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51. Servants Without Portfolio

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... s possible to act. Now I know that we’re confronted and our senses are bombarded all the time with the ills of society about which we can do absolutely nothing, but when we can do something, we must do it. The second port of entry into solidarity with and compassion for others is the stewardship of my money and my resources. I control the way I spend my money. I make the decision as to how I will use my resources of time and talent. And 99% of you who are listening to me this morning have that same kind ...

52. The Compassionate Christ

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... may be the point at which many of us are missing the joy of our faith. We believe that God cares about us and our need, but we don’t really believe that He is able to help us. And so we lead joyless, powerless lives. But what good is compassion without capability? He is able! A man named Orion Steen has a slogan emblazoned on the cover of the spare tire on the back of his Suburban Wagon. It reads, “I CAN’T! GOD CAN! I’LL LET HIM.” Orion had retired from the Honeywell Corporation where he was a ...

53. Radical Love in the Neighborhood (Series: Radical Love in a Risky World)

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... be going down the same road. When he saw the man he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he saw the man, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled along, came to where the man was. He saw him, had compassion for him, administered first aid, used his own donkey as an ambulance and took him to an inn where he took care of him. If that was not enough, the Samaritan paid the innkeeper two days wages in advance and promised to reimburse him for any other expenses when he ...

54. When Are We Most Like God?

Exodus 2:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... long will it last? Keep that picture in your mind, as we return to our scripture lesson for today. The lesson climaxes with a description of God that defines God’s character and brings us to the heart of one of the world’s richest energy sources – compassion. Let that word about God become the soil in your mind in which we plant our thoughts today. Look at it again, verses 23 - 25. In the course of those many days the king of Egypt died. And the people of Israel groaned under their bondage and cried ...

55. Oh, Jerusalem

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... Would that we were as persistent in working for God's kingdom as that robin was in making her nest. In addition to persistence we must never set ourselves apart, so that what happens in the world seems to happen to someone else. Jesus was filled with compassion for the people. That compassion is part of the tie that binds. "Blest be the tie that binds" — the words of the hymn remind us that we are one. But what binds us together? Shared experience and table fellowship. I have found over time that events ...

56. In the Bleak Mid-Winter

Isaiah 55:1-3, Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... line that out in completion, but I can get us started in reflecting generally, so that we can do that personal work of responding to Jesus’ desires and longings in relation to each of us. So, what does Jesus want? I. One, He wants you to be persons of compassion. Here is a picture of it. Walter Wangerin, Jr. tells us of a Christmas Eve day when he had to conduct a funeral service. Believe me, that’s a hard day for a funeral, and this one was especially hard because the elderly black woman he was burying ...

57. Proper 13

Romans 8:28-39, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32, Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... crowds away. Jesus was attempting to get away for a period of rest and spiritual recharging by going to a lonely spot across the lake, but the crowds followed him. There was no escape. Rather than feeling exasperation, as many of us might, he felt only compassion. Later on, the disciples came to Jesus and wanted him to send the crowds away. Put the needy ones out of sight and mind, so that we might get some needed rest. Jesus would not dismiss them until they had been fed, physically and spiritually. The ...

58. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... need - v. 19 D. Jesus uses others to fulfill your need - v. 19 6. The Meaning of Food (14:13-21). From this miracle we can learn vital lessons for life. What we can learn - A. We are dependent on food - helpless, needy, starving - v. 15 B. We experience the compassion of Christ - v. 14 C. We receive life: to eat is to live - v. 20 7. Pick up the Pieces! (14:20). "And they took up 12 baskets of broken pieces left over." Life is largely a matter of picking up the pieces of broken lives - A. After a natural ...

59. Doing Our Homework

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... else bothers to touch. To be the church means we must be the ones who are moved to action by the feeling of another’s pain at the depths of our being. Who among us has not been affected by the stories and pictures of Mother Teresa, acting with compassion and the touch of love on behalf of those who are left to die on the streets? But how many of us, feeling the empathy for those in desperate circumstances, will reach out as does she? During the euphoric days of early 1991, when we were celebrating the end ...

60. Grace The New Fashioned Way

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... S UNMERITED UNRESTRAINED LOVE FOR US IS A CALL FOR US TO MOVE OUT IN MINISTRY TO THE WORLD. If while we were unworthy Christ would give his life for us, then we are to give our lives in service to others. It is not enough to feel humility and compassion. It is time for us to take up a cross! Dan Walker in his book, Energy in the Pew, points this out about the purpose of faith. "Reviewing the gospels recently," he said, "I was astounded at the number of times Jesus sent his followers out to do something. The ...

61. Walk In Newness Of Life

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... people. He took children in his arms and blessed them. He touched the eyes of a blind man. He touched the body of a leper. He touched the life of Zacheeus. He touched the life of Simon Peter. He touched the life of Mary Magdalene. He was a person of compassion -- he lived goodness and kindness with passion. There were no lines he did not cross, for there was no one for whom he did not die. No one was banished from his love. Through us today, the Living Christ would reach out to men and women, to youth and ...

62. The 4 LAWS of a Whole Personality

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . If these LAWS are in relationship and in alignment in your life, then you are an original in Christ. Break these LAWS and you get sick. Your self gets out of whack. When you get stuck on one or more points of the compass, your being starts to shimmer and veer off into wrong directions. Too much Love, and you become as ineffectual as limp jello. Too much Assertion, and you become argumentative, cruel, unforgiving, angry. Too much Weakness and you become wallflowerish, fearful, whinny. Too much Strength ...

