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451. James 3:13-18

James 3:13-18

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Leonard Sweet

... truly Spirit-filled and Christ-like. These virtues are very different from those celebrated in the surrounding Greco-Roman society. James first declares purity as the most desirable trait for Christians to cultivate. This contrasts with the leader described in verse 14, who operates with mixed motives, putting selfish desires above communal harmony. Coupled with this purity are a string of adjectives that reflect a distinctively Christ-like complex. In contrast to Hellenistic tradition, where meekness and ...

452. 1 Timothy 2:1-7

1 Timothy 2:1-7

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Leonard Sweet

... amidst first-century opposition. It is telling that the body of this letter (2:1-6:19) opens with a deceptively simple command to pray and to make that prayer all-inclusive. In today's text Paul asserts that there are both good social reasons (the desire to live in peace and quiet) and good theological reasons (there is truly only one God and one Redeemer) for this call to universality in prayer. In 2:1 the primacy of prayer in all its forms is stressed. Paul specifically lists three different kinds of ...

453. Easter Day

Isaiah 25:1-12, Mark 16:1-20, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, John 20:1-9

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John R. Brokhoff

... was the leader of the disciples? Perhaps it was because Peter needed to be reclaimed. Peter denied Jesus, and a reckoning had to take place. Judas was dead. Only Peter among the disciples needed special attention. Here we see the grace of God in Christ's desire to give a disciple another chance. 4. Trembling (v. 8). The women trembled at the fact of the empty tomb, the sight of the angel and the announcement of the resurrection. If this were a story made up by the first Christians, the reaction would have ...

454. Easter 5

Acts 8:26-40, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-17

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John R. Brokhoff

... . 11. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 22:25-31 "May your hearts live forever." (v. 26b); Psalm 22:24-30; Psalm 66:1-11 Prayer Of The Day : "O God, form the minds of your faithful people into a single will. Make us love what you command and desire what you promise, that, amid all the changes of this world, our hearts may be fixed where true joy is found." Hymn Of The Day: "Amid The World's Bleak Wilderness" Theme Of The Day: "Life In Christ" Gospel A life in Christ is fruitful. Lesson 1 A person is ...

455. Proper 8

2 Samuel 1:1-16, 2 Samuel 1:17-27, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, Mark 5:21-43

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John R. Brokhoff

... , probably the people will be motivated to memorize it. Outline: O God – a. Your joys are beyond understanding "joys beyond understanding" Mark 5:42. b. Your love is supreme "loving you above all things" 2 Corinthians 8:8. c. Your promises exceed our desires "which exceed all that we can desire" Mark 5:39-41. Gospel: Mark 5:21-43 1. Fathers who care (5:21-24a, 35-43). Need: Our land has many fathers who do not care about their children. Some fathers desert their families, get divorced and fail to support ...

456. We All Want Truth

John 15:26

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Edward F. Markquart

... by lies, distortions, and half-truths. A sign of sickness in us as human beings is that we try to avoid the truth or distort the truth or manipulate the truth. And we want to find the truth out about everything. All human beings have this spirit of truth, the desire to find truth in all aspects of our lives. For example, we want to find out the truth about our universe and how it works. We want to find out the truth about the sun, moon and the stars. We want to find out the truth about the origins of ...

457. Proper 27

Psalm 98:1-9; 145:1-5, 17-21, Haggai 1:15b-2:9, Luke 20:27-40, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17

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B. David Hostetter

... that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in your sight, God our Savior, for you desire everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. You are one God, and there is one mediator between you and all humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself a ransom for all. Lord of the church, keep all believers ...

458. Got Milk?

1 Peter 2:1-3

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James Merritt

... can't even imagine. I. Develop A Heart For God's Word I am going to share something with you that many of you have never thought about and may very well surprise you. Even though we are told in verse 2 that we are "as new-born babes [to] desire the pure milk of the word" there is a condition attached to that command. It is found in verse 1. Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking. (I Peter 2: 2, NKJ) Now you may wonder what verse 1 which deals with all types ...

