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3776. Joshua People Always Look Forward With Hope

Joshua 1:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of Trust which Joshua had when God told him it was time to take the Children of Israel in to the Promised Land. We do it with the same spirit of trust which the founders of this church had when lead them to form this congregation 125 years ago. We do it with the same spirit of trust we had when God to lead us to relocate 6 years ago and build phase 2, 5 years ago. You see, you can't have Hope without Trust. Can't have Trust without Faith. But that's exactly why the faithful always have hope. Because ...

3777. Joshua People: Turning Worlds Upside Down

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

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... because it shows that no matter what generation we are from, no matter what generation we grew up in, we all have similarities. The situations may be different but each generation does refresh the world. In Joel 2:28-29 (NRSV) God tells the prophet: "I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female slaves, in those days, I will pour out my ...

3778. A Stone’s Throw From: Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... temptation every day. This morning we begin our Lenten Journey with Jesus, we travel with Him into the wilderness where He was tempted over and over again. Let's look at Luke's account. Luke 4:1-14 (NRSV) [1] Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, [2] where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. [3] The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command ...

3779. First Class Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... illicit or over the counter; tobacco; alcohol; work; power; pornography; the need to have the best, the most and the latest; and even our memories and past. All of these are things and attitudes which we have allowed to ensnare, fetter, and enslave our spirits. Spirits which were meant to be free; spirits and lives which were bought with a price on the cross. I think there's a perfect example of this in the Disney/Pixar movie "Up." In my opinion, this is Disney's best movie ever. Here's a clip that is not ...

3780. Altar Your Prayers

Mark 1:29-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... forgiveness. You know the areas in our lives which need forgiveness. We lay those before You now. Gracious Loving and Holy God we give thanks for the Salvation and forgiveness we have received and experienced through your Son. We give thanks for the presence of Your Holy Spirit in our lives reminding us that we belong to You. And today we bring the cares of our hearts. The cares of our friends and family and place time in Your hands. Hear our prayers. In the name of Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen. It's that ...

3781. LOST? Looking For Peace

Matthew 18:21-22, Colossians 3:8-15, Hebrews 11:1

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... you, has just become Baloney in your life through the Holy Baloney of your faith. And I'd like you to bring each of those hurts forward and place them in this bowl that sits under the pitcher which is a sign of servanthood and the outpouring of God's Spirit and love in our lives. As you come forward, listen to these words from Paul's letter to the Colossians 3:8-15 (NRSV) [8] But now you must get rid of all such things anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. [9] Do not lie to ...

3782. Amazing Authority

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... ) [21] They went to Capernaum; and when the Sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. [22] They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. [23] Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, [24] and he cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God." [25] But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" [26] And the unclean ...

3783. Harmony and Humor: The Ties That Bind Christianity’s Many Christianities

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Ages Past Pillow of Ages, Fluffed for Me All Hail the Influence of Jesus' Name! When Peace, Like a Trickle I'm Fairly Certain that My Redeemer Lives What an Acquaintance We Have in Jesus My Faith Looks Around for Thee Blessed Hunch Above Average Is Thy Faithfulness Spirit of the Living God, Fall Somewhere Near Me Blest Be the Tie that Doesn't Cramp My Style I began this sermon with a hymn. Now let me end it with one. Richard Leach is one of the church’s greatest living contemporary composers of hymns and ...

3784. The Impala Problem

Luke 5:1-11

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

... . Lots of Christians have the Impala problem. They won't take a leap in faith unless they have all the answers in advance about where the leap will take them. But God is looking for some bold believers who, even in the face of the unknown, will leap when the Spirit says leap, will fly when the Spirit says fly, will launch when the Spirit says launch, all to the glory of the Lord.

3785. Dead Works

Luke 13:1-9; Heb 9:14; Jer 13:23

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Stephen Craig Jennings

... them to learn the truths of the Christian faith and surrender their lives to the Lordship of Christ, but because there they will run in the right crowd. It is the giving up of a sinful habit, not because I want to be controlled by the Spirit of God instead of the habit, but because the habit inhibits my performance at work and is harming my professional reputation. In all these ways, I have actually changed, but the change has not accomplished what Jeremiah said was impossible: Can the Ethiopian change his ...

3786. Resurrected Peace (Series: Living on the Resurrected Side of Life)

John 20:19-23

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being; and who is willing to destroy a price of his own heart?” And he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Let the Holy Spirit form a sentinel around your heart and guard your heart. Hearts can be broken, betrayed, abandoned, and hurt. Let the Holy Spirit heal the wounds of your soul and make you whole. Charles Allen, long-time pastor of First Church Houston in a previous generation, offers a top ten list for finding peace in the ...

3787. Seen The Doctor Lately?

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... for a couple of reasons. First, because of who Pat Robertson is and how many people listen to him. If he s going to represent Christ, then he needs to be like Christ. Second, because the Christian Church doesn't need another black eye. People hear this kind of mean spirited non-Christ-like garbage and judge the rest of us by it. Jesus didn't teach us to love our enemies for their good. He taught us to love our enemies for our own good, to keep us from becoming the enemy. "If it is possible, so far as it ...

