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626. Awake to Glory

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... which will nourish the deepest hungers of our lives. Part of the secret is frequent attendance at the house of worship. This is no commercial; it is simply a statement of the facts of life. We are bombarded all week long by voices that dull our sensitivity to God and to the eternal; so we need desperately to take advantage of that special time each week when we can concentrate on hearing another voice. But Sunday worship is not enough. We must also establish some patterns of daily renewal. We need the lift ...

627. Let Not Thy Will Roar, When Thy Power Can But Whisper

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... our own rights, our own will, and our own need to control and become a bondservant of Jesus. I didn’t finish one of the books I intended to read – G. K. Chesterton’s marvelous biography of St. Francis of Assisi. I read enough of it, though, to be sensitized again to the freedom, which Christ is seeking to give me and the joy of serving Him. St. Francis of Assisi is often called the troubadour of Christ. G. K. Chesterton painted the most beautiful portrait of Him that I have ever seen or heard, when he ...

628. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Hebrews 11:1-40, Philippians 2:12-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... whether others saw the real me was the question of motive, “Do you really care about me because I’m me or do you just care about me because of who I’m related to?” When I was younger I thought I was being paranoid and overly sensitive, simply an insecure adolescent. But as I got older I realized I had good reason to be inquisitive. Shortly after moving to Lafayette I began receiving warm calls from colleagues welcoming me into the area, some even resulting in a meeting for lunch. Little did I know ...

629. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

630. What Are You Doing Here?

1 Kings 19:1-8, 1 Kings 19:9-18

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... , God, to be less concerned about our own safety and more determined to carry out your will. Speak to us with the soft whisper that caught Elijah's attention, giving us new hope and a new vision of your kingdom. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, we are sensitive to the fact that our actions often hurt the feelings of our family and friends, but seldom consider their effect on you, our Father in heaven. Forgive us, we pray, for our indifference, and with the help of your Holy Spirit may we turn from our sins ...

631. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... something wrong with me and you. Fear, even terror, is good; Jesus’ didn’t mind making an appeal to our keen sense of self-preservation. But trust in Christ and obedience are better yet, because they are the path to freedom and restored dignity in this most sensitive and intimate area. Thomas Brooks wrote, “Saving grace makes a man as willing to leave his lusts as a slave is willing to leave his galley, or a prisoner his dungeon, or a thief his bolts (tools), or a beggar his rags.”18 Grace gives us ...

632. Panic Room

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... we truly believed that Christ is risen from the dead? Could we make a difference in the world? Could we become more loving, more daring, more dramatic in how we carry the cross of Christ? Bette Midler sang a little tune years ago that struck a chord with many sensitive hearts. The words went like this: It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It’s the dream afraid of waking that never takes a chance. It’s the one who won’t be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of ...

633. Thank God for Dads

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... go walking with your wife!” The room really got quiet. Finally, a man in the middle of the group raised his hand. “Yes?” replied the teacher. “Is it all right if she carries a golf bag while we walk?” he asked. Again, I am stereotyping. There are many sensitive, caring men in the world. But it is also true that many men grow up fighting for a place in the sun. Their first instinct is to be competitive, to look out for number one. This causes them to be insular. If you let others get too close they ...

634. News from the Flood

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... time when God's governance over the world was visible dramatically before their eyes. It was a time when they proclaimed that God had recreated the world. Ancient people, who were not only smart enough to get out of the way of a flood, but also spiritually sensitive enough to order their lives the way God has ordered nature, marked the rhythms of nature with the rituals of their lives. They acted out in ritual the pattern that they saw in nature: a time of dying, a time of being reborn, a time of repentance ...

635. Dealing with Criticism

1 Corinthians 4:1-5

Sermon

James L. Killen

... practice of worship and devotional life. We can't just arrogantly assume that we already know all that God knows. Understanding the purpose of God is something that must be sought humbly and diligently. The other place from which the answer will come is a sensitivity to what is going on in your own life and in the lives of others and in the world around you. As these two come into dialogue within your consideration, you will find yourself becoming convinced that certain things need to be said or done ...

636. Uncle Abraham

Romans 4:13-25

Sermon

William G. Carter

I have good news for you this morning. None of you are good enough to be here. Sorry about that. I thought I saw a few of you flinch. Maybe I need to be a bit more sensitive in how I begin. Let me try again. I have good news for you this morning: God is not impressed with a person in this room. By the look on some of your faces, I'm not sure that was any better way to start a sermon. Give me one ...

637. Living in Denial

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... all they need is a word of encouragement, an invitation to worship, a chance to express their grief. But we don’t even know them. We can live blissfully in our own little world and pretend that Jesus didn’t say anything about being a good neighbor, about being sensitive to people who have special needs. But he did, and because he did, we may need to take stock of our lives. I read a story recently about a good neighbor. A pastor’s wife tells about a friend who once lived in the remote town of Victory ...

638. Called to Freedom

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . It was as if he had taken Paul's counsel literally: "You are free...do not submit again to a yoke of slavery." The most immediate form of slavery that he saw was the system of indulgences. Luther was not alone in this protest. The sensitive leaders of the Church before Luther also protested indulgences, and after Luther, they were removed. Indulgences were added on to the system of penance. Penance was doing good works. Good works would result in merit. You could accumulate merit by doing a lot of good ...

