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51. Sister Act(s)

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... . You don't appreciate Marthas until a Martha is missing — and all the Marys of the church start scrambling to find the keys to lock doors, turn off the lights and turn off the fans. Yes, Marthas are the Energizer Bunnies of the church. They keep going and going and going.1 However, Jesus rebukes Martha by saying, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her" (v. 41). Mary, sitting ...

52. A Faith that Works with a Victorious Attitude

Philippians 2:12-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... ." Remember the good news that Paul gave us earlier in Philippians 1:6: "I am sure that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." God''s work, like the television commercial for a certain battery, keeps going and going and going and going. Do not give up. You keep moving forward. Let God''s power provide energy for the sacred journey. Someone tells of the time Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, was working on the head of Lincoln, which now resides in the Capitol ...

53. Holiness of Heart and Life

Romans 2:21-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... t this ever depress you?” a visitor asked. “Not really,” she replied, with a smile. “If I ever begin to feel depressed, I remember that I may be the only person who cares what happens to these men. And then comes the strength and patience to keep going, to keep loving them.” That was the woman’s job you say, and you are right. But the question is, do we do our jobs in holiness – not “transgressing or wronging our brothers?” But more than that, do we live our whole lives loving one another ...

54. At The Potter's House

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... is in control of us just like the potter is in control of the clay. No wonder people don’t go down to the potter’s house anymore. No longer can we just watch the potter work and have a good time. Now we’re also preached at. Still, I keep going back down there. I just can’t stay away. I guess I’m just fascinated by what the potter does with the clay, the infinite variations, the beauty he can create. Maybe Jeremiah has something in likening the potter to God. I don’t know. I’d hate to admit ...

55. On The Road Again (emmaus)

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the haviness. "We know where Emmaus is, (don't we?). We have been there in one way or another at sometime in our lives...Emmaus is whatever we do or wherever we go to salvage and sort out our feelings, to summon the courage and desire to keep going on, or to try and forget. Emmaus is whatever we do or wherever we go to reclaim our sanity when our world goes to pieces; when our ideals and dreams are violated and distorted; when we discover the world holds nothing sacred; when love and goodness are rejected ...

56. We Wobble, but We Don't Fall Down

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... fully to the relationships and opportunities that are right in front of you? What could God reveal to you if you believed that God is working in the unseen things right now in your life? That question leads us to the third way that we can keep going when life’s troubles come. The essential key, of course, is to trust in our Heavenly Father. In the 1960s, a young British woman named Jackie Pullinger believed that God was calling her to Hong Kong, but no missionary society would partner with her. However ...

57. The Fourth Day Comes

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... know where Emmaus is, don’t we? Don’t we? We’ve all been there in one way or another, at some time in our lives. Emmaus is whatever we do or wherever we go to salvage and sort out our feelings, to summon the courage and the desire to keep going on or to try and forget. Emmaus is whatever we do and wherever we go to reclaim our sanity when our world goes to pieces. When our ideals and dreams are violated and distorted, when we discover that the world seems to hold nothing sacred. When love and goodness ...

58. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... about a tragic plane crash in his area. A plane flying in fog had crashed into the side of a mountain. A commercial pilot told Bruce that such crashes were tragic and unnecessary. "Pilots are taught," he said, "To go up when they can't see in a fog. They keep going up until they CAN see." That's what happens when we make our requests to God and then pray. "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever." We are taking that step of faith that says, "Your view of my life is superior to my view ...

59. Why Join a Church?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... other things that the rest of us need to learn. Leadership is shared. The head goose is only there for a little while, then comes back into the flock in order to be restored in energy. All of that honking is the encouragement of one goose to another to keep going, to keep going, to keep at it. When one goose falls, is wounded or becomes ill, at least two others will fly to the ground, swoop down and stay with it until it is restored to the flock. Why join a church? We join a church because deep in the human ...

60. Behavior In Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... idea what might keep someone from being able to worship? It's noise, and many times that noise is coming from boys and girls who are not behaving. You see, when you crawl under the pews, or make a lot of noise, or talk to your mom and dad, or keep going in and out, or wiggle around, you disturb those around you. Some people cannot pray when there is noise or commotion. Some people can't concentrate on the sermon and some just can't worship God if things are loud. It really is not fair for any of us to ...

61. Stay Awake

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... flying through fog when he crashed into the side of a mountain. Larson’s pilot friend told him that it was a standard part of their training to fly up higher in a fog. They were supposed to rise high enough to see over the fog. As he said, “They keep going up until they CAN see.” Larson says that this is the point of prayer too. The Bible tells us that our thoughts are not God’s thoughts, and God’s ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55: 8-9). When we pray and align our hearts and minds with ...

62. The Prodigal Nation

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Erskine White

... mooring. He lost the values he had been raised with. The text says he was in a "far country," but he didn't just stray from home in a geographic sense. He also strayed from himself. He became someone else, a stranger to himself. That's why he could keep going downhill until he landed in a pig sty. That's why my friends from the TV game show could keep falling all the way to the depths of personal ruin. Look hard at anyone who is ruined by obsessive, compulsive behavior, and you will see people "hell-bent ...

