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3651. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Work

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. In other words, God wants others to See God In The Ordinary Through Our Work, through us being the salt of the earth and the light of the world. When we ... long and why I've got the one sticking out of my pocket? This is simply a white cotton shop towel or shop cloth, whatever you want to call it. You can use it to wipe your forehead in this heat. You can use it to dry dishes or wash the car or ...

3652. Joshua People Study

Joshua 1:7-8, Psalm 119:10-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... We talked about how Joshua People Always Look Forward With Hope. Last week we talked about how Joshua People Obey and Serve. Today I want us to look at the third Joshua Principle: Joshua People Study. Let's look at a couple of passages to see where I' ... Christian life is confusing enough. I'm not saying get rid of it or that it has any less authority than the New Testament. But we want to learn about our faith and what Jesus expects. When we know that, then we can begin to understand how we got to this point. ...

3653. Joshua People: Turning Worlds Upside Down

Joshua 10:12-15, Acts 17:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . VI. Pepsi: Men Can Take Anything I really liked one of the Pepsi commercials. That's what we really think, isn't guys. We don't want to seem to vulnerable to each other. Guys are supposed to be tough. We're supposed to be able to shake it off and keep going. ... whom do we turn? We don't have to be independent. We don't have to do it on our own. The Good News is that God wants to walk along side us through every circumstance in life. That's why David, the boy who killed Goliath and grew up to be King could ...

3654. Flying First Class

Ephesians 1:3-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... trip to St. Louis for a family crisis. After a week of being with my family in that situation, I was worn out and I just wanted to spread out and have some room on the flight back, so I upgraded my ticket. The one thing I remember most about First Class ... pretty worthless unless the world can get something from us. But in God's eyes we are all God's children. And God doesn't really want anything more than to "lavish God's love, and the riches of God's Grace, upon us." God offers us an Upgrade. I read about a ...

3655. Settling In Celebration

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... time, but Dad can't figure out her reaction. After much coaxing to find out what's wrong, in a very indignant voice she said, "I don't like the one in the green (pastor's vestment) - he just talked to me but he left me hungry!" (1) God never wants us to leave hungry. God's desire for God's Peculiar people is that we "take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering" so we can be filled to overflowing with God's Comfort ...

3656. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Baal and defeating them on Mt.Carmel. These are the heroes of the Old Testament that spurred on kids for a long time. Who didn't want to be as strong as Samson or be able to use a sling like David to kill the giants around them? But the greatest hero of ... lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth. Now I want you to listen to the words of the Teaser Trailer for Superman Returns – listen for the similarities. I. Superman A. A father sends his son ...

3657. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... loves a hero." Especially when she says: "I believe there's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, who finally allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the things we want the most even our dreams. Spiderman did that for Henry. He wonders where he's gone. He needs him." Aunt May is right, people look up to valiant heroes. The purpose of a hero is to set an example of discipline and right behavior. Heroes right wrongs and set ...

3658. Thursday: Broken Bread And Broken Trust

Mark 14:10-26

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to them. [11] When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money. So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. [12] On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?" [13] So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, [14] and wherever he enters, say to the ...

3659. Close Enough For Comfort

Psalm 23:4, John 14:15-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . And that's where the 23rd Psalm comes into play. Let's look at it again. [1] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. [2] He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. [3] He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me ... are. That you will be exposed. That kind of fear often freezes us out of doing something to change, doing something to become the person we want to be. And then there's the worst fear of all. Whenever we fail are fall or stumble in our walk of faith, the enemy ...

3660. Jochebed: Save The Baby, Save The World

Exodus 2:1-10, Numbers 26:59

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Gates better get his checkbook ready because when we set our mind to do something, it gets done. C. We've set up a team through NothingButNets.com it's called Net Prophets, our goal is $10,000 and my personal goal is $1,000, that's how much I want to raise. I hope you'll join the team and help us raise this money. We're looking for sponsors and team members both to help buy nets but also to help recruit other team members to buy nets. Chris Isaacs is going to be organizing some 3 on 3 ...

3661. Nehemiah: The Fix

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... like getting a do-over from God. We get to start over. Our lives sometimes are kind of like these glasses. We can fill the little one with milk and it gets filled up in a hurry with other stuff, work, play, family, friends, those things God doesn't really want us to do: lie, cheat, steal, disobey and disrespect our parents, fail to honor the Sabbath, and suddenly here's no room for God. As we get bigger, that sense of being filled up and having no room for God doesn't change. No matter how big we get in ...

3662. Choosing The Right Gift

John 1:1-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... "Me" that we never see past our own troubles, our own needs and desires to see the people in our lives, communities and world whose needs are greater than ours. Most of us have walled ourselves into this country of "Me" with brick after brick of desire and want held together with the mortar of all the memories of life, both the good and the bad. Occasionally some of that mortar crumbles and we can look out and see the world around us. But what really needs to happen is for those walls to come tumbling down ...

3663. Gratitude Not Platitudes

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... world. Sometimes it's only in the despair of failure or uncertainty that we're open to hearing a call back to faithfulness and Thankful Living. For some, it's only when they're down that they can look up for help. That's not really what God wants. God wants a heartfelt, ongoing relationship that isn't dependent upon the stuff of life. We are not in some codependent relationship where God has to prove God's love for us by continuing to lavish us with the gifts of the things of life. God has already given us ...

