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726. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... I was working. He had suffered a devastating heart attack. He had undergone surgery. He had returned home, but he couldn’t get well. His body just would not function. He was in dark despair. Well past midnight one morning, lying there in bed, he was about to give up. Then quietly there came to him the passage in James, chapter five: "Is one of you ill? He should send for the elders of the congregation to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer offered in faith will heal ...

727. Choose Life

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... God loved us, we can choose life… we can choose to live first in confidence… and second, in gratitude. III. THIRD AND LAST BECAUSE GOD LOVES US WE CAN CHOOSE TO LIVE IN CHRIST. Alexander Solzhenitsyn tells of a moment when he was on the verge of giving up all hope in a prisoner in a Soviet Prison Camp. He was working 12 hours a day at hard labor. He was existing on a starvation diet. He had become gravely ill. The doctors were predicting his death… and frankly, he didn’t care whether he lived ...

728. How Great Is Your Faith

Matthew 15:21-28, Matthew 15:1-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... college next fall. I don't have any money to pay his way. He wants to go to Harvard or some other school like that." Edith got nowhere on her first visit, nor on any of the next six or seven visits. But she wasn't about to give up. She brought snapshots of her kids. She brought school report cards. She brought her work record and her small earnings record. Then one spring day as she returned from still another trip downtown, she proudly announced to her friends sitting on the apartment steps, "Well, now we ...

729. When You Drop the Ball, What Next?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... slip-up. I mean fail in a way we desperately want to hide. Fail in a way that we are embarrassed. When this happens, we too face the choice: either to try and hide and pretend nothing happened by putting on masks to cover our reality; simply to give up on trying to live Christian lives and walk away; or the initially very difficult and courageous option to face up to what we have done. In the end these are the only options. The biblical option is clear. The Bible doesn’t try to sanitize or sweep under ...

730. Put On Your Apocalypse Jacket

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... Things can always get worse, but here's a dream that I have for the future, and I'm not going to give up on that.’” (4) In this Bible passage, Jesus is teaching his disciples, and us, to hold these same two truths: things can always get worse, but here’s ... a dream I have for the future, and I am not going to give up on that dream. And so, in spite of these fearful events, Jesus can say to us, “Do not be deceived. Do not follow false prophets ...

731. Proper 23

Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Mark 10:17-31, Hebrews 4:12-16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... planning is wise and good. We need to give thought not only to what we leave behind but to what we will inherit when we die. 3. The rich man would not take Jesus' counsel too attached to this world. 4. We can inherit eternal life if we give up our attachment to this world's treasure and follow Jesus. 2. Sermon Title: How To Win The Prize. Sermon Angle: It seems that most everybody wants to win the prize, to strike it rich. The problem is that they want to do so with little sacrifice or sweat. Thousands ...

732. When Christians Disappoint

Acts 5:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... 't put your faith in Christians; put your faith in Christ. Christians are apt to let you down, but Christ will never let you down. Christians are apt to stumble and fall, but Christ always stands true and tall." When people are ready to give up on the church because of disappointing Christians, I ask them to remember three things. First, remember how you yourself have been disappointing to others, even as you remember how others have been disappointing to you. Jesus had good reason to include the words in ...

733. What More Can He Give?

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

James McCormick

... a holy God, a righteous God, a powerful God, even a loving God. But, a God who loves enough to suffer - that’s new. And, for the life of me, I can’t think of a more powerful, more redemptive expression of love than a love willing to suffer, to give up its own life on behalf of the one who is loved. What more can you do that that? I remember the story of a child who was caught in a burning building. When his father realized that the boy was still inside the blazing structure, he went running back inside ...

734. Take Your Job and Love It

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... work that will pay them a living wage. Hang in there. Be conscious of God’s presence in your life as you seek work. God wants you to be in a place where you can spread His love to others as well as provide for your material needs. Don’t give up. There is yet a place for you. Keep looking. As part of the plan of God, all work is a ministry, a mission, a sacred endeavor. Each of us seeks that Divine “well-done thou good and faithful servant” not because we have to earn God’s favor, but because ...

