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876. The Compassionate Healings

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... mourners in this Jewish home. The mourners were wailing, beating their breasts, tearing their hair and their clothes. A flute player was playing songs of lamentation. This is how people in Jewish homes tried to relieve their grief. It was a very emotional scene. Jesus' question, "Why all this wailing?" seemed strangely out of place. Jesus' statement, "She isn't dead, but sleeping," seemed like an insult. A shocked relative might have said, "How do you know? You have not even met the girl." The announcement ...

877. When The Odds Are Against Us

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death ..." (v. 11). However as Hannah continued to pray she had to overcome the odds that were stacked against her in the temple worship. Maybe she got too emotional for the staid worship to which the priest Eli was accustomed in the temple. Maybe she became so filled with God's spirit that she shook her body too much for Eli. Maybe Eli thought she was praying so long that the service might go beyond one hour! Maybe ...

878. Tears At The Tomb

John 11:17-37

Sermon

William G. Carter

... bedside of his sick friend. Instead he remained where he was for two days longer. By the time he went to Bethany, Lazarus had been stone-cold in the tomb for four days. When Jesus arrived in Bethany, he seemed strangely free from gushy sentiments or emotional entanglements. He went on his own initiative, not in response to human demand or personal request. He embodied the gracious initiative of God, who moves toward us before we ask for help, who loves us before we love him, who comes to bring abundant life ...

879. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

... 's Thanksgiving service was spent chastising those who were not thankful, and how little energy was spent in generating genuine gratitude.1 The story of Jesus and the ten lepers recognizes gratitude as a theological problem. Thankfulness comes and goes like every other human emotion. There's no telling why the tenth leper turned back in gratitude while the others did not. He had every reason to press on to see the priests, for that would hasten his return to society and his reunion with loved ones. Why did ...

880. Peace And The Peacemakers

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

Richard Patt

... and proclaim the kingdom of God will soon result in violence that others will inflict upon him at the cross. These realities stir him deeply within. The disciples do not see all of this. They couldn't see it, and Jesus doesn't blame them for that. But the emotion of it sweeps over him and he spills forth: I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to ...

881. The Perisitent Noise Of Solemn Assemblies

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... was not just being, sitting there in his divine essence. He was not just noun, but verb; not just meditation, but production; not just reflection, but action. Thus the command to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and mind, or emotions and intellect, was one that required inward commitment and resolve. But the rest of the commandment requiring love with soul and strength, or will and energy, implied action. Likewise with the second great commandment of love thy neighbor.It involves action -- action of ...

882. Tiny Town: Promised Power

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Tony Everett

... the certain result. Happy endings became the trademark of an Alger novel. Alger's own life, however, did not have a happy ending. Disillusioned with writing, he tried many jobs with little success and less fulfillment. Eventually he suffered an emotional breakdown. Horatio Alger, whose name became synonymous with achievement of wealth and happiness, died penniless and miserable. Success is not a "rags-to-riches" story of self-help and achievement. Happiness is not accomplished through our own efforts to ...

883. Anything But Trivial

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

Tony Everett

... game. Millions of people around the world gather around television sets to watch the game. Inevitably, the Super Bowl is one of the top ten rated programs of the entire year. The identity of fans becomes closely tied to the success of a particular team. Emotional well-being becomes dependent upon the outcome of a game. Losing a game becomes losing at life. Winning a game means winning in life. It's incredible, and yet, a short time afterward, the outcome of the game, and even the names of the participating ...

884. Extreme Measures

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... Lord. They love the people of God and they abhor oppression and injustice in whatever forms or colors they manifest themselves. A single voice crying for truth can make a difference in our world, whether it is the truth of injustice, oppression, physical and emotional abuse, theft, corruption, or the murder and slaughter of the innocent. This is the spirit of Elijah and this is the spirit of Christ. We thank God for the indomitable spirit of courage which dares to stand for love, truth and justice! Man's ...

885. A Christian With A Conflict Of Interest

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

James McLemore

... conflict. You cannot remove something if you deny that it is there. If you deny that you have bad habits, bad attitudes, or bad behavior, then you will just deceive yourself. But you won't deceive anyone else. You must admit that you can't control your emotions. You have to acknowledge that there is a conflict between how you act and how you want to act. Then you must face this conflict, confront it with yourself. Second, you must take the steps to correct the conflict. You must realize that you must change ...

886. Lord, Send The Wind

Jeremiah 4:5-31

Sermon

James McLemore

... about the night before and the night before that. Upstairs, through the hollow ceiling they could hear the cries of abandoned children left to swelter alone in the hot night. There was no relief from the heat, and there was no relief from the angry emotions. The brothers' eyes looked on each other, and their hands locked together, as both mouthed the words of a silent prayer, "Lord, send the Wind." Husband and wife sat in a small kitchen of a smaller apartment. No water, no electricity, no heat; the room ...

887. The Blind Guiding The Blind

Psalm 92:1-15, Luke 6:46-49, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58, Isaiah 55:1-13, Luke 6:37-42

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... a camel, or in Mark 10:25 and Luke 18:25 in the contrast between a camel and the eye of a needle. 4. "Heart." (v. 45) The heart for the Hebrew people was the seat of the intellect and understanding. It was not the seat of feelings and emotions as is the view more recently. 5. "Lord, Lord." (v. 46) The word in Greek is Kurios, which can be translated as "master." It came to have meaning loaded with implications of deity. To repeat it twice moves to the comparative emphasis. 6. "House on the Ground." (v. 49 ...

