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1 Timothy 6:10

Sermon

Russell Conwell

... speech, and advanced his right hand at an angle of forty-five. As he stood in this elocutionary attitude this is just the way that speech went, this is it precisely. Some of my friends have asked me if I do not exaggerate it, but I could not exaggerate it. Impossible! This is the way it went; although I am not here for the story but the lesson that is back of it: "Fellow citizens." As soon as he heard his voice, his hand began to shake like that, his knees began to tremble, and then he shook all over. He ...

352. Show Us the Father

John 14:8-17, 25-27

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... . He added that, if they believed, they would do even greater works than the ones he had done. I’m sure that sounded as unbelievable as anything he had said up to that point. He told them so many things in these waning moments; it must have been impossible to comprehend any of them. But the most important thing he told them was this: “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever — the Spirit of truth.” I doubt they understood that at the time ...

353. I’ve Come To Bring Fire

Luke 12:49-56

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Dave Zuchelli

... us to do anything he isn’t preparing us to do. Nor is he asking us to do any job at which he won’t be doing most of the heavy lifting. There will be times when we will see the task before us as impossible. The reason for that is simple. It is impossible. But with Jesus yoked to us, carrying the heavier part of the burden, the unmanageable becomes manageable. With him by our side, the onerous is softened. With him in our hearts, the arduous becomes a joyful experience. He may well “bring fire upon the ...

354. Inside Out

James 5:7-10

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... love. What is on the inside of you can be seen on the outside. Is your life revealing the fruit of the Spirit? Some of you may feel discouraged when you review the fruit of the Spirit because you feel like it is impossible to reflect all of these qualities. You are right! It is impossible without God’s help. That’s why they are called the fruit of the Spirit. If we want to bear fruit, we must first have the Spirit of God living within us. Jesus said, “Apart from me, you can do nothing.” King Duncan ...

355. God IS

Luke 20:27-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... God’s space is not our space. God’s reality is not our reality. Our laws (created by God) of space, time, death, and life are not God’s boundaries of understand. Only ours. God exists in an entirely different plane, in which what appears to us impossible is completely possible and what appears to us dead is to God entirely viable. For God everything and every one of God’s people from the beginning of time remains alive. We may not see them. We may not acknowledge them. But God does. Faith means that ...

356. Broken

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... one truly believed in the resurrection before Jesus’ death. Not one of Jesus’ disciples expected to see him after his death, even though he told them about his upcoming “resurrection” multiple times. It seemed to them far-fetched, unreasonable, impossible, a bit too cray-cray to take seriously. They may have accepted the fact that something may be out there after death, but they definitely did not accept our understand Jesus’ sacrifice-death-resurrection scenario until after his post-resurrection ...

357. The Possibility Mindset

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... order to “achieve” God’s inheritance of eternal life. No human being will ever even come close to God’s level of goodness! It’s not possible. Stunned, the disciples reply, “Then who can be saved?” And Jesus agrees: “For mortals it is impossible!” But then…the “mic drop”: “But not for God. For God all things are possible!! DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING! In other words, no amount of achievement or acquisition will ever help us to “measure up” to deserving God’s grace. So ...

358. Whom Shall We Obey?

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... returned they asked for an explanation. And the children's response? Well, it wasn't one of the rules. Mom and Dad never said, "Don't go into the dining room and shake up bottles of Coke(r)." You see the futility? It is impossible to legislate against every possibility. The law is limited. The Jewish leaders tried to legislate against the spread of the Christian message. But they could not do it and the result was confrontation. Even today, when we faithfully carry Christ's message into the community ...

359. In Pursuit Of The Promise

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... Holy Spirit. They recognized their need for God. So, obediently, they waited for the Holy Spirit to come to them and guide them and empower them. They accepted God's purpose for them. They became faithful witnesses as they awaited Christ's return. It is impossible to read the New Testament record of the early Church and not come away with a recognition of the integral role of the Holy Spirit in the Church's growth and the effectiveness of its ministry. If we desire our churches to have similar effectiveness ...

360. Holy Wisdom From On High!

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... . Who is able to adequately handle such enormous truth in one brief half-hour? That is also the huge dilemma of preaching on Holy Trinity Sunday. We need them all: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Our survival as Christians is impossible without all of the Godhead -- this Three-in-one God of ours is absolutely essential to us. The Trinity is the doctrine that identifies us as Christian. No other religion holds to or teaches this. The Trinity gives balance to our understanding of God. In ...

361. Take Up Your Cross

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... suffering or dying nets us nothing. It is by faith in this gracious God that we transcend history, the problems of humanity, our own suffering, and our own death. What Profit? On the surface of it, the sayings of Jesus appear harsh and impossible to follow. A common complaint against Christianity is that it is altogether too pessimistic about humanity, and all the talk about coping with suffering or being willing to suffer is just so much palaver. Jesus, however, actually puts it all into proper perspective ...

362. Sent From The Mountain

Matthew 28:16-20

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William G. Carter

... or entity can be defined either by its boundaries or its center. The church, he notes, is sent to every nation, so it can never be bounded by local limits or national interests. But the church is defined by its center. As he puts it, It is impossible to define exactly the boundaries of the church, and the attempt to do so always ends in an unevangelical legalism. But it is always possible and necessary to define the centre. The church is its proper self, and is a sign of the kingdom, only insofar as ...

