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76. Pressing On In Faith

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

Bonnie Bates

... a redeemed man of faith. I wonder how we view our faith. There are some people I know, even some pastors, who feel they have “arrived.” Their faith journey is complete. They have become what they intended to be and there is nothing left to do, nothing left to pursue. Is that what you believe? Is that how you feel about your faith; you have it and that is enough? Or do you feel that there is still a race for you to run, still more for you to press on toward in your pursuit of faithfulness? Our faith is ...

77. The Main Thing

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... I will,” they are saying that they will love and cherish, honor, and take care of this person regardless of how they may feel on any given day or at any given moment. Come fat or bald, come sickness or health, come rich or poor, they will pursue and maintain this relationship. Love, in this instance, is first and foremost, a decision. If we want to have and maintain a personal, loving, faithful relationship, the first thing we do is to decide and commit. The second thing we do is be attentive. That is, we ...

78. Allowing God To Do A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... extinguished, quenched like a wick" (Isaiah 43:16-17). This is an obvious reference to God delivering God's people out of the bondage of Egypt. God parted the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to cross and then God allowed the sea to swallow up the Egyptians who pursued them. God's promise of something new draws power from God's history of being true and faithful to God's people. God has fulfilled promises in the past and God will continue to do so. I know a young man who experienced some success as a high ...

79. Becoming A Faithful Witness

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... on the path before him because it was what God wanted. Even in the garden, with the hour close at hand, Jesus sought communion with God. He needed the strength and the comfort of God's spirit and he needed the assurance that it was God's will he was pursuing. With that assurance he could go on to face the agony of death on the cross. In doing so, he provided the greatest possible witness for the grace and the love of God. Our witness can be strengthened in the same way. Listen for the message of God. Speak ...

80. A Call To Community

Acts 16:6-10

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... Paul had written letters. He had relationships with those churches. The pull for him to go there must have been strong. Yet Paul did not allow his personal feelings to get in the way of God's agenda. Once he recognized God leading in a definite direction, he pursued that path for his ministry. I know a family that recently bought a new puppy. They got a six-week-old Chinese shar-pei. Those are the dogs with all of the wrinkles. They named her Jiggles, because when she runs her wrinkles jiggle like Jell-O(r ...

81. They Didn't Have To Do It, But They Did

Genesis 14:1-24

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... intersection. A young girl helps an elderly woman carry her groceries after her bags have burst in the parking lot. Two men come to the aid of a woman who was nearly raped by two other men. The thieves who car-jacked another man's vehicle were hotly pursued by two citizens who saw the crime while at a stop light. The man whose car was stolen happened to be Caucasian. The pursuers happened to be African-American. Fortunately, the annals of history are filled with people who do things they don't have to do ...

82. What Money Can't Buy

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... , he stumbled across some invaluable information quite by accident. Overhearing a conversation between two gay people in a restaurant, he discovered that different formulas for cures were being aggressively pursued in other countries. This was information received that money could not buy. This young man is now actively pursuing a cure for his condition in another country. Sometimes valuable information comes to us which can save our lives and money cannot buy it. Sometimes such information comes from ...

83. The Star - Conversations

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... probably came from the East, but we do not know your nationality. Wise Person: Do those details matter to the truth of this star? What matters is that we were drawn to follow it. One always wonders how to know which star is the right star to pursue. At some point, we must trust our chosen course while recognizing that we have the freedom to turn around on the path. While our entourage may have been strangers from several lands of the East, we represented several who responded to the star. Several, not one ...

84. Week Four Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... 's creation. We have the ability to think and we have free will. Unlike all other animals, humans can think, process ideas, and make decisions. Some decisions are easy, like what clothes we will wear today. Others are more difficult, such as what occupation we will pursue in our lives. Part of this thought process is our free will. We have the ability to say yes or no to all things on any given day. Our yes and no applies in our work and our relationships with others -- it also applies to our relationship ...

85. Week One Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... change of heart. We must be willing to forgive and be forgiven. In short, the Lenten season calls us to be a reconciliation people. Reconciliation begins with self, moves to others and finds its ultimate fulfillment in our pursuit and discovery of God. It is up to us, however, to pursue reconciliation and make it a reality in our lives. Today as we live in God's presence, let us allow God's word to water and feed us as the rains and snow water the land and its produce. Let God's word penetrate us. Let us be ...

86. Demon-Possessed Child

Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... , pagans, to believe. Sometimes our actions have consequences far greater than we ever could imagine. Sometimes events from outside the usual circle of faith point us to the truth. What I know is that my acknowledgment of who Jesus was and my persistence in pursuing him gained Jesus' attention. Once he listened to what I said, Jesus immediately healed my daughter no more talk about wasting crumbs on dogs. Asker: I cannot believe Jesus' God saw any child as lowly as a dog. Woman: Nor can I. However, the ...

87. Blessed Hunger And Thirst

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... , pp. 107-108). Tom Landry did not feel "winning isn't everything; it's the only thing" (attributed to Vince Lombardi). He found that even great success left him feeling empty. Peak performance will not fill our inner hunger and thirst. So we may pursue fame! Some say Leonardo DiCaprio is the most famous young actor in Hollywood. He is immensely popular. He was chosen as People magazine's "Reader's Choice Best Male Actor of the Year." Leonardo is a "hot property" right now: a star of Titanic proportions ...

88. Wedding: Short Service

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... we both shall live. I will place your well-being at the head of my personal agenda. I pledge my love for you in front of these people, this minister, and God. I shall pray that our lives will become one together. I will do my best to pursue God's will and purpose for our journey together. Pastor: (Bride), please place the ring upon (Groom's) finger, and repeat these vows. Pastor (Bride Repeats): I, (Bride), take you, (Groom), as my beloved husband. I covenant before God, to care for you as long as we both ...

89. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... The Lord caused a strong wind to dry up a pathway through the sea so that the Hebrews passed to the other side. The pursuing Egyptians became mired in the mud and the waters closed in upon them. Thus, the Lord delivered his people from their enemies. Old Testament ... what they would do if the tables were turned. Our sins may be forgiven us, but that doesn't mean that our past will stop pursuing us or that events we have set in motion might not one day overtake us. In this life, God may blot out our sins but ...

90. Lasting Impressions

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... picture the wise teacher, having lived a long life teaching young students some of the lessons he learned in life. The wise teacher wanted to pass on his lifetime of learning to future generations so they might avoid the traps he fell into. Instead of pursuing riches every waking moment of your life the wise teacher says that there is something more important, and that is a good name or reputation. A good name, correspondingly, "is better than silver or gold." In his quest the wise teacher learned that the ...

91. Making the Mystery Work for You

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... Why am I here? Why are you here. Why have I spent over thirty years in the Christian ministry? Why am I a husband, parent, grandfather of eight? Why are you who you are? Why have you spent your life, or why are you planning to spend, your life pursuing a certain career? There are times when it seems so natural to ask, why? in an effort to explore the deeper resources of our inner selves. When I watch the Memorial Day parades, celebrating those who gave their lives for our freedom, I can’t help asking, why ...

92. A Scholar · Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... was the kind of person who would die learning. Accordingly, unlike many of his colleagues, he kept an open mind to life, convinced that God had not spoken his last word or commissioned his last messenger. Indeed, such was his passion for truth that he pursued it wherever it might take him or through whomever it might come. Accordingly, he did not hesitate to mingle with the crowds clamoring to hear Jesus and what he heard convinced him that he should talk with the Master privately. For whatever else he may ...

93. A Lady With A Listening Ear · Mary Of Bethany

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... had worshipped God on the Mount at a site offering no mean attraction to the pious. To Mary such an unbroken procession offered an opportunity for witnessing too good to ignore. So together with her brother Lazarus and her sister Martha she had pursued an open-door policy welcoming into their Bethany home any who had become fatigued or footsore. It was an ideal setting for witnessing; for having already demonstrated an interest in the individual to whom she was providing the opportunity to rest she could ...

94. The Set Face And The Turned Head

Luke 9:51-56, Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Larry Powell

... another time in history when the "everyone for himself, grab-what-you-can-now, get out of my way" attitude has been more prevalent? We are dangerously close to the point of becoming a people committed to the unencumbered pursuit of whatever it is we are trying to pursue. More and more we are witnesses to behavior which reflects a disturbing point of view; "Don't ask permission; just use it, take it, do it!" Not long ago, I was driving through a neighborhood on my way home and came to a stop behind two other ...

95. Unfinished Journeys

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... a Moses or a Martin to know that our achievements are often incomplete. It seems that whether we are great or small, famous or obscure, we all can find detours and unfinished ventures in life. We all can see the promised land of some purpose we've been pursuing; then we realize that our journey will stop short of its goal, and we will have to be content with looking over from the other side of the river. A pastor wants to call a church into the fullness and faithfulness of Christian community. When is that ...

96. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

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

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... Church in Leatherhead. Later, he became Associate Director of the Bossey Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. Still later, he pursued a distinguished teaching and writing career in church history at Hartford, Pittsburgh and Austin seminaries. I am ... committed to the Most High will ultimately overcome. Now, what do the saints of the Most High have to do with us today as we pursue our own journey of faith? The Saints Give Us Examples First, our journey of faith is enriched because the saints give us examples. The ...

97. The Message Of The Morning Light

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Erskine White

... , I sent fearless leaders to take you to the Promised Land. I showed you many signs and wonders. I gave you My law, that you might know My ways and build a beloved community in My sight, a light to all the nations of the earth." "But still you pursued your own selfish advantage over one another. Still you divided yourselves and hated each other by race and clan and creed. I told you that by My law there would be no poor among you, and behold: you have filled the land with your poor and oppressed! You have ...

98. Athanasius Faithful Teacher

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... by another boat full of Roman soldiers. When his boat rounded a bend, Athanasius ordered the captain to turn around and thus to meet his pursuers head on. The leader of the pursuing boat, not recognizing the approaching ship, called out, “Have you any news of Athanasius?” According to the story, Athanasius himself replied, quite truthfully, “He is not far off,” and the government boat passed without further incident! Reader 1: Certainly Athanasius’ influence was felt in other aspects of the ...

99. Blessed To Be A Blessing

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Justin Tull

... certain that he saw clearly the promise of many blessings: the gift of a great nation, of a new land and of many descendants. But did Abram really grasp the larger picture, the one that most of us really don’t see and that even fewer pursue? Did you hear this “master plan” in God’s word to Abram? Did you grasp the “purpose” of the Hebrew nation? Did you discover the “overview” of the Old Testament, indeed a key theme of the whole Bible? This theme is quite obvious. Let me simply read ...

100. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... twenty-three venomous snakes. I cannot possibly imagine what would possess a person to want to take up with this kind of company. Soon now, someone will attempt to better the record by persevering longer with more snakes. It requires a special kind of person to pursue that kind of notoriety. It reminds me of a movie I saw advertised once, so gory and bloody that the promotion read, "This movie is guaranteed to make you sick at your stomach." I thought seriously about going to sit outside the theater just to ...

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