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76. Caring Service and Its Impact

Mark 10:35-45

Illustration

Roger Dow

A room-service waiter at a Marriott hotel learned that the sister of a guest had just died. The waiter, named Charles, bought a sympathy card, had hotel staff members sign it, and gave it to the distraught guest with a piece of hot apple pie. That guest later wrote to the president of Marriott Hotels, "Mr. Marriott," the letter said, "I'll never meet you. And I don't need to meet you. Because I met Charles. I know what you stand for. ... I want to assure you that as long as I live, I will stay at your ...

77. Be Careful Who You Judge

Matt 21:31

Illustration

Roger G. Talbott

A young minister graduated from seminary just before World War I and he was appointed to a church in a very small town. He had been there only a couple of weeks when he received the call every new minister dreads – the call to do his first funeral. The person who had died was not a member of his church. She was, in fact, a woman with a very bad reputation. Her husband was a railroad engineer who was away from home much of the time. She had rented rooms in their house to men who worked on the railroad and ...

78. Who Cares?

Humor Illustration

You remember the Smothers Brothers? Several years ago, they did a routine on TV that went something like this: Dick asked, "What's wrong Tommy? You seem despondent." Tom replied, "I am! I'm worried about the state of American society!" Dick said, "Well, what bothers you about it? Are you worried about poverty and hunger?" "Oh, no, that doesn't really bother me." "I see. Well, are you concerned about the possibility of war?" "No, that's not a worry of mine." "Are you upset about the use of illegal drugs by ...

79. Cutting Teeth Carefully

Humor Illustration

A super-cautious mother always wore a gauze mask when coming near her baby and insisted that all visitors do likewise. Several older and wiser women tried to tell her tactfully that she was carrying things too far, but the young mother insisted that most parents were absolutely criminal in their carelessness about a child's health. Then the mother mentioned that she thought the baby was beginning to cut a tooth and she wished she could find out about it in some way. A friend with more experience said, "Why ...

80. Be Careful What You Wish For

Humor Illustration

A fellow had been suffering from a string of bad luck when he stumbled upon a magic lamp. A genie sprung from the lamp and promised to grant the man three wishes. First, he wished for a big fancy sports car. Second, he wished for $20 million. Then, he wanted to think about his third wish for a while. As he drove along in his new sports car, he began to sing along with a radio commercial, "Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener...."

81. Be Careful What You Pray For

Humor Illustration

A small boy badly wanted a baby brother, so his dad suggested he pray every night for one. The boy prayed earnestly, night after night, but his prayers seemingly weren't answered. After a few weeks, he didn't bother to ask anymore. Some months later, his dad said they were going to see Mom in the hospital and he was going to get a big surprise. When they got to the room, the little boy saw his mother holding two babies. "Well, what do you think about having twin brothers?" his dad asked. The little boy ...

82. Careful What You Put In

Illustration

Michael P. Green

Anyone with a small child must feel as Cardinal Wolsey felt about Henry VIII: “Be well advised and assured what you put in his head, for ye shall never pull it out again."

83. Be Careful How You Walk

Ephesians 5:15-20

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A piece of string (about 12 feet long) laid on the floor Boys and girls: Let me stretch this piece of string out here on the floor. I could use this for lots of things. I could divide you up and have a tug of war. I could use the string and a piece of chalk to make a straight line on the floor, although I might get in trouble for that. What I would like for each of you to do is to begin at one end of the string and pretend you are on a high wire and walk on the string to the other end. Pretend you ...

84. I Am the Only One Left Who Cares!

1 Kings 19:9-18

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A dish with water in it Good morning boys and girls: How strong is water? Some of you probably think water is not very strong. It's gentle and soothing to swim in this time of year, isn't it? And it's true that if I stick my hand in this dish and scoop up some water and let it seep through my hand, the drops of water don't seem very strong. But suppose I let one tiny drop after another keep falling on one spot, how strong is it? Did you know that it could wear a hole in a mighty rock, drop by drop ...