459. I Don’t Like My Options

2 Kings 5:1-17

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James Merritt

... over their circumstances, and joy in the process, by learning three things to do when you don't like your options. I. Do What God Desires You're going to learn this story is about a general by the name of Naaman. The most telling thing you're going to learn ... involved, and which choice will hurt others involved. This will always help you to make the right decision. When you do what God desires, you will always help rather than hurt. II. Do What God Deserves Now the real hero of the story comes to the fore, a ...

460. Who's Number One?

Exodus 20:1-3

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James Merritt

... proven that He could meet every need His family has. What He asked in return was their exclusive trust and their exclusive worship. He said in effect, "Because of who I am and what I have done, I want your undivided attention. I am the Lord your God." II. God Desires My Undivided Affection This is going to come as a real shocker. The Ten Commandments are not about the law of God. They are really about the love of God; His love for us and our love for Him. You may be thinking, "How in the world can you say ...

461. A New Beginning for Everyone

Exodus 35:4-29

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James Merritt

... Transition Team that will help lead us through this process. This team will be composed of an equal number of people who feel led to stay on the main campus, and those who feel led to go to the new work. I envision two groups united in their desire to see this process handled with integrity and care, so that the best interests of this church, as well as the work up North, are paramount. But I also see two separate teams—one representing the main campus and one representing the north campus. Each will be ...

462. The Kingdom Is Not K-Mart

Luke 14:25-35

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James Merritt

... in verse 26 you've got to love him "more than your own life." If you are not willing to die to self, to ambition, to desire, to what you want and surrender your life totally to Jesus Christ you cannot be His disciple. If you want to win a popularity contest ... qualities: salt purifies, salt preserves, salt penetrates. As salt, we are to give every lost sinner a taste of Jesus and a desire to come to Him. Just as salt makes you thirsty for water, the salt of the disciple ought to make someone else thirsty ...

463. Kill Them with Kindness

Proverbs 3:3, 19:22

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James Merritt

... leaving home without kindness. Every morning when you get up and walk out the door to go to work or school or wherever you are going, you ought to have kindness around your neck worn just like a necklace. He went on to say in Proverbs 19:22, "What is desirable in a man is his kindness." (Proverbs 19:22, NASB) There is nothing that people want from you and will enjoy from you and will cause people to remember you, more than simply being kind. I want to share with you three secrets on how to kill people with ...

464. Carrying the Burdens of Others

Philippians 2:5-11

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Richard Gribble

... build and/or strengthen a new generation of youth. They teach them not only the three "Rs," or basics of the game, but imbue youth with the virtues and qualities necessary to be active and contributing members of society. Children are called to sacrifice some of their desires and possibly their needs so a classmate or friend will have the basics. Who has not been touched by such an act as a child sharing her sandwich at lunch with a friend who has none? Our great challenge is to take Paul's message in today ...

465. Compliments Of The House

Psalm 23:6

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... when the back door opened. I don't know what Bruce or Danny saw but I swear that as she looked at us, she grinned and winked, almost as if she were saying: "Compliments of the House." That's just one of the memories I associate with Home. II. The Desire Home. Remember Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and ET the extraterrestrial? All either one of them really wanted to do was go home. Home and that sense of home is so important to us that we have tons of phrases like: "A man's home is his castle. All ...

466. Discover the Surprise of Christmas

Matthew 2:1-12

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... Wise Men. But in order to make the Connection with God the way Jesus wants us to, in order to Re-connect both the story and our lives with God, which is the reason He came. We have to separate what the world teaches and practices from what God desires and offers. Here's what I mean. Watch this: Please don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with Santa and all the goodness and joy he represents at Christmas. However, Santa is not the reason for the season. Santa is a byproduct of the celebration of the ...

