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4501. Whose Servant Are You? (Part II)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... is greater than any source of despair. His being a servant was the result of his orientation to life, not the operating emotion of the day. Last year Kevin Osborne shared with me an excerpt that will be my closing words today: "Father, Where shall I work today? And my Love flowed warm and free. Then He pointed me out a tiny spot, And said, `Tend that for Me.'' I answered quickly, `Oh no! not that, why no one would ever see no matter how well my work was done. Not that little place for me!'' And the word He ...

4502. The Power of Encouragement (Part VIII)

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... with her, praying for her. She could not speak, and they did not know she was aware of their presence. Later she said, "I lay there in my sling blissfully aware of their coming and going. I felt as if I were gathered up in a cocoon of love. It did not matter if I lived or died. I was part of the beloved community." Encouragement is like peanut butter on a sandwich. The more you spread it, the better things stick together. Robert Fulghum, in one of his heartwarming books about what he learned in kindergarten ...

4503. The Importance of the Second Violin

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... an article titled "Living by Vows," from which I am going to share some excerpts today. About ten years ago he and his lovely wife, Muriel, were vacationing in Florida when he began to notice that she would repeat the same story within minutes of sharing it ... did not seem painful for her, but it was a slow dying for me to watch the vibrant, creative, articulate person I knew and loved gradually dimming out." Friends advised him to put her in a health care facility and to keep his job. One friend said that ...

4504. The Powerful Fragrance of Sharing and Caring

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... of old papers, the wife discovered one of her first husband''s lists. And as she read the sheet, a realization caused a tear of joy to splash on the paper. "I''m still doing all these things, and no one has to tell me. I do it because I love him." IN VERSES 14 AND 19, PAUL KNOWS THAT THE SECRET TO HIS LIFE AND THE RESOURCES HE NEEDED FOR GOD''S WORK WAS IN THE POWER OF GOD. Lloyd Oglivie, the distinguished Presbyterian pastor, relates how the bold letters across the top of a full page advertisement by a ...

4505. A Ship without a Port

John 3:1-21

Drama

Angela Akers

... , sell the need.” Boss: “Excellent.” Senior ad exec.: “Make people feel inadequate, then tell them that the product we’re selling can fill their needs.” Boss: “And what are the three greatest needs in our society?” Advertising team: “The need for love.” “The need for peace.” “The need for power.” Boss: “You’ve got it. So let’s see what you did.” Senior ad exec: “Okay. Our first campaign was for diamonds.” Boss: “But we’re not selling diamonds, are we?” Senior ad ...

4506. The Dangers of Being Religious

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... is me! I'm the only one. Pity me, suffering for Jesus, I am. So persecuted. So misunderstood!" 6. Do you crave recognition? The Pharisees loved to grab the best seats in the synagogue or at a table feast. They sewed bells on their robes so you'd hear them coming, ... it easy to sniff, "Her music is of the devil!" 13. Are you addicted to self-help pop psychology? Are you basing God's love for you on performance or grace? In Romans 7:7-25 Paul wrote of his days of trying to earn salvation with good behavior. ...

4507. Maximum Marriage

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... difficult thing for a parent to do, but it was the right thing. The best advice to a parent is to hold your children very close, love them, and train them up in God's Word. Then let them go! Let them leave! Don't interfere. Don't give them advice unless you ... man. Give your mate a gift when it's not his/her birthday or Christmas. Say, "Honey, I saw this in the store window. It was lovely, it made me think of you, and so I wanted you to have it." Get a couple of rocking chairs, sit down together, watch the sun ...

4508. Waiting for Godot?

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... but also he is the One who will never let us go! Our text reminds us: "He will also strengthen us to the end." Indeed his love will never let us go. Please, dear Christian, lay hold on this promise; keep it ever before you. Let it sustain you when difficult hours ... for a moment that he could foresee the end effect of those priceless lines that were to be wrung from the anguish of his soul? O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee: I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths ...

4509. The Answer Waiting for a Question

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... was!" And this -- I repeat -- is the tragic situation in which the person who lives apart from Christ finds himself: he never really comes to know who he is. Not so with the Christian -- he knows! Listen to Saint John as he writes in 1 John 3:1, "See what love the Father has given us that we should be called children of God and that is what we are." In verse 2 of the same chapter, he says, "Beloved, we are God's children now." With all the confidence he can muster, the Christian says: "At the heart of this ...

4510. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... other's way. And when we try to spread out our feelings, we often find that the larger family is no longer there to absorb them. We have to focus our anger on fewer people. It naturally becomes more intense. Living close-up has problems. We all love and hate the very people with whom we are the closest. The two feelings exist side-by-side.3 Seventy percent of the people admitted to emergency rooms in hospitals on Saturday nights are victims of either domestic violence or violence among friends. All of us ...

4511. A Song, A Dance, A Savior

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... . He uses the words, "lead," "brooks of water," and "straight paths," which bring to mind the picture of a good shepherd who seeks those who are lost in order to bring them home (v. 9). There is also a reference to the "first born," the one who is loved and valued and who received God's special protection, care, and gifts. The shepherd who is the protector is also the Father who values. This shepherd had scattered his flock but now he gathers them home from exile. It is the shepherd who seeks and saves the ...

4512. No Other Name

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... saved." Jesus is not humanity's attempt to reach God. Jesus is God's attempt to reach humanity. Jesus shows us God's heart, God's love, God's forgiveness, God's grace. You ask, how can we know that about Jesus? How can we know that he gives us an accurate picture ... worshiping than the God that Jesus revealed to us? If Jesus does not represent God, is God worth our time? If God is not loving, if God is not forgiving, if God is not accepting, humanity is in big trouble. If you are in a discussion with people of ...

