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51. The Healing Power of Faith

Luke 17:11-19

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King Duncan

... they all were spiritually healed as well. We only know for certain that one was spiritually well, the one who came back to Jesus to say thanks. How about you this day? Do you have need for healing healing for your body, healing for your marriage, healing for your emotions? A good place to begin is to thank Jesus for the good things he’s placed in your life already. And to go forth from this place holding onto his promise that he will never forsake you. And eventually, I don’t know when, I don’t know ...

52. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

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Daniel J. Estes

... Text After Eliphaz’s first speech in Job 4–5, Job responds in chapters 6 and 7. In chapter 6, Job indirectly refers in a few places to what Eliphaz has said, but he does not actually refute him point by point. Job’s speech, rather, is an emotional outburst in which he defends himself and attacks his friends. Job is clearly frustrated with his painful situation (6:1–13) and with what he sees as the disloyalty of his friends (6:14–23). He demands that they speak honestly and kindly to him (6:24–30 ...

53. “Have Mercy on Me, Lord, for I Am Faint”

Psalm 6:1-10

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C. Hassell Bullock

... to the struggle of David, they are more likely to consider David’s response in Psalm 6. In the first seven verses we see that David is at a very low point in his life. He has a sense of God’s displeasure that has brought emotional and physical fatigue as well as an inability to sleep. As Peter C. Craigie writes, “For most sufferers, it was in the long watches of the night, when silence and loneliness increase and the warmth of human companionship is absent, that . . . pain and grief reached their ...

54. “The King Rejoices in Your Strength, Lord”

Psalm 21:1-13

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C. Hassell Bullock

... encircled me, my hands and my feet, like a lion.” The imagery would be that of a lion caught in the hunter’s net.[10] 22:17 All my bones are on display. This is not a metaphor but a word picture of the psalmist’s emaciated condition. Both emotional and physical disorders have taken effect. 22:18 They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment. This was one of the final things an enemy would do to dispose of the effects of the deceased. See Matthew 27:35/Mark 15:24/Luke 23:34/John ...

55. Are You Sorry Enough to Wash Your Face?

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... sinner!" One said, "I'm a front pew religionist." The other countered, "I'm not even worthy of entering the service." Catch the emotion of the latter man's confession! That's remorse! It is that emotional sense that I not only know intellectually that I am guilty and I feel a sense of deep shame for who I ... in sensual pleasures, scandalous activities including wife swapping (without regard for a wife's emotions), and drunkenness without inhibition were worshiped. It may be that somewhere between the fifth ...

56. Free From What? For What?

Luke 9:51-62

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Robert C. Cochran

... but rather through dependence, total dependence on God. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are gifts from God. Through Christ’s sacrifice we have been set free, but from what? From the tyrannies of the flesh: body, mind, and emotions. We’ve been set free, but for what? We’ve been set free to become slaves to one another. Jesus said that he came to serve not to be served and that those who would lead must become servants of all. In 1 Corinthians ...

57. Soli Deo Gloria

Romans 16:1-27

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Ron Love

... a doxology of praise when they learned of the letter’s message of forgiveness, of the message of salvation, and of the message of a personal God. It is for these reasons that we today sing doxologies in worship. The use of hymns and doxologies for emotional expression was always a part of the liturgy of the early church. The Fourth Ecumenical Council, also known as the Council of Chalcedon, was a church council held from October to November in the year 451 AD. Chalcedon was an ancient maritime town in a ...

58. The Way

John 14:1-14

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Lori Wagner

... give yourself to him. He is the Way. He is the Gate. He is the Truth. He is the Life. Jesus himself is the destination. He doesn’t want merely our obedience. He wants to commune with us and live within our hearts. He wants us to bond emotionally and spiritually with him in ways that can uplift us as well as challenge us. Relationships are messy. They require us to invest not just our heads but our hearts. They mean that we are not always in control. They require love and trust, time, and commitment. And ...