363. Children, Just Forever

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... to cry, "Out, damned spot! Out, I say." "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten" our hands, or our feet, or our eyes. How hollow sounds the claim, "Every day in every way I am getting better and better." How much more realistic, although even more impossible for us, are the lines from Eizabeth Akers Allen: Backwards, turn backwards, O Time, in your flight,Make me a child again just for tonight. Matthew's account of this gospel ends with the words, "It is not the will of your Father in heaven that one ...

364. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

... is no assurance that a gift received will prompt the person who receives it to say, "Thank you." Sometimes a parent hovers over a child to enforce gratitude, thus killing it. Other times, gifts are given with strings attached, making it virtually impossible for the recipient to offer thanks. In Spoon River Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters reports the epitaphs of the people of Spoon River, Illinois. From the grave, the townspeople tell the truth about their lives. One woman, Constance Hately, reveals why two ...

365. Peace And The Peacemakers

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

Richard Patt

... have a way of becoming so stuck on themselves that they will fight for their prejudices at the expense of civil rights; they will endure fire and the sword to insulate themselves against those they consider invaders of their turf. Stuck on themselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, for them to honor anyone else. You know how Jesus had to deal with that in his day. We have to deal with it in our day as well. And the Church of Jesus Christ ought to deal with it, for only the Church possesses a power that ...

366. People With Power To Forgive

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... other. Once when talking with a wedding couple I said some of the most important words for a healthy marriage are "I am sorry. I was wrong. Please forgive me." One bride responded she could readily say, "I am sorry," and "Please forgive me." But she found it almost impossible to say, "I was wrong." Most of us have the same problem. We have immense difficulty admitting we were wrong. Oh, to be sure, we readily see where the other is wrong. We are quick to point out the faults of the other guy. We are glad to ...

367. Homecoming

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you" (vv. 2-3; cf. Exodus 33:12-17). The Lord who brought them out of bondage in Egypt can bring them out of bondage in Babylon. Exile is not defeat or failure for God. Human impossibility becomes God's possibility. Homecoming is not a futile hope, but a divine assurance. "See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth" (v. 8), for "He who scattered Israel will gather him ...

368. An Awesome Homecoming

Sermon

Tony Everett

... dark, teeming mass of something alive and menacing, stretching from one side of the road to the other. In the dim light of pre-dawn it looks like a creature from one of those late night fright movies on television. Going around it is impossible. There is swamp land on each side. Who knows what terrible, slimy creatures lie in wait just beneath those scummy waters? Turning back means another hour and crossing an interstate highway. Home is just ahead. And so is that treacherous blob. As our jogger approaches ...

369. Dabar Adonai

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Tony Everett

... complacency of an entire people, "to break down, to destroy, and to overthrow" (v. 10), and while incurring the wrath of both his peers and government leaders, "to build and to plant" seeds of renewal and hope. This surely was an impossible mission, a mission that would definitely lead to rejection, beatings, and banishment. In other words, Jeremiah saw himself to be in serious trouble. Poor Jeremiah. He lived in tumultuous and troubled times of upheaval. Sudden and violent pendulum swings were occurring ...

370. They Didn't Have To Do It, But They Did

Genesis 14:1-24

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... life and limb to missionize parts of Asia Minor and other territories by starting new churches. He didn't have to brave insults, hardships, snakebites, shipwrecks, and virtual starvation, but he did. His love of Christ compelled him to do the implausible and achieve the impossible. Paul didn't have to go to jail, but he did. He didn't have to make such sacrifices for Christ, but he did. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, and Malcolm X didn't have to give their lives for the black struggle for freedom ...

371. God Needs To Save This Family

Hosea 1:1-2:1

Sermon

James McLemore

... He has never known where his father is, and the only other family that he has is his little sister, who is clinging to his arms. As the lid of the casket closes, a thought comes to his mind. "It was hard when grandma was alive; it will be impossible now that she's gone." This thought is followed by another thought, almost a prayer: "God needs to save this family!" These illustrations are everyday situations in American life. They can be seen in any home. They can be heard on any street. They are a constant ...

372. When Your Nets Are Empty

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... through central Missouri in quest of his soul and of a mission, Bill heard a voice which said, "Cast out into the deep." He did. He, Glenda and their children left this community to take on a totally new lifestyle, a lifestyle most of us would find impossible; which may even threaten many of us because it is radical. It has been a difficult life for them in many ways; living simply in a teepee, without electricity or plumbing or the financial or material resources most of us would say are essential. But God ...

373. A Mother's Love -- A Godly Passion

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... boat. And we all know that politicians hate rocking boats. In any case, his intent was not clear. All we do know is that he is after Jesus. And Jesus' response? "Go and tell that fox for me," Jesus said, "I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusalem,the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing ...

374. The Sponge And Wine

Mark 15:33-41

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

Our age has been called a drug culture. Offhand, it would be impossible to estimate the amount of drug abuse in our society. At times we believe that our intense efforts and huge expenditures to curtail drug abuse are successful only to discover otherwise. However, today we are also engaged in a national debate about the medicinal use of drugs as an important ...

375. Taking The Good With The Bad

Job 1:1-5

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... hell had broken out against him. Even his wife had let him down. Because of her unutterable loss she believed that she could no longer bear life where all visible tokens of God's presence and favor were gone. She cried out to her husband in this impossible horror: "Curse God and die!" In the darkest moment of his life he made a great discovery -- life is a combination of good and evil, blessing and pain, moments of ecstasy and agony, bad days and good days. Job had just experienced some very bad days that ...

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