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976. The Monster Under Megan's Bed

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... an answer to the food question a new possibility five barley loaves and two fish. With childlike trust, the lad offers all that he has to Jesus and the disciples. Andrew has enough presence of mind (and perhaps a small flicker of hope) to offer these childish gifts to Jesus. But his hard-nosed adult rationality gets in the way, for even as Andrew offers the loaves and fish with one hand, he pulls them back with a defeatist, "What are they among so many?" dismissal. Jesus likes the child's solution. He uses ...

977. Self-Fulfillment Through Self-Sacrifice

1 Peter 2:19-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... be "two choirs" at work in the soul of every Christian as well. On one side, we should hear the sweet sound of a call to full self-expression and personal development. In Christ, Christians are free to discover the full extent of their selves and their gifts. But on the other side, as the 1 Peter text this week reminds us, Christians should hear another choir calling them to practice self-sacrifice. The defining character of a Christian is as a "servant," not as a master and it is only in service to others ...

978. New Beginnings

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... right to become children of God.” It’s not a matter of how often we come to God’s house, it’s not how often we read our Bibles, it is not how often we pray. We don’t earn the right to be children of God. It is a gift. The well-known psychologist Dr Gordon Allport of Harvard University used to stress the importance of understanding that we are in the process of “becoming.” He made massive surveys of people who had changed over the years, some for good and some for bad. He concluded that all of ...

979. Genesis 11:1-9

Genesis 11:1-9

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... may continually be re-enacted. Still addressing his disciples' fears and anxieties, Jesus once more speaks specifically of the consolation he will leave behind. The indwelling of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in each believer will result in a special gift - the peace of Christ. While he recognizes the hostile environment in which he leaves the disciples, filled with good reasons to be troubled and fearful, Jesus assures them that his peace is a constant. Trusting in his promise from verse 14, that ...

980. Romans 5:1-5

Romans 5:1-5

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... needed to sustain this hope. Hope for Paul is an eschatological term - hoping for the time when the kingdom of God will be fully realized in our midst. Christ's first coming, his life, death and resurrection, started us on this path of hope with a startling gift - "access" to grace. We continue in hope once into our newly redeemed relationship with God. We now look for Christ's second coming which will fulfill all God's promises. Thus it is that Paul links this hope to the ongoing vitality of God's love ...

981. John 20:19-31

John 20:19-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... Christ verses 19-23 and verses 24-29 and includes what some say was the original conclusion to John's gospel (vv.30-31). Within the course of these few verses, a lot happens: Jesus' resurrection is made the focus of the future church; the gifts of reconciliation, salvation and the Holy Spirit are offered to the church (the gathered disciples); a major shift in focus for all future believers from "signs" to "the word" is pronounced. The first scene in this week's text finds "the disciples" huddling together ...

982. Romans 5:1-5

Romans 5:1-5

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

983. John 20:19-31

John 20:19-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... exegetes generally agree that they are used synonymously. Although the theme of Jesus' sending his disciples has been noted and discussed before (4:38; 13:16, 20; 17:18), this commissioning sentence stands apart. For the first time, Jesus has offered his disciples the gift of his "peace." This peace serves as a portal to a new shalom-age the Age of the Spirit. The commissioning sentence thus is a creative word. Just as in Genesis God spoke before creating the world, so Jesus declares the existence of this ...

984. 1 John 5:9-13

1 John 5:9-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of eternal life. The witness of the water, the blood and the Spirit do not point toward the identity of Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, only for Christ's own sake, These witnesses work together to open our eyes to the divine gift God is offering humanity through Christ's sacrifice. Verse 11 makes the point of this final testimony of God's witnessing clear that "God gave us eternal life." Just as verse 10 assures us that the believer already has an internalized relationship with God, verse 12 declares ...

985. Isaiah 11:1-10

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of knowledge and the fear of the LORD" (v.2). He not only knows the will of God, but as a function of his fear, i.e., awe, reverence, intends to follow it. Each of these pairs is coupled with a parallel comment describing the action the spiritual gift enables: 1) wisdom and understanding - "He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth" (vv.3b-4a); counsel and might - "He shall strike ...

986. Learning to Love Ourselves

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

James McCormick

... are people who have never come to believe in themselves. So much of our daily discontent comes from the fact that most of us are more aware of our weaknesses than our strengths, more aware of our failures than our successes, more aware of our limitations than our gifts. I can’t tell you how many problems that causes! The world is full of people with low self images who get up in the morning and go off to work feeling that they must prove their worth. They must earn the approval and acceptance of others. I ...

987. Put Me In Coach!

1 Peter 4:10

Sermon

James Merritt

... you serve God is by serving other people. We are all different. We all have different interests, different passions, different skills, different gifts and different abilities and there is a reason for that. God made you the way you are so you could do ... didn't bring you here just to sit and soak and sour. He brought you here to serve. God has uniquely gifted you to be part of the family. The gifts and talents you possess were given to you to share with others. So become a partner with Cross Pointe and fill ...

988. What Price Must We Pay?

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... of assets or possessions we have. People will say, sure I'd be a giver if I had something to give. You have something to give, my friend. Quit using that excuse. God has given you talents, God has blessed you, God has made you unique and you have gifts to give. The issue is not do you have anything to give — the issue is, "Are you a giver or a taker?" Our nation has been built on encouraging people to stand on their own feet. You know, the whole notion of rugged individualism that has been fostered by ...