59. Avoiding the “F” Word

Matthew 18:21-35

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Lori Wagner

... from the disease of “anger and pain” that is eating us alive. To heal ourselves from the harm that was caused to us requires us not to continue to harbor anger toward the person who hurt us but to let go of those powerful, detrimental, brain-eating emotions that are causing us so much harm. Forgiveness is not about freeing someone else, but about freeing ourselves to be the healed and whole people God made us to be. Sin is not only what we do but sometimes what is done to us that keeps us enchained ...

60. Fearless

Matthew 25:14-30

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Lori Wagner

... but you. That’s the opposite of what a Christian is called to be and do. To be a Christian is a calling to be fearless –to take risks that feel sometimes frightening, to choose relationships and love over singularity and “safety,” knowing that with true emotional and spiritual investment comes true joy, love, security, and wellness. Jesus calls us today, just as he did long ago, to be fearless in a culture of fear and to be committed in a culture of non-commitment. He calls us to re-teach people how ...

61. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... dilemma isn't all that crucial to you. You've long since known that we confuse ourselves and this is just another instance of it. Perhaps we need to spend this time with you as best we can, not blaming ourselves, and go about the task of quieting our emotions. It is so astounding to us that you are willing to abide our confusion, waiting until we can come to you in clarity. You are more caring of us than we are of ourselves. We judge ourselves so much more harshly than you judge us. Here we are chastising ...

62. Come Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire

Acts 10:23b-48

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E. Carver McGriff

... 's dying of cancer right now. He has discovered there are things the most self-sufficient person can't handle alone. As pastors, we see it every day: people who encounter problems which are beyond them. Marriage difficulties, illnesses, job discouragement, emotional difficulties, addictions, dangerous situations. The Spirit's promise is that there is help from beyond. One of my favorite authors told of a man and wife in marriage counselling who were making very little progress in spite of good counselling ...

63. Wedding: Love and Fear

1 John 4:1-6

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Charles E. Wolfe

... a matter of the will, then it is dependable over the long haul. When a man and woman fall “in love” the sky-rockets explode. When they decided to form a family before God, however, much more is involved than the sky-rockets. It is the will, and not emotion, which maintains a family over the years. They can continue loving even when they don’t feel like it. First John does not use this particular verb of the love of man and wife, but in Ephesians 5:25 husbands and wives are to love each other as Christ ...

64. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

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Richard Hoefler

... .17 It is part of his role-playing with the disciples. The words he speaks are their words, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But he intends these words also for the woman. She gets the point. She stops her emotional tantrums, comes to Jesus, and falls meekly at his feet. She realizes that she is not of the house of Israel and therefore an outsider, but she is willing to do anything - become anything - if only this man will help her daughter. It is important to note at this ...

65. IN THE BEGINNING ... THERE WAS LOVE ...

Drama

Marcia Millerf

... . Music is nothing but sentimental garbage. GIRL: Garbage! You don’t like it because I still have a link with the past and you don’t. BOY: You’re just the type who gets all involved emotionally. That is what’s wrong with you. GIRL: All right, I get involved emotionally. Is that so wrong? BOY: Yes. Emphatically, yes. GIRL: How? BOY: You get too carried away with things. Your emotions rule your life. You get too involved. GIRL: What’s wrong with that? You can’t convince me that you didn’t have ...

66. Annas, Caiaphas, and Judas

Drama

Jon Joyce

... age, for he, too, was fierce and cunning in his day. Judas should be made up to appear severely distraught, almost deranged. Judas A special note is required about Judas. He should be an actor of the most sensitive nature available to you. The range of emotions and the madness required in his acting ability demand a person who can be seemingly controlled and normal, at times, as well as bizarre and off balance when required. His final soliloquy, the Lord’s Prayer, is the climax of the drama and can come ...

67. A Time for Tears

John 11:17-37

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Louis H. Valbracht

... crying, because I loved my mother." Look at the impossible dilemma that the attitude of our society has placed him in. If we weep, we feel weak; if we don’t, we’re considered calloused and unfeeling. So our handling of grief today is mostly superficial, emotionally dishonest, and we’re all completely confused about it. One of the most common questions asked of a pastor by a bereaved family is "how they should act." In the midst of their terrible sense of loss and grief, they have an agony of need for ...

68. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

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Brett Blair

... Lord says to him. “Feed my sheep.” Then the story ends exactly the way it started months before with Christ saying to Simon at the seashore these words, “Follow me!” Isn’t that a great story? Jam-packed with the stuff of life powerful symbols, strong emotions, and dramatic lessons. There is a very real human quality to this story. Let’s sort this out with three basic human questions: I. FIRST, WHAT DO WE SEE HERE PHYSICALLY? Let me first turn our attention to a minor point. And let me admit that ...

69. Good News For Broken Hearts

Luke 7:36-50

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King Duncan

... in the house of a Pharisee. Yet here she was kneeling at the feet of Jesus, weeping, and watering his feet with her tears and using her long hair to wipe them dry. Kissing his feet and anointing them with ointment. Altogether it was quite a pathetic display of emotion. Good people don't get carried away like that, do they? If Jesus really were a prophet, thought the Pharisee who was playing host to him that day, he would realize what kind of woman this was, and he wouldn't even allow her to come near him ...

70. The Problem With Giving Up Chocolates

Mark 8:34-38

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King Duncan

... is very personal. This is between you and God. Please write your list now. HUMAN BEHAVIOR IS DRIVEN BY TWO FORCES: NEEDS AND VALUES. You and I have certain needs. Some of these are physical needs: food, water, shelter, etc. Some of our needs are emotional: love, acceptance, recognition, power. We all have needs. Some of those needs are immediate and overwhelming. When we are without food or water, we will do almost anything to satisfy our need for these staples of life. Unless we have these needs met we die ...

71. Leaving The City of Regret

Mark 2:1-12

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King Duncan

... be that his paralysis was due in part to his having taken up residence in the City of Regret? WE KNOW THAT THE WAY WE THINK AND THE WAY WE FEEL CAN HAVE A PARALYZING EFFECT ON US. People have had their bodies shut down because of powerful emotions. "Psychosomatic" we call it. It doesn't mean that the pain or paralysis is imagined. It means that it originates from a hurt not to the body, but to the psyche. Dr. Bernard Lown tells about a former patient who suffered from congestive heart failure. In spite of ...

72. The Wholeness Question: Do You Want To Be Made Well?

John 5:1-15

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Maxie Dunnam

... up. When the man obeyed -- when he acted in faith -- he discovered a new strength. In fact, Scripture says, "Immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked." Now let me be quick to say that faith does not always bring healing in terms of physical and emotional cure for our maladies. I think we need to be careful even in talking about this. It's evident as we look around us that some folks are healed by faith, and others are not. It happens with me all the time. I pray with and for people for ...

73. A Peek at the Resurrection

Revelation 7:9-17

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Charles L. Aaron

... way she knows how. Her receiver, of course, is coldly silent. Many of us here this morning for All Saints' Day may know something of what Sparks was going through. We are here today to remember those we love who have been taken from us by death. This is an emotional day in the life of the church. Our loved ones may have died recently so that the grief we feel may be fresh. Perhaps we have some distance and the pain is not as sharp, but still the grief hurts. We are grateful for the comfort the church offers ...

74. Washing in Old Jordan

2 Kings 5:1-14

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Stan Purdum

... , a science, a method, or a school of thought that has been created to respond to problems in those areas: • if you are physically ill, you can turn to medicine; • if you are mentally upset, you can turn to psychiatry; • if you have trouble expressing your emotions, you can join a sensitivity group or an encounter group; and • if you are in poverty, the government is probably a better source of long-term help than the church. Many of the secular "rivers" of help are very fine; thank God we have them ...

75. Cross Eyed: Anger

John 2:13-22

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... of me that wanted to. The absurdity of the situation just flabbergasted me. But instead of yelling and screaming, I started laughing. I haven't had that good of a laugh in a long time. I was angry but the anger was released by laughter. You see, anger is an emotion and an energy. It can't be destroyed. And it can't be forgotten. It has to be converted. We can find creative ways to deal with our anger by converting it and using it's energy for something else, like laughter. IV. What Should Make Us Angry A ...

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