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376. Proper 17

James 1:19-27, Song of Songs 2:1-17, Mark 7:1-23

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Russell F. Anderson

... to God's Spirit, he supplies such a service. Outline: 1. Many people have died in fires for lack of circuit breakers. 2. Many people have suffered injury and death for lack of emotional self-control. 3. James says, "Be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger" (v. 19). 4. Let God's Word and Spirit provide a spiritual and emotional circuit breaker in you. Gospel: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 1. Sermon Title: Clean Heart, Clean Hands. Sermon Angle: A clean heart leads to clean hands, not the other way ...

377. Of Thimbles And Thread

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Eulogy

Lawrence H. Craig

... of comfort, support and healing love is present in the midst of death and is present in our midst this day. Like a good seamstress, God knows that because of ____________ death the quality of your life has been diminished. God knows the seams which hold your emotions together are on this day less secure. God knows that the pattern of your days, once orderly, is now out of place. ____________ has died. Life has been changed. No matter how we view death, or how determined we are to accept her death, it just ...

378. The TV Audience

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... by Sunday afternoon. A New Audience Preachers might be dismayed by these reactions, but they should not be surprised or baffled. It is clear that effective communication is extremely complex, influenced by many factors: *Good communication reaches the listener's emotions and will, not just the intellect. *Much communication happens on a non-verbal level. *The type of personality we are influences what and how we hear. *Psychological factors and past experiences affect how we hear things. *The left and right ...

379. Managing Disappointment

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Clement E. Lewis

... own life under proper control, and to deal with those who disappoint us. Let us share some good ways to overcome disappointment. 1. Whatever happens to you, seek to maintain an even temperament with respect to both anger and sorrow. 2. Avoid becoming so emotional that you can't visualize the truths and complexities of a situation. 3. Maintain your own personal sense of fairness, no matter what the attitude of another may appear to be. Keep your best sense of perspective under control. 4. Remember that you ...

380. Wedding: One Husband's Counsel

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... or depressed. But you cannot cause sorrow to your mate without losing something of the dignity and beauty of love in the process, just as you cannot bring happiness without adding to your own enjoyment of life. As you become united in marriage, you hold the emotions of each other in your hands. God grant you the wisdom to hold them gently, with compassion. Peter also counsels you to have sympathy, and stresses how important this is in a good marriage. To know that someone stands by you no matter how rugged ...

381. Wedding: The Beauty of Marriage

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John M. Braaten

... ? The truth is, the kind of love John speaks of is far different from what people usually mean when they talk of love. Love is most often regarded as a romantic feeling, but for John, love is far deeper, more beautiful, and more consuming. John's love is not an emotion; it is an event. He refers to the kind of love God has for us. When God wanted to reveal his love to us in its most awesome wonder, he permitted his Son, Jesus, to be crucified. In the crucified Christ, God showed us he was willing to go ...

382. Wedding: Christian Love

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... hear people say they love their husband or wife, but they also love their pets, or they just love mink coats, or they love to swim, but they really love ice cream. Some speak of loving God, or making love, or even yearning for love. Is the emotion behind the word love the same in each instance? Or is there something about the love involved in marriage which is unique? The ancient Greeks had six different words which in English can be translated love. There was one love, however, which exceeded all others, a ...

383. The Faith Of Outsiders

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

William J. Carl

... later they realize that it wasn’t the worrying that got their kids through since worrying is like rocking in a rocking chair; it gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere. For some it’s worse than that. For some, worry causes deep emotional pain. Have you ever had that kind of deep anguish that will not let you go? So deep and painful that you wanted to scream? The Bible calls it demons. Today we call it by other more proper psychological names. Whatever it was, the Canaanite woman’s ...

384. A Parent’s Debt

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... . Parents owe their children freedom. All parents must learn to cut the “apron strings.” They need to let their offspring fly from the nest, test their wings and take some of the hard knocks that come with those experiences. Among the emotional needs of children are a sense of achievement, encouragement to development, freedom, acceptance and control. What they do not need, and what seldom does any good, is nagging and scolding. Parents owe their children love by caring for their religious needs. They ...