85. Portraying a Caring Community of God

Deut 23:1-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Deuteronomy uses for the first time the full expression “the congregation/assembly of the Lord.” Those who are excluded from this congregation are self-inflicted eunuchs (23:1), bastards (23:2), and Ammonites or Moabites up to the tenth generation (23:3–6); however, Edomites and Egyptians can enter that congregation after the third generation (23:7–8). Since castration was imposed on some of the personnel of the Canaanite sites of worship (23:17–18), Israel is forbidden to do the same. However, eunuchs who ...

86. Humor: Be Careful

John 17:1-11

Illustration

William A. Ritter

A man was being tailgated by a stressed-out woman on a busy street. Suddenly the light turned yellow. And though he could have run it, he chose not to. The tailgating woman - who was all set to run it with him - missed his rear end by a matter of inches. Screeching to a stop, she jerked forward in her seat. Figuratively, she hit the roof. Literally, she hit the horn. Rolling down the window, she screamed and gestured (loudly and obscenely) until an officer approached her in mid-rant and had the gall to ask ...

87. Does God Give A Damn?

Exodus 5:22--6:12

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... After Adam and Eve disobeyed God, he came to the garden, calling, "Adam, where are you? What is this that you have done?" God does care when we sin against ourselves. The popular opinion is that this is my life and I can do with it what I please. If ... business. It is my life, and if I want to shorten or ruin it by overwork or overindulgence, what is that to God? But God does care what we do with ourselves. Our lives are not our own; we were bought with the price of Christ’s blood. Our bodies are the temples ...

88. What to Do When Life Is the Pits

1 Peter 5:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... that blanket on the donkey. That is exactly what we are to do with our worries. We are to throw our worries and cast our cares on the strong back of the Lord Jesus Christ. That word also means "to make a deposit." When you go to a bank you deposit ... think that God has fallen asleep at the wheel, as you go through difficult days and dark nights. You may think God really doesn't care. But we are told here, "He is the God of all grace." You will find that every single time, no matter how deep the waters ...

89. Advice About Widows, Elders and Slaves

1 Timothy 5:1-6:2

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... certainly allow it. It must be noted that, even though this section has ultimately been shaped by the activities of the younger widows, the care of genuine widows is indeed a real concern. Such concern has deep roots in the OT (e.g., Exod. 22:22; Deut. 24:17, ... three all reflect a woman of a generous and serving spirit. Such widows, alone in the world and full of good deeds, should be cared for by the church. 5:11–12 But it is otherwise with younger widows; do not put them on such a list, basically for ...

90. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... self. But we don't fully succeed. Then, at last, we come to you, God. Something has gone wrong and "business as usual" isn't going to put us back on our old familiar ways. It is in these times that we discover how strong you are, how wise, how caring. What appears to be chaos to us becomes an opportunity for you to enrich our lives, heal our wounds, and deepen our understanding of life. How grateful we are that we can come into your presence. It is our great joy that you are our God. And while our troubled ...

91. Christmas Concern

Sermon

James Bjorge

... stand by me all my life ... to steady me and comfort me when my legs begin to buckle and I need a friend to lean on. He said, "Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age" (Matthew 28:20). Christmas also reveals that God not only cares and stands by, but he also identifies with us. Jesus took on human form to be our substitute. Thus he could take my sin upon himself at Calvary. This also enabled him to feel in his own body that which all the children of men feel. We can call it ...

92. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... recently I took eighteen of our church members for a three-day retreat at Dayspring, the retreat center for the Church of the Savior near Washington, D.C. We had a good mix of adults and youth and one very talented black boy. The spirit of love and caring was experienced very deeply in these three days. God was present. In one sharing session the young black said, "I’ve been asking myself, ‘Why am I black?’ I’ve found the answer And, I’m glad I am black." There is something about the spirit of ...

93. Keys That Unlock Miracles

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... was a good man in every sense of the word. Jesus undoubtedly loved him. “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective,” writes James in his epistle (5:16). There is healing in such character. So we have these two powerful elements caring and character. But there is a third element we dare not ignore: it was the centurion’s confidence in Christ. Where people have confidence in Christ, miracles take place. That is another term for faith. The centurion was so confident that Jesus could heal ...