3788. Is God For Real? (Series: Read Faith For Real People)

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... argument or a survey, let me simply tell you about the God who took my hand as a child and continues to guide my life today. I. Meet the God Who Is God recruits Moses to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. With a stuttering tongue, and a hesitant spirit Moses replies, “Suppose I go, when I get there, whom shall I say sent me?” The Lord God Almighty replied, “I AM WHO I AM. Tell them the I AM has sent you” (Exodus 3:14). God is! That is enough! Being control freaks, as most of us are, we ...

3789. Radical Love is Truthful (Series: Radical Love in a Risky World)

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... That stuff is just wrong! Any way you cut it, truth is honesty. A. Honesty implies INTEGRITY. The root word of integrity means “to touch.” People of integrity fit together. They are whole persons in which all the parts are touching. The mind, body, heart, and spirit are all aligned with each other, giving that person a kind of depth and grounding. Integrity means that what we say corresponds with what we inwardly know to be true. We say what we mean and mean what we say. That is integrity. That’s the ...

3790. Praising God All the Way Home

Psalm 150:1-6

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Lord’s Prayer,” which is a great praise of adoration. One of his requests was for God to just give him his daily bread and the strength to accept whatever that might entail. Soon he found out that a friend of his daughter had been praying to the Holy Spirit as she was considering donating a kidney and was determined that she would be a perfect match. He wasn’t really sure that he wanted someone to sacrifice for him that way but she insisted that she wanted a number to call. He had a lot of people here ...

3791. What Difference Does It Make?

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... my commandments. [16] And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. [17] This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he ... or alone we feel, no matter how much we feel abandoned or how weak or powerless we believe we are, that doesn't mean the Spirit isn't here. That doesn't mean we are not loved. We may feel separated from God, but God doesn't go anywhere. God is ...

3792. Don't Settle for Half A Glass

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... have to face the cross, the Kingdom established would have been a cheap imitation of God's Kingdom. It would have only been half a glass and not the whole glass. Let's look at the passage. Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV) [1] Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. [2] He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. [3] The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." [4] But he answered ...

3793. Catch of the Day

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Andrew. Their Dream had Coalesced into a Vision and that Vision became their Mission. III. Mission A Mission that Jesus confirmed at His ascension, He told them "Go, into all the world making disciples of every nation, baptizing in the name of the Father and the Son and Holy Spirit." And that's what they did. That was their Mission. That's what their followers did. That's what the followers of the followers did all the way down to us. That's what we're called to do, as well. And when have the Dream and the ...

3794. Come and See

John 1:29-42

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. [33] I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' [34] And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God." [35] The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, [36] and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God!" [37] The two disciples ...

3795. Guard the Good Treasure

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; [7] for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. [8] Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of ... , in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. [14] Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us. There's a whole lot of stuff to be unpacked here but since this is Children's Sabbath and Communion Sunday, ...

3796. Time to Get Wet

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . If the living water we have received is not passed along to the next generation, there will be no next generation. Living water cannot be put on the shelf and saved forever. Living water must be poured out continually in order to keep the stream of the Spirit alive from one generation to the next. Just because you watered your garden last year doesn’t mean you don’t have to water it this year. Living water is not a flood that wipes out everything else in life. True living water is always supplied in ...

3797. No Fire

Acts 2:1-13

Illustration

King Duncan

... rescued!” Could that be said about us that we have the form of religion, but not its power? We bear the name of Christ, but we lack the power to be his people in the world today because we have neglected that third person of the Holy Trinity the Holy Spirit. Come into our hearts, Lord Jesus, by the power of your Holy ...

3798. A Guide for Growth

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . It is the Christian walk to stay aware of our sinful nature, and to keep increasingly sensitive to the fact that what is good in us comes only through the grace of Jesus Christ - his righteousness in us, growing as fruit of the spirit. Changed lives are the essential result of the Christian walk - changed action, changed habits, changed attitudes - all of which issue in “fruits which uprightness produces.” Rehearse what we have been. Our guide for growth – the signposts for our Christian walk are in ...

3799. On the Road with the Little Children

Luke 18:15-17

Sermon

James W. Moore

... it”… this surely was part of what he had in mind. * Don’t give up on life! * Don’t quit on life! * Don’t sour on life! * Don’t stonewall your way through life! * Don’t lose the child-like ability to celebrate life! He gives us new life, new spirit, new heart, new birth. It’s so sad to see people become so beaten down by life that they give up and give in to bitterness and cynicism and crabbiness. But on the other hand, it is so beautiful to see people who live many, many years and never lose ...

3800. Holiness of Heart and Life

Romans 2:21-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... be the kind of community we need to be in order to be faithful to the Christian gospel — to be the church we talked about last week, seeing through the eyes of Christ, speaking with the voice of Christ, healing with the hands of Christ, and breathing the Spirit of Christ. Then we would know that “our first political task is to be the church, to keep criticizing our message, mission and life together so that we become a people who are formed by the gospel. We best criticize the world by being the church ...

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