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26. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... The other answers, `Yea, but here Thy feet have stray’d in after hours With thy lost friend among the bowers, And this hath made them trebly dear.’ These two have striven half the day, And each prefers his separate claim, Poor rivals in a losing game, That will not yield each other way. I turn to go: my feet are set To leave the pleasant fields and farms; They mix in one another’s arms To one pure image of regret. CIII On that last night before we went From out the doors where I was bred, I dream’d ...

27. Hearing and Responding

Luke 8:19-21, Luke 8:16-18, Luke 8:1-15

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... is a very good crop (cf. Gen. 26:12) but not in the realm of fantasy; one ancient Jewish writer (b. Ketub. 111b–112a) imagined, as a sign of God’s ultimate blessing, a miraculous 1,500,000–fold yield! 8:10 The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you. The theme of God’s “secrets” (myst?rion, from which we get “mystery”) is prominent in the book of Daniel, where God’s truths, hidden from other people, are revealed to his faithful ...

28. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... what is right, as my servant Job has” (42:7). Additional Notes 31:38 The earth, or land, is personified in other places (Jer. 12:4; Joel 2:21) and cries out against injustice perpetrated on it in Gen. 4:10. 31:39 If I have devoured its yield without payment: Clines mentions the possibility that Job might have planted in some manner prohibited in Israelite law—such as two types of seeds (Lev. 19:19; Deut. 29:9)—but he thinks it unlikely since such care has been taken throughout the book to maintain Job ...

29. Parabola

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ’ve bitten into one….or the taste of something similar, or an experience that was just as delightful. Finally, in the center you come to the seeds. Within the seeds lie dormant life. You can take them and plant them, and they will each of them yield a new tree just like the others. You can delve into its protective core, revealing the seeds that are the “future” of that fruit. You can know that there is much more complexity to the apple than met the eye. Beyond tasting and touching, the seed harbors ...

30. Trouble in the Vineyard

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... gospels. A vineyard is a growing field, in which grapes are grown for wine –the staple of the Mediterranean. The purpose of a vineyard is to carefully cultivate the vines, feeding them and nurturing them, so that they grow into quality plants that yield the best possible tasting grapes. Grapevines are notoriously hard to grow. The soil is important (the terroir), the weather, the conditions of the vines, and the way the fruit is grown and handled. Cultivating excellent grapes takes a lot of care and love ...

31. The Seventy “Sevens”

Daniel 9:20-27

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... shabuʿim to mean “weeks,” which is normally shabuʿot; but here in Dan. 9, the word has the -im plural ending instead. 9:25 Subtracting the seven “sevens” (forty-nine years) from the options listed in the commentary above for when the word went forth does not yield a year in which an anointed one emerged. The dates work out as follows: “Going forth of the world” Date Date 49 years later Jeremiah’s first oracle (Jer. 25) 605 B.C. 556 B.C. Jeremiah’s second oracle (Jer. 29:10) 597 B.C. 548 B ...

32. Advent 3

Luke 13:1-9, Exodus 3:1-22, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... 55:1-9; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9 The Trouble I'm In. Need: Trouble is a universal experience more or less, sooner or later, for every person. The Lessons deal with this problem. Outline: In and out of trouble -- a. The way into trouble -- yielding to temptation -- Lesson 2. b. A description of our trouble -- Lesson 1, vv. 1-2. c. The way out of trouble -- repentance -- Gospel. Gospel: Luke 13:1-9 1. Repentance is definitely the theme of the Gospel Lesson. The theme is supported by (1) verse 1: "At ...

33. Proper 22

Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 3:1-11, Philippians 3:12-4:1, Isaiah 5:1-7, Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the path of death into the path of life. Old Testament: Isaiah 5:1-7 Isaiah recites a poem that allegorically refers to Israel as the Lord's vineyard, which has turned wild and unproductive. Instead of producing the fruits of righteousness, it has yielded violence. The Lord threatens to abandon his beloved vineyard and let nature take its course. Epistle: Philippians 3:12-21 Paul's goal is to attain union with the crucified and resurrected Christ. He doesn't claim to have already attained this exalted state ...

34. Proper 6

Mk 4:26-34 · 2 Cor 5:6-17 · 1 Sam 15:34 - 16:13 · Ps 20

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... by sight" (v. 7). Outline: Begin your sermon with a demonstration faith walk. Ask the person how he felt as he was being guided about. Life is a faith walk (v. 7). The more we walk with Jesus, the more we learn to trust him. In heaven faith will yield to sight. 2. Sermon Title: Your Point Of . Sermon Angle: Paul points out that being a new creature in Christ causes us to abandon our typical human point of view. He observes that Christians no longer regard Christ from a human point of view (v. 16). Christ is ...

35. The Creation Story

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... : "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." 1: God said, 5 and 6: "See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the ...

36. The Lord's People Together

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

... :5, KJV) The same mind - but whose? Not that you should have my mind, or that I should have your mind, but that both of us should have the mind of Christ. The disciplined fellowship does not lie in your yielding your will to mine, or in my yielding my will to yours, but in both of us yielding our wills to Christ. In the Christian community, what really holds the people together is an identity of each person with One beyond them all. To be together with another is what makes the church the church. A group of ...

37. Listening or Hearing?

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... life. It was then that the truth of the Scriptures became clear: "No man can serve two masters." (Matthew 6:24) But there is a fourth kind of soil! "A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell ... into soil and grew, and yielded a hundred-fold." The parable does not say two-fold, six-fold, or eight-fold, but one hundred-fold! This is how God blesses the "broken and contrite heart" (Psalm 51:17). (And I believe we can safely say "always blesses," because for anyone who truly comes expecting ...

