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751. Family Survival

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Stephen DeFur

... these would be great families. Now, consider the siblings in the early pages of the Bible (pause). Cain versus Abel, Isaac versus Ishmael, Esau versus Jacob, Joseph versus his brothers--every one of them an utter disaster! But God just kept working. God didn't give up on any of those families. And God finally sent Jesus to restore the peace--the shalom--the well-being of community. Jesus knows all about robes. In John 13:11, we're told that in this little community that Jesus was a part of, where shalom ...

752. A Life of Trust

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... . (8) Beecher’s point was that some people are like that lobster. At some time in their lives they find themselves left high and dry among the rocks. Life has been cruel to them, as it is to all of us at one time or another. And they give up. They become bitter. What they do not realize is that trust is something that develops as you confront your difficulties with God’s help. When you confront your fears, you become better able to trust in your own abilities. You learn to trust others. And you discover ...

753. How Much Are You Worth?

Matthew 10:29-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... or natural catastrophes. When all this happens to Job he tears his clothes and shaves his head in mourning, but he still blesses God in his prayers. Then, on top of all this, he is afflicted with horrible skin sores. His wife encourages him to curse God and to give up and die. Job refuses. Job curses the day he was born, but he refuses to curse God. Three of Job’s friends come to visit him. A big help they are. They accuse him of deserving his wretched condition. But Job knows he has been a righteous man ...

754. Welcome, Joe!

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... daughter rolled her eyes. “Cute, Mom,” Said the daughter, “What’s it for?” “Read the card,” her mother said. Inside was a card that read, “This rock is more than 200,000,000 years old. That is how long it will take before I give up on you.” (8) God is never giving up on you. You are accepted. You are loved. You are welcomed and you are waited for. That was the message of Jesus’ life and the motivation for his death—to show us that God would give everything He has to save us and restore ...

755. Share Your Life

James 4:10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , paper, and dirty clothes. But because we have mothers who care, our homes are different. I brought along a very humble friend of your mother's. You noticed that I said humble. This friend is her cleaning soap. It comes in a powder and can only be used when it gives up its life to become something else. Let me show you what I mean. I brought along some dirty boards and a couple of buckets of water. I am going to try and clean one of the boards with this plain bucket of water. (Wash the board.) Not bad, but ...

756. The Lord's People Together

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

... the inception of the American Revolution, Patrick Henry stirred the fervor of Virginia's patriots by shouting, "Give me liberty or give me death!" A noble sentiment this is; but you cannot run a baseball team on that, or a football squad, for each player must give up something for the team. You cannot operate an army on that, or build a marriage on it. And neither can you build a church on it. One of America's most outstanding pastors told of a revealing little drama which was played out one Christmas Eve ...

757. Life's Greatest Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

... "get things over with" and spend the day at leisure. Friends, we're not here in God's house to get anything "over with." We're here to get something started! We're here to join heart and hands as one Body of Christ, seriously intent on giving up everything for the sake of the kingdom. We don't come to church to put in an appearance. We come to joyfully and wholeheartedly spend time with each other, to sit down with one another as family members together, earnestly seeking to counsel and encourage ourselves ...

758. Advent 2

Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20, Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon Aid

... and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. Jerusalem Bible: And indeed everything that was written long ago in the scriptures was meant to teach us something about hope from the examples scripture gives of how people who did not give up were helped by God. Inductive introduction: I learned the importance of this pericope from my grandfather, a devout Methodist, who lived in our home for the last fifteen years of his life. He had lost almost everything - his beloved wife, two of his ...

759. The Forgiven and the Forgiving

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... others under pressure when God in his forgiveness is taking the pressure off of us? Yes, this is a day of pressures, and so it was in the day of Jesus. He knew what he was talking about. He knows what we are up against. "Jesus didn’t give up, because God had not given up." They spat on him. They beat him. They pushed a crown of thorns down on his head, and twisted it. They crucified him; and while they were still hating, while he was still bleeding, he prayed, "Father, forgive them. They know not what ...

760. In The Valley Of Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the high altar is a little shrine of the boy Jesus. He is perhaps eight or nine years old, and with no effort he is holding the world in one hand. "We have a choice." says Larson. "We can carry the world on our shoulders, or we can say, `I give up, Lord; here's my life. I give you my world, the whole world.'" For many of us this hour of worship is that time when we shift our burden from our shoulders to His. We find our strength in the word of the Lord. That is why the Scriptures are ...

761. God’s Body Language

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... we meet God, if we are to meet Him at all. In a book titled “Making All Things New” published by Harper and Row some years back, priest-theologian Henri J. M. Nouwen wrote: “To live a spiritual life does not mean that we leave our families, give up our jobs, or change our ways of working; it does not mean that we have to withdraw from social or political activities, or lose interest in literature and art; it does not require asceticism or long hours of prayer.” What, then, is different? What is new ...

762. It Costs to Belong

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... much, the fishing business was, and is, the number one business on the Galilee. They were not poor street people, they were rather well-off for their day, so when they left their nets to follow Jesus, they were really giving up something. The Gospels also suggest that they had short fuses on their tempers, which earned for them the nickname “Sons of thunder” (Mark 3:17). But we’ll talk more about that next week. Just as Andrew lived in the shadow of his more famous brother Peter, so also James ...

