness, resentment, bigotry. We don’t talk too much about such things in the church. We don’t want to sound ... where we kneel in deep contrition and we ask God to pull any of the weeds that may be growing in our hearts. These may be weeds of bitterness, weeds of envy, weeds of lust the list goes on and on. You know which weeds are choking your spirit. Give them to God. Let God throw ...

324. A Time for Penance and a Time for Partridge

Ps 100, Col 2:1-7

Sermon

... good napkins….and make time for a sometimes-messy conversation with the people who know us best. "This is the year," she adds, "when we will find out how we are doing on the character test. Namely, have the events of autumn left us hardened or humbled….bitter over what we have lost, or grateful for all that we have left (which we, until recently, took for granted)?" On one hand, the Bible commands gratitude, quite apart from whether we feel it or not. I remember once telling my mother that I shouldn't ...

325. Proper 14

Ephesians 4:17--5:21, 2 Samuel 18:1-18, 2 Samuel 18:19--19:8, John 6:25-59

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John R. Brokhoff

... and displeased. What grieves the Spirit? It is when we act contrary to the work of the Holy Spirit. He sanctifies us makes us good. He produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, etc. He motivates and empowers us to live godly lives. He is grieved when we indulge in bitterness, anger and malice. 2. As (vv. 32, 1). It is a tiny word, but full of meaning. We are to be and to do what God does to and for us. You are forgiven by God; therefore, you forgive. Christ loves you; therefore, you love. In other words, "Be ...

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