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651. Proper 6

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Mark 4:30-34, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, Mark 4:26-29, 1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the fruits produced. Each receives good or evil according to the quality of his life. What have you done with your life? Or, are doing? PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 1. To live is to grow! (4:26-29). Need: When we stop growing, we stop living. When we stop growing physically, mentally and spiritually, a decline begins until death is reached. Life means growth both in this world and the next. In this text, Jesus teaches that the kingdom of God is growing. We do not know how it grows. When we ...

652. Hurry Hinders Ministry - Sermon Opener

Mark 6:30-34,45-56

Illustration

Staff

... of Stewart Hall, the third drama student was acting out a seizure. In the first group of students, those who had only 15 minutes to get across campus, no one stopped to help. In the second group, two students stopped to help. In the last group, the one that had three hours for their assignment, all of the students stopped to help at least one person. The professor had clearly shown these seminarians that hurry hinders ministry. The disciples have been out on their own preaching, driving out demons, and ...

653. The Spirit of Cross Pointe

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... doing it to even affirm what they believed. He wasn't trying to sell out to the culture. He was doing it in order to open a door of opportunity that he might effectively preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and win them to the Lord. I want to stop here and I want you to really hear my heart. There is a difference between compromising a conviction and minimizing a preference. I would never ever want anyone to ever give up any conviction that they have in order to do anything. But, Paul isn't talking here about ...

654. Belling the Cat

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Dave’s passion doesn’t cost him as much as you’d think. He eats veggies from a can and sneaks hot dog buns into stadiums where he loads them up with free relish, ketchup, and mustard. He shaves in Wal‑Mart bathrooms and showers at truck stops. Dave never pays to park, and he finds the cheapest tickets he can. He eats bananas for breakfast and orders lunch from the McDonald’s dollar menu. Dave is no dummy. He has earned four master’s degrees but retired after more than thirty years of teaching ...

655. Here I Am To Worship

John 4:24

Sermon

James Merritt

... it, you will never keep your attention on God and that is you must establish a daily quiet time with God. It may be just a few minutes. It may be at the beginning of the day, the middle or the end, but it must be that time where you stop everything else you are doing and you just spend time with God. Matthew 6:6 says, "Find a quiet, secluded place so you won't be tempted to role play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to ...

656. Shame On Who?

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... , we would be in the other person's position. So, where the Pharisees had come to Jesus pointing at this woman, screaming out, "Shame on you!", Jesus had turned the whole situation on its ear and was raising the question, "Shame On Who?" The story doesn't stop there. If it did, quite frankly, we would not learn the full lesson that Jesus intended to teach from both the perspective of the Pharisees and the perspective of the woman, because the second lesson we learn is... II. Be Consistent In How You See The ...

657. Use It or Lose It

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... that every man in this parable had been given gifts. One man was given five talents, another man two, and another man one, but every man had at least one talent. So everyone had been given gifts equally, and they were all given by the master. Now let me stop here and make sure you hear what Jesus was saying. Every one of these talents were important because they were given by the master. Every gift of God is important because it is a gift from God. In my home I have an engraved invitation from the White ...

658. The Opportunity of a Lifetime

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

659. Jesus, The One And Only

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... Fang saw his favorite food walking around right in front of him he obeyed his natural impulse and lunged for a chicken. Immediately, his master would say: "White Fang, stop!" Immediately but reluctantly this wolf-dog would stop. They stayed in the chicken yard for quite a while and every time White Fang made a move toward a chicken his master's voice would stop him. In this way he learned what his master wanted, and he learned to ignore the chickens. Weeden Scott's father argued with him one day and said ...

660. What Do I Do When I Can't Get Started?

Proverbs 6:6-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... , then... c. Get Through It Verse 8 goes on to say, "That the ant gathers its food at harvest." (Proverbs 8:8, NIV) The ant doesn't stop until the job is done and done in a timely fashion. If you only wait to do something when you think you have the time to do ... this time, at this date, this is what I am going to do and this is when I am going to do it. I want you to stop and think for minute about an area that you have been procrastinating in. This message will mean nothing to you and it won't help you if ...

661. If You Really Want to Be Number One

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... was, “I started to but I decided not to get involved.” Non‑involvement is the curse of our time. And, of course, we have many ways of rationalizing our lack of involvement: We don’t pick up hitchhikers, they may knock us on the head; we don’t stop to help someone with a medical emergency because we might get sued; we don’t want to give the homeless man any money because he is going to spend it on drink anyway. We don’t want to support people on welfare because they shouldn’t have had all ...

662. Taking the First Step

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

Gary L. Carver

... pray for those who mistreat you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do ... I had walked the honored guests to their car about 9:30 and as I started back into the church, someone began hollering at me. I stopped, and he said, "I need help." He had a wonderful story, and it was a logical one. He needed $10 or $12 to buy a ...

663. The Extravagance of Love

Luke 7:36-8:3

Sermon

David R. Cartwright

... for whom he canceled the greater debt" (Luke 7:43). Jesus says, "You got it, Simon." If that were not enough, Jesus does not stop with this. He seizes the opportunity to apply the lesson in light of what the sinful woman has done in their presence. He says ... bathed my feet with tears and dried them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment" (Luke 7:44-46). The precious ...

