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76. Gentle On My Mind (Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness)

Galatians 5:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Meekness Is an Action We Should Demonstrate A meek person is not passive, he is proactive. Gentleness and meekness do not affect so much what you do, as they affect how you do it. You see, we are to carry out certain duties of the Christian life in the spirit of meekness and gentleness. a. We Are To Defend the Faith with Meekness "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; having a ...

77. “Create in Me a Pure Heart, O God, and Renew a Steadfast Spirit within Me”

Psalm 51:1-19

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... with Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11–12). Although the Samuel narrative does not give an account of David’s repentance, his admission of sin (2 Sam. 12:13) and the emotional trauma associated with the death of his and Bathsheba’s infant son certainly implies the spirit of repentance that permeates Psalm 51. We might build the lesson around the anatomy of repentance that this psalm lays out for its audience. First, repentance means we are conscious of our sin, and David begins the psalm with a plea for God’s ...

78. Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

John 14:15-31, John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... ) separation has taken place. But for the believer, the separation is not real. Even though Jesus goes away in the sense of departing from human view, the disciple continues to see him (v. 19; cf. vv. 7b, 9) by sharing his life and by knowing the other Counselor, the Spirit of truth who takes his place. Jesus departs from the world only to be closer to his disciples than ever before. Because he goes to the Father, he says, his disciples will one day know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am ...

79. Wind -- Word -- Spirit -- Community

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... of the valley of dry bones and Luke's of the day of Pentecost have some intriguing similarities. Both Ezekiel and Luke are witnessing to the mystery of God's creative action in history. In both accounts we meet a configuration of the words wind, breath, and spirit. How do you describe the creative action of God in our human experience? Can it all be wrapped up in a neat verbal package? Can our human vocabulary bear the weight of a reality that transcends our powers of precise definition? Do we not have to ...

80. The Spirit Bird

Galatians 1:23b

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... counselors, a man in his 70s who had been coming to the camp for many years, told us one night at campfire that it was a spirit bird sent by God to show us how to live peacefully together. Johnny whispered to some of his friends that it wasn't true. He said ... the Lord's Prayer. On the path back to the camp as the little band of faithful mourners sang "We Are One In The Spirit," Johnny and his friends jumped down from a tree from where they had been watching the burial and pelted them with water balloons. ...

81. Magnanimity: The Essential Spirit of the Christian

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

James W. Moore

... will love unconditionally (like I do)… then people will know that you are my disciples.” (Paraphrase of John 13:34-35) But, the question is: How are we doing with this? Is our magnanimity obvious to everybody? Can people see and feel this Christ-like spirit in us? To bring this closer to home, let me list three special qualities of the magnanimous person. I. FIRST OF ALL, THE MAGNANIMOUS PERSON IS BIG ENOUGH TO LOOK FOR THE BEST IN OTHER PEOPLE. That is, the magnanimous person is slow to condemn others ...

82. Living In The Spirit Of Peace

Galatians 5:22-25, Colossians 3:14-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Ideal of Peace. II. Shalom A. This second understanding of Peace, this second usage is the one I really want to look at because it's related to the Hebrew word, Shalom. Shalom is more than physical peace. Shalom is wholeness, oneness, it is peace of body, mind, soul and spirit. It is wholeness on every level. (3) In John 14:27 Jesus told the Disciples, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid ...

83. The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

Acts 2:1-13

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... Jubilees 6:17–21; Tobit 2:1–2), and some authors even point to a voice from heaven that can be understood by people from all nations during this event (Philo, On the Decalogue 46). If Luke intends to highlight this connection, then the descent of the Spirit at this critical moment would point to the establishment of the new constitution for the restored people of God. The “sound” (2:2) of a blowing wind and the fact that the believers “saw” (2:3) what appeared to be tongues of fire point to the ...