94. When Being Good Is Bad For You Or Breaking The Chains Of Co-dependency

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... because she is not able to help anyone. Now that's extreme. But play it out in your life. Being good is bad for you when, one, it forces you to endure life rather than live it; and two, being good is bad for you when you compulsively care for others, but ignore caring for yourself. IV. So how do we break the cycle of being good -- being bad? How do we break the chains of co-dependency? Put the last two points in the positive, and we'll at least head in the right direction. One, stop enduring life and begin ...

95. The Call To Ministry

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

Robert Allen

... it more than three or four times during the summer. As I outlined the proposal, I told these individuals that they were capable of doing this ministry and I believed that they could do a fine job of preaching. One of the men listened to the proposal very carefully and he said, “It sounds like a good idea, but I don’t think I’ve been called to preach.” “John,” I said, “I’m calling you to preach.” “Well,” John insisted, “God hasn’t called me.” I looked at John and smiled at him and ...

96. Dodging the Thrust

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... act in itself - and seeks the one until he finds it, as though it were the only sheep that mattered. Each one had a place in his care. There is joy in his heart when he finds it. For the woman, it was one coin out of ten, a ten-percent loss. Yet how can ... perhaps in your block - no matter where you live - and the Jesus who told about the sheep and the coin asks us, "Do you care?" How can we be complacent about our Christian faith as long as we know persons who have wandered away from the Lord like coins? ...

97. Surprises

1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

Sermon

David O. Bales

... the problems life throws at our faith, Peter instructs us to "cast all your anxiety on" God. The word translated "anxiety" means "care, worry, or anxiety" depending on the context. It's the word Jesus uses to tell us not to worry about ourselves. Paul ... up here with second chances, even when life or entire nations seem hopeless. When we're anxious, we especially need to cast our cares upon God who has shown us the pattern that undergirds all of life: Jesus' death and resurrection. As Christians we are part of ...

98. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... without a mind, And leave the cliffs, and haste away O’er ocean-mirrors rounded large, And reach the glow of southern skies, And see the sails at distance rise, And linger weeping on the marge, And saying; `Comes he thus, my friend? Is this the end of all my care?’ And circle moaning in the air: ‘Is this the end? Is this the end?’ And forward dart again, and play About the prow, and back return To where the body sits, and learn That I have been an hour away. XIII Tears of the widower, when he sees A ...

99. The Compassionate Healings

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... not mean sympathy. Sympathy comes from someone superior to someone inferior. Compassion is not charity. Charity allows a rich person to stay in a position of power over a poor person. Compassion means standing in another person's shoes. Compassion means caring. Compassion means genuine caring, going out to a person, entering into his or her suffering. Jesus, the busiest man in the world with the ways and means of the kingdom of God on his mind, concerned about people's negative or shallow understanding of ...

100. Saving A Church

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

... deadly sins—Acedia. It is translated in the King James Version as sloth, but that doesn’t capture its real meaning. Acedia means simply——not caring. It is possible for a person to walk by the old man feeding the birds in the park and say: well, he’s not my ... a bleak world and say: well, she’s not my mother. The greatest insult that we can say to the world is: I don’t care. I said: Lady, do you realize what you have done. You have charged me, and everyone in that church, with one of the seven ...

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76. Caring Service and Its Impact

Mark 10:35-45

Illustration

Roger Dow

77. Be Careful Who You Judge

Matt 21:31

Illustration

Roger G. Talbott

78. Who Cares?

Humor Illustration

79. Cutting Teeth Carefully

Humor Illustration

80. Be Careful What You Wish For

Humor Illustration

81. Be Careful What You Pray For

Humor Illustration

82. Careful What You Put In

Illustration

Michael P. Green

Anyone with a small child must feel as Cardinal Wolsey felt about Henry VIII: “Be well advised and assured what you put in his head, for ye shall never pull it out again."

83. Be Careful How You Walk

Ephesians 5:15-20

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

84. I Am the Only One Left Who Cares!

1 Kings 19:9-18

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

85. Portraying a Caring Community of God

Deut 23:1-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge