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4201. Can The Church Count On Me?

1 Chronicles 29:3

Sermon

James Merritt

... scheduled when I want to do something else. When I was growing up my mom and dad used to make me go to the games. I recently read a book on sports and now I feel that I know more than the coaches do anyway. I hope you see the humor in it, but I hope you see the truth in it too. You can find an excuse not to do anything if you just don't want to do it, but the excuses most of the time are just not legitimate. I want you to think about this as I close ...

4202. Eternity 101: The Final Exam

1 Corinthians 3:5-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... coming to us as a result of our actions, either good or bad." (II Corinthians 5:10, MSG) No income tax return has ever been examined as closely by the IRS as your life is going to be examined by Jesus Christ. I want you to think about something that hopefully will encourage you and inspire you to live every minute for God's glory. God is concerned with every minute of your life. Verse 13 says, "But there is going to come a time of testing at the judgment day to see what kind of work each builder has done ...

4203. Did You Know...That You Can Be Perfect?

1 John 3:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. " (I John 3:1-3, NKJV) I want you to see how perfection is a part of the ... hasn't yet been seen. But we do know that when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see Him as He truly is. This hope makes us keep ourselves holy, just as Christ is holy." (I John 3:2-3, CEV) One of the marks that you are a child of God is ...

4204. God's Christmas Tree

1 Peter 2:24

Sermon

James Merritt

... our place when He hung on that tree. That cross was wood, just like a tree is wood. That cross ultimately became a reason for joy - just like a Christmas tree is a reason for joy. The cross is a reminder that there is hope in God - just like the Christmas tree reminds us that there is hope in Jesus Christ. Every time you look at a Christmas tree, always remember that you are looking at Christ's tree. His tree was the cross where He died for our sins. When we see a Christmas tree and we are reminded of the ...

4205. What Does God Really Want?

2 Corinthians 8:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... either way you'll be investing in eternity. But this was still not the climax of the story. Paul had really not expected a financial response, but they went beyond what Paul wanted and they gave what they really knew God wanted. "And this they did, not as we had hoped, but first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God." (v.5) Now that is growing in grace. Because not only does grace free you from your sin, grace frees you from your self. That one little phrase tells us what God really ...

4206. When I’m In Trouble

2 Timothy 4:16-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... 's message was preached. Paul got a chance to preach the Gospel to a people and in a place that otherwise he would never have had. In every circumstance that you go through in this life, God wants to use you in some way to share His message of hope and salvation and love. The next think that happened was that people who needed to hear about Christ heard. If anybody knows that you are a Christian then when you are going through a tough time in your life, you had better believe that those people who are not ...

4207. Me - A - Missionary?

Acts 1:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... maybe your gift is making money, maybe your gift is building a business, maybe your gift is pulling teeth, maybe your gift is martial arts, maybe your gift is recreation) and we will find a way for you to put that gift to use in God's missionary work. I hope all this sounds good and exciting to you and kind of gets your heart pumping and your blood racing a little bit, but quite frankly none of this will happen unless one other thing happens. The fire of missions will never be ignited in our heart or in our ...

4208. Will the Real Christian Please Stand Up?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... Acts 26:28) Now let me tell you the background of this statement. Paul was standing before King Agrippa. His full name was Herod Agrippa II, who was the great grandson of Herod The Great, who slaughtered all the little babies in Bethlehem when Jesus was born, hoping to kill Jesus. He had come to Caesarea by the Sea to visit with Porcius Festus who was the Procurator of the area of Judea. There was a prison there and Paul was being held at that time on charges of treason, defiling the temple, and being ...

4209. Am I a Real Christian?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... Acts 26:28, NASB) Now let me tell you the background of this statement. Paul was standing before King Agrippa. His full name was Herod Agrippa II, who was the great grandson of Herod The Great, who slaughtered all the little babies in Bethlehem when Jesus was born, hoping to kill Jesus. He had come to Caesarea by the Sea to visit with Porcius Festus who was the Procurator of the area of Judea. There was a prison there and Paul was being held at that time on charges of treason, defiling the temple, and being ...

4210. The Big Picture

Romans 11:36, Ephesians 1:5, Colossians 3:18-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... the headache and the heartache that comes when that perfect picture is broken. Some of us are sitting here saying, "We don't want it to ever happen again." The rest of us, who have not experienced a family breakup, want to make sure that it never happens to us. Hopefully, that is what this series is designed to do - to show you what a picture perfect family is in the eyes of God. God has something to say both to the family as a whole and to each individual member of the family. Over the next five weeks, we ...

4211. Close Up Parents: Be Cheerleaders, Not Jeer leaders

Colossians 3:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... while Todd responded. He was the 1987 All USA Offensive Player of the Year. He had no choice but to go to Southern California to play college ball, because his dad was co-captain of USC's 1962 National Champions.[[1]] To say that Marv had high hopes and great expectations for his son would be an understatement. Anything less than absolute perfection was ordinary in his mind. By his own admission, his dad was a dominating perfectionist. He said, "I told Todd when to eat, what to eat, when to go to bed, when ...

4212. Can't Get No Satisfaction

Exodus 20:17

Sermon

James Merritt

... that he owned that gave an amazing message. It said this, "I will give my property to anyone in my neighborhood who is totally and really satisfied." One of his wealthy neighbors, who lived up the street, who had a beautiful place himself and all the money he could ever hope to spend, but had coveted this property for many years thought to himself, "Since this man is going to give this property to somebody, he may as well give it to me. I am rich. I've got all that I need and I should qualify because I am ...

