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4851. Ten Commandments for Parents

Illustration

Kevin Leman

... eyes have not seen the world as yours have; let me explore it safely; don't restrict me unnecessarily. 3. Housework will always be there; I'm little only for a short time. Take time to explain things to me about this wonderful world, and do so willingly. 4. My feelings are tender; don't nag me all day long (you would not want to be nagged for your inquisitiveness). Treat me as you would like to be treated. 5. I am a special gift from God; treasure me as God intended you to do holding me accountable for my ...

4852. Easter Crown

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... hands of Roman soldiers. It was not placed upon its wearer's head in pomp and ceremony, but in the hollow mockery of ridicule and blasphemy. It is a crown of thorns. The amazing thing is that it belonged to me. I deserved to wear that crown. I deserved to feel the thrust of the thorns. I deserved to feel the warm trickle of blood upon my brow. I deserved the pain. He took my crown of thorns—but without compensation. He offers to me instead His crown of life, the crown that fadeth not away.

4853. Opening the Dawn

Illustration

Victor Hugo

... approach to the end, the plainer is the sound of immortal symphonies of worlds which invite me. For half a century I have been translating my thoughts into prose and verse: history, philosophy, drama, romance, tradition, satire, ode, and song; all of these I have tried. But I feel I haven't given utterance to the thousandth part of what lies with me. When I go to the grave I can say, as others have said, "My day's work is done." But I cannot say, "My life is done." My work will recommence the next morning ...

4854. When Life Begins

Humor Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

Martha Tippin of our church in Saratoga tells me she heard a Roman Catholic priest discussing the important theological topic of "When Does Life Begin?" on the radio. He pointed out that some feel it begins at the moment of conception, while others are convinced it starts when the baby takes the first breath. But, he pointed out, there is an increasing number who feel that life doesn't really begin until the last kid leaves home and the dog dies.

4855. Love or Infatuation?

Illustration

Ann Landers

... it will end in intimacy. Love is the maturation of friendship. You must be friends before you can be lovers. Infatuation lacks confidence. When he's away, you wonder if he's cheating. Sometimes you even check. Love means trust. You are calm, secure and unthreatened. He feels that trust, and it makes him even more trustworthy. Infatuation might lead you to do things you'll regret later, but love never will. Love is an upper. It makes you look up. It makes you think up. It makes you a better person than you ...

4856. Real Consolation

Illustration

Charles Krieg

... was heartbroken when her dog disappeared. She put an ad in the paper offering a reward for its return. The next morning the phone rang. It was the voice of a woman: "I'm calling about your dog." Then she began to cough. She explained she wasn't feeling too well. In fact, she hadn't felt well for three years since her husband had died. She went on to say that after her mother and father had passed away, that recently her sister had contracted cancer and was undergoing painful treatments. Her friends weren't ...

4857. Listen to the Angels

Revelation 5:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... as they did on earth, but now they are composing for the greatest choir ever assembled. I want you to get a feel for this scene in Revelation. Heaven’s choir of angels is now assembled--myriads and myriads of angels is the way one translation ... and prepared to slay his son. Can you remember as a child in Sunday school hearing for the first time this old, old story and the feeling of drama and suspense as you waited for the knife to fall? It is at this critical moment that Abraham hears a voice--the voice ...

4858. A Loving Parent

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... sufferings. He could only pray and weep in their behalf. Sometimes that is all any of us can do . . . that and offer a word of much needed encouragement. I read recently a story of Douglas Maurer, 15, a young man in Missouri, who had been feeling bad for several days. His temperature was ranging between 103 and 105 degrees, and he was suffering from severe flu-like symptoms. Finally, his mother took him to the hospital in St. Louis. He was diagnosed as having leukemia. The doctors told him in frank terms ...

