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1051. A Bethany Blessing

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... reach out to the needy To help feed the hungry To help those who are hurting Lord, Hear our prayer today. Bless them with Your presence, Your wisdom and your guidance, Let them be a sermon others can see. Bless their family both near and far. Bless their skills, talents and abilities May they be used to bring you glory. Lord hear our prayer today Fill them with faith and hope In the face of doubt and discouragement. Remind them daily they belong to you. God of Wonder, God of Grace Bless them with a Bethany ...

1052. Shaped By The Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , then it's brought to the Glass Cutter. These are the artisans. A Master Glass Cutter goes through a stringent training that involves a minimum of 5 years as an Apprentice and 3 years as a Journeyman. Glass Cutting is a very precise and specialized skill which requires steady hands, dexterity and concentration. And while the piece is marked, the pattern is done by memory, whether it is one of the flat cuts or one of the wedge cuts. The actual cutting is done with a cutting wheel. And because that cutting ...

1053. Living In The Spirit Of Faithfulness

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

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... he was, "too sinful;" the centurion said he was "not worthy;" Paul said, "I know that nothing good lives in me." And look at what God did through them. God calls us. God does not ask if we are suitable. God doesn't ask if we have the training or skills. The only ability God asks about is our availability. What can God do through you? What can God do with your availability. I know what God is going to do with all the volunteers for VBS, God is going to bless them and their families for all their hard work ...

1054. The Spirit Has Landed - Sermon Starter

Luke 3:1-20

Illustration

Brett Blair

... the man who fed the sparrows?" "Yes,"the Scotsman replied, "but what does that have to do with it?" "Come in," said Saint Peter, "the Master of the sparrows wants to thank you." Here is the pertinent, though often overlooked, point: great and prominent positions indicate skill and capacity, but small services suggest the depth of one's consecration. We overlook the big influence of small things. And so it is with Jesus' Baptism. It's a small thing for Jesus to do. It was not necessary for him to be baptized ...

1055. A Stone’s Throw From: Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in the center of our core values. B. The movie The Legend of Bagger Vance is about a mythical golf match in the 1930's between golf legends Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen and a hometown ace Rannulph Junuh. As a teenager Junuh had Tiger Woods kind of skill and was destined to become something huge. But after a tour of duty during World War I, he comes back changed and haunted. He tries to exorcise his demons through a reclusive life of alcohol and gambling. His former girlfriend persuades him to join the match ...

1056. A Stone’s Throw From: New Life

John 8:3-12

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... that point. If you remember the story from a few weeks ago Bagger Vance is about a mythical golf match in the 1930's between golf legends Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen and a hometown ace Rannulph Junuh. As a teenager Junuh had Tiger Woods kind of skill and was destined to become something huge. But after a tour of duty during World War I, he comes back changed and haunted. He tries to exorcise his demons through a reclusive life of alcohol and gambling. His former girlfriend persuades him to join the match ...

1057. Daddy, Tell Me a Story

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... story of Jesus. Pastor Clive Calver’s mother lived in London, England. His dad died in 1980. So, Clive and his wife Ruth went to his mother and said, “Mum, would you like to come and live with us?” His mum was a teacher of business skills in London. She only had one child, Clive, and she loved her peace and quiet. She loved her profession. She looked at her son, daughter-in-law, three screaming grandchildren and the likelihood of more, and she smiled weakly and said, “Thank you for the offer, but ...

1058. LOST? Pursuing Purpose

1 Peter 2:9-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... beat them culture she found herself in. And she was living with a terrible secret: she did not want to be No. 1. She did not want to hone a killer instinct, or become an all-time great. As much as she loved to play tennis and hone all the skills to make her the best, she did not want to do it at someone else's expense. She thinks her injuries that caused her have to give up the professional tennis circuit were a Godsend. She could start focusing on what she felt called to do and be. With an ...

1059. Only Jesus

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... so much. The Light we bear and the Good News we share have the power to transform lives, to transform the world, one life at a time. In Port Arthur, Texas, there is a special school for very sick children, most of whom have few if any motor skills. One very sick boy lived at that school, dying little by little. As tragic as that is, that's not the point of the story. Unfortunately children get grievously ill everyday. This little boy, though, had the good fortune to be living in the same community with some ...

1060. Wednesday: The Way Of The Cross: Oooh, That Smell

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... which Judas objected to vehemently. B. This Nard, this perfume, was worth 300 denarii. A denarius was the daily wage for a laborer. If just you use minimum wage, that means the perfume was worth $12,360. If you use the average daily wage of a skilled laborer, like a shipbuilder, the perfume would be worth around $33,000. (2) You can see why Judas, who used to steal from the treasury, would object. Knowing what it was worth, some of us might have objected, too, because the gift was so extravagant. But then ...

1061. With Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... enemies I'm talking about. Hans Christian Andersen, suffered from dyslexia, yet despite that his stories have thrilled millions of children. He's still one of my favorites. Winston Churchill and James Earl Jones, both noted for there voice and their oratory skills, had a problem with stuttering. Churchill wrote his speeches very carefully, leaving out words that ended in s and then he rehearsed them several times. Thomas Edison, the great inventor, was thought to be stupid by his teacher and he left school ...

1062. Nehemiah: The Fix

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of Jerusalem and rebuild the walls so they were protected. Conclusion And that's all it takes for any of us to by Skyologists or Disciples who Soar to NewHeights with God. All we have to do is follow, trust, listen, repent and serve. Like Skylar, the scampering, skimming, scholarly, skillful, and squealing Sky Squirrel has been telling us all week and what Nehemiah found out, There's no better Flight Plan than this.