664. A Tax Collector Becomes Rich

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.' " We are not told why Jesus noticed Zacchaeus. We really do not know why he stopped. We do know that he stopped, looked up, called him by name, and told him that he must come to his house. Again, we see that while Jesus has set his face toward the cross, he stops and ministers to a searching sinner. He knew right where Zacchaeus was because he knew all about him — and he was filled with compassion toward him. This is how it ...

665. Something to Whistle About

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

John Jamison

... street? He also noticed that as he made his turn around the corner, his buddy was straining at the leash to see him coming. The barking and growling was replaced with tail wagging. By the time his late-shift duties had ended, Charlie's walk home included a twenty-minute stop, as he sat in the yard rubbing the belly of a big, yellow dog, and telling him about the many adventures of riding the railroad and raising a family. Okay it is fair to ask just what all this has to do with anything, and how it could be ...

666. It All Begins with Prayer

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... looked ahead and saw a church. The lights were on and he remembered it was Wednesday. Thank goodness for the prayer meeting. He stopped in and received the help he needed. The preacher then pointed out that there are an awful lot of people running low on ... in his office at work. He had a calendar on his desk that had the "Bible verse of the day." On several occasions, people would stop by to look at the verse and question him about it. Even those who didn't practice any religion got caught up in it. One ...

667. Itchy Ears

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... . The siege that is really the invitation to salvation. Ah, breakthrough. Evil: when you can't act on what you know so you stop knowing it. Indeed, I think of mothers ... who surely know that something has happened to their child when the child is abused by a ... Word of God. She itches for the truth of her soul and the truth of the gospel. If you can't act on what you believe, you stop hearing it. Act on the cross. We are a people of the cross. We have an underworld of which we are not afraid. We go there to ...

668. Boasting and Praying for You

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... hands. Instead, once we know the power and love of God expressed in theology, we find a time for spiritual fire, the shiver of grace. We become free not to be afraid of any great interpretive fight. We tell the chamber of commerce that we can't stop talking about God. We become aware of how important the arts of interpretation are. Theology bests nature as a matter for awe and wonder because it is the art of interpretation. It is knowing that God is in charge, while others are suggesting we downplay that ...

669. As Seen from the Solitary Broom Tree

1 Kings 19:1-18

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... want it done right, do it yourself (see #5). 8. Reassess Your Values. Try to sort out the meaningful values from the temporary and fleeting, the essential from the nonessential. You'll conserve energy and time, and begin to feel more centered. MIT View: Stop thinking about your own problems. This is selfish. If your values change, we will make an announcement at the corporation meeting. Until then, if someone calls you and questions your priorities, tell them that you are unable to comment on this and give ...

670. A Day of Singing

Zephaniah 3:14-20, Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... had a huge grin on her face. The grin, and Stacy, remained planted in that spot until the end. Stacy told the reporter: ‘It was the most astonishing thing I’ve ever seen in Washington. Joshua Bell was standing there playing in rush hour, and people were not stopping, not even looking, and some were flipping quarters at him! Quarters! I was thinking, Omigosh, what kind of a city do I live in that this could happen?’” (5) One of the world’s great musicians playing on the street for coins. Only a few ...

671. The Word Made Flesh

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... inn. Leah answers.) Leah: Esther? What are you doing here? Don’t you realize how late it is? Esther: I’m sorry, Leah. But, the woman who’s going to have the baby ... is she here? Leah: Yes, she’s out in the stable. Oh, that’s right. She stopped by your house. Esther: I brought a blanket. I thought, with your house so full, that you wouldn’t have an extra. Leah: We didn’t. I’m glad you brought this. I’ll take you to them. (looking past Esther) Who is that? (Shepherds begin walking up the ...

672. Every Day God Equips

John 14:15-27

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in for a bowl of soup and tea. In the conversation which followed, the woman asked what they were doing and why. They told her and she asked what a Seminary was. They began describing it as a place to train ministers and mentioned Jesus. She stopped them and asked who he was. She had never heard the name before. So, they began explaining to her the story of Christ, everything from His birth to His death and resurrection. She sat quietly listening. When Dr. Tuttle finished the woman said something to the ...

673. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Others

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... umpire if she and her teammates could help Tucholsky. The umpire said there was no rule against it. So Holtman and shortstop Liz Wallace put their arms under Tucholsky's legs, and she put her arms over their shoulders. The three headed around the bases, stopping to let Tucholsky touch each base with her good leg. Sports writers around the country have hailed this event as the ultimate act of sportsmanship. Others have said it is the "greatest moment in sports history" anyone has ever seen. To me, it allows ...

674. Set An Extra Place

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... against a wall, and listened to the gift that was being poured out into that train station air. Bell played for 43 minutes. He made a grand total of $32.00 off of 27 donations. ("Better than minimum wage," Bell noted later). Two people stopped to listen. The other 1,070 people who passed in front of him simply skittered by, oblivious, obsessed by their own agendas. JohnLake, author of Timeless Beauty: In The Arts and Everyday Life (2003), succinctly summed up what this missed moment revealed about all ...

675. Room For A Savior?

Luke 2:22-33

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of a crumbling-down hotel, and the stable wasn't much different from this old streaky awning hanging over the sidewalk." The little girl watched in awe as Amos and his friends acted out the entire Christmas drama right there on the sidewalk. So, did others who stopped to watch. When the impromptu Christmas production was over, Amos came to the little girl and whispered, "Angel, the Baby Jesus is one of us. Don't you ever let anybody make you feel different. He walked the same kind of road we walk. From now ...

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