735. A Robot in the Pulpit

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... they will carry on your work when you’re not there. How do you tell the difference? This was Jesus’ last major rallying cry before his arrest and crucifixion. He needed to know which of his disciples would tough it out and follow his example, and which ones would give up and walk away. Which ones would fall on their sword for him and which ones would fall to pieces. And that’s a question we have to answer in the church today. It’s so easy to be a Christian in our culture. We don’t face significant ...

736. An Extremely Odd Couple

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

J. Will Ormond

... she had a ghost of a chance to break through this judge's hard and callous shell? Perhaps. Was she ever on the verge of becoming bitter because of the treatment she was receiving from this powerful man? If so, one could hardly blame her. Did she ever consider giving up? Not this widow! How long she keeps coming to the judge we are not told. But one day he looks up from his bench, and there standing before him once again is the widow. Can't you see him putting his head down on his desk, and wailing in ...

737. Easter 6

Jn 14:15-31; Acts 15:22-29, 16:6-15; Rev 21:22--22:5

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . b. Christ must be obeyed v. 23. c. Christ must ascend v. 28. Epistle: Acts 16:9-15 1. A door closes, another opens (16:6-10). Need: Life is full of closed doors: unemployment, failure to graduate, illness, or tragedy. At a time like this, we tend to give up in despair and often blame God. Paul had such an experience. He had his heart set on going to Asia Minor, but the Holy Spirit prevented him by closing that door. But, soon after another door opened to Macedonia. When a door closes on us, it may be God ...

738. Finding Life!

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

... a brightness he had never seen before. Always, he who would find must venture - Columbus embarking from the shores of Europe to sail the wild Atlantic, Livingston leaving the comforts of England to touch the heart of Africa, American pioneers in covered wagons giving up their New England homes and plodding west to find new lands and new hope, and, AND anyone, any human person, who moves out beyond himself to find LIFE. Jesus is saying: Venture. Venture forth, break loose and move out, get beyond yourself ...

739. Formula For A Glowing Face

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... we? Our prayer is, "Lord, give me patience, and give it to me now." No wonder our faces have lost their glow. "Be patient in tribulation. . ." Those early Christians knew what tribulation was. They had suffered every imaginable persecution, but they did not give up their faith. Neither can we. Some of you know what tribulation is as well. You may have had family problems, emotional problems, physical problems. And you have prayed, you have cried, you have pleaded for some kind of help from somewhere. It is ...

740. Christmas and the New Family

John 1:1-18

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... degradation. Whatever that human being may seem at this moment to be, no matter how debased or unlovable he may have become, he is still someone whose original family ties are with God. I dare not give up on any human being; because he or she has the potential, by God's action in Jesus Christ, to rejoin the heavenly family. Nor dare I give up on myself. On those days when I look at myself more harshly than I would ever look on any other human being -- and when I can see no measure of worth in me because I ...

741. A Powerful Sacrament

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... baptism gives us, one pastor writes, “So if someone tempts you, ‘Why don’t you stay the night?’ You can say, ‘Oh, I couldn’t possibly.’ ‘Why not?’ they wonder. ‘Baptized!’ you say. ‘Ohhh . . .’ “You may feel like just giving up on God and religion, like no one cares about you and nothing really makes any difference anyway. ‘Why do you keep dragging yourself to that church,’ someone may ask you. ‘Baptized!’ ‘Ohhh . . .’ “Even within the church, some of us have ...

742. To Be Passed Over

Exodus 12:1-4 (5-10) 11-14

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... is an unfamiliar thing. Few people living in the United States today have been asked to sacrifice much of anything. We tend to view it as something unpleasant and to be avoided. But it is a concept that we ought to rediscover. To sacrifice is to give up something of importance to someone (or something) that is greater than you. A parent who forgoes a job promotion in order to keep children in the good school they are attending makes a sacrifice. A spouse or partner who scrimps and saves so that the other ...