1063. Shaped By The Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

1064. Motivated for Life

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... their potential be unleashed in a positive way? Ms. Rohr wondered. Catherine Rohr was so intrigued by this possibility that she left behind her New York investment career, moved to Texas with her husband and started a kind of ministry to help inmates develop their skills as legitimate business people. It was not easy. For one thing, immediately on moving to Texas, all her belongings were stolen by the very type of people she was coming to Texas to serve. Some of us would have been so angry at that turn ...

1065. Blessed Are Those Who Hand Over Their Controllers

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... armies of Pharaoh in hot pursuit, they first had to pass “through the sea” to get to the “dry land” (Exodus 14:22). They were leap-of-faith/“through the sea” wet refugees before they were “dry land” Promised Land people. Even the most skilled sailor knows there is no such thing as a guaranteed easy passage. Winds shift. Gales blow out of nowhere. Swells go from “choppy” to “cuisinart” in a matter of minutes. When the water, wind, and wave conditions get their dicey-est, sometimes the ...

1066. Luke 5:1-11

Luke 5:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... own experience — the boats had fished all night and had caught nothing — he asserts without hesitation, “Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets” (v.5). It is wholly under Jesus’ authority, then, that this fishing expedition is undertaken. Luke’s narrative skills makes the miraculous nature of what happens next all the more evident. The nets are put out. They become filled to point of bursting. The second boat has to rush to the aid of Simon’s boat. Then both boats become so inundated with ...

1067. Luke 9:28-36

Luke 9:28-36

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

This week’s reading details the events that lead up to the Transfiguration. Luke’s text skillfully staircases these revelatory experiences as steps along the road to the ultimate mountain top experience. The disciples witnessed Jesus casting out demons (Luke 8:32) and his resurrection of a child (8:54). Jesus sent them out on their own mission journeys, empowering them to heal and exorcize demons (9: ...

1068. Luke 13:31-35

Luke 13:31-35

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... by “some Pharisees” reflect the changing wants and needs that make up the human condition. Only Jesus keeps his ultimate goal, his final destination, on a clear, unswerving path. Through the use of the connective “at that very hour,” Luke skillfully links the discussion of 13:31-35 to Jesus’ previous words in vv.22-30. The theme of judgment and fulfilling God’s purposes runs through both pericopes. One of the thorniest thickets prickling many commentators revolves around the motivations behind ...

1069. The Awful Grace of Amazing Grace

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the most successful space journey at bringing the entire world together, at uniting people all over the planet in fervent prayer. At NASA all plans for the journey were jettisoned like the oxygen tanks. Instead all the creative juices and intuitive skills of the men and women in the space program were fully engaged in another mission. From the moment Apollo 13 went into distress until the moment those three astronauts miraculously splashed down and were recovered, the entire world operated under the power ...

1070. Abysmal Heights

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a tenacious mind. But if athlete Paul were playing in some athletic contest today, it would be the Paralympics, not the Olympics. For Paul God’s “strength” is made perfect in our disabilities and liabilities, not our natural powers and superior skills. Karl Barth described Paul’s rejection of his special status as a “Hebrew among Hebrews” in an unforgettable phrase. The great theologian put it like this: Paul discovered of his Olympian status as a Pharisee “the heights on which [Paul] stood ...

1071. What Matters In the Light of Eternity: “God Matters”

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of creation. II. God Is Personal, Loving, Relational, Righteous, Just In Verse 29 we read, “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man’s design and skill.” Instead “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.” “We believe in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third ...

1072. Drink Deep

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... what God says to us. Not only the day we are baptized, but every time we see and participate in a baptism. God looks at us and says: "You're so worth it." B. A famous obstetrician is remembered not only for delivering babies with great professional skill but also for delivering them with a beautiful flourish all his own. This doctor talked to the newborn babies. From the moment he first touched them he would smile at them and soothe them with soft words of welcome. "Hello little one, now don't be frightened ...

1073. Dare To DV8

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... a world-famous violinmaker named Niccolo Amati, son of Andrea Amati lived in Cremona. The next morning Antonio went to visit Amati and begged to serve as his apprentice. For many years he studied and worked. Antonio's knack for whittling grew into a skill of carving. And his hobby became his craft. Patiently he fashioned many violins, striving to make each one better and more beautiful than the one before. When Antonio died, he left over 1500 violins, each one bearing a label that said "Antonio Stradivarius ...

1074. Radical Love is Forgiving (Series: Radical Love in a Risky World)

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... ground but from the bottom of her heart. She doesn’t kiss Jesus’ cheek, she kisses his feet. She lets her hair down, something that no woman would ever do. And she anoints him, not with cheap olive oil, but precious perfume. So she hadn’t mastered all the skills of high places, she’s been used to living in low places. But could anyone doubt her love, even if it was sensually expressed? What do you do with grace? You say thank you and have sense enough to receive it. That’s what you do with grace ...

1075. Led To Follow

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of the Christmas pageant. But the Bible makes no mention of them being kings, never bothers to count how many, and strongly suggests that their visit occurs one to two years after the birth of Christ. They were Magi, good and holy men, skilled in philosophy, medicine, and natural sciences. They were searchers after truth; astrologers in a time when astrology was a respected science. They came from Persia, present day Iraq and Iran. They were Gentiles in search of a Jewish king. O’er field and fountain ...

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