989. Whose Inheritance Is It?

Ephesians 1:11-23

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... kids turned up far from the tree, let's say on drugs, to accept the compliment. What I know is there is some awesome chance and even more amazing grace at the heart of parenting. We do not make our children, either. They participate with us and with God as gifts of grace. They do require some assembly. We can rejoice in trees and apples, particularly if they don't fall from the tree. But taking credit is a crime. We do not take credit for what God has wrought by grace. In fact, the surest way to un-saint or ...

990. No Room for Jesus

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... that make peace on earth.” (5) Wouldn’t that be a wonderful tradition for us to begin in our households this Christmas Eve? Hang up an extra stocking for the Christ child. And, perhaps, put in that stocking something truly relevant to the season. Perhaps a gift to be presented later to a person in need. Or simply a prayer signifying that you will work more earnestly for God’s kingdom in the year ahead. Is there room this night in your world for the Christ child, or is there still no room in the inn ...

991. Journey To The Heart Of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... re mainly going to tell this through two witnesses, Miriam, a young Jewish girl whose parents were traveling merchants, going from town to town to sell silks, spices, and farming tools; and Hamid, a young apprentice to a King from the East, who carries a very special gift for the newborn king. Let’s now go on the road with Hamid and Miriam who are both headed to the “heart of Christmas.” Miriam: (directly to the audience) At last, I see Bethlehem. I can’t believe how long it has taken us to get here ...

992. Deliverance through Thanksgiving

Psalm 50:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... critical crossroads. If we had not been where we were at some particular time, if the circumstances had been a little bit different, if certain people had not been there, and if certain decisions had not been made, we wouldn’t be here today. So much of life, is gift. If we kept a notebook, we would see that; and it would be clear to us, we wouldn’t forget it; and we would be constantly offering a sacrifice of thanksgiving. Now there’s a facet to this truth that we need to look at in a particular way ...

993. Jesus Is with Us Forever

Luke 1:39-56

Illustration

David E. Leininger

... to give him like everybody else did. But I wanted to stay with Jesus so much, so I thought about what I had that maybe I could use for a gift. I thought maybe if I kept him warm, that would be a good gift. So I asked Jesus, "If I keep you warm, will that be a good enough gift?" And Jesus told me, "If you keep me warm, that will be the best gift anybody ever gave me." So I got into the manger, and then Jesus looked at me and he told me I could stay with him - for always." As little ...

994. Set An Extra Place

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... musicians on Earth play some of the best music ever written; if the surge of modern life so overpowers us that we are deaf and blind to something like that, then what else are we missing!" Obviously that "what else" is life itself. We're called to take in the gifts of goodness, beauty, and truth when they are offered to us. It's part of the heartbeat of life. And we're called to take time to give thanks for those things as well. That's what this Thursday is all about. At the beginning of Paul's letter to ...

995. Joshua People: Remember, Remind and Recommit

Joshua 24:14-18, 2 Peter 1:10-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... its eyes on the future. There has never been a time past when God wasn't with us as the strength beyond our strength, the wisdom beyond our wisdom. To remember the past is to see that we are here today by grace, that we have survived as a gift." That Gift of Grace, that gift of God's presence is what allows us and calls us and challenges us like Joshua to Recommit our lives to God. In a sense, every time we come through these doors to worship, every time we bow our heads in prayer, every time we gather for ...

996. Celebration (Series: Fundamentals of Family)

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to say, life is like an ice cream cone, the moment you think you have it licked, it drips on you. Fundamentally, Life is a GIFT, a pure simple gift. We didn’t earn it, we didn’t engineer it, we don’t even have a lot of choices about the way it ends. What ... seeing smiles on our people, even the dying ones smile. Is life for you a burden or a blessing? Life is a TRUST; gifts received are trusts to be invested. Herein lies the tragic mistake of the prodigal son. He thought life was an entitlement to be ...

997. Could We Start Again, Please? (Series: Real Faith for Real People)

John 3:1-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... our sins. And the other is New Birth—the great change God works in the soul when he brings it to life. Spiritual birth is a gift. What does spiritual birth do for us? It Gives Us Breath. Life can knock the breath out of us. In addition to all my other ... world view and we are stuck in an old world view. Why are we more interested in condemnation than regeneration? Spiritual birth is a gift to be received. II. Spiritual Birth Is A Life To Be Lived. We call it Transformation. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a ...

998. The Hopes and Dreams of God

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... asked, "Sally, what do you want to give Jesus?" "Oh, I'm too embarrassed," said Sally. "I shouldn't tell you." "That's O. K. What is it?" "A kiss," she said. And the night of the pageant, that is what she gave him. All the other angels brought their gifts of toys and animals. But Sally bent over the manger and gave the little baby a kiss. A loving sigh went up from the congregation as they watched. Sally knew the secret of giving. And she gave the baby Jesus exactly what God was giving us when God gave us ...

999. Discipline and Means of Grace

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... on a regular basis, even those good things that come from God. As part of our discipline of surrender, God will often ask us to let go of something very precious, even something He has given us. This is because, as Fenelon wrote, “There is not a single gift, noble as it may be, which, after having been a means of advancement, does not generally become, later on, a trap and an obstacle, by the return of self which soils the soul. For this reason God takes away what He has given. But He does not take ...

1000. Characteristics of the Church, Part 2

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... than I am.” You see that’s what was bothering the young man. He had seen a vision of selfless love which challenged him. That was the magnetisism of the Church of Pentecost: a people saw themselves and their church, not as possessions to defend, but as gifts to be shared; and I’ll tell you, when our church becomes that kind of church when that sort of Spirit permeates everything that we are - people will be drawn to us. We’ll keep praising God and having favor with the people who need us, who are ...

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