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501. Wait For the Storm To Pass

Acts 2:1-41

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Brett Blair

... was still life at the taproot." He looked at me and said, "Bob, don't forget this important lesson. Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst mood. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come." And so, the disciples waited 24 hours, then another day, then a week, and now it has been 10 days, but still they waited - waited and prayed! From the last time they saw Jesus, when he ...

502. Great Anticipation

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Herman Lange, a German Christian was to be executed by the Nazis during WWII. In his cell on the night before he was to be killed, Lange wrote a note to his parents. He said two feelings occupied his mind: "I am, first, in a joyous mood, and second filled with great anticipation." Then he made this beautiful affirmation: "In Christ I have put my faith, and precisely today I have faith in Him more firmly than ever." Finally he urged his parents to read the New Testament for comfort: "Look where you will, ...

503. He With the Most Toys

Matthew 16:26

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Steve Farrar

... Winans, in his book, Malcolm Forbes: The Man Who Had Everything, tells of a motorcycle tour that Forbes took through Egypt in 1984 with his Capitalist Tool motorcycle team. After viewing the staggering burial tomb of King Tut, Forbes seemed to be in a reflective mood. As they were returning to the hotel in a shuttle bus, Forbes turned to one of his associates and asked with all sincerity: "Do you think I'll be remembered after I die?" Forbes is remembered. He is remembered as the man who coined the ...

504. True Service

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Richard Foster

... . Self-righteous service is highly concerned about results. True service is free of the need to calculate results. Self-righteous service picks and chooses whom to serve. True service is indiscriminate in its ministry. Self-righteous service is affected by moods and whims. True service ministers simply and faithfully because there is a need. Self-righteous service is temporary. True service is a life-style. Self-righteous service is without sensitivity. It insists on meeting the need even when to do ...

505. How To Remain Young and Beautiful

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A middle-aged woman was in a bookstore. She was in a foul mood and was taking it out on one of the clerks. She accused him of never stocking the books she wanted to read and always being out of the current best sellers. The poor clerk, trying to maintain his composure, asked her, "Well, what is the title of the book you ...

506. He Doesn't Know Which One

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President Mikhail Gorbachev emerged from an all-day parliamentary session in a jovial mood Tuesday and told reporters a joke about the faltering Soviet economy. Grinning, the Soviet chief told the joke about himself, French President Francois Mitterrand, and President Bush. "They say that Mitterand has 100 lovers. One has AIDS, but he doesn't know which one," Gorbachev said. "Bush has 100 bodyguards. ...

507. Benefits of Laughter

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Staff

... by laughing? In terms of exercise, you can get the same benefits from laughing 100 times a day as you can from 10 minutes worth of rowing? (Why sweat when you can laugh?) Charles Darwin believed that one's facial expression can actually influence one's moods? (Studies in bio-feedback confirm Darwin's belief. We smile so that we may feel good, not just because we already feel good. Want to feel better? Even on your gloomiest day, walk around with a silly grin on your face. Of course, people will wonder ...

508. Services Rendered

Humor Illustration

A doctor was enjoying himself at a cocktail party until a woman approached him for some free medical advice. He spent at least an hour listening to her complaints, then advised her on what to do. By the time their conversation was over, his mood was spoiled. He asked a lawyer friend at the party if it would be unethical to send her a bill. The lawyer answered, "Not at all. You gave her the same medical advice at this party that you would have given to a paying patient in your office. She should ...

509. Hate to Burst Your Balloon

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Staff

... the sharp edge of a metal railing and popped. With a single, loud "bang" it burst and fell to her feet. She looked down and saw what had been her beautiful balloon, now a forlorn wad of wet blue rubber. It took her only a moment to regain her buoyant mood, however, as she picked up the remains of that balloon, marched cheerfully to where her father was standing and thrust it up to him. "Here, Daddy," she said brightly. "Fix it."

510. A Cantankerous Prophet

Jonah 3:1-10

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King Duncan

... picture Jonah sitting on the beach, with a sign hanging around his neck stating, ‘If swallowed, induce vomiting.’” At this point the Lord came to Jonah a second time and told him again to go preach to Nineveh. And this time Jonah was in no mood to argue. So he went to Nineveh and preached like he had never preached before. “Forty days,” he cried, “and the Lord will destroy this city. Forty days is all you have to repent.” And something amazing occurred. Says the scripture, “The people of ...

511. Better Angels of Our Nature

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... snuffed out by their divine mandate at any moment. The pagan pantheon was encyclopedic, and learning to appease those who made up its table of contents was nothing less than a matter of life and death. Imagine beginning every day with the worry: what kind of mood is Zeus going to be in today? And that’s only one god of many to worry about. This was the world Paul addressed when he corresponded with the Christian community at Corinth. In today’s epistle text it is evident Paul is responding to a concern ...

512. 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

513. Go, Johnny, Go, Go, Go!

Luke 3:1-6

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Cynthia Cowen

... in the prophet's wardrobe of camel's hair and a leather belt. His speech was direct and confronting. Luke tells us that God's word came to John in the wilderness. John was convinced he had been called by God — not merely to reflect the moods and opinions of his time — but to speak the truth imparted to him by God. In his wilderness preparation, he prayed and meditated on his role. The word of God became forged into his very being, molding him into a fiery and dramatic figure that attracted crowds ...

514. The Coat Off Your Back

Luke 3:7-18

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Cynthia Cowen

... young son, a warm home, and the delicious food that awaited him. "Blessed, you bet!" he thought shielding his face from the icy sting. He began to sing "Silent Night." "Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright." Entering the parking garage, his mood suddenly shifted. It would be a moment that he'd never forget — a moment that turned his life upside down. Before him a man was supporting himself against a pillar — evidently one of the homeless, he assumed. Trying to avoid looking at the man ...