763. A Terrorist among the Twelve

Luke 6:12-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... riding on a humble donkey. Again and again people tried to make Him an earthly king, but He refused, saying, “My kingdom is not of this world...else would my disciples fight....” (John 18:36) And Simon came to realize that he either had to give up his sword or give up his Savior. Something like this, I think, happens to all of us who start down the road with Jesus. We may begin with acceptance of Jesus as Savior and Lord, and give our hearts and allegiance to Him. At first we may not fully understand ...

764. Dynamics Of Prayer

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Montgomery.” His caller hung up, but King couldn’t sleep. Fear gripped him in its steel vice, and this was his testimony. He said, “I got out of bed and walked the floor. Finally, I went into the kitchen and heated a pot of coffee. I was ready to give up. With my cup of coffee setting untouched before me, I tried to think of a way I might move out of the picture without appearing to be a coward. In this situation of exhaustion when my courage was almost gone, I decided to take my problem to God, with ...

765. Adam's Legacy

Romans 5:12-19

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... 's side. "That was a nice story," one of the boys said politely, "but I don't think it was very realistic for a father to give up his only son's life with just a hope that the other boy would become a Christian." "Well, you've got a point there," the old man ... to the boys. "But I'm standing here today to tell you that story gives me a glimpse of what it must have been like for God to give up his Son for you and me. All in the name of hope. "You see - I was that father and your pastor is my son's friend." What' ...

766. A Word of Hope for a Hard World

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... region of Judea, the magi were uncertain of their ultimate destination, so they had consulted with King Herod, seeking the birthplace of the newborn king. Herod was immediately alarmed that a child had been born who would one day be king. Herod was not going to give up his throne without a fight. You need to know that Herod was a thoroughly evil and violent man. He was married to ten women. He had fifteen children. Ten of them were boys. As his ten sons grew up and became men, they were destined to become ...

767. O Holy Night

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... be God. When Jesus became a man there was no subtraction. He remained God in all of His fullness. There was a time when Jesus was God, but not man; but there was never a time when Jesus was man, but not God. Nor was there division. Jesus did not give up any of His godhood to make room for His manhood. He was not part human and part divine. He was not a mixture of God and man. His deity was not humanized and His humanity was not deified. Instead, He was fully God throughout His earthly life. What happened ...

768. Cured Cripples and Crabby Critics

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... , says, "Ron Heagy's success story is one of a kind. His determination, positive attitude, pleasing personality, and tremendous sense of humor are an inspiration to everyone he meets." Life isn't easy. Bad things happen to good people. We are tempted to give up or give in as we face physical, mental, and spiritual suffering. Faith in Jesus Christ can make a major difference, especially when other people around us multiply our misery by what they say and do. Crabby critics, demons, are still within us and ...

769. Triumphing over Obstacles

2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... time to renew our prayer lives, remove obstacles that hinder our progress, and stop making excuses for our failures to grow. The basic necessity of prayer is followed by the related ideas of fasting and almsgiving. Members of many Christian traditions choose to give up something, such as a food or drink item, or refrain from some pleasurable activity during Lent. However, fasting is much more than not eating or choosing not to engage in some activity that brings joy; it is at its root an attitude. Here ...

770. The Gift of Purpose

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... point to life, if there is no meaning or purpose to life, then there is no power for life. And the sad truth is that we can't live without purpose and meaning. How many people do you know, especially the elderly, who reach a certain age and then just give up? They're no longer working, they're no longer active and involved because they feel they've just gotten too old to do anything. Nobody cares, that can't do the things they used to be able to do. They've lost their purpose. Proverbs says it best, "Where ...

771. Marketing or Disciplemaking?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... tough decisions about worship as a priority of your life. A sports radio station announcer asked if anyone would be willing to give up sports for two years in exchange for two million dollars — no games, no radio, no TV, no sports page, no ESPN, no Tuesday morning discussions ... at the water fountain. One fan called in and said, “I wouldn't give up sports for 25 million dollars. It's the first thing I look for in the paper, go to on the Internet, and watch ...

772. Behind Closed Doors

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Lee Griess

... in every hard and difficult place, his hand will never let us go and he will always uphold. For the voice of Jesus is there to say, ‘Peace be with you.' " There is hope for all of us in this Age of Anxiety. There is help when we feel like giving up. There is courage when we are tempted to hide. For there is one who can enter any room. There is one who can overcome any problem. There is one who can bring peace to every anxious heart. In fact, today he holds out his hands to us and shows us ...

773. Witness: More than Judgment

1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... . Did Jesus fail? No. The man's heart was not ready to receive the message. So pray. Pray for that divine appointment. Pray for that opening. Pray for the courage to walk thirty steps. Pray for words to speak. And pray for a heart to receive. And don't give up. As a disciple of Jesus, sooner or later, we will all have an opportunity to speak in his name. We are not responsible for what people do with those words. That's the work of the Holy Spirit. But we are responsible for them hearing it. A staff member ...

774. You Provoke Me...and That's Good

Hebrews 10:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... someone to love and good works. Usually I think of “provoke” in a negative sense. The NIV makes the meaning of this verse a little clearer. It reads like this: “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another . . .” Here is the first thing we need to see in this passage: The church of Jesus Christ is intended to be a community that encourages one another that provokes one another ...

775. Eliphaz's Second Speech to Job

Job 15:1-35

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... gently to you contains a veiled threat. Job’s experience has been anything but gentle! Eliphaz is most likely referring to the friends’ attempts in general—and his own in particular—to encourage Job to submit to the consensus of the sages and to give up his angry struggle with God. The implied threat is that if Job ignores these gentle words, he can anticipate a harsher response in the future. Since Job has already experienced the worst that God can offer, and since death seems like a release from ...

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