4859. Next Man Up

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... looks at this ministry as a place God has put him in. He says, “It’s a God thing. I feel called.” (4) That’s a wonderful attitude to have in the face of a disability. God allowed him to use his disability to God’s glory and the service of others. What ... is it you feel called to because of your faith in Jesus Christ? You say, I don’t know any calling I am qualified for. Here’s what you need ...

4860. Grabbing the Bull by the Horns

Luke 9:11b-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... church and admit it. It’s our calling to be ready to share the message of God, with our words and our actions, in whatever situation we find ourselves. Be ready any time a God-moment presents itself. If you see a need that you can fill, even if you feel you are inadequate for the task, remember you are not alone. If God has called you to a task, He will be with you and will always give you what you need to fulfill that task. 1. John Ortberg, Soul Keeping (Zondervan, 2014), pp. 98-99. 2. Sent by Mary ...

4861. Are You Suffering from FOMO?

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... (7) Best-selling Christian artist David Crowder had a moment like that--an experience that changed his views on God. He was in high school, and he regularly attended church. He thought he had God all figured out. However, one particular day, he was feeling down. He wandered around his local mall, then bought a chicken sandwich and sat down to eat it. As he bit into this delicious sandwich, David suddenly realized that all good things come from God. And tears filled his eyes as he realized how grateful ...

4862. Jesus' Guide to Wise Investing

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... we could do with our financial resources, we would do more for those who need it most—not out of guilt but out of gladness. We have so much. Others have so little. There is so much need in this world. Again, my desire is not to make us feel guilty—just a little foolish. The more luxuries that we have, the less they bring us happiness. That is what the research shows. But to know that we have made a real difference in somebody’s life—that could bring unimaginable joy. That may be the third reason God ...

4863. What Super Power Would You Choose?

Luke 10:1-11, 7-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus sent the seventy-two out, first of all, because he knew that they needed to see what he saw. They needed to feel the hurts and hear the questions from people who are living and dying without any knowledge of God, without any hope for the ... do not. For some, Satan is simply a name we give to the spirit of evil that sometimes inhabits the human heart. Regardless of how we feel about Satan, however, all of us will agree that we live in a world in which the power of hatred and injustice and cruelty are all ...

4864. Who's the Fool?

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

George Reed

... of us probably don’t think of ourselves as being very wealthy. We may be doing okay or we may even admit that we are “comfortable” in our lifestyle but few of us think of ourselves as wealthy. For those of us who live in America that feeling comes primarily from being surrounded by wealth. We are not surprised when we see anyone above the age of twelve carrying a cell phone. And it is probably a smart phone, so they basically have a handheld computer with them. Except for in the large cities, families ...

4865. Get the Garbage Out!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... our relationship with God. The first sign of true repentance is acknowledging that we have a problem. But listen: the fruit of repentance is joy and peace. John’s message might sound harsh and undiplomatic to us. It might sound out of keeping with the soft, warm feelings of the Christmas season, but it’s motivated entirely by love, by a desire to shake us awake and get us to turn back to God while there is still time to experience His love. Festo Kivengere is a former Bishop of the Anglican Church in ...

4866. Understanding Outrageous Grace

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... of silence, a young woman from Eastern Europe spoke up in her broken English. “Everyone, she has someone to look down on. Not us. We are at the low. Our families, they feel shame for us. No mother nowhere looks at her little girl and says, ‘Honey, when you grow up I want you be good prostitute’. . . Believe me, we know how people feel about us. People call us names . . . And sometimes when you are at the low, you cry for help. So when Jesus comes, we respond. Maybe Jesus meant that.” (5) Do you hear ...

4867. How To Be Truly Happy

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... dean at Harvard, a graduate student came to his office to explain why he failed to complete his master’s thesis on time. The student told him, “I haven’t been feeling well.” Dean Briggs replied, “Young man, I think it’s time you realize that most of the work done in this world is done by people who aren’t feeling well.” Many of us do everything in our power to go through life avoiding any situation that is potentially uncomfortable or unpleasant. My guess is that this is the primary reason ...

