Sermon and Worship Resources

Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on

Showing 376 to 400 of 975 results

376. Why Prophets Get Under Our Skin

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... humanity which overshadows the opulent splendor of the elitist few of Rio de Janeiro will someday erupt in violence and revolution unless basic reforms take place. The grinding, wrenching poverty of the seething huddled masses yearning to breathe free will continue to yield violence and bloodshed and warfare all over the world. Whether it is the poor of Northern Ireland, or the poor of Chiapas, Mexico, or the poor of India, or the poor Palestinians shoved into overcrowded refugee camps, or the poor of East ...

377. A Match Made In Heaven

Hosea 1:1-2:1

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... on those people, although it seems they have given up on God. God just refuses to let those people go.” I could see where this argument was going. I wasn’t going to win. My sermon at my friend’s wedding was going to be on Hosea. “Okay,” I yielded, “but I’m not going to say the word ‘whore’ at your wedding.” So we came up with a sort of compromise whereby I would share the general message of Hosea, but the passage to be read in the service would come from a different section of the book ...

378. Changing Seasons, Constant Love

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

John W. Wurster

Another season has come and gone. Promises that were made have not been fulfilled. Good intentions haven’t yielded any tangible results. Dreams have not come true. High hopes have proven to be only wishful thinking. Nothing has really changed; nothing has really improved. The time keeps moving along, but we seem stuck in the same ruts. Old routines remain, prejudices persist, dullness and anxiety continue to be constant ...

379. The Fruit of One's Doing

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... equally true that God rewards those who draw strength and nourishment from what God offers in love and grace. As the tree that is planted by the water is able to “stay green ... and does not cease to bear fruit,” the faithful are able to give and yield blessings through the exercise of their faith. The blessing for the children of God who thrive on the love of God which has been revealed to them in our Lord Jesus Christ is that they know that their lives are secure because they are able to draw strength ...

380. Christian Liberty

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... rich in the next? Will I fill my stomach or go without so I am might be satisfied in the life to come? Will I live for the moment or do the hard work of sacrifice, which may bring some discomfort in the here and now, but will yield heavens worth of joy in the next? What dos my discipleship look like when I compare it to these Beatitudes? III Because sacrificial freedom is greater than financial freedom, and this is my third point. Tell me: What brings happiness wealth or poverty? Ken Hubbard said, “It's ...

381. Remember!

Deuteronomy 31:30--32:47

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the largest corporations and institutions could consider having a computer; now companies are giving them away. The memory of some of the inconveniences has been responsible for a tremendous positive change in our lifestyle. We do it in agriculture as the crop yields continue to go higher and higher. The result is that no one in America today need go hungry - we have more than enough food for everyone. The memories of television and newspaper pictures of little children with stomachs distended because of ...

382. Grace and Golf

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... for the sake of the gospel... (I Cor. 9:20-23) Now he gets into sports and this idea of discipline. Not a new idea, of course - the Psalmist in our Old Testament reading is utterly convinced that a disciplined approach to study of God's word will yield a rich harvest - "I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you" (Psalm 119:11). Move to the New Testament and find St. Paul saying, "Athletes exercise self-control in all things." Runners do not run with no sense of direction; boxers ...

383. The Lord's Prayer: "Thy Will Be Done"

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ? Or are you praying that God's will might come to pass...beginning with you? May God grant it. Have Thine own way, Lord, Have Thine own way; Thou art the potter, I am the clay; Mold me and make me after Thy will, While I am waiting, yielded and still.(8) Amen! 1. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987 2. The State, Columbia, SC 3. Leslie Weatherhead, The Will of God, (Nashville:Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1944), pp. 13-14 4. Psalm 139:14 5. Quoted by Jon Winokur, Ed., The Portable Curmudgeon, (New York: New American ...

384. Rejoice

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... and your minds in Christ Jesus." This is a time for rejoicing. Forget about the ringing of cash registers. Lay aside for a few moments the responsibilities you will have when you leave this room. The Lord is at hand. This is a time of yielding ourselves to his blessed presence. What does Paul mean when he says, "Rejoice . . . The Lord is at hand"? The four Sundays before Christmas are designated as Advent which means literally, "coming to . . ." During these four Sundays we are to look forward not only to ...

385. Can People Change?

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... about 5 minutes. Finally Kemble felt so sorry for the poor fellow he reached down and set him free. We are much like that Daddy Longleg, Kemble concluded. We are trapped in sin. It may be only one little area of our life that we have not yet yielded to Christ. But like that Daddy Longleg we gain a little ground spiritually, only to slide back frustrated and disappointed in our inability to make any significant change. We are like St. Paul when he later said, "When I want to do good, evil is right there with ...

386. The God Of The Living

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... that were spoken as a vow by all Methodist pastors each year at the District Conference: Put me to what you will, Put me to doing, Put me to suffering, Let me be laid aside for you, Let me have all things, Let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield All things to your pleasure and disposal. (3) God is the God of the living. God does not want us to give up. Let's even go farther than that. GOD WANTS US TO BE FIGHTERS. I don't know for sure, of course, but my guess is that the ...

387. News From The Vineyard

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... the process of pruning. ADVERSITY AND SUFFERING ARE TO BE SEEN BY THE BELIEVER AS A PART OF GOD'S PRUNING PROCESS. In his fine book WHERE IS GOD WHEN IT HURTS?, Philip Yancey points out that the New Testament describes at least five ways in which suffering can yield spiritual growth. In essence, Yancey says that the role of suffering in our faith is that it "turns us to God" when we might otherwise not have been willing to seek and receive God's help. This is not to say that if you are on your way home ...