63. A Parable in a Miracle

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the red, raw crucible of emotional agony.” And that’s the way He responds to us. But let’s press for meaning as we see this act of Jesus as a parable — a parable which we as persons and as a church are to enact. Christ’s compassion will go lacking without you. There’s no way for modern lepers to be cleansed without you. No way for Christ’s healing, forgiving, redeeming love to be communicated without you. Imagine that. Christ wanting and needing us. That’s incredible, isn’t it? That’s a ...

64. True North

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... clarity I need. It is not as if God is not with me; it is that my heart has not been prepared for the day. And when our hearts are not prepared every day to honor God and love others, then our days can become a trip without a compass. Think of professional athletes. Have you ever gone to a major league baseball game and arrived before the game started? What did you see? You saw the players on the field contorting themselves in all kinds of positions. You saw them sprinting all over the field. What were they ...

65. The Good Husband

Isaiah 54:1-17, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... has your back. Trust in the Lord, bids the prophet Isaiah. Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, and He will have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than ...

66. It's Hard to Be an Atheist with Neighbors Like That

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... .” Who’s he talking about? Who are the workers sent out into the harvest field? At the time, it was his disciples. Today it’s us. But please notice, the motivation is the same in both cases. We are to go out into the harvest fields because of our compassion for people. That’s who we are and what we’re about. We’re not a business enterprise. Our motive is not a more impressive bottom line. Our goal is not to enhance our institutional pride. Our aim is not to be the biggest and the best church in ...

67. To All Those Who Have, More Will Be Given

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... When we visualize our Father in heaven we don't see one who gives more and more to those who already have a lot and takes away from those who have little. When Jesus teaches about the kingdom of God, we expect him to describe a loving master who shows compassion and forgiveness. But that doesn't seem to be the case in this parable. When the slave who had one talent faithfully returned the talent, the master took it and gave it to the slave who had ten, saying, "To all those who have, more will be given; but ...

68. Dressing For The Marriage

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Mary Venema Swierenga

... on. Try as you might in your own power to create them, they run counter to our human nature. For instance, human nature says, "I'll do my fair share but no more." Or, "She deserved it." Or "It's his turn to give in." Compassion, humility, kindness, gentleness, forgiveness, love -- these don't come naturally. They are gifts God gives us when we pray for them. __________ and __________, earlier I commended you for your deep spiritual Christian characters. I would invite you, from this very first day to ground ...

69. The Healing Community

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... of healing by helping people share; Wounded healers - dividing and sharing the pain of others. "Wounds and pains can become openings and occasions for a new vision," Nouwen says. The people who suffer long to be touched by people who really care, people with compassion, wounded healers. Jesus was such a person. We, the people called "Church," are called to be like him. We often ask new members to express what the church means to them. Recently, one new member wrote: "I feel an inner strength here at Our ...

70. O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... other words to say," he answered. "I haven't had the words for some time, now." "Dad?" "What." "Don't cry," eight-year-old Mary said. "I can talk for both of us." (The Manger is Empty, Christianity Today) It's a beautiful picture. It's a picture of compassion, feeling so deeply that you want to put yourself in their place...that is, join them where they are...if you can't do anything for them to at least be with them. In his book, Something Beautiful for God, Malcolm Meggerage gives us his picture of Mother ...

71. When Extravagance Is Beautiful, and When It Is Not

John 12:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... is like a father to me and there is nothing I wouldn’t do for him… except vote the way he does.” Isn’t that beautiful? Two men so different and yet united in the Christian spirit of caring. It’s beautiful to be extravagant in our compassion and in our caring. III. THIRD AND FINALLY, IT’S BEAUTIFUL TO BE EXTRAVAGANT IN CHRIST-LIKENESS. Mary’s act in John 12 was so Christ-like because it represents sacrificial love. There’s a story about a 94-year old man who seemed to be wandering aimlessly ...

72. Isaiah 42:1-9

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... a lash, more a smoldering wick than a firebrand. It is only this surprising embodiment of mishpat that will enable the servant to accomplish successfully the second phase of his task - establishing God's justice on all the earth. Only through his own humility and compassion does the servant bring this mishpat into the world. The third phase of the servant's call describes the scope of his task. Divine justice is to be established not just within the midst of a redeemed Israel - it is to be the new reality ...

73. The Compassionate Christ

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... discovered that the stories about him were true; he did have power to heal. Sometimes he healed the body. Sometimes he healed the mind. But there is no doubt he possessed a greater power than could be found anywhere else. Combine his power with his compassion, and people discovered a friend in Jesus greater than any other friend they could have. He is still our greatest friend. And he calls us to reach out in Christian friendship to others. Of course this story has an interesting ending. Jesus sent this man ...

74. When the Caterers Weren’t Available

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... we don’t really believe that God is able to help us. And thus we lead joyless, powerless lives. But what good is compassion without capability? He is able! Some of you will remember the amazing story of explorer Richard E. Byrd who spent the winter of ... some fishes and loaves or pillowcases or flowers in your life that you can use to bring joy into someone else’s life? Christ has compassion for our needs. And he is able to meet our needs. And sometimes he uses us to meet the needs of others. He is able ...

75. Imitating Christ's Humility

Philippians 2:1-11

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... in his risen life. It is the Spirit who enables them to respond to this call and to enjoy this fellowship; it may therefore be called “the fellowship of the Holy Spirit” (2 Cor. 13:14) or their joint participation in the Spirit. The tenderness and compassion that they have in Christ are felt for one another. J.-F. Collange (ad loc.) thinks the reference is to the bonds of affection and sympathy between Paul and the Philippians. Paul was very much aware of those bonds, but his present concern is more for ...

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