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401. The Reject

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... out to the rejected and how the rejected should respond when Jesus reaches out to them. I. We Must Be Attractive To Those Who Feel Rejected We continue the story in verse 3. “And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he ... them, which is exactly what happened in this story, which leads to a second principle. II. We Must Be Attracted To Those Who Feel Rejected What happened next blew the crowd away and probably almost caused Zacchaeus to fall out of that tree. “And when Jesus came ...

402. Naomi and Ruth

Ruth 1:1-22

Understanding Series

Michael S. Moore

... Bethlehem women (4:14). 1:9 Naomi’s second wish is for Yahweh to grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband. Here we come to the core of her concern. Naomi wants her widowed daughters-in-law to find “rest” (menukhah). Her feelings about this are so strong, she repeats them again in 3:1, “My daughter, should I not try to find a home (‘rest,’ manoakh) for you?” One need look only at the story of the Levite and his concubine (Judg. 19:25–28) to realize how rare rest ...

403. You Shall Be My Witness

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... my faith, to tell no one, and yet it seemed that if I were to take a stand for Christ as my Lord, I had to tell others.” [3] We must overcome our hesitancy to talk about hallowed things. The second reservation that we have about witnessing stems from our feeling that we don’t have anything to share. The comedian Red Skelton tells a story about himself that happened many years ago. “He was a young man at the time and he had a secretary on his staff who had done a lot of extra work for him. So he ...

404. Pop Verses: John 3:16

John 3:16

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... to live life with purpose and meaning. Believe it or not, convincing people of this is one of my toughest jobs as a pastor. Sometimes it feels as if I cannot preach on the love of God enough! There are so many voices out in the world tearing people down. There are so ... preacher. That is all I ever want to do. We need to get back to experiencing God and his love. We need to get back to feeling how crazy God is about us. It strikes me that in the church we spend a lot of time talking about what we think about ...

405. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... Job “ruthlessly” with the might of his hand. You snatch me up. Job returns to the imagery of the wind blowing about insignificant litter (vv. 14–15). Like threshed grain is tossed into a stiff breeze to allow the worthless chaff to be blown away, so Job feels as if God has thrown him headlong into a storm to be driven before the wind so he can toss him about like chaff. Job concludes this section with the pessimistic observation that the only logical conclusion of such a state of affairs is death. God ...

406. The Lost Coin

Luke 15:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of these coins (take the coins out of the bag) that I have here and everyone of them was worth the same amount. Would you feel rich? Sure you would. Would every coin be pretty important? Sure it would. But the question is how important would each coin be if you ... when you do the very worst thing in the whole world He tries to find you and help you so that you will never have to feel like you want to do something like that again. Jesus says that God will hunt in every nook and cranny in this world until He ...

407. The Sign of Jonah

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . He is no longer the person he used to be either. And nothing comes of his attempt to flee from his new mission and new identity. The metaphor of the boat on the sea, the nets, the group of men and the fleeing of Peter from his calling must feel similar to many pastors who have found themselves somewhere in between the person they used to be and the person they are becoming, as they begin to follow Jesus in answer to God’s call. When God calls, it is a lifetime commitment. It changes you. You not only ...

408. The Surrogate

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... without some assurance that what they are committing to will last. They want to be secure in not having to fear or face loss, rejection, devastation, ruin. Who doesn’t need the security of knowing we will be ok in the face of any disaster? Who doesn’t feel the need to protect ourselves the best we can from rejection and loss? Security has even become big business. You could not have lost money in the past 30 years if you invested in either security or storage. In fact, 19.7 per cent of all US workers ...

409. The Healer

Matthew 4:23-25, Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the Lord of Life? That’s the question in the scriptures for today. You know, in Jesus’ day, the mind and heart were seen as one and the same. So if your thoughts were wrong, your heart was also in the wrong place. There was no separation of thoughts and feelings. The whole person either was in sync or out of sync with Jesus. And really, isn’t that what we believe too? It’s called “therapy,” the “talking cure.” We go to someone to talk about what we are thinking, how we are ...

410. Who is That Crouching at Your Door?

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... left a surprise or two in their wills. It’s the story too of Christians like you and me who expect more attention than we feel we are getting from God, who has seemed to favor our enemies more than we, or worse, people who aren’t even Christian! No fair ... everything right, go to church our whole lives, do what is expected of us? Follow all the rules? And when tragedy strikes, we feel God doesn’t notice. A loved one gets cancer. A loved one commits suicide. A love one loses her job. God noticed that guy ...

411. Almond Joy!

Numbers 17:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... God who sees and pays attention to what is happening in our lives and in the world. It reminds us to wake up and smell the flowers, that resurrection day is right around the corner. God is ready to do something fantastic and amazing in our lives! Often when we feel our life is a failure, or we have not done what we should have, or we have not lived up to what we wished we could be or do, we become “sleepers.” To avoid facing our sins and ourselves and God, we allow ourselves to “fall asleep” to the ...

412. A Spooky Kind of Love

1 Samuel 28:1-25, Matthew 28:11-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the Holy Spirit upon an open spirit of a faithful people. God sees into our hearts and minds, as we know from the story of Job. And God discerns our level of faith. Some might say, women have a kind of spooky intuition. They often seem to know things and feel things that the rest of us somehow miss. This is the kind of spooky thing about Jesus. Jesus knows what’s in our hearts and in our minds before we say it. Jesus knows the faith of the woman who touches the hem of His garment. Jesus knows the faith ...