388. Waiting On God

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... closer, or more continually close, to the Spirit of Christ himself." MacDonald himself once said, "The principal part of faith is patience." It takes humility to wait. It takes faith to wait. There is something equally important that we need to see, however. BY YIELDING CONTROL OF OUR LIVES AND TRUSTING GOD, WAITING CAN BE A CREATIVE STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS. It was the day after Easter. The pastor paused for a moment at the top of the steps leading from his church to the avenue ...

389. A Most Successful Sermon

Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... reaffirm our baptism daily. We have already had the water applied at some time in our lives, but we continually need to be re-baptized within. We continually need to take that step of faith daily that says, “I come with my sinfulness and shame and I yield myself to Christ. I ask him to cleanse me and to help me to be born anew in faith.” I understand that there is a practice in Poland called “Wet Monday.” It is celebrated the day following Easter. On this occasion of “Wet Monday,” Polish young ...

390. Ultimate Freedom

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... it becomes tame, weak and disabled because its attention is fragmented. The secret of successful living is to seek after one thing. That one thing, of course, is the kingdom of God. Many of us have our lives too complicated, too fragmented. We need to yield ourselves to Christ and let him establish our priorities. That way we take care of the really important things in life and the less important matters are put in their proper place at the edges of our lives. Christ offers us the ultimate freedom. Would ...

391. Out Of Our Control

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... or the quality of our teachers. Some of us "self-made people" started life with an enormous advantage. Now that we are adults, though, we can choose. We can set goals, chart courses, work hard, persevere. Still, there is a margin of life that does not yield to our control. We speak of being in the "right place at the right time," or perhaps the "wrong place at the wrong time." A couple happened to be sitting in a restaurant in New York City. They overheard two Wall Street types discussing a certain stock ...

392. What Gets Into People?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... We are not lemmings. We are not slaves to some primordial instinct that drives us to inevitable destruction. We are free moral agents. We can choose, but choose we must. If we want the healing of Christ, we must open ourselves to the Spirit of Christ. We must yield ourselves to the authority of Christ. Some of us want a nodding acquaintance with him. We want to be counted in his company, but at a distance. It cannot be done. Regardless of how hard or harsh it may sound, sooner or later we must confront our ...

393. Face To Face With The Tempter

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... was that way for all of us. Russian novelist Feature Dostoyevsky made the Temptation scene a centerpiece in his master work THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV. Ivan Karamazov calls the Temptation the most stupendous miracle on earth: the miracle of restraint. If he had yielded to the Temptation, Jesus would have been a very popular figure, not just with Satan but with all Israel. He would have established himself beyond dispute. Imagine for a moment stones turned to bread to feed the hungry, a spectacular descent from ...

394. Eat And Live

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... not I who made those eyes and gave you them?" "Of course, Lord," he says, "but I have misused them. I'm ashamed to be here. Let me go elsewhere." "But don't you know," Christ says, "who it is who bore the guilt?" This so convinces him that he yields. "I will come in then, but I insist on serving at tables." Even that is not permitted. This is how the argument ends: "You must sit down," says Love, "and taste My meat." So, says George Herbert, I did sit and eat. (3) There is a part of each of ...

395. The Secret Of His Success

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... /theologian Augustine once said that there were three things he would liked to have seen: Jesus in the flesh. Imperial Rome in its splendor. St. Paul preaching. St. Paul himself contended that he was not a very gifted speaker. Maybe not. He didn’t need to be. He had so yielded himself that the burden was not on him. The words he spoke were Christ’s words. And it changed the world. 1. Ken Abraham, DESIGNER GENES, (Old Tappan: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1986). 2. Source unknown. 3. Bits and Pieces

396. Ready For The Great Race

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... never finish. It is always disheartening to a pastor to see middle-aged people drop out of the church "after the children are grown." Even more astounding is to see a person who has been a dedicated officer drop out of church when he or she yields a position of influence to another. "Going the distance...." That is part of the reason we join together as a body in Christ. Sometimes the race gets hard. We need each other for encouragement and inspiration. But there is one more thing to be said. "Therefore ...

397. Roll Call

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... of us life is one long battle for control. First with our parents, then with our teachers, then with our employers ” even with ourselves. That is the humbling effect of a bad habit. We discover we can't even control ourselves. We have only one hope ” to yield to God's control.When we are able to do that, we can rest assured that God will take care of us. William Hinson recalls the time when his children were younger and one child's pet died. Dr. Hinson says that he practiced "replacement therapy." When ...

398. What Is The Question?

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... its delicate beauty. As continued looking at the shell, he wondered how such a fragile thing could survive the pounding tons of churning water. The answer, of course, was that the shell did not panic. It never put up a fierce struggle, instead, it yielded to the circumstances that it could not change. Gordon thought of his own life, and how he had raged against circumstances beyond his control. Filled with anxiety, anger, and hopelessness, he, like the shell, had to learn to accept that some things were ...

399. About Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... was relieved, and in its place came a great trustfulness." That is a trustfulness you and I can have as well. William Barclay once put it like this: "Jesus never met a sick man who asked, but what He performed a miracle and made him well. He never met a yielded sinner, but what He offered Him redeeming grace for his salvation. He never met a funeral, but what He broke it up by raising the dead one to life." We might add, he never went to a wedding feast that had an insufficient supply of wine that he did ...

400. Who Will Wipe Away Their Tears?

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... the last 90 days?" And there is truth to that little story. We were not created to be served but to serve. The happiest people in this world are people who out of their own volition serve others. There's nothing you can do for yourself that will yield greater rewards. But there is one thing more to be said. WHEN WE WIPE AWAY ANY CHILD'S TEARS IT IS CHRIST'S TEARS WE DRY. Former Governor Jerry Brown of California visited with Mother Teresa. He tells of attending a six o'clock morning service. The setting ...

Showing results