467. The Church: The Dwelling Place of Wonder

Ephesians 1:15-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... . An example of that is the fact that we do not require rebaptism when persons from other Christian Churches present themselves for membership. Now this does not mean that we are unconcerned about doctrine and theology. When people make a profession of faith and desire to be baptized in our church, we ask two big questions: One, “Do you truly and earnestly repent of your sins and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior?” Two, “Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in ...

468. Let God Be God - As if It Could Be Otherwise

Exodus 7:14-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... most of us have never learned that there is a connection between sin and suffering. If we’ve learned it, we don’t act as though we know it. We continue blithely on our way, living life as we please to live it, giving in- to the passions and desires of our lives, forgetting that there is a day of reckoning not in terms of judgment on some final day - though that is certain but even now. There is a connection between sin and suffering. When John Birkbeck was our houseguest a couple of weeks ago, he shared ...

469. Does Prayer Make Any Difference

Matthew 26:36-46

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J. Howard Olds

... Here is the next step. There is a will of God and the will of God can be known. There is another thing about it, the desire to please God, pleases God. You won’t always get it right, but if you get your heart right, if you move in the right direction, God ... will be set free. I believe that with all my heart. There is a will of God and the will of God can be known. The desire to please God pleases God. God will never desert his own. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear ...

470. Let the Living Begin

John 10:1-10

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J. Howard Olds

... want, do what you will, have it your way, you deserve a break today. So we wander without awareness that we are wasting our life. The prayer of General Confession says: We err and stray from God’s ways like lost sheep. We follow too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. May God have mercy on us. Chris Evert, who won 146 tennis championships, said in an interview, “We get ...

471. Diving Deeper

Luke 5:1-11

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J. Howard Olds

... a better life. Like a curious explorer on their first scuba dive, we are anxious to see what lies below the surface of our faith. Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.” Happy are those who have a deep desire to know God. They won’t be disappointed. It might be a small group of youth, it might be a prayer group that you are in or it could be a Sunday school class. Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for God. God will honor them. Are ...

472. From Greed to Generosity

Mark 10:17-27

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J. Howard Olds

... to criticize the extravagant life styles of the rich and famous, the music stars, the football heroes, who live and work in this community. That's not what I intend to do. I want talk about me. I want to talk about you. I want to talk about those personal desires and hidden needs that live inside the best of us. I want to talk about the deadly sins of Christians. We are born with the need to get. We have a new granddaughter in our family. I mentioned that last week, but some of you were not here. She's ...

473. Love

John 15:9-17

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J. Howard Olds

... you; abide in my love." I. Love Is An Experience Love is an experience before it is an expression. So let me ask you. Are you living as a loved child of God? To be loved is to be chosen. To be chosen is to be picked, selected, wanted, desired, adopted, claimed, singled out, set aside. The need to be chosen causes pastors to run for bishop, teenagers to try out for sports teams, politicians to seek elections, and employees to work for promotions. It is a good feeling to be chosen, and a raw feeling to be ...

474. Honoring God in a Pluralistic Society

Matthew 22:37-40

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J. Howard Olds

... of his continued prayers for my health, should I have thanked him or told him not to bother? I thanked him for his prayers. Come now and let us reason together. We live in a different kind of world. Reason causes us to question our desire for a Christian nation. James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church said recently, “There is nothing more powerful than an ideal whose time has come. And the idea of reclaiming American as a Christian nation has definitely come." While I respect Dr. Kennedy, I have ...

475. You Can't Stay on the Mountain Forever

Mark 9:2-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... accept it as the eternal God again witnessing to who his Son was. What a masterful way the story is told. When Peter makes his statement, whether it came out of embarrassment because he had been asleep, or whether one that really expressed the deep desire of his heart — it doesn’t matter — Jesus didn’t answer his request with words. The scripture says immediately a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud saying, “This is my beloved Son; listen to Him.” Do you remember the ...

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