888. Tempted By Good

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... pleased in you. What a grand and high moment! But looked what happened next: Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert where for 40 days he was tempted by the devil. This was a fall from the emotional mountain peaks to the valley of despondency. Jesus left John and the others by the Jordan and went off by himself into the desert to hammer out in his own mind his identity. He sought solitude to find his method of being who the voice at the baptism had ...

889. Why Be Good?

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... must be offered and accepted a thousand times a day. Who among us does not drop the hurtful word, stand in judgment, throw the dart that is meant to wound, keep the upper hand by trying to make someone else feel slightly guilty, use any emotional device available to us to stay in control? Who among us has not been cruel, or heartless, or vengeful, all the time thinking that our cruelty was kindness, our heartlessness honesty and our vengeance justified? Who among us has not been totally convinced of our ...

890. The Other Ninety-nine

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

John G. Lynn

... nine thirty. She called the sheriff's office. At 11:30 the sheriff knocked on her door. Her husband had been found in a nearby barn, where he had taken his own life. Shocked beyond belief, Linda reeled through the next few weeks, intoxicated with grief. Then her emotions froze. As they did she began to notice the little boy whom she had put to bed at 7:30 that night. Scott withdrew and became moody. He missed his father very much. In his tears he ran to his grandfather. Everyone, especially a five-year-old ...

891. An Answer To Prayer

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Illustration

... specialists who insisted on taking all sorts of tests, making all sorts of observations, and trying to figure out what the biological impediment was. Then there were the endless sessions with counselors trying to find out whether or not there were emotional blocks. Other counselors had indicated that perhaps her concerns about her husband were interfering with conception. The list of tests and the observations seemed to go on without end. Almost unconsciously she kept going to church. Every week she would ...

892. God Remembers

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... Lord, Peninnah would criticize and scold Hannah for being barren. Hannah would be driven to tears by the constant belittling, feeling that she could not take it anymore. She was so upset that she lost her appetite and could not eat. Elkanah was not aware of the emotional strain that Hannah was under. He seemed to be totally out of touch with the seriousness of the situation. He reveals his lack of perception by saying to Hannah, "Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?" Sadly, both lover ...

893. How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... shaken. Could I not please her? How could she take what was exclusively ours and give it to another? The thought of her in another's embrace, another man seeing her, holding her, inside her, left me so hurt, so confused, so suspicious, so angry, so emotionally eviscerated I wanted to die. But I wasn't even sure death could remove the pain. I still torture myself asking, 'Where did I go wrong? How did I fail her? Why was I not enough?' " Shakespeare's Othello called being victimized by adultery, cuckolded. I ...

894. You Can Create A Godly Heritage!

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... earth. There is an afterglow of influence. And that influence is our heritage. A heritage can be spiritual and take the form of God-fearing habits we've passed along to others. It can be intellectual in the form of education. It can be emotional -- good self-esteem, music appreciation, security. It can be a willful legacy -- discipline! It can be physical -- good looks, health, wise dietary habits. And our legacy can be material -- houses, land, money, and the like. The fourth commandment in Exodus 20:4-6 ...

895. Miracle Six: Stilling A Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... nature. We do not have to be at sea to encounter the storms and raging seas of life. A complete disruption of one's calm, replaced by upsetting uneasiness and even fear, can strike at any time, to anyone. Stress is able to upset our emotions, causing considerable damage to our sanity and health. There are spiritual storms where events transpiring in our lives sorely stress our faith. For some the bitter blow of sorrow or tragedy, striking us like a tornado, can sweep away our self-reliance. It is precisely ...

896. Miracle Ten: Healing A Blind Beggar

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... of seeing the faces of loved ones, including little children. An impressive story of a blind man is one that tells of a man on the streets of New York City. It was in the beautiful month of May and people were enjoying a spring morning. Their emotions were stirred when they came upon this blind beggar who carried a sign reading: "It is spring and I am blind." He knew that there was beauty all around him: spring flowers, blossoming shrubs and trees, newly-sprouted little leaves, but he could only imagine how ...

897. The Waiting Place

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

William L. Self

... who are thirty years old have been bombarded with a hundred times more images than the 55-year-olds. The over-55 generation favor contact with many of the images they see. The thirty-year-olds have been so bombarded they have lost the emotional impact that an image carries. They cannot savor anything. The young devour images like popcorn, wanting even more images and wanting them more quickly. The old savor them as they would appreciate a fine meal. Whatever technology has done to our culture, the ways ...

898. Just What The Doctor Ordered

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... " God has sent us? The "food" could be physical provisions. (Lord, why can't we have more "stuff" like our friends?) Or it could be how your family gets along. (Do something, God, with my sister!) We might struggle with thanking God for our daily emotional strength or our position at work. (It could be better, Lord!) We forget about all the good gifts he has lavished on us -- because we want more! The area where many people struggle is contentment in the moment -- enjoying what one is doing and is blessed ...

899. Held In His Arms

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... this." As the old man unwrapped the package, the paper gave way to reveal a portrait of the man's son. Though the world would never consider it the work of a genius, the painting featured the young man's face in stirring detail. Overcome with emotion, the man thanked the soldier, promising to hang the picture above the fireplace. A few hours later, after the soldier had departed, the old man set about his task. True to his word, the painting went above the fireplace, pushing aside thousands of dollars worth ...

900. Possession Is Nine-tenths Of The Law

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

... and we consider the ravages of cancer and the swift approach of death, it is reassuring to remember this promise that cancer does not have the last word, that the saints will possess the kingdom. When I counsel with someone who is lost in a surfeit of emotional pain, it is helpful to remember this promise that this pain does not have the last word, that the saints will possess the kingdom. When I go through my own deep valleys of darkness, it is helpful to remember this promise that darkness is not the last ...

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