639. Even God Can Change His Mind

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... sovereign rule over the whole creation. It was the Calvinists after all who invented predestination to affirm that God is in control of everything. Every single move that we make is controlled by God. Then Arie Brouer got cancer. A terrible theological problem for any sensitive Christian, but I would think especially so for a Calvinist. His son asked him about it in the most innocent way. "What does faith mean for you now that you are facing this?" Arie Brouer responded by saying that he had believed in God ...

640. Eye Exercises

Matthew 6:25-33

Sermon

Mark Trotter

641. Hope Is Medicinal

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... so swollen and sore that he had to quit. He retreated into his apartment in New York, and retreated into depression. He thought that his life was over. Probably out of that despair, he stopped taking his medicine. Then discovered that he was feeling more alert and sensitive to what was going on around him. He felt better. Then began a transformation in his life. First of all he came to terms with his condition. He said for the first time he could say, "OK, I've got arthritis. I can accept the physical ...

642. How's the Old Complaint?

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... day and night, shall never cease." That's a promise. So when we receive the gift, and abuse it, or misuse it, or are ungrateful and do not recognize the Giver, what does God do? God returns it to us with renewed compliments. That is why sensitive, faithful people celebrate Thanksgiving. But sometimes it is hard, because sometimes life is hard. The world is dependable, not only in terms of seedtime and harvest, but you can depend also on the world bringing us sorrow and pain. That makes it difficult for some ...

643. How to Be a Blessing

I Peter 3:8-12

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... he was just a boy. They sold him to a circus. The circus put him in the freak show and advertised him as, "The Elephant Man." One day he escaped from the circus and made his way to London. And there as he was wandering the streets a sensitive physician found him and sheltered him in his quarters. And there the doctor and the viewer of the movie could see that inside this man there was a most precious and beautiful soul. It was a wonderful irony that teaches us so much about life, that although the exterior ...

644. Landing Instructions

Isaiah 40:25-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... may never, ever think about divine guidance. And I am sure most of us are that way. We would say there was none. I didn't ask for it. I didn't get it. I was on my own. I worked hard. I did it. And yet, if we are sensitive at all, if we are perceptive at all, if we are reflective at all, if we were to sit back and look upon our life, where we have been, we would see that there is a power at work in our lives that we rely on all the time. We ...

645. The Sin of Being Less

Colossians 3:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... that life places in front of you with the grace that God gives you, saying, "I can't do it. I'm not strong enough." It is a sin to despair. "This has happened to me, and there is nothing I can do about it." Now I want to be sensitive to the fact that there are people who are so deep in bondage of one kind or another that they cannot walk out of that bondage alone. But they can still do something. They can still reach out to somebody else. This church has a NewLifeCenter with counselors to take ...

646. When to Be Extravagant

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... party was going on in the house of Mary and Martha at Bethany, probably at that very same time the authorities, meeting in the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, were plotting how to have him arrested without incident before the Passover. Mary knew all of this. Anyone with any sensitivity at all was aware of it, and knew this may be the last time they would have him with them. In a sense the meal at Bethany is another "Last Supper." It is not the Last Supper for the disciples, it was the Last Supper for the friends ...

647. Proper 15

Genesis 45:1-28, Isaiah 56:1-8, Romans 11:11-24, Romans 11:25-32, Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... of race, religion; the determining factor is faith in Christ. Old Testament: Genesis 45:1-15 1. Angry (v. 5). When Joseph's brothers learned that the prime minister of Egypt was Joseph, they were conscience-stricken with guilt for having sold him into slavery. Sensitive to their feelings, Joseph magnanimously urges them not to be upset or blame themselves because it was God who sent him here to preserve God's people. 2. Sent (vv. 4, 7, 8). Repeatedly Joseph says that what happened to him was the work of ...

648. Through the Lens of God

John 4:5-42

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... that when she spoke, the Lord stopped what he was doing, listened, and took the appropriate action. Her heart reached out to the small and the helpless, so she took a particular interest in me from the start. "Maum Jean's sensitive, emotional antennae instantly picked up the loneliness and withdrawal I felt, after three years of suffering from polio. Moreover, her marvelous diagnostic sense surveyed the polio damage and decided that, regardless of what the doctors might think, something could and should ...

649. Why Not a Christian Live 8 for the Environment?

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... suffering. As Christians it seems only right that we extend our hope of redemption to that creation. Christians who live in hope must in turn give hope to the created world as well. In short, Christians should be the MOST ecologically-minded, green-oriented, environmentally sensitive activists on this beleaguered planet. So what has happened to us? Why isn't Christianity doing its own global Live-8 to say with the Psalmist, "The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it" (Psalm 24:1). The earth isn't ours ...

650. What Names Are You Naming?

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... wide waves, knows how hard it is to coordinate individual movements with those of a larger unit. Scientists now think the successfully coordinated movements of flocking birds is accomplished by their extraordinary ability to focus on the individuals around them and by their sensitivity to such things as changes in air pressure and speed. But while we may only dimly understand the avian ability to move a multitude as though it were one mass, we're perfectly aware that human beings lack this kind of corporate ...

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