38. Samson, the Bully

Judges 16:1-22

Sermon

Don Yocom

... to break ropes tied about him. Again, he burst through the bonds. However, she succeeded in enticing him enough that he told her his secret was in his long, uncut hair. Being a Nazarite, he considered his hair a symbol of strength. It takes only a moment of yielding to sin to destroy virtue. And our text states it well: "He knew not that the Lord had left him." Samson lost out with God. Tolstoy once said, "The tragedy of our times is the lost consciousness of God." What about persons who once knew God, but ...

39. Pontius Pilate - Adamant, But Acquiescent

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... Yes, even now, you still send Jesus to be crucified when you join with the crowd to deny what you know is right. When you share in the prejudice that keeps people of another color oppressed, and tolerate the continuing spread of immorality so prevalent in your land, you are yielding to the crowd as I did. But I wasn’t through, yet. I ordered one of my servants to fetch a basin of water, and a towel, and there, in full view of all that crowd, I washed my hands and said, "I am innocent of this righteous man ...

40. Strengthened For Life

John 15:1-17

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... his body, a branch of the vine." Within days people saw a new man in Taylor. He lost the sense of strain and agony. As he yielded his life to Christ, he radiated a magnetism of love and happiness. He was no longer a man struggling for God; he was a man ... we fail to bear spiritual fruit, it could be because we have lost our vital contact with Christ. We restore that relationship when we yield our minds and hearts and wills to Christ. It is then that he is the vine and we are the branches. Second, with this ...

41. The Divine Paradox: To Die That We Might Live

John 12:20-36

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... serve the Lord. Leader: For great is the Lord and greatly is God to be praised. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, surely Your ways are not our ways. You taught us that only as we yield our wills to You do we have the wonderful, vibrant life You intended for us to live. Help us yield, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we try to understand the world and life using only our own wisdom, and we fall short. Too often we even insist that You must fit our ways ...

42. Thanksgiving: Where Are You Looking For It?

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... be saved but that we might be saved from the greed and the insensitivity that captures the soul of the ungrateful. Thanksgiving takes place when we focus on God and when we share with the needy. FINALLY, REAL THANKSGIVING TAKES PLACE WHEN WE YIELD OUR HEARTS TO GOD. Dr. Tom Long, one of America's finest teachers of preachers, attends a rather wealthy Presbyterian church in Nassau (right outside of Princeton). The church is full each Sunday of people who have great financial capabilities. Their church takes ...

43. People Jesus Loved

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... today, "I can't help but believe that the Lord had a plan for my life that made me the way I was and let me become who I am." (5) Do you hear what he is saying? Henry Viscardi looked for God's hand in his life and he yielded himself to that leading hand and he accomplished far more than the majority of people with two good legs accomplish in their lifetimes. As long as somebody loves you, there's hope. As long as you are willing to ...

44. A Converting Presence

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of which I have the joy of being a part. It feels me with the wonder of eternity, with the incredible miracle of God. The music is never the same for me. Every day is something new, fantastic, unbelievable.” So it is with us, as we yield ourselves to the converting presence of the indwelling Christ. Sam Shumaker, that great Episcopal priest that impacted this century so mightily, used to say that the meaning of total Christian commitment is that we take as much of ourselves as we know and commit it to as ...

45. God Outwits Us

Psalm 31:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ’s question, though the meaning is pretty much the same. I am constantly asking myself, “Do I want to be holy?” and constantly reminding myself that I am as holy as I want to be. Do you get it—God outwits us! To the degree that we’re willing to yield ourselves to Him—to the transforming work of the Holy Spirit—He will subdue and alter our nature, and continue giving us new life. He not only outwits us by accepting us where we are but by not leaving us as we are. III. Let me express it just one ...

46. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... He might speak to him, Ezekiel says, “As he spoke, the Spirit came in to me and raised me to my feet and I heard Him speaking to me.” The lesson? It is not out ability to do what God calls us to do, but our willingness to respond, to yield, to attempt what He calls us to. That releases God’s power. God called Ezekiel, “Stand on your feet” but then – as Ezekiel says – “a Spirit entered in to me and set me on my feet.” We may express this second lesson in this fashion: God does not call us ...

47. Patience

James 5:7-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... it in the workplace. We need it in all our human activities and relationships. But the writer of James is talking about a very specific kind of patience: He writes, “Be patient . . . brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.” The most lasting patience of all is patience that is rooted in the promises of God. Last week ...

48. God’s Wisdom or the World?

James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , social Darwinism continues suggesting that the powerful, rich, and beautiful should dominate others. God's wisdom does not differentiate; all are God's children. Finally, the apostle says that those who demonstrate the wisdom of God will manifest peace and yield a harvest of righteousness. James next addresses what happens when we make friendships with the world. Conflicts and disputes are the general problem. If we make alliances with the world, the tendency is great to covet and when we cannot obtain ...

49. Accepting the Lord Once Again

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... of others. The famous "Song of the Vineyard" (Isaiah 5:1-7), speaks of how God, like a loving vinedresser, did all that was possible for Jerusalem and the people of Judah, yet the yield was poor. We read, "What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?" God's disappointment is manifest in a prediction of destruction: "And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be ...

50. The Dark Side Confronted

Hebrews 12:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... 11. "All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness." (Hebrews 12:11, NASB) If you are child of God, you can live in the dark side or you ... dark side to bring us out of the dark side, so we can once again be productive. As He says in verse 11, "We can yield the peaceful fruit of righteousness." (Hebrew 12:11, NASB) Think about it. When God forces you to leave the dark side, you not only stop ...

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