515. Washed Clean

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

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David E. Leininger

... 8, 1974, 11:05 Sunday morning, President Ford spoke from the oval office and granted Richard Nixon "a full, free, and absolute pardon" for any crimes he may have committed while serving as president. The slate was washed clean. We were not in a very pardoning mood back then. Most of us were incensed at the idea of Nixon getting off scot free, incensed at the timing of the announcement with the appearance of Mr. Ford trying to "sneak it through" while we were off in church, incensed that this might just be ...

516. Choosing a God

1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29) 30-39

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David E. Leininger

... . Maybe you can leave a message on his answering machine, and he will get back to you. Could be he's asleep — you had better yell louder if you're going to wake him up. I sure hope he's not the kind of god who's in a bad mood when he gets up. Heh, heh, heh. Then Elijah just sat back and roared with laughter, and the people began to join him. The opposition did not give up. Elijah's jibes just made their dancing and chanting all the more furious. They began slashing themselves with knives and spears ...

517. Our Family Inheritance

Galatians 3:15-25

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David E. Leininger

... it this way. To understand God's love and grace, think of parents who really love their children, who spend time with them. These parents have a love for their children that is independent from the children's subjective response or changing moods. When they first brought their infants home from the hospital, they already had much love for them. They love them through the terrible-twos and the giggling-fours, through broken windows and smart-alecky back talk. They love them as recalcitrant adolescents ...

518. The End of the Gladiator Games

Mark 7:24-37

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Robert Salzgeber

... of the monk. Suddenly the mob grew quiet. A feeling of revulsion at what they had done swept over them. Their once deaf ears sensed a stirring. Emperor Honorius rose and left the coliseum. The people followed him. Abruptly the games were over. Honorius sensed the mood of the crowd. His ears too were opened. He issued an edict forbidding all future gladiatorial games. Honorius' ears had been opened to the violence and dehumanization of the games. As a result he was able to speak. So it was that in about the ...

519. Two Sticker Books and a Cabbage Patch Doll

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... was all they expected. But now, neither government nor nature can give enough but what we think it’s too little. Those old boys in the fall of the year, if they could gather in a few pumpkins, potatoes and some corn for the winter, they were in a thanking mood. “But if we can’t gather in a new Buick, a new radio, a tuxedo and some government relief, why, we feel like the world is against us.” As usual Will was right on target. It’s like something that the late Erma Bombeck once wrote while she was ...

520. Killing What Is Already Dead

Colossians 3:1-11

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... . We model self-discipline and restraint. Self-discipline and restraint are not prudish or self-righteous, but the means by which we enable sex to become the blessing that it was intended to be. The second list of things to put to death concerns our moods: anger, wrath, bad attitudes (v. 8). Anger can be a necessary part of life. We are angry at injustice, at exploitation, at mistreatment of others. Anger can also be a destructive force. Our anger often comes from the bad things that have happened to us ...

521. Living in Chains

2 Timothy 2:8-13

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... line at times. But let me share with you an image that came to me this past week. My ten-year-old son, Nathan, and I do this thing periodically, in which I'll tell him to, for example, clean up his room. If he is in one of those moods, he'll say, "No." I'll say a bit more firmly, "Clean up your room." And more defiantly he says, "NO." Squaring off to him, I say, "Now." Facing me he says, "Nope." (Now you need to picture this with the two of us barely keeping a straight face.) I ...

522. Put on Some Clothes

Colossians 3:1-17

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Leonard Sweet

... reminded those present that you can only legislate for people’s behavior, not their attitudes and beliefs. New behaviors to be lasting must stem from beliefs. The external depends on the internal. The new behaviors, the reorganized relationships, the massive mood adjustment that this week’s Colossians text details aren’t possible through any act of willpower or New Year’s resolution. The vanquishing of “vices,” the embracing of community, the clothing of “virtues” is only made possible by an ...

523. The Lamb

Revelation 7:9-17

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Argile Smith

... has given us in Revelation 7, such remarkable people will gather in heaven to worship the Lamb, Jesus Christ, God’s precious Son, our Savior and Lord. Imagine the scene: lambs slaughtered worshiping the Lamb slain for them. Words cannot express the mood, the character, and the quality of that worship experience. Throughout the Bible, the gentle lamb has been used to describe some of the most moving features of our relationship with God. Starting with the first Passover meal, the lamb has been associated ...

524. The Widow and the Unjust Judge

Luke 18:1-8

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Leonard Sweet

... " is cloaked in mercy and love, a Merciful God who grants mercy upon all who call upon Him in a spirit of trust and truth, is contrasted with an Unjust Human Judge whose justice is always arbitrary, much like the Greek gods who are selfish and mood-driven. The Unjust Judge’s judicial rulings are not out of respect for the law but a reflex of his mercurial temper. We live in a world that preys upon weakness, that jury-rigs justice. The persistence of the wronged widow in Jesus’ parable was exceptional ...

525. He's Back

John 20:19-23

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David O. Bales

... upon God’s very first day. If God’s renewed creation wasn’t obvious at that moment to Jesus’ confused students, to the early Christians who later heard the gospel of John read in Greek, they’d instantly recognize the exact word — tense, voice, and mood — used of Jesus’ granting the Holy Spirit to his students as God’s blowing into Adam the first breath of life.[1] After he’s breathed on them and commanded them to receive the Holy Spirit, notice what Jesus tells his students, “If you ...

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