84. The Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

... prosperity: the gift of God to all people. Today, I do not want to talk about all of the qualities expressed in the Beatitudes. I want to take one of them and see if it can shed light on the rest. "Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Notice that Jesus did not say, "Blessed are the poor." Jesus knew that blessedness was not tied to material poverty. The materially poor are not automatically happy, just as the materially wealthy are not automatically blessed. According to the ...

85. Where The Spirit Of Jesus Is

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of Jesus is not there, it's some other kind of organization. That's the reason we call the church the Body of Christ. I hope you stir with excitement when you think of that image the Body of Christ, the gathering of those in whom Christ has breathed his spirit. "What does it mean for us to be the Body of Christ? I can never forget how the late Bishop Kenneth W. Copeland answered this question. To be Christ to the world means that we must see through the eyes of Christ. And what does it mean to see through ...

86. Flesh and Spirit

Romans 8:12-17

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... news. This is the good news by which we are saved; this is the good news by which we have life; this is life in the Spirit. At my mother's funeral several years ago, the pastor of the church in which I was raised read powerful words from Dorothy Sayers as ... God. It struck me then, and continues to do so, as comments as well on movement from life in the flesh to life in the Spirit: This is it. This is what we have always feared — The moment of surrender, the helpless moment When there is nothing to do but to ...

87. The Descent of the Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... descended on the apostles, inspiring them to preach God's salvation. People: We are Christ's church, and pray for the Holy Spirit to inspire us with power to fulfill our ministry. Collect Almighty God, who sent your Spirit upon the apostles, granting them power to be your church: Fill us with that same Spirit, that we may become the same church, sharing the same faith, to the end that people may be saved by the same Lord, even Jesus Christ, through whom we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession We are somewhat ...

88. The Spirit Will Lead Us in Truth

John 16:5-16

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... is present even as he promised. People: We are disciples of Christ, willing to follow our Lord's bidding, and assured the Spirit of truth will lead us. Collect Heavenly Father, whose gift of your Son continues to bless us through the Spirit of truth which he promised: Make our spirits and our wills receptive to the Spirit's leading; that we may live in the will of our Lord and Savior, through whom we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession In the silence of our hearts, Father, and the sensitivity of our minds ...

89. The Johnson Account (A Drama about the Holy Spirit)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... that the fire alarm? Come on! We’ve got to get out of here!!! April: (shouting over the alarm) No, No, No. That’s the Holy Spirit again. He warns us of things that are wrong in our lives. He lets us know loud and clear when we’re being disobedient. Jeff: ( ... shakes her head. Goes back to work) (start track 4 – doorbell sound) (Jeff comes running in!) Jeff: What’s that? What is the Holy Spirit saying? Does He want me to open up to Karl? Does He want me to go door to door and apologize? WHAT DOES HE ...

90. Spirit Power

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . I don’t like to make you uncomfortable. I want our church to be a happy place. But don’t you sense that we as a church are just scratching the surface of what we could be as a congregation if we yielded ourselves to the leading of the Holy Spirit? There are people in our community who need what this church has to offer. I like something that Robert Schuller wrote in the introduction to one of his books. “How much is a sprinkler-head worth?” he asks. “It all depends. Not much on a shelf in the ...

91. Never Let Them See You Sweat (Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control)

Galatians 5:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... first landing any student of mine has ever made." The student said, "Me? I thought you were landing the plane." Now that young pilot may not have been in control of the plane, but he was in control of himself. That is the essence of the fruit of the Spirit called "self-control." For self-control is when you are in control when everything else is not. Now the tree of the culture we are living in today is barren of the fruit of self-control. We are living in a society increasingly out of control. Our society ...

92. Living In The Spirit Of Faithfulness

Galatians 5:22-25, Hebrews 10:23-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... consistently and constantly sought to bring us back. Even before we are aware of the presence of God, through God's Holy Spirit, God whispers God's love for us everyday. The Faithfulness of God is the model for our Faithfulness. II. Faithful In Our ... for our sin. We have been given access to the Abundant Life as Christ called it. Not a life of "stuff" but a life of Spirit. And if that wasn't enough, Christ also destroyed the greatest fear of humanity, the fear of death. Jesus was raised from the dead so ...