4513. A Forgiving Presence

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 7:35-50. Jesus had been invited into the house of Simon for a dinner party, not Simon Peter, but a rich man Simon, Simon the leper. What started out to be a very proper evening of good food and conversation, turned into a shocking display of unabashed love and gratitude on the part of a prostitute, a woman of the street. The woman came to the party uninvited. She washed Jesus’ feet with tears of repentance, dried them with the hair of head, and anointed his feet with precious perfume that she had brought ...

4514. Why I Believe In Tithing

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is not wealthy. In fact, she is now living on the brink of poverty, surviving by social security. All her life has been spent trying to buy love, and the most painful result of that is that she’s now 60 years old, and the one person who should be the enriching joy of her ... do so only by a conscious that is occasionally fired by the fact that, after all, she gave him birth. Money won’t buy love. And money won’t buy respect. We may get some of our selfish wants by money. We may use it to gain loyalty and ...

4515. Participants In The Gospel

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with that setting in mind, in chapter 4 verse 1, Paul tells of what he thinks of the church at Philippi. “My brethren whom I love and long for, my joy and my crown, stand firm in the Lord.” The church at Philippi was Paul’s joy and crown. Of all ... Paul to leave Philippi, and Paul did. On two other occasions, he returned; therefore, three times he visited Philippi, and he came to love the Philippians. Thus, every time he thinks of his friends there, he’s filled with joy. They are his friends, so the ...

4516. Gospel Through The Person

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... repetition of Calvary, but as an expansion and an expression of it in the name of Christ for the sake of others. Even though we may not be in prison for the cause of Christ, don’t miss the meaning of this. Because of the love Paul received from the cross, he was always to love in spite of the cost. Someone has said that to be authentically Christian in our day is to be counter-cultural, and I believe that. To be authentically Christian in our day is to be counter-cultural. The word of Paul for us here is ...

4517. A Life Hidden With Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... : One, we are united in Christ's death; and two, we are united in his resurrection. Let's look at these. I. First, we are united in Christ's death. We talked about this last Sunday. The Cross meets us at the point of our deepest needs for forgiveness, for love, for community, and for a cause for which to live and die. Since we dealt extensively with it then, let's state the issue plainly again, and move on. The person whose life is "hid with Christ in God" is dead to sin because He is united with Christ's ...

4518. The Game Is For A Team

Colossians 4:7-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , but a word of welcome. Is your life a life of hospitality that welcomes those who may have missed the mark, whose style and way of living may not be like yours -- but who needs desperately to know that there is a place where they will be loved and accepted, as Christ would love and accept. Onesimus reminds us that the church must be a fellowship of reconciliation. III The next person at whom we look is Justus. We have time to mention only one I think this verse is the only time his name appears in the New ...

4519. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (i)

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... look at Jesus Christ. Some unknown poet put it in this fashion. "Here is truth in a little creed Enough for all the roads we go In love is all the law we need In Christ is all the God we know." That's a pretty good summary. To know God and how he acts ... world as well as to the Word. And do not all of us learn more when we do not try to understand too soon?" (The Courage to Love, Harper & Rowe, Publishers, San Francisco, p. 7). So we don't look to the Bible to close a discussion, but to open one. 4. We are to ...

4520. I Am Christ's

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... have -- her life creating life in him. And you know that's suggestive of the opportunity that is ours with Christ. Receiving Him, and cultivating his presence, we have a new status. We now have a Christ-centered existence. We are who we are because of the personal love of God that comes to us in Jesus Christ. II. But not only a new status, a new style. Persons in Christ are people in whom a new principle of life has been implanted. Now get that. Persons who are in Christ are people in whom a new principle ...

4521. Singing In The Rain

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... King James version, Psalm 59:10 reads like this: "The God of my mercy shall prevent me." Let me hurry to say that in old English, the word "prevent" meant "go before." But the penciled interpretation in the margin read like this: "My God in his loving kindness shall meet me at every corner." Hugh Redwood said...when he read those words the message came to him as light in a dark place, light from the very heart of God. It lifted him, consoled him, encouraged him, revitalized him...and gave him the strength ...

4522. Walk In Newness Of Life

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ...All you ever made wasA woman out of me. Husbands, wouldn't we all like for our wives to be able to say that to us. "You did what was most important. You fed my hunger for meaning. You accepted my uniqueness. You didn't try to change me. You loved me, and I became who I was meant to be." Wow! It's not a long way from that to our scripture lesson. In the first five chapters of Romans, Paul has given us his reasoned doctrine of justification by grace through faith. We have absolutely nothing for which to ...

4523. Courage Me!

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... against us, and there is not apparent reason for hope. And four, Christians encourage one another by their courage and perseverance. I close with this: G. Campbell Morgan was one of the great English preachers and a powerful man of God. As a young seminary student he fell in love with a certain young woman. He was reluctant to propose. He said, "I think God has laid it on my heart to say some radical things to the church. I may not be a success, I may be persecuted. I don't want to drag you into that. In ...

4524. Dealing With Guilt And Shame

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... than stealing pears. Augustine saw in the "pear incident" his true nature and the nature of all human kind: "foul was the evil, and I loved it." In each of us there is sin. Now whether we talk about this in terms of original sin, or the universality of sin doesn ... in sincerest penitence before God -- but we don't stay there. We can't wallow in our sin. God is such a lover -- and He loves to love. He will hug us and kiss us and cause us to stand erect and look Him straight in the eye. He will insist that we ...

4525. Naming And Being Named

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... will last, so that the Father that will give you whatever you ask Him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another. (John 15:12-17) And that's the Word of the Lord for you and me today. Naming and being named is one of ... within us, we need to call on our memory and allow God to speak to us through that. That occasion when He healed that loved one for whom we prayed. That occasion when he did guide us around that perilous corner and saved us from destruction. That occasion when ...

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