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976. A Devastating Storm, An Incredible Promise

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... my neck. Answer me, O Lord, out of the goodness of your love. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. In your great mercy turn to us." It's very easy to lose hope. I know that you have seen the news coverage of the many affected by this storm. One interview in particular stuck with me, as a survivor broke down speaking with a CNN reporter. Aaron Mitchell was desperate to find his dad. "There's been no cell service since Thursday, Friday. Haven't gotten ahold of anybody. If my mom and dad is ...

977. Wrong Way. On Purpose

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... with which a thing is said make all the difference. A thing which seems hard can be said with a disarming smile. We can call an old friend a villain or a rascal, or worse. Our smile and tone take all the sting out of it and fill it with affection. We can be quite sure that the smile on Jesus' face and the compassion in his eyes robbed the word of all insult and bitterness." (3) In other words, perhaps Jesus said, "Oops, I've come the wrong way," in the same sense Corrigan spoke identical words to the Irish ...

978. Setting An Example

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Christ in the world. (4) Mother Teresa became who she was because of the example of her mother. Examples matter. The best hope that the world has is that God will raise up people who understand that our lives are intertwined--that who I am and what I do affects who you are and what you do. I can look at my life and see that I am who I am because of the example of significant persons in my life. And the same is true of you. This is how most people become followers of Christ. It is not ...

979. Why The British Coast Guard Doesn't Like Eric, But God Does

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... view of God. When they picture God, it is of a being who is more eager to harm them than to help them. What is your view of God? The scowling judge waiting to convict you? The disapproving parent whose love you have to earn? Your view of God affects every decision and relationship in your life. Kathleen Chesto wrote to Catholic Digest to tell them about an incident that occurred in her family. Her five-year-old child approached her one day in the kitchen and asked, "Mom, is God a grown-up or a parent?" Mom ...

980. Memorial Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... to do the same for others. This kind of love is not motivated by our emotions. It does not come naturally. It is a radical choice. Secretary of State Colin Powell tells in his autobiography of an incident during Operation Desert Storm that deeply affected him. Newscaster Sam Donaldson was interviewing a young, African-American private. "How do you think the battle will go? Are you afraid?" The private replied, "We'll do okay . . . I'm not afraid because I'm with my family." As he said this, he motioned ...

981. The Benefits Of Trusting Christ

Romans 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... again! The man then heard that Krebiozen was declared worthless by the FDA and that there was no "new and improved" version. He died a few days later! (5) What you believe can have great power over your life. Even if what you believe is wrong, it can affect you in profound ways. Paul is not advocating a course in the power of positive thinking, though we know there is power in belief. Paul tells us to believe in something specific--the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Now imagine for a moment what it does to a ...

982. Worried About Her Child

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." You see, this woman was a Canaanite. She was a lost woman as far as Jewish believers were concerned. Her people worshiped pagan gods. Religious divides can be very deep, can't they? Even Jesus seems to have been affected by religious animosities. When the woman persists in seeking his help, Jesus says something to her so out of character that it takes our breath away. Jesus says, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs." Was he calling ...

983. Sons And Daughters Of God

Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... for years. He could not guarantee he would be around to see his sons through the storms of life. If they ever needed a glimpse of their father's love or his wisdom, they could turn to the book he had given them. In the same way, wouldn't it affect your study of the Bible if you approached it with the knowledge that it was written by a loving Father? If you saw the Scriptures as words of loving advice and wisdom written especially for you? Well it is written especially for us. We are God's children. (4) And ...

984. Managing Your Anger

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... to Christ: As 1 Peter 5:7 (KJV) says, "Casting all your care upon Him; for he careth for you." Then she asks God to give her the ability to see her situation from God's perspective. This may not change her circumstances, but she says it greatly affects her response. For the inevitable times when she feels overwhelmed and needs to vent her anger, she has developed a habit that she learned from David's example in Psalms 55:16-18, 22. David poured his heart out to God. If David could pour out his heart ...

985. The Power Of A Focused Life

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.” (NRSV) That’s focus. Paul concentrated his life on this one thing--knowing Christ-- and Paul affected the lives of millions of people. FOCUS GIVES OUR LIVES POWER. Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar uses a marvelous image that we’ve referred to before: He asks us to consider whether we are “wandering generalities” or “meaningful specifics.” In other words, are ...

986. Choices

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Tour de France championship. (7) In our choices lies our destiny. Who we are ten years from now will be decided by the choices we make today. But no choice is more crucial, more central, or more influential than our choice to follow Christ. It will affect our priorities, our values, our plans, and our attitudes more than any other choice we will ever make. Will we stand firm in the face of testing? Will we, like Christ, gain the power and assurance that comes from godliness? You may have made numerous bad ...

987. A Green Couch For God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... allowed himself to be arrested, tortured, and killed by the ruling authorities. And his death wasn't just an ordinary punishment. Crucifixion was the most shameful form of death. It was reserved for the lowest criminals. So imagine how these words from Paul affected the Corinthian church: "For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the ...

988. Labor Day

Mark 9:14-32

Illustration

King Duncan

... the changes in advance. He changed their work hours, number of breaks, and lunch times. Occasionally, he would switch back to the original, more difficult working conditions. To his surprise, changing back to the tougher conditions didn't adversely affect production. Instead, it kept going up. The professor realized that by singling out certain workers, he raised their self-esteem. They developed a friendly relationship with the supervisor and soon began to feel more like part of a team. Exercising ...