63. Details

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... mission to the Gentiles will never cancel but will always include the mission to the lost sheep of Israel. A detail here that just cannot be seen in English is found in the force of the Greek form of the word "go"; it has the effect of saying keep going to the lost sheep of Israel. It would seem to press in the direction of a continuing mission to Israel, even though this is not popular among many Christians today. This issue cannot be solved with one little verse. But it can be clarified by the final two ...

64. God Forsaken

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Erskine White

... O'Connor was a boy, he would take walks through the orchard fields, and sometimes he would come to a wall which looked too high to climb over. But instead of giving up his journey, he would throw his hat over the wall. Then he had no choice but to keep going. President Kennedy used to say that this is what we have done with the space program. We have thrown our hat into space, and now we have no choice but to go after it. Isn't this precisely how some people overcome the barriers and burdens they meet in ...

65. Freedom Song

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... cross a flimsy bridge of wooden planks suspended over the swelling Niagara Falls. Surely there were times when they all wanted to turn back. It was at these times that Harriet counseled, "Children, if you are tired, keep going; if you are scared, keep going; if you are hungry, keep going." And Harriet Tubman herself kept going, risking her life to lead thousands of slaves to freedom. The March 1997 issue of EBONY magazine contains a telling quote from Ms. Tubman. She once said, "I freed thousands of slaves ...

66. Paying Dues to God

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... created us in God's own image (Genesis 1:26) is the reason "doing justice to God" demands that we mirror God's creativity in our own lives and continue to multiply creation. Genesis started the ball rolling. We and God together must keep going what Genesis started. The creative genius within us is an unfolding of God's creative genius itself. If doing justice to God means doing justice to the image of God we embody, then unfortunately we have let our dedication to creativity become increasingly selective ...

67. On Your Mark, Get Set, Hope!

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... worth unless we are willing to act. Hope is a forward adventure. When the children of Israel wanted to return to the flesh pots of Egypt, Moses pushed them further into the wilderness adventure. Hope lies out there, not back here. You’ve got to keep going. When the Israelites became fearful in the Promised Land, Joshua encouraged them to “Choose this day whom you will serve, but for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Hope pushes forward; hope goes into the future; hope doesn’t give up, not ...

68. A Peaceful Life in an Unpeaceful World

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... in harmony and justice. That kind of peace is the calm in the midst of a storm. It is the peace that allows inner city pastors to work in the midst of violence but trust in God. It is the kind of peace that enables the church to keep going even if the world considers it irrelevant. It is the kind of peace that continues to trust even in the face of setbacks and seeming defeats. It is the kind of peace that transcends disagreements and differences. Let us claim that peace for the church. For our family ...

69. Keep Your Eyes On Heaven

Colossians 3:2

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... do, boys and girls? (Let them answer.) Kites can fly high above the ground, can't they? When we fly a kite, where do we keep our eyes? (Let them answer.) That's right. We keep our eyes on the kite, up in the sky, because kites usually want to keep going up and up. (Pick up the balloon.) Here is a balloon. Balloons have something in common with kites, don't they, boys and girls? What do they have in common? (Let them respond.) Balloons like to fly above the ground, too. They help us to keep our eyes on ...

70. Keep Your Eyes On Heaven

Colossians 3:2

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

71. Motivated for Life

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... us go about our daily responsibilities raising our families, working at our jobs, serving in the community and we aren’t rewarded either. Life is difficult and the very people we look to for support may be completely unappreciative. Where do we find the motivation to keep going, to keep striving, to keep serving, to be all God has called us to be? Jeremiah had a strong consciousness of God in his life. Listen to the words from our lesson for the day, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Before I ...

72. A Lesson from Dr. Seuss

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... seemed moved by the sermon, and wanted to talk to Barnett afterwards. Elvis knew that he needed to repent of his lifestyle and return to his Christian faith. But the allure of show business was so strong that he felt like he had no choice but to keep going in the same direction. With tears rolling down his face, Elvis asked, “. . . what if I renounce show business and find that serving God won’t bring joy to my heart?” (8) Sounds like a sensible question, doesn’t it? Of course, we all know what show ...

73. Others

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... intersection is to create information loops, not lines. It's not just your imagination. The world really is getting more and more loopy! Information pathways and programs are becoming such complex systems that they must constantly loop back on themselves in order to keep going. It is not enough just to be loopy. Just as Paul ultimately refused to throw out the sanctity of God's words as they were contained and revealed in Jewish Scripture, so some linear qualities will always be necessary to keep us and ...

74. An Excellent Epitaph

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... yards. He has crossed the goal line. Suddenly the entire team caught the spirit of endurance, perseverance, determination. It became a different team. Is there a struggle in your life that is so tiresome, so demanding, so draining that you wonder how long can you keep going? If it is a worthwhile struggle, a God-glorifying struggle, God is challenging you, “Don’t give up! Don’t surrender! I’ll help you. Just don’t quit on me.” I have a slogan framed and resting on my desk. It was written by ...

75. Seeds

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

William G. Carter

... of God’s kingdom. I recall a conversation with a youth group leader. She was feeling worn out. Plans would be made for the youth of our community, and few of the kids would show up. She would say, “I don’t know what to do.” I responded, “Keep going. You never know when the seed might take root.” So she would try again. There would be little, if no response. One day, she was getting ready to send out some information and she had two sets of labels. I said, “Why two sets of labels?” Well, one ...

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