385. That's Our God For You!

Luke 19:28-44

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John M. Braaten

... is not at all the way kings normally act. Now we can be fooled by all of this, underestimating who Christ really is. So we tend to devotionalize him, make him the object of thimble-thin piety. Jesus can become a "king of hearts," a source of emotional highs, rather than a source of strength for deliberate cross-bearing. So we say some strange things like "we take Jesus along with us wherever we go," as though God tagged along behind us only at our request, forgetting that he promised that he is with us ...

386. Victory Over Evil

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Harold G. Skinner

... and to receive the assurance from God Almighty of support and comfort. We hear the good news of the resurrection to eternal life. "I am the way and the truth and the life." "Death is swallowed up in victory." But we come here also with a variety of emotions because of the nature of this death. Relief that a long ordeal is over for ____________, her family and friends. Anger that this death was such a waste of life. Fear that forces are loose among us that can cause such havoc and pain. Remorse for not being ...

387. How To Deal With Frustration

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Robert Allen

... little clusters of people to a quieter place, he told me that his name was Jeremy. As we stood there in that darkened room, this young man named Jeremy began to cry. I said, “Jeremy, why don’t you tell me what’s bothering you?” Jeremy struggled to bring his emotions under control and then he said, “I’ve worked so hard to get through school. I’ll be a senior in college this fall, but I don’t have the money to keep going. I took a test for a job, but I was so nervous, I don’t think ...

388. Black Preaching: A Four-Cornered Universe

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... culture create their own structures of consciousness which inform the way we grasp and express the fundamental truths of black life. What the black preacher says may well speak to my mind, but the real question is: Does it speak to my soul? Is it emotive? Is it cognitive and rhythmic? Does it take me to higher realms of conscious reality? Black preaching as poetry reaches the soul of believers in ways that black preaching as prose cannot. This does not mean that manuscript preaching in prose form cannot be ...

389. Step Ten - Perseverance

Lk 12:35-48 · 1 Cor 10:1-13 · Ps 15:1-5

Sermon

John A. Terry

... happens in God's judgment. All the secret sins are no longer secret but known to the point of excruciating embarrassment. The judgment does not kill you, but causes the deepest pain. The very shame is punishment enough. Even seeing ourselves growing spiritually and emotionally can cause problems. Most of us can look back at our lives and feel good about significant accomplishments we have made along the way. There are certain temptations we have overcome. There are bad habits we have corrected. There are ...

390. Step Nine - Discipline

Mt 5:21-26 · Eph 4:25-32 · Num 5:5-10

Sermon

John A. Terry

... pretend we are something we are not. God loves us as we are. The other part of the good news is that with God's help my life can be better. This is not some religious idealism unconnected to our real world. The gospel is realistic. Anger is a common emotion, and one we can all understand. A capacity for anger is simply something God gave us. The God of this Bible is a God who gets angry. The prophet Isaiah (54:8) brings us God's Words, saying, "In overflowing wrath for a moment I hid my face from you ...

391. Sowing Seed Is Never A Waste of Time

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... was "just an normal, ordinary person" (that’s THEIR description, not mine – I’ve NEVER been "normal") have commented, "I just don’t know how you could preach at a funeral, especially if you knew the person who had died. I just couldn’t do that! It’s too emotionally demanding." And others have said, "How do you come up with a new sermon every week? I never knew you had that much imagination." I guess that’s a polite way of saying, "I didn’t know you had it in you to do that." I have to admit ...

392. Don't That Just Beat All?

Mark 2:1-12

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Johnny Dean

... through the roof? Well, we’ll just have to cut a hole in the roof. Don’t worry, Mr. Homeowner, we’ll fix it later. You lower yourself through the hole and direct your friends to lower the stretcher. As you look around the room, you see various emotions at play on the faces of those gathered inside the house - anger at having dirt thrown on their heads as you cut that hole in the roof; surprise that someone would be so bold as to attempt this; annoyance at this intrusion on their privacy; maybe even ...