743. Fido’s Dilemma

Romans 6:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... 13. A man was walking down a road one day and just happens to come across a hidden treasure. He is so surprised and overwhelmed by this fortuitous discovery that it changes his life. He sells all that he has and goes and buys that field. He lets go and gives up everything else in his life, everything that he previously thought was so important but now no longer is, in order to take hold of the treasure. That is a picture of what can happen to us when God offers us a new life in Christ. We are just like what ...

744. The Living Advent Wreath (Trust: Purple Candle of the Magi)

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Isaiah 61:1-11

Drama

Frank Ramirez

... if there is no answer to a world at war, I cannot be faulted for having traveled so far and learned so much. Guide: Do not give up on your quest, yet! Come once more from the castle and you will learn one more thing. Bring your bag — and prepare to set out for ... : (finishes) So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest-time, if we do not give up (Galatians 6:9). Love: (sings) Love like a star is a beacon. Believer, Follow, tho’ hounded by hates. Love sees a pattern, and ...

745. Cain and Abel

Genesis 4:1-26

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... vengeance seven times over. That is, the slayer would be judged to the fullest measure. It is astonishing that Yahweh did not sentence Cain, the first murderer, to death. Instead, seeing value in Cain’s life, God graciously let him live. God does not give up quickly even on those who flagrantly violate another’s life. God provides them continuing protection. 4:16 Cain left Yahweh’s presence, the source of blessing and support. Because his sin alienated him from God, he went to live in a land named Nod ...

746. Lord of the Sabbath

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

George Reed

... the law means withholding compassion from one of God's children. Most of us have abandoned keeping a day set apart for leisure, worship, and recreation. We have done so to our own peril. God knows that we must slow down and rest and, more importantly, we must give up the pretense that the world revolves around us and on what we do rather than on the gracious presence of God. We have missed the mark by using freedom in Christ to abandon the good counsel of God rather than to give us the freedom to follow God ...

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

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... narrow-minded individuals who treated him unkindly. “My wife and I had never had a Christian do anything nice for us,” Greene said. “Just the opposite.” That changed when the 63-year-old Greene learned he had a detached retina. He was forced to give up driving his Yellow Cab, and resigned himself to his impending blindness. Eye surgery would cost $20,000 he said, and he didn’t even have the money to pay bills or buy groceries. Jessica Crye, a member of the Sand Springs Baptist Church in Henderson ...

748. A Waste of Time?

Mark 14:1-15:47

Children's Sermon

Various Authors

... will soon wilt and fall to pieces, but the ornament will last. Help the children think of the difference between “palm branch” love and “heart” love. (Examples: fair-weather friends versus forever friends, giving food to the food bank you don’t like versus giving up your favorite cereal.) As a part of the lesson, invite the children to write on their hearts a paraphrase from 1 Corinthians 13:8a; “Love never ends.” If you have a Lent tree, invite each child to write their name on the ornaments ...

749. Haunted

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... by his own sin. For he had betrayed not only John, but himself, and God. In one fell swoop of John’s head, he cut off his covenant with God and, he feared, sealed his fate. Unable to repent, unwilling to face God, still uninterested in giving up his need for status, power, and appearances, in a sense John’s eyes on that platter will continue to accuse Herod from that day forward, in his thoughts, in his dreams, until his mind….breaks. We call it obsessing! Herod called it seeing “ghosts.” In a ...

750. Family Night Live

Drama

Dave Marsh

... , taskmaster, uh, angry) Isabelle: Here. Tell me what it is. Let me try. (Angela whispers in her ear). Oh, you’ve got this all wrong. (she starts acting bored, looking at her nails, etc.) John: Bored? Uh, uninterested? Apathetic? Bored? Uh… Okay, I give up! What is it? Isabelle: "Oh God!" John: You mean that movie with George Burns? Isabelle: Yeah! John: That was supposed to be God? Isabelle: Yeah. You know. God made the world then He, you know, got bored with it. He doesn’t’ want anything ...

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