4868. Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... as we think, in our self-complacency, that we have no need of it. Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness. It strikes us when we walk through the dark valley of a meaningless and empty life. It strikes us when we feel that our separation is deeper than usual, because we have violated another life, a life which we loved, or from which we were estranged. It strikes us when our disgust for our own being, our indifference, our weakness, our hostility, and our lack of direction and composure ...

4869. Jesus Destroys the Power of Sin

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... heart” (hence all the heart-shaped Valentine’s you will receive), in the ancient near eastern tradition these feelings were located in our “guts.” Thus even if Jesus’ response is described as being one of “compassion” (“ ... . The sin of Adam and Eve removed them from paradise and for all time men and women would labor by the sweat of their brow, feel pain, and experience a physical death. Yet, even as hard and as far as humankind fell, still God provided the vehicle for reconciliation that would ...

4870. I Forgive You, Brother!

Luke 17:5-10

Illustration

Donald Deffner

... says Corrie, she hesitated, recalling his cruelty to her sister and those around her. Then, knowing God's warning to forgive or we cannot be forgiven (Mark 1 1:26) and yet still not feeling the ability to lift her hand towards him, she prayed silently: "Jesus help me!...I can lift my hand. I can do that much. You supply the feeling" (p. 55). And as she woodenly thrust out her hand the current: of God's healing warmth flowed through her and out to the former guard. "I forgive you, brother!" she cried. "With ...

4871. Healing

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Molly F. James

... God and perhaps even yell at God. We want to say “God, why do you give us these stories of perfect miraculous healing in our scriptures, but then you don’t heal my brother, my mother, my child?” When we feel that way, we want to rail at and curse God. And well we should. Life feels completely unfair. And we are in good company being angry at God. The psalmist was frequently angry at God. Moses got angry at God. The Israelites were angry at God. One of my favorite Anglican thinkers, C.S. Lewis, got ...

4872. The World's Most Extraordinary Club

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... in “the club” are often reluctant to let others in. And if they do let you join, more often than not it will be painful. (1) That’s a tough learning experience for a kid. We all want to be part of the club, don’t we? There’s no feeling worse than being on the outside looking in. We live in a world of exclusive clubs. There’s a club in Argentina, the Kee Club (spelled K-E-E) that is so exclusive they won’t even reveal its exact location. You have to apply for membership, pass an interview ...

4873. Scrubbing Our Social Media Accounts

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... one unexpected moment, Mr. Smith wiped all that debt away and set those students free from a burden that would have followed them for years to come. (3) How would you feel if you were one of those students? One graduate who had approximately $90,000 in student loan debt said, “If I could do a backflip, I would.” We would all feel that way, wouldn’t we, if we had suddenly been set free from an overwhelming debt? The joy and gratitude would be unimaginable. I think the Roman church must have felt even ...

4874. Bless the World

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

Molly F. James

... have had moments of choosing loss, choosing pain. We have all had those times when we have preferred to stay in our own misery and discomfort, because at least they are familiar and may make us feel more in control. We have had those times when hurt or anger have gotten the better of us. We’ve had those times when we feel that God or the world owes us because it is entirely unfair that we should have to suffer. The issue, ultimately, is not whether or not we have moments of being focused on our pain or ...

4875. Simon Gives His Strengths

Mark 15:21-32

Children's Sermon

Donald Neidigk

... him when he was crucified? Yes, our sins, and the sins of the whole world. We know how terrible even one sin makes us feel. It was far worse for Jesus because he was carrying everyone's sins. I'm so sorry Jesus had to die for my sins, but I' ... m also very thankful that he did. Because Jesus died for us, our burden of sin is gone forever. That makes me feel light and happy, like jumping for joy. Can you jump for joy and say, "Thank you, Jesus?" (Do it with the children, then pray.) Prayer: Dear ...

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