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4751. Nag, Nag, Nag!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... need of him, not on our praise. We are humble enought to admit we are in need and that we are not self-sufficient to take care of our problems and needs. Like the woman in the text we willingly get down on our knees in humility and simply plead, "Lord, help me." Who could say "No" to that? Humility will not only lead you to asking for help but will encourage you to do simple, menial tasks. A customer once wrote to Stanley Marcus of the Neiman-Marcus store in Dallas, "There’s a very nice-looking woman whom ...

4752. In the Spirit's Tether

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... and elsewhere, to celebrate the love of God and to strengthen their bonds with one another. It is here, too, in the sacrament, that we pray for a renewal of what we really are ... a redeemed community unified in Christ. We remember the words of our Lord when he said, "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." And we ask that we may be drawn increasingly in the Spirit’s tether, through personal and corporate rededication. We find his presence especially real ...

4753. Running With Patience

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... held to the conviction that heaven had a purpose in all this experience for him. He kept running his course with patience, even when it appeared that there was little left to live for. But when the fog lifted, he was still on target. And we read, "so the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning ..." (Job 42:12a, RSV). Job died at the age of 140 years, "being old and full of days." It has been said that patience is a wise teacher. Quaint though it may sound, it is nevertheless true. Adults ...

4754. Embalmed Alive

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... up space any more? Why should it any more be a burden to the soil?" It’s a question aimed at all of us. Our Lord asks: "What earthly good are you? What right do you have going on taking up space in the world, eating its food, breathing its air, ... in there, friend. You’ll never find it! In the marvelous economy of our Creator when he says, through his Son, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and soul and mind and thy neighbor as thyself," he isn’t giving us some arbitrary rule that we ...

4755. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... very special. It took me several years to learn that my mother, out of her sufferings and trials, was singing of the presence of her Lord. Yes, indeed, my friend, we have a Faith for this walk - along the thin edge of any danger. There’s a lot of talk in ... the second one is "Follow," then the very first command which Christ gives to his follower is "Go, go into all the world." Yes, our Lord is the Lord of the pilgrim, and I think he knows how to see us through. In Hebrews 11:8-10 (RSV) we read of God’s ...

4756. Name Above Every Name

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... friend, it is essential truth. Small wonder, then, that millions hail the power of Jesus’ name and sing of the name that charms our fears and bids our sorrows cease. Name above every name, this one! A good, kind, quiet woman had walked humbly but joyously with her Lord from her girlhood days. Now in her mid-nineties, strength failing, she lay upon the bed from which she would never be able to lift her body again. In early life she had committed to memory the words of Romans 3:2: "The law of the Spirit of ...

4757. To Receive or Worship?

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... Life, not the slaughter of war. This was the Prince of Peace. Now they publicly recognized him as the Son of God. He is the conqueror of our greatest enemies: sin and death. He must ride in triumph in our hearts and be forever hailed as King of kings and Lord of lords. 3. Some threw down their coats along the way [Matthew 21:8] Although not done today, it was long the custom of people to greet a hero by throwing a piece of one’s clothing in his path to walk upon. In ancient times this was done for Jehu ...

4758. Saints With Crooked Haloes

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... has also put away your sin; you shall not die." There was a penalty to be paid for that sin, but God continued to use David in spectacular ways. In fact, The Bible calls David "a man after God's own heart." This same David was an ancestor of our Lord Jesus. Truly, he was a saint with a crooked halo. Years ago when I was entering the ministry, I reported to a meeting in Columbia, South Carolina for all candidates for ordination. There I was shocked to see Bruce Garris. I had not seen Bruce in ten years. He ...

4759. The Names of the Christ-Child

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... has been there; Jesus wept at the grave of his friend Lazarus. When we are tempted so severely that we almost tremble under the force of the Evil One, our Lord has been there; Jesus spent a terrible forty days continually badgered by the Devil. When life makes no sense and we can't find God anywhere, our Lord has been there; Jesus cried out in agony from a cross, "My God, why have you forsaken me?" We can never say truthfully, "God doesn't understand." Jesus was God in human form. He trudged our toughest ...

4760. The Waters of Your Baptism

Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... died has gone straight to heaven. Heaven must ring with the sound of children's laughter. Infant baptism is a sacrament. The word "sacrament" means a vehicle or channel or means of grace instituted by Jesus. We united Methodists have only two sacraments--baptism and The Lord's Supper. Infant baptism is a sacrament but an unfinished sacrament. It looks forward to a time of completion when a child will be old enough to take his own vows of faith and thus endorse the claim we made earlier on his behalf. Let's ...

4761. The Level Ground Beneath The Cross

Romans 3:21-31, Romans 3:9-20

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Savior are the same as that of the worst drug dealer in New York City. But if by faith I claim Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord, my chances of going to heaven are the same as that of Billy Graham and the Pope. The ground is level beneath the Cross. Let me lift ... lady was wealthy and didn't even know it. Millions of people don't understand that all the spiritual riches of the Lord Jesus Christ are available to them--his love, his forgiveness, his salvation, his power, and his joy. He paid the premiums on ...

4762. The Unknown Hero

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , should I say, salesperson. He suggests that you are too much of a sinner to be telling others about Christ. He wants you to forget that you are a forgiven sinner who not only has the right but indeed the obligation to speak a word about the Lord. The devil likes to suggest that sharing Christ is for professional clergy only, not for amateurs. The devil knows that the most powerful witnesses are precisely those who are not paid to do it but are motivated solely by their love for Christ and his people. Your ...