4213. Every Member Matters

Hebrews 10:24-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... do everything she can to insure that "every member matters."This is going to entail a process; a never ending process that we pray will produce meaningful members. There will be four stages to this process: Awareness – This is the stage where we make people aware of our church, and hopefully invite them to the church. Attendance – This is the stage where we actually get people from outside the church to come inside the church to see what the church is all about. Activation – This is the stage where we ...

4214. The King and I

Isaiah 6:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... and cannot ever be the same again. As we think about the King that we have been speaking about the last four weeks, let me hopefully get you to see the King through the eyes of this great prophet so you can see Him correctly and know Him intimately. I. Contemplate ... you see God for who He really is. There are actually three people sitting in your seat right now. There is the person you hope you are; there is the person other people think you are; and then there is the person that God knows that you are. If ...

4215. What Child Is This?

Isaiah 9:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... as the Mighty God He is in complete control over this universe. He is mighty in His presence, for He is Omnipresent; He is mighty in His power, for He is Omniscient; He is mighty in His perception, for He is Omnipotent. As long as there is God there is hope. As long as there is God there is help. As long as there is God there is healing, for there is nothing impossible with God. For the hopeless He is the Mighty God. For the helpless He is the Everlasting Father. "And His name will be called.... Everlasting ...

4216. One Year to Live

Jeremiah 28:10-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... final act on earth, because there is always the possibility that it will be. I am going to share with you four things I would be and hope to be and intend to be this year as if it was going to be my last one. Before I do, let me say this. Above all ... talent is so small and their gifts are so weak that the church really doesn't need them. I want to share with you two things I hope you never forget. It is not the big things that make a church great. It is the little things. In fact, it is the little things that ...

4217. Jesus: The Promise Received

Luke 2:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... favorite food all day long and as her mother tucked her in for bed she looked up at her at smiled and said, "Mom, I sure hope Mary and Joseph have another baby next year." After Jesus was born, Mary and Joseph did go on to have several other babies. However, the first ... every promise there is a provision. Now tonight with Jesus, we will learn that -For every provision there is a purpose. Now I hope you will see how all of this ties together in Jesus. You are going to see in Jesus, how the promise The Promise ...

4218. Broken Pieces

Matthew 1:3, 5, 6

Sermon

James Merritt

... , because of where you are in your life and what you are in your life and who you are in your life that there is no hope for you. You cannot see how God could possibly want anything to do with you - much less to have you become a part of His family ... do for ourselves - picking up broken pieces and putting them together, taking broken lives and making them whole, taking broken hopes and making them become reality. Think about it - every sexual barrier between male and female, every social barrier between rich ...

4219. The “Gratitude Salute”

James 1:19-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... here because your parents dragged you into the car, kicking and screaming, and you would rather be anywhere else. Maybe you are here because you are lonely. Maybe you are here because you feel something is wrong or missing in your life. Maybe you are here hoping that something in here will make you different in here (point to heart). None of these are bad reasons to be at church on a sunny August Sunday (nope, not even being brought by your parents). But here’s the reason we Christians gather for worship ...

4220. Am I a Real Christian?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... .' "(Acts 26:28) Now let me tell you the background of this statement. Paul was standing before King Agrippa. His full name was Herod Agrippa II, who was the great grandson of Herod The Great, who slaughtered all the little babies in Bethlehem when Jesus was born, hoping to kill Jesus. He had come to Caesarea by the Sea to visit with Porcius Festus who was the Procurator of the area of Judea. There was a prison there and Paul was being held at that time on charges of treason, defiling the temple, and being ...

4221. RSVP—By Invitation Only

Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... it a shot. Mustering up every bit of courage I could find, I opened the door to this restaurant and walked up to a man standing behind a podium. He said, "Your name, sir?" Without looking up I mumbled "James Merritt." I thrust my hands deep into my pockets hoping to conceal their stains. He didn't seem to notice the filth I was covered in and he scanned down His list of names and said, "Yes, there it is "James Merritt." He said, "You are James Merritt?" Well, I couldn't believe what I heard. A grin broke ...

4222. The Weakest Link

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... literally means "atonement." Yom Kippur literally means "the day of atonement." The word atonement means "to cover." What this man really said was this: "I am exposing my heart for what it is—sinful—God will you cover for me?" May I share something with you I hope we will all remember. There is only one thing worse than being a sinner, and that is being a sinner but not admitting that you are a sinner. Allow me to give you a practical application of this parable; several things we can take home with us ...

4223. Hotline to Heaven

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... in a few days and if I can take your case, I will." He put the receiver back on the hook and looked to what he hoped was his first client and said, "Now what may I do for you?" The man said, "I'm from the phone company, I came to connect ... people say, without really putting any heart into your prayer. Today Buddhists have little prayer wheels. They continually turn that prayer wheel hoping that first this prayer, and then that prayer, will go up to God. There are others who use rosaries or prayer beads, ...

4224. The Dark Side Revealed

Numbers 32:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... Sin Will Condemn You Listen to that verse, just one more time. "Be sure your sin will find you out." (Numbers 32:23, NASB) Hopefully that verse strikes a little fear into your heart when you think about going into the dark side. Remember the verse does not say ... with it just because nothing has happened to you at this point, let me share with you one verse of scripture that I hope you will never forget. "The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after ...

4225. People Skills

Proverbs 12:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... place at the wrong time with the wrong person, you can't do the wrong thing." There is so much more I could say about this matter of people skills and relationships, but I go back to something I said at the beginning. Your only hope for eternity, your only hope for going to heaven is to make sure you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I'll tell you what I have learned. When you develop the skills of having a relationship with God, a true relationship with God, a dynamic relationship with God ...

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