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76. The Divine Family

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

King Duncan

... of our home the words of Dorothy Law Nolte's work, "Children Learn What They Live": If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn . . . If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight . . . If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive . . . If a child lives with pity, he learns to feel sorry for himself . . . If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy . . . If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel envy . . . If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty ...

77. To Who Can We Go?

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and his friend Hopeful are within sight of the Celestial City and the end of their long and arduous journey. Just one obstacle remains. They must cross a deep and threatening river, and there is no bridge. They must swim across. Christian is filled with fear and apprehension, and tries to find another way. But there is none. If he is to get to the Celestial City, the river must be crossed. So they get into the water. Soon, Christian begins to sink in panic, and cries out to his friend Hopeful, “I sink in ...

78. A Faith that Works with a Victorious Attitude

Philippians 2:12-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... MISCONCEPTION THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORDS, "WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING." I personally believe that a born again child of God never--let me repeat, NEVER--has to approach our loving heavenly Father with a sense of dread or apprehension. We have a relationship with the sovereign God of the universe that is based on faith, not fear. I believe the word that can be best used here is the word my teenage daughter, Jennifer, uses to describe something good--AWESOME. There is no anxiety ...

79. The Challenge of God Brings Hope

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

Carlo Rienzi, an attorney with no prior mission or court case, had never been tested. He was fearful and apprehensive, because he had never been challenged in his chosen profession. He did not want the trial that would test his will and challenge his skill, but he knew it must eventually come. When the case came, it seemed an impossible task for him. A young woman had shot the mayor ...

80. Working Out Our Salvation

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... rejoice with you all, and you also are to be glad and rejoice with me.” Now this was a recurring theme of Paul, rejoicing. And it’s an essential for our working out our salvation. Therefore, the phrase “in fear and trembling” does not mean nervous apprehension with which some would say we are to await the last judgment. The word translated “fear” does not here denote fright or dismay or alarm in the face of danger or lose. As often is true in the New Testament, it denotes the awe that persons ...

81. The Gift Of Sleep

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... remember that overarching everything we are to trust God to give us sleep -- that is, we are to rest in God. I read a story about a man who boarded an airplane one day for travel. The fog on the ground was thick and heavy. With obvious apprehension, the man held on tensely as the plane taxied down the runway and lifted off. Higher and higher the pilot climbed -- through what seemed to be an endless fog. Finally the plane broke through the top of the cloud -- the fog-bank -- into the bright, clear sunshine ...

82. The Rest Of The Story

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... being a snake. But I was puzzled one time when I saw a pen and ink drawing of The Fall by Rembrandt. The artist had pictured Satan as a grotesque dragon, half hidden among the branches of the forbidden tree, with wings and claws, while below an apprehensive Adam received the fruit from Eve. A careful reading of the scripture shows that Rembrandt could have been right in his depiction. The serpent was not a snake as we have imagined him to be. Because the scripture says that when the Lord cursed the serpent ...

83. Watering The Garden Of Our Life (communion Meditation)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the telephone is interruption, not only through a busy day, but often into the night. The tyranny of the clock has to do with appointments, all the things you have to do and the pressure to get them done on time. The tyranny of the calendar is apprehension about the future. We're often rendered impotent by our fear of the future. I believe we have overlooked one of the greatest medicines for our healing and wholeness. It is the medicine of liberality -- being willing to give. The chief malady of our time is ...

84. Epiphany: A Faith to Work Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... :19). And again, a dozen years later, following the remarkable experience in the temple at Jerusalem, "His mother treasured all these things in her heart" (Luke 2:51b). In truth, I imagine that Mary's mind and heart were a beehive of wonderings, glories, and apprehensions. Many things about this son of hers must have confused her. But one thing was sure -- she knew he was different and special. So when the word slipped out at the wedding feast that refreshments had run out, Mary knew exactly what to do. The ...

85. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... : business, the arts, church, parenting, government, retirement, wherever God has placed you. Your location in life is no accident; it is the place of your next kingdom assignment, should you choose to accept it! Worry and anxiety and vulnerability and dread and apprehension and angst and fears and phobias of all sorts are part of our common fallen condition in an unpredictable and often hostile world.2 What we do with this cluster of unpleasant emotions and mental habits will in great measure determine how ...