4763. Derailed Dreams

Genesis 37:12-36, 50:15-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... “DEAD-END” SIGN IS GOD’S DETOUR. When the world says, "Dead end, dummy," God says, "Stand firm and see the deliverance of the Lord." When the world says, "It's impossible," the Word says, "with God all things are possible." When the world says, "There is no way," ... would never take the time to write unless he was forced to. He would rather be out preaching and organizing churches. So, the Lord used that jail time as good time for Paul to put pen to parchment and create for us the sacred words that ...

4764. "Almost" Is A Sad Word

Matthew 19:16-30

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... has a bushy tail?" The boy said, "No sir, I didn't think so, but I figured you wouldn't call us down here to talk about squirrels." The little boy had a point. The only thing we have to offer of life-changing value is Jesus--savior, Lord, intimate friend, pioneer of the faith. Our primary mission is not to offer people character guidance, friendly fellowship groups, or pastoral care. Our first mission is to help people meet Jesus and respond to his offer of new life. Notice in verses 18 and 19 that Jesus ...

4765. The Master at Prayer

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... coffee cake. I accidentally drove by the bakery this morning and happened to see lots of coffee cakes in the window. So I prayed, 'Lord, if you want me to have one of those delicious coffee cakes, then let there be a parking place directly in front of ... you let that happen? This has been a rotten year. I hate illness or divorce or job transition. If this is the way you treat your friends, Lord, I'd hate to be your enemy." We can say all that and more and God will not punch us out. He is big enough to take ...

4766. How to do Extraordinary Things

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... children, there must be l0,000 people on this hillside. There is no catering service in the Middle East that can handle such a crowd. Lord, why do you ask us to do the impossible?" Jesus asked, "How much food is here? Go and see." In other words, don't bother ... fragments of food stretch a long way or else I'm going to have a lot of hungry folks on my hands." He did not ask the Lord to put a little honey on the bread to really impress folks. No, he blessed God's name and committed that bread to God. That's ...

4767. The Glory of Christ

John 17:6-19, John 17:1-5

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... might come to know God's love. Leader: Let us lift our voices in praise and song for the glory of God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in one of the great paradoxes You used total rejection to bring forth redeeming love. Fill us with Your love, Lord, that we might truly share the Gospel with others. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we seek Your glory but we are unwilling to yield our lives in obedience. And we see the glory of Your Cross but we do not want ...

4768. Servants of Christ

Matthew 7:24-29, Matthew 7:15-23

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... and do what Christ calls us to do. Leader: Let us come together as one and lift our voices in praise to God! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You have given us the honor of calling us to serve. Give us the courage to accept, the strength to complete the task, and the integrity to always be faithful. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, too often we have called upon Your name and yet chosen to go on our ways rather than to serve You. So often we have sought to receive Your ...

4769. A Time for Tears

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... have cried at many funerals since. But I rejoice, somehow, that the Bible records for us the fact that Jesus wept, for if our Lord shed tears, then we may be assured that there is something that we may call "a good cry," and I am glad that there ... the only thing that counted was ESCAPE from the pain of grief?" Love will often find expressions in tears, especially lost love. Our Lord expressed it himself, and He expects it of us. The wife of a couple that were having some very difficult marital problems called ...

4770. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... each meant to the other. Their relationship was to bear the marks of the love each had for the partner to whom they were bound. If God was loved enough to be central in their lives, his people would act in ways that demonstrated that. If he, indeed, were their Lord then it simply would follow as a matter of course that they would have no other gods before him (he would be number one); they would not treat his name as though it were nothing (he would mean too much for them to handle in that way); they would ...

4771. Chapter IV

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... to God. Sunday, however, came into prominence for Christians because on that day Jesus was raised from the dead. "Very early on the first day of the week ..." (Mark 16:1) the disciples found that the tomb was empty. Because the resurrection of their Lord became the center of their faith, the day on which it occurred became increasingly the focal point for the church’s celebrations and preaching. The time came when it finally displaced the sabbath as the chief day in the life of the Christian community ...

4772. This Is Our Song

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... edge if I climb over the hills and take a peek. It’s worth a look anyway; I can’t lose anything. "Help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth." Oh! So this is what I find on the other side of the hills - God. It’s been a long time. ... as I need, I really need a God who will stay with me without getting tired or frustrated or losing his patience and pooping out. "The Lord is your keeper and shade; he defends your right hand. The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night." It does get ...

4773. Dead to Sin

Romans 6:1-14

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... walk with Christ in the resurrection, Leader: We must walk with Christ toward the Cross. People: We each must let Christ into our hearts and turn away from sin. Leader: In Christ we are dead to sin and washed clean before Almighty God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You are total perfection and cannot accept sin, yet You loved us so much You sent the Christ to pay the debt of sin and wash us clean. We praise Your holy name ...

4774. Boldly Proclaiming Christ

Matthew 10:1-42

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James Wilson

... of peace will sway our hearts. Leader: Then let our voices ring out in praise to our Almighty God! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, there are powers in this world using fear and intimidation to silence our witness for Christ. But eternity is in Your hand, Lord, so let us boldly proclaim the Gospel forever. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often when the times to stand and be counted have come, we, like Your disciple Peter, have denied You. And so many times when our ...

4775. Judgement Day Is Coming

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 13:47-52

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... repent and to believe the good news that "God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." If you repent of your sin and trust in this Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, you will by-pass judgment and heaven will be God's gift to you. My friend James W. Moore of Houston tells a story about a minister who had a strange dream. He dreamed that he had died and was trying to get into heaven. When he approached the pearly ...

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