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901. On God's Side Or In God's Way?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... the 1956 Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. For those of you who weren’t even a gleam in your parents’ eye in 1956 let me give you a little background. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama. So, the African-American community and their supporters struck back by boycotting the Montgomery bus system. For eleven months Civil Rights workers operated a voluntary car pool to get people to and from ...

902. No Substitutes

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... was destroying my health my work my career. Finally I checked myself into a hospital that specializes in chemical dependency. And I started reaching out to God. I had noticed how successful Alcoholics Anonymous had been in helping persons regain control of their lives by surrendering them to God. I did the same thing.” That young doctor was smarter and luckier than most persons who get caught on the merry-go-round of drug and alcohol abuse. It is far too easy in our society today, and far too acceptable ...

903. The Total Gift

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... spend the rest of his life laboring for the Lord Jesus. More than that, Paul was willing to give up his entire life, everything he had labored for up to that moment, to put himself to use for Jesus. Because of that powerful experience Paul completely surrendered to his Lord. We are called to follow Jesus just as Paul was called. Paul in his opening words to the Romans makes the case that Jesus was the long-awaited messiah. The Old Testament prophets foretold of the coming of God’s messiah hundreds of ...

904. Grow Up!

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... do what Apollos did — both used their God-given gifts to build up the church. Their efforts would not have amounted to much if it were not for God. God can and will do amazing things in our lives and in the life of our church when we surrender our will to God’s. “For we are God’s servants, working together,” we work together to the glory of God and not to receive human recognition or applause. This was what Paul hoped his friends in Corinth would soon understand. It was time for the Corinthians to ...

905. Praise and Blame

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... .” A clear God-inspired vision will produce a passion in you — a passion that cannot be easily quenched. A retired airplane pilot had fallen away from God during his high school days. The path he had chosen for himself led to destructive behavior. Later in life he surrendered his life to Christ. Today he is a leader in his church’s high school and college group. For many years he has opened his home every Monday night to cook a meal for a group of students. He claims that Monday is his best day of the ...

906. Everyone Is Invited

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... knowing that he will never desert us. By trusting in Jesus we allow him to reshape our lives. The power of the gospel not only changes our lives but alters all of our relationships. The way we view ourselves and others is changed once we surrender everything to Jesus. Paul experienced that saving power in his own life. He was transformed from a fierce opponent of Christ to a zealous missionary. Don Kimbro was going through a rough time in his life. “Everything I had worked so hard for was falling apart ...

907. Jesus Tempted In Us

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

David O. Bales

... — put the question, I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer YES to Someone — or Something — and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.”[2] So, on New Year’s Day 1953, he wrote: “For all that has been — Thanks! For all that shall be — Yes!”[3] None of this was public. Hammarskjold seldom spoke of the quiet, inward revolution. But no one saw Jesus in the ...

908. Down in the Dungeon

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!” (2) Churchill fought this battle against depression, as did our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln. At the height of the Civil War, Lincoln said, “If the misery I feel was equally divided among every member of the human race, there would not be a single smiling ...

909. Let It Go

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , the results are unpredictable. Part of the image of the wind “blowing where it wills” is the challenge to stop clinging to certainty and predictability. Jesus is telling Nicodemus to “Let it go,” to take the risk of faith, to be vulnerable and open and surrender to the Spirit. There is one thing that can be said about living a life that lets go of control, fear, and certainty: Are you predictable? Are you living a predictable life? If you’re born of the Spirit, Jesus said, “you can’t tell ...

910. The Insanity of Profanity

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... was their creator, but he was their Master. So he revealed to them another name, the name Lord. It is the Hebrew word “Adonai” and it means Master. It indicates the relationship of a master to his slave. As Lord, he deserves your absolute complete and total surrender and obedience. Therefore, it is disobedient to misuse the name of God. C. The God Of Possession There’s another name often in the Bible used of God where he is called “the most high God.” It is the Hebrew name “Elyon.” It has the ...

911. Ignite: Man on Fire

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

James Merritt

... light of God’s truth?” The truth that says just like Saul was in need of a Savior, so were you. The truth that says Jesus died on the cross for Saul, just like He did for you and the truth that says Jesus Christ is alive and you should surrender to Him as Lord. When you see that light you will be on fire. The second part of being on fire is – II. You Receive The Life Of God’s Spirit Now Saul has been blinded by this light. That is where we get the phrase, “Blinded by the light ...

912. All In: Calling Your Bluff

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... benefits to joining a church and getting actively involved. You will not only be healthier. You will be happier. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company studied people who had joined a church, were actively involved, prayed, read their Bibles and had surrendered their lives to Christ. When they compared those people to the people in America who did not attend church or were not religious, they discovered: Church attenders are twice as likely to say their home life is happy. Church attendersare almost ...

913. Up Close & Personal: Drawing Near

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

James Merritt

... we connect with God and communicate with God. Call it whatever you want – a quiet time, a devotional life, time alone with God. We need that time with God and God wants that time with us. Except for the moment of my salvation, when I surrendered my life to Christ, nothing has impacted my life more, nothing has inspired more sermons, nothing has encouraged me more, nothing has shaped me more, and nothing has sharpened my spiritual vision and spiritual hearing more than the regular habit of having a quiet ...