86. Resurrection

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the middle of a huge shouting match when Buster dropped dead. “Dead before he hit the floor,” Beulah said, at least a hundred times to anyone who would listen. Now, Buster was a rascal, and his death made the whole community feel apprehensive and worried about his utterly dysfunctional family. Pastor Lischer helped Beulah through the funeral plans. Finally the day for the funeral arrived, complete with the open casket in the narthex of the church. The service was a disaster. Beulah wailed at the top ...

87. The Day of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Rick Brand

... Second Coming will not change much of how we live. And the promise of the Second Coming is not a fearful thing for those who now live by faith. Most of the people one hears talking about the Second Coming of Jesus are Christians who are fearful and apprehensive about it, and yet Paul says, "God does not intend to punish us, but to have our Lord Jesus Christ save us." The Second Coming for us is a day of completion and fulfillment. It is a day of judgment and punishment to those who have refused to accept ...

88. God's Delight

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... is the birthright and need of every human being to be powerful, to be able, to experience both significance and influence. And power, when rightly understood, is at the very heart of the Christian gospel. Following the resurrection and before the ascension, the apprehensive disciples ask the risen Lord, "What will become of us when you are gone?" And Jesus, predicting the Day of Pentecost, answers, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses ... to the ends of ...

89. God Never Gives Up on Anyone

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... instructions before he leaves. Listening to their Master speak about his impending departure, the apostles most probably were fearful and worried. How would they be able to continue in the world without the assistance of their leader and guide? Jesus, realizing their apprehension, responds by telling them that they will never be far from God; God will never abandon them. First, Jesus promises that he will send the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, who will serve as their guide in every word and action. It would ...

90. Get a Peace of the Rock

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of "humanity on the move"--exiles, refugees, migrants, etc. Before this project, Salgado confessed, "I truly believed that humanity was evolving in a positive direction." But "what I learned about human nature and the world we live in made me deeply apprehensive about the future" and about "whether humans will ever tame their darkest instincts." I also came to understand, as never before, how everything that happens on earth is connected. We are all affected by the widening gap between rich and poor ...

91. Parenting

2 Timothy 1:5

Illustration

Brett Blair

... with criticism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty. If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive. If a child lives with pity, he learns to feel sorry for himself. If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel guilty. But... If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence. If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient. If a ...

92. What Are You Looking For?

Acts 1:1-13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... ready to give their lives for Christ…but in only five feet of water. Keillor says: The ministers stood perfectly still in the water…five feet of water, some of them not six feet tall, faces upraised to the bright blue sky in prayerful apprehension. Twenty-four pastors standing up to their smiles in water, chins upraised, trying to understand this experience and the deeper meaning of it. [1] So here stand the disciples…faces upturned, gazing into the bright blue heaven…and the messengers in white ask ...

93. Proclaiming Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 4:3-6

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... to lose ourselves in anything, we tend to fight back. That's true eventually even in the jobs we love or the movement we are convinced is right, true, and just. Regardless of the great love our Savior bestows upon us, there is fear and apprehension of losing ourselves. The scriptures tell us that to lose ourselves for the purpose of finding ourselves is imperative. Still, our tendency is to revolt and I suspect - if the truth were known - that is exactly what happens in most cases. Of course, the saints ...

94. Birthpangs of the New Age

Romans 8:22-23

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... to lose ourselves in anything, we tend to fight back. That's true eventually even in the jobs we love or the movement we are convinced is right, true, and just. Regardless of the great love our Savior bestows upon us, there is fear and apprehension of losing ourselves. The scriptures tell us that to lose ourselves for the purpose of finding ourselves is imperative. Still, our tendency is to revolt and I suspect — if the truth were known — that is exactly what happens in most cases. Of course, the saints ...

95. Facing the Wild Beasts Within

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... the way the child leans into life are the child’s experiences. If the child has experienced love from those around her or him, the child will learn to trust. If the child has experienced abuse or indifference, the child will learn to be fearful and apprehensive. I know that the children who come forward for the Children’s Message won’t remember much of what I say. They will, however, remember that their pastor spent time with them and that their church family valued them enough to treat them as the ...