393. Making Christmas Last

Luke 2:21-40

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Brett Blair

... Christmas dinner, and opened the presents, Christmas is the most boring day of the year." Is it possible to lose the spirit of Christmas that quickly? Let us be candid that as we take down the decorations for another year, there is a sinking emptiness and an emotional let down. My Mom long ago gave up live Christmas trees in favor of artificial. I remember trying as a child trying all the tricks to keep it alive. We put aspirin in the water, then we would try sugar, but regardless of the solutions the tree ...

394. The Clop, Clop, Clop of a Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... the hospital before Noel did. On his way out, he stopped by Noel's room to tell him about his plans to go home, get married, and start a career. He had learned how to handle his handicap both physically and emotionally. The hospital staff had helped him physically; Noel had helped him emotionally. The sound of clop, clop, clop could have been heard in the corridors of that army hospital, for this is the way the Saviour rides. I opened a letter one morning. I could tell it was from a church member because ...

395. Does Love Make You Sorry?

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... was not worse." The young man, who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II in Vatican Square, said at his trial, "If I could, I'd do it again." Obviously there was no love for the Pope on his part. When we hurt people we love, either physically or emotionally, we are sorry to the point of tears. When a father accidentally backed his car over his little son and killed him, he sobbed and sobbed. He was so very sorry that he hurt his precious little boy. When we truly love someone, we would rather take the ...

396. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... of them, simply noted that gongs are "noisy," and cymbals "clang." But he says more; eloquence without love is just so much noise. Love energizes and creates. Love does the deed which indifference is never motivated to do. It translates words and emotions into action. Eloquence and silver-tongued oratory, from anyone's mouth, are poetic to listen to, but alas, after a while, sugar-coated elocution which does nothing becomes as irritating as a noisy gong or clanging cymbals. Love even affects our vocabulary ...

397. A House Or A Home?

Joshua 24:1-27

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R. E. Lybrand

... . Home is where we should be able to find understanding ears and strong shoulders upon which we can unburden our hearts and seek guidance in an atmosphere of love. But what I am suggesting is that you not be so emotionally distracted by what's going on at work or school that you cannot be emotionally available for your family at home. I am very guilty about this. Many times Jackie will ask me, "Where is your mind?" and I will have to confess that it's working on next week's sermon, or it's planning ...

398. When a Member of the Family Dies

John 11:17-37

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... clouds of grief move in, he stands even closer, giving us strength and encouragement. When we hurt the most, the Lord can love and comfort us the most if we'll let him. As a child, I can remember times when I would be hurt so badly either physically or emotionally that nothing made me feel better than running to my mom or dad and letting them hold me in their arms and comfort me in the midst of my pain. My dear friends, when you hurt, there is no better place to run than to God. The Father in heaven ...

399. Some Women's Stories

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... of the Dun Cow and other successful books, has observed that for a majority of Christians, literature is suspect "because it does not seem explicit enough." Many Christians "fear ambiguity," he says, and stories that function more on the level of inference, intuition and emotion, stories about particular people and moments in time, don't seem to meet our need for clear-cut answers. "But then," he adds, "we can meet Christ only in particulars, and it is always in the one we think is the most unlikely." Which ...

400. The Other Prodigal Son

Luke 15:11-32

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Brett Blair

... that afternoon he treated Jesus with taste and dignity, at his home. While they were eating Jesus was suddenly approached by a woman of the streets who came crying and begging for Jesus forgiveness. And this display of emotion was embarrassing to Simon, even though he was a man of the eastern world where emotions were more openly displayed. Jesus said: Simon, this bothers you doesn’t it. Let me tell you a story. There was a man who had two debtors. One owed him $50 and the other cancelled owed him $500 ...

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