93. "Gotcha" Questions from Mean-Spirited People

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... ). Notice, they will not be content persuading Jesus to go home and preach to the country bumpkins in Galilee. It is not enough to convince him to tone down his rhetoric. They decide to kill him! Can you imagine? I submit to you: these are mean-spirited people. Each day of the week Jesus preaches in the temple. Ordinary folks compose most of his audience. They come with great hope and expectation. Their agenda is to see him, hear him, and perhaps be healed by him. The religious leaders of Jerusalem, scribes ...

94. Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

John 14:15-31

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... ’s strengthening, equipping role. A paraklētos was a judicial advocate (cf. Matt. 10:16–20), and here Jesus says that Christians alone can enjoy his aid (John 14:17). As Jesus was alien to the world (1:10), so too his provision of the Spirit will be unknown and unrecognized. As Jesus was on trial in the world (cf. the Book of Signs), now his followers have a judicial aid to support them (15:18–27). The continuation of Jesus’s reassuring words now picks up the language of the second coming (14:18 ...

95. Spirit Struck

Acts 2:1-21 · John 14:8-17, 25-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... tell if something is of God! For as the world depletes, divides, and denies… Christ fills, unifies, and always gives life! The promise of Christ is activated for each and every one of us here and now in this time of Pentecost, as we are “called out” by the Spirit to love, to serve, and most of all, to see each other in the eyes of unity! For all were beloved and created by God, and “everyone –and that means everyone—who calls on the name of the Lord…shall be saved!” The moment you too are ...

96. Led By The Spirit

Romans 8:14

Children's Sermon

... lead us. Blind people with leader dogs have to go where their dog leads them. They have to trust that their dog will lead them safely to where they are going. That's part of the reason why we come to church. We learn to trust that God's Spirit will lead us safely where we're going. Sometimes we don't want to go where God's Spirit is leading us. But that's why we come here every week, so we will learn to trust God. So we don't have a leash and collar, but we are "led by the ...

97. Begin With God's Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:11

Children's Sermon

... God who made some people into teachers, and others into doctors, some of them into ministers, factory workers, nurses, and all of the other kinds of people that we know. One God made us all, but he made us all different so that we could care for one another. The Spirit of God is like the peanut. We must start with God, and then when we have something that we need, God will make someone or something to take care of it. The peanut is such a valuable thing because it can be used in so many ways. The ...

98. Forced by the Spirit

Mark 1:9-13

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... we were going to talk about it later. SHARON: Oh, come on, why would he do that? KAREN: I don't have any idea. Why would your tour guide lead you into the wilderness? SHARON: I don't know. KAREN: It says he was compelled by the Spirit. SHARON: Compelled? Forced? KAREN: Wow, that's a little stronger than "led." Wow, "forced." SHARON: At least I wasn't forced to go on the tour to the wilderness. KAREN: Were you tempted? SHARON: Tempted? No, not really. Not any more than usual. KAREN: Well, Jesus was forced ...

99. Servants of the Spirit

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Lord for we have been given a new covenant! People: For once we were burdened with the letter of the Law which destroyed life. Leader: But now the Lord calls us to allow the Spirit to live through us. People: The Spirit breathes new life into our hearts and makes us whole. Leader: Let us praise the Lord for giving us the life-giving Spirit of Love. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O merciful and loving God, in Your gracious way You saw we were struggling and dying under the burden the Law had ...

100. The Promise Of The Holy Spirit

John 14:8-17, (25-27)

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... to give power to the disciples who were waiting in Jerusalem for this promised gift. Today, we are a band of your disciples gathered here to worship you and this is our plea: that you will send your Holy Spirit upon us so that the power of the gospel may be renewed in our hearts. With that power enable us with your Church everywhere to spread the Good News of salvation so that people throughout the world may hear it in their own language and welcome it into their own ...

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