96. Humble Servanthood

Mark 1:40-45

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

... the gospel through books that sell well, congregations that attract many members, and so on. Still, Jesus' desire to keep things quiet until the cross reminds us that whether or not we prove to be wildly popular, it is always a quiet and careful and humble apprehension of the gospel that is key. Jesus' own example of humble servanthood comes as a critique of our own overweening tendency to be enamored with all that is glitzy and eye-popping. We should be wary if the Jesus we worship fits too snugly into any ...

97. The Regenerating Work of the Spirit

John 3:1-21; Acts 2:1-41

Illustration

Phil Newton

... of the regenerating work of the Spirit. I will adapt these for our attention [edits in brackets]. The understanding is renewed…a light from on high shines into it, whereby its natural darkness is in some measure dissipated, so that it [has] new apprehension of things. He has a new assent, his understanding being enlightened to perceive the precious truths of Christ; he assents to them with a kind of [full certainty], in a lively, sensible manner. His judgment is changed. His estimate of things is changed ...

98. Proper 14

2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33, Psalm 130:1-8, John 6:25, 41-51, Ephesians 4:25–5:2

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... . Amen PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION God of old, God of young, God unaging, hear the prayers of your people at all stages of their lives. When we are older we are uncertain with the onset of physical problems that are new to us, which make us more apprehensive as to the length of our days. When we are young we are impatient to have what others have and to do what we have been unable so far to do. In middle years we are confused and often wonder whether we have done anything worthwhile or ought ...

99. Second Sunday of Advent

Mark 1:1-8, Psalm 85:1-13, Isaiah 40:1-31, 2 Peter 3:1-18

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... OF CONFESSION God of the first day, God of today, God of the last day, we admit that we are more frightened by the threat of a nuclear accident or a nuclear war than we are hopeful for a new heaven and earth. It is like our apprehension of major surgery, an unpleasant experience, but one that can bring about the condition in which healing can take place. We may be fatalistic and feel powerless to change unjust institutions that provoke and promote war. Forgive our reluctance to look for the new day and to ...

100. Keeping His Word

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... , this should not be a problem because many of us have learned that even the synoptics tell individualized stories! Soon, Jesus will be gone from their midst. How on earth will they get along without him? It must have been a sad moment drenched with apprehension and uncertainty. If they have on their listening ears, provision is being made for them. Something will come into their lives that may even make them wonder why there was any sadness whatsoever! The key is to love their Lord. Otherwise, they will be ...

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76. The Divine Family

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

King Duncan

77. To Who Can We Go?

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

78. A Faith that Works with a Victorious Attitude

Philippians 2:12-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

79. The Challenge of God Brings Hope

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

80. Working Out Our Salvation

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

81. The Gift Of Sleep

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

82. The Rest Of The Story

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

83. Watering The Garden Of Our Life (communion Meditation)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

84. Epiphany: A Faith to Work Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

85. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

86. Resurrection

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

King Duncan

87. The Day of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Rick Brand

88. God's Delight

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

89. God Never Gives Up on Anyone

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Richard Gribble

90. Get a Peace of the Rock

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

91. Parenting

2 Timothy 1:5

Illustration

Brett Blair

92. What Are You Looking For?

Acts 1:1-13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

93. Proclaiming Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 4:3-6

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

94. Birthpangs of the New Age

Romans 8:22-23

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... to lose ourselves in anything, we tend to fight back. That's true eventually even in the jobs we love or the movement we are convinced is right, true, and just. Regardless of the great love our Savior bestows upon us, there is fear and apprehension of losing ourselves. The scriptures tell us that to lose ourselves for the purpose of finding ourselves is imperative. Still, our tendency is to revolt and I suspect — if the truth were known — that is exactly what happens in most cases. Of course, the saints ...

95. Facing the Wild Beasts Within

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Mike Ripski

96. Humble Servanthood

Mark 1:40-45

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

97. The Regenerating Work of the Spirit

John 3:1-21; Acts 2:1-41

Illustration

Phil Newton