3664. Be A Barnabas

Acts 4:33-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... encouragement." He was a blessing wherever he went. And everyone recognized that. And it held true in all of his life and ministry. As we read further in Acts, we see Barnabas was the one who introduced Paul to the Apostles in Jerusalem when they didn't want to have anything to do with him. Paul was the great persecutor. But Barnabas had heard Paul preach Jesus with great power while in Damascus. Barnabas used his status and influence to tell Paul's story and tear down the walls of suspicion, so Paul could ...

3665. Spiderman: Saved To Serve

Colossians 3:1-4, 12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... explains how the public applauds the heroic. "I believe there's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, who finally allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the things we want the most even our dreams. Spiderman did that for Henry. He wonders where he's gone. He needs him." Aunt May is right, people look up to valiant heroes. The purpose of a hero is to set an example of discipline and right behavior. Heroes right wrongs and set ...

3666. Here I Am, Send Me

Joel 2:28-32, Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Youth Representative, I went to ask Bob something but when I opened my mouth and started talking, what came out was "How do I become a preacher?" That's what started the argument. And for the next several months, I fought with God about it. I told Bob about NOT wanting to be a preacher but it seemed like all of his sermons were aimed at me. One Sunday Bob was going to be gone. Our DS came to preach and my defenses were down. The DS preached on Jonah running form God. Well, it was like a baseball bat between ...

3667. Dealing With the Pain of Rejection - Sermon Opener

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Illustration

James W. Moore

... ! Because, you see, the theme of the parable is not the revelry of the Prodigal, nor is it the bitterness of the elder brother, no; the theme here is the goodness of the father, the faithfulness of God. The message here is that God cares and that He wants both of His sons (all of His children) to come and be a part of the celebration. But the elder brother missed it. He mistakenly felt rejected and it deflated and crushed him and left him spiritually bankrupt. The feeling of rejection can do that to us. But ...

3668. We Serve a Risen [and Rising] Savior

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... not just empty. In fact, the last thing the tomb is is empty. No, the tomb is filled with the promise and possibilities of new life, of new faith. The tomb is really a womb. And in every tomb of destruction, disease and death, God wants to birth a new, vital, living faith that can “overcome” the powers of the world. But remember: as the Easter morning angelic visitors instructed the empty tomb witnesses, the first work of resurrection faith is to remember. Remember Christ’s words. Remember Christ’s ...

3669. Commitment (Series: Fundamentals of Family)

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... client work through a problem and then complain mightily if your wife asked you to stop at the grocery for some milk on the way home. Some of you would spend most of the day playing golf with a potential customer and then ignore your son when he wants to play ball. Some of you would rather make a meal for your neighbor than prepare a meal for your family. Why would we rather serve the homeless, the addicts, the victims of natural disaster than the people in our own household? Foot washing for Jesus started ...

3670. Discover the Surprise of Christmas

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , astrologers, kings on a spiritual journey, scholars simply learning everything they could, they got the connection. King Herod, evil as he was, got the connection. That's why he told the Wise Men to report back to him. He didn't want to worship this newborn king. He wanted to destroy this threat to his throne and the power that went with it. Herod could have cared less about the prophecies, except as they pertained to him keeping his power and authority. Like the Santa in the first clip, desperately ...

3671. The Gift Unwrapped

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... at the wrong time. III. Wrong Package Not only that but this Gift came in the wrong package. Who'da thunk it? As somebody said. Jesus as a baby. God wrapped up in the fragile innocence of infant flesh. In our super charged, super size me world, we'd want something or someone bigger. A God with a "mighty hand and an outstretched arm!" as the prophets said. A God with his dukes up ready for a good brawl! A turbo- charged, beefed up, hard body, no-nonsense, take charge, "The Force be with you!" kind of God ...

3672. Dare To DV8

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... music. Unfortunately, he couldn't sing or play an instrument. His voice was high and squeaky, so he wasn't welcome in the Boys' Choir. When he took violin lessons, the neighbors complained so much they persuaded his parents to make him stop. Still, Antonio wanted to make music. Because he couldn't sing or play an instrument, he often found himself alone and so he whittled. He could whittle almost anything. His friends kidded him because it seemed that his only talent was whittling. But he didn't give up ...

3673. How Does Your Garden Grow?

Matthew 13:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... he heard that the Russians were our enemies. He began to wonder about the Russian children, finding it hard to believe that they were his enemies. He wrote a short note: "Dear comrade in Russia. I am seven years old and I believe that we can live in peace. I want to be your friend, not your enemy. Will you become my friend and write to me?" He closed the letter, "Love and Peace" and signed his name. He then neatly folded the note, put it into an empty bottle, and threw it into an inland lake near his home ...

3674. Am I In Shape Spiritually? (Series: Real Faith for Real People)

1 Timothy 4:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... you have decided to do it again. The Word of God is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path. John Wesley said, “I want to know one thing, the way to heaven. God wrote the way down in a Book. O, give me that Book, at any price, give me that ... concern for others. In prayer we lift up our hearts to God and hear the cry of the needy. In defiance to the agnostics who want to define God as an imaginary father figure and prayer is nothing more than wishful thinking, I stand before you today as a direct product ...

3675. The Real GPS: Gospel Positioning System

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero? I was not. I was an ordinary housewife and secretary.” Miep Gies could never understand the “My Way,” GPS-take-me-only-where-I-want-to-go attitude that enables people to proudly proclaim themselves as their own greatest hero. In today’s gospel text Simon Peter knew all too well he was NOT a hero. On the night Jesus was arrested and hauled off to face the high priest, Simon Peter skulked ...

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