989. When Life Tumbles In

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... was stricken with Bell's Palsy, a nerve disorder of the face. As if the teen years aren't hard enough, Sarah also had to deal with the physical side effects and altered appearance that are hallmarks of her disease. But Sarah doesn't let her troubles affect her attitude. She wrote an open letter to her peers. In that letter Sarah vowed to profit from her condition. "I am going to gain a powerful weapon," she writes, "empathy. Empathy for all the disfigured people in the world. Empathy for anyone who has had ...

990. Loved By The Father

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... out to play on her roller skates, she yelled, "Hey, God! Look at me!" She felt a special awareness of God's presence, as if He were smiling at her from heaven. Rather than focusing her attention on the man who abandoned her, she directed her affection toward God, who is a father to the fatherless (Ps. 68:5). Although she never received approval from her earthly father, Karen found security through her heavenly father. (3) "For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith," writes St. Paul. Who ...

991. He Calms The Storms

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... which color. She had discovered one of life's great secrets. It's not what happens to you, but what happens in you that counts. When Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on his lonely island, he made a chart with two columns. In one column he put how evil had affected him, and in the other he wrote what was good about his situation. He was stranded on a desolate island, but he was not starving. The rest of his ship's company had drowned at sea. He was away from human society, but he was still alive. The little ...

992. If Your Eye Offends You

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... indicates that just a half hour of acute boredom can use up more nervous energy than a full day on the job. Says Dr. Alan Hobson of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center: "Exhaustion usually doesn't occur in someone who has been productively overactive. It affects people who are expending energy and not getting anywhere." One of the biographers of Ulysses S. Grant wrote of the Union general before Lincoln gave him full command that a "fondness of drink seemed to stay with him although it is notable that he ...

993. A Victory For The Angels

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... and pain and oppression. God is at work in the world. NOW, HOW IS GOD WORKING? One way God works is through people of faith. I say "one way" because we cannot limit God. The scriptures tell us that God can even use God's enemies to affect God's plan. God can take agnostic doctors and bring an end to suffering. God can take atheistic technicians and create wonders of communication, transportation and technology. We limit God if we contend that God can only work through believers. Sometimes God has to work IN ...

994. Sympathizing With The One Talent Man

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... all babies are born with weak or blue eyes and, as they grow stronger or older, they become brown or dark. Up went the image and achievement of the brown-eyed group. Down came the performance of the blue-eyed children. (2) A child's self-image can affect his or her performance in school. If it is expected that a child will do well, chances are it will. Of course, we are all afflicted with a poor self-concept to a certain degree. I suppose it begins with concern about our looks. A survey taken in Hollywood ...

995. Taking Time To Love

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... boy from Central Europe with the name Paul Piotrostanalsis. Unfortunately, as Paul learned the language of his benefactors, he seemed to find it useful only as a means of manipulating the truth into lies. He found it easy to steal, and he showed no affection to the Adams. He did, however, develop a close friendship with the Adams' little son, Sammy. One day, Paul, in direct violation of instruction, went swimming in a polluted stream near their home and came home with an infection that brought with it a ...

996. Where Heaven And Earth Meet

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... his fathers. He would still be ambitious--but he would be ambitious for pleasing God. Normally you and I do not put as much stock in our dreams as biblical people did. But every once in a while you hear someone tell about a dream that radically affected them. One night, Pastor Richard Exley dreamed that he was twins. Exley dreamed that one twin was the normal Richard Exley, and the other twin was a tall, muscle-bound, giant version of Richard Exley. In the dream, the giant Richard was attempting to kill the ...

997. A Man Of Character And Generosity

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... a young age he had been gravely wronged--first by his brothers, now by his master's wife. Any one of us would probably have let such adversity get to us. We would have asked in a whiny voice, "Why me?" Many of us would allow such injustices to affect our relationship with God. We would have found ample justification to stray from God's plan for our lives. But not Joseph. His character kept shining through even in prison. The warden of the prison was so impressed by him he placed him in charge of the entire ...

998. When You Are Uncertain About Your Salvation

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... feeling. It may be a fact that every time Aunt Sue comes to visit, she brings you a present and hugs and kisses you. But . . . you have this funny feeling that she really doesn't like children so much. Feelings are just as important as facts, because they affect our lives just as much as facts, sometimes even more." We have a fact before us: we are loved. But the feeling is as important as the fact, and many of us have never known the feeling--the feeling that George Mathison must have known. When he began ...

999. Excellence In Living

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... devout Christians called the Moravians. It was a group of Moravians who in turn witnessed to a young Anglican priest by the name of John Wesley. Wesley's ship was being tossed by a terrible storm, and the quiet sure faith of these Moravian people greatly affected him. He knew they had something he didn't have. What they had was an absolute dependence on the providence of God. When Wesley later attained that same assurance, he became a mighty spokesman for God and the founder of the Methodist faith. (3) It ...

1000. The Longest Night

Psalm 143:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... night Egypt had ever endured. From house after house one could hear a terrible cry in the night. The eldest son in each household was suddenly stricken and lay dying. It was a night unlike any other in history. Not all of Egypt's families were affected, however. Certain homes were passed over. These were homes that had the blood of a lamb smeared on the doorposts. Many of you have had your long dark nights. Certainly our nation has been through a long dark night since September 11. Life is sometimes very ...

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