914. Lost Baggage: Losing Your Baggage

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... ’ll pay Me what you owe Me.” He didn’t say, “First you clean your life up and get your life together and then I will die for you.” He died for us freely. The only thing He asked in return for our forgiveness is repentance and surrender. Some of you want to forgive the principal of the crime only after you’ve collected the interest of revenge. Before some people give they want their ounce of meat, their pound of flesh and their quart of blood. True forgiveness carries no strings attached, no fine ...

915. The Journey Begins

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... and those first disciples and that is the will of God for every Christ follower and every church, because every empty chair in this room represents a missing person and our job is to find them and make them followers of Jesus. Step 5 closes the circle. V. Surrender To The Call Of God “And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.” (Luke 5:11, ESV) That one will make you swallow hard. Those four men signed their names to a blank piece of paper that day and Jesus ...

916. Don’t Be a Trender - Be a Trendsetter

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... out whether they were “trash” or “treasure,” but not based on monetary value, but based on eternal value (180). There are certain things that we own and operate but we know that from an eternal perspective these “things” are really “trash.” So we surrender them to God and hold on to them with a loose grip, no matter how “trendy” they may be. When Charles Swindoll pastored the six‑thousand member First Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton, California, a key lay leader came up to him one ...

917. The Three Shower Gifts

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... insightful gift. This is why Ladislaus Boros writes in The Mystery of Death (1973) that “Love and death have a common root.” In his words, love triumphs over death “not because it abolishes death but because it is itself death. Only in death is the total surrender that is love’s possible, for only in death can we be exposed completely and without reserve.” In other words, to resist death is to resist life. To embrace life’s meaning is to embrace death’s myrrh. In this week’s gospel text John ...

918. Table Manners

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Craig MacCreary

... vided loyalty, then we are headed for trouble. What free-market incentive causes us to be brave enough to enter into marriages or trust enough to make churches? What calculation of self-interest lies behind those who found the best in themselves only by surrendering themselves to a love that was larger themselves? Are we saved by our calculations or our connections to one another? When I encounter this scripture, I find myself wondering if my spiritual life has grown vapid. Is this when I have been most ...

919. Getting to a Teachable Moment

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

Craig MacCreary

... than fully there. I measure myself too often in terms of being able to fix things rather than be genuinely present even when I cannot fix things. I long to control people more than connect with them. If I understand this text correctly, it seems that God surrenders the powers that I aspire to in order to save the world. Jesus chose specificity. He came in a specific place and among a particular people. He experienced the difficulty with trying to be two places at the same time — and it led to saving the ...

920. The Kingdom Is at Hand

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... What a wretched woman she is,” but almost at the same moment he was overwhelmed with another devastating truth: “What a wretched man I am!” (4) The wretchedness of a person with sin in their heart cannot be overstated. In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that many of us have the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior.” He goes on to say, “It is revival without reformation, without repentance ...

921. Turn On the Light

John 8:12-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... are facing a very difficult decision and you don’t know which way to turn? You keep looking for security, significance, and satisfaction, but nothing works? You just keep stumbling around in the dark. Jesus makes an incredible promise. He said the moment you come to Him, surrender to Him, and let Him become your light, you will never walk in darkness again. As a follower of Christ you have in you the light of the world. Because of that Jesus said to his followers in Matthew 5:14, “You are the light of ...

922. Can Two Stay One?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... around our neck. They are going to know it when they see us loving each other. One of the greatest witnesses a married couple can give to their neighbors is to stay married, to work through the problem, to hang in the battle, to refuse to surrender and to keep loving one another. Otherwise, you give an unbelieving world a reason to say “Your marriage is no different from ours. What difference does Jesus really make in a life if He can’t even hold your marriage together?” What a difference it does ...

923. Don't Forget the Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon

... was a far greater sacrifice. Ours was a far greater gain! The bread of life has come so that we can have life! Are we, like that young lady, going to respond with indifference, or will we with gratitude and appreciation surrender our lives to him? 1. http://maxlucado.com/read/topical/the-write-stuff-2/ 2. Michael P. Green, Illustrations for Biblical Preaching (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1989). 3. http://pastormikescorner.blogspot.com/2013_09_01_archive.html. 4. Sermonsearch.com. 5. Contributed. Source ...

924. It Was a Dark and Stormy Evening! Father's Day

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... ,” they cry, “don’t you care if we drown?” That sounds like so many of us, doesn’t it? When we are in our storm, we, too, wonder if God still cares about us. When tossed about by the storm, we often call out to God; not out of surrender; not out of knowing that He’s there and able to deliver us, but because we feel abandoned. Our call is, “Where are you, God? Why have you abandoned me? Am I not your child?” I love the way Pastor Ray Pritchard tells the story. He says that the disciples ...

925. Be Careful What You Ask For

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... buying as many Jews as he could, and on the other hand he was deliberately sabotaging the ammunition produced in his factory. He entered the war as a financially wealthy industrialist; by the end of the war, he was basically financially bankrupt. When the Germans surrendered, Schindler met with his workers and declared that at midnight they were all free to go. The most emotional scene of the film was when Schindler said good-bye to the financial manager of the plant, a Jew and his good and trusted friend ...

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