413. Why Can’t I Have It All?

Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... what true love looks like, what investment and service look like, what being created in the image of God, but not assuming the role of God, looks like. And He invites us to try again. We as human beings live in a constant struggle between the need to feel special and individual and the need for relationship and connection with others. We spend our days evaluating where our needs start and end, and how and to what extent we will care about the needs of others. In a sense, this is our human purpose, to learn ...

414. Excuse Me!

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Carl Jech

... negative, can be expressed from a position of strength and high self-esteem. But excessive negativity is almost always a warning sign. If I feel good about myself, I don't need to make a snide remark to the golfer who accidentally hits my ball instead of his own ... maker we frequently find ourselves thinking "What's her problem?" When I am confronted with an unkind or cutting remark that I feel I don't deserve, instead of barking back, I try to take the attitude which says "That's his problem" The chances ...

415. Hold Me When I'm Angry

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Jech

... compliment when a dying person shares his or her anger with us. It seems absurd at first when we are told to be grateful that a person is lashing out at us when we are "innocent," but if we realize that the dying person is trusting us with her deepest feelings, we can indeed look upon this sharing as a great honor. Following through on this insight, Dr. Ross adds that it is even okay to be angry at God, because "God can take it! It is part of God's job to deal with our anger!" Our willingness to give ...

416. Wrong by Association, Right by Jesus

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... “crowd” keeps saying: “This is where it’s at!” And the leader of the crowd tells you: “You can leave if you want! If you’re ashamed to be seen with me!” And now, you are trapped between a rock and a hard place. What do you do? You feel pressured by both “sides.” One wants you to tow the conformity line. The other wants you to stay true to the group. You begin to doubt yourself. Could they be troublemakers? Am I the only one not seeing it? Am I really seeing things the right way? Have I ...

417. Soul Soup

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... find the things that help nourish our spirits and keep them faithful and hopeful. Whether stories and witnesses to God’s love, beautiful songs that speak to us in personal and real ways, books or movies that move us and help our faith, rituals that help us to feel God’s presence around us, every one of us knows the ways that help us to boost our faith. What helps you restore your faith? Do you take a walk on the beach? Listen to soothing music? Remember times in your lives when God was there with you ...

418. The Gospel Ship

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . You will always run into adversities, challenges, and adventures, but you will also always get to the other side guided and driven by the winds of the Holy Spirit. Today, you are taking a trip on the “good old Gospel ship.” This sense of adventure you feel right now, this anticipation of what lies ahead, the joy of the salt air and open seas, the starry skies above, the wind and the waves. This is the church’s definition of mission and what it means to be an apostle of Christ. Many churches have ...

419. Why the Greatest?

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... clothes, raising their children, sharing a bed — and as she sings, “If that’s not love, what is?” And perhaps that may be the first key to how to love God, especially if things aren’t going our way. We act faithfully, regardless of how we’re feeling about God, and that will do for love for now. Especially because we can’t always say we love God. When we lose loved ones, or suffering a great misfortune, we may rail and rant like Job, until we see things in a larger perspective. But regardless ...

420. He Loves You Anyway

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... church, but you brought God to us.” (5) “You brought God to us.” That was Jesus’ mission. Please don’t believe the lie that you are unacceptable to God. One of the greatest truths Jesus came to teach us is, “God loves you anyway.” No matter what your feelings say. No matter what others say. No matter whether you deserve it or not, God loves you anyway. That’s the whole reason God became flesh in the form of Jesus Christ. “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” If you are ...

421. The Reckoning

Matthew 14:13-21, Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... deceive yourself and God all at the same time. We all know that right? So, Jacob struggles. He struggles hard. How can he carry the covenant line when he’s a sinner, and a thief, and a coward, and a deceiver! He’s feeling insecure. He’s feeling guilty. He’s feeling afraid. He’s feeling like a jerk, a failure. Most of all, he needs to trust in the goodness of God, in God’s ability to forgive him more than he is able to forgive himself. He needs to trust in God’s wisdom in blessing him, Jacob ...

422. Hark, The Herald... What?

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , and gave a big thumbs up — something she always did. In that second, the dream was over. The email continued: I called my pastor in the morning and he told me of people in the Bible with angelic experiences and said that if I believe in what happened, I can feel chosen to know I had a true gift from God. I will tell you this - my anger with God has subsided. I still wish I could have my mom with me here on earth, but knowing I can’t is ok with me. When I saw her, she was so ...

423. Trouble in the Vineyard

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... other, but we are of great value to God, each and every one of us. When we know we are loved and cherished by God, we don’t need to be envious of others and what they receive. We are free to celebrate with our neighbors their good things and feel good and happy about God’s loving care for them. This is what the kingdom is truly about––each worker in God’s vineyard knowing his or her sacred worth in the eyes of God, excited about doing God’s mission, and able to celebrate the good gifts of all ...

424. Ready for Change

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . The only time that change does not happen in life is in the coldness of death. Even then, Jesus offers us life beyond death. Hope, renewal, and a fresh new start. But Jesus’ promise is not limited to death, but to all that feels like death: darkness, depression, anger, hopelessness, grief, sadness, disillusionment, loss. In life, as in eternal life, Jesus offers us renewal, hope, and a fresh new start. This holiday season needs to start with faith. That’s what Advent truly is about: faith. Faith ...

425. I Love You — If You Know What I Mean

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... ? What do we mean when we say it? I guess there are a lot of reasons. Sometimes we say it because we are overwhelmed with feelings for someone dear to us. Sometimes we say it because we want something. Sometimes we say it to justify something we have done or want ... his decision and was not by any means a bad person, but while she did come to church with her husband, she did not feel the desire to convert to Christianity and become a full member of the church. Out of their love and concern for the husband, a ...

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