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1076. Growing Up Is More Than Showing Up

1 John 2:12-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... he starts backsliding; you never stay the same. If you are the same Christian today that you were a year ago, you are not the Christian that you ought to be. I want to share with you in this message how you can attain spiritual maturity. I. I Must Desire My Spiritual Maturity You will notice in verses 12 through 14 of 1 John that he identifies three levels of spiritual maturity. In verse 12 he speaks of "little children." In verse 13 he speaks of "fathers" and also of "young men." Now I see the same thing ...

1077. When the Bills Come Due

1 Timothy 6:6-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... answer correctly or else you will never be able to handle your money properly. Is it my money or is it God's money? II. Be Committed In How You Share Money "But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." (I Timothy 6:9-10, NASB) The reason why the scripture ...

1078. The Big Picture

Romans 11:36, Ephesians 1:5, Colossians 3:18-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... Him and one day even reign with Him forever. Ephesians 1:5 says, "His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave Him great pleasure." (Ephesians 1:5, NLT) God passionately desires for your family to be as close to a picture perfect family as possible and that is why He put detailed instructions to each member of the family on the role they are to play and the responsibility they are to fulfill. He is so passionate that ...

1079. Close Up: Husbands - Be a Dream Lover

Colossians 3:19

Sermon

James Merritt

... about us. He only has one expectation for your family. We are in a series entitled "Picture Perfect" and we learned last week that God desires for your family to be a picture of His love, for His glory. The question for all of us husbands is this one - "What ... sacrifice of all! Give her the remote control to the television. This is the kind of love God expects from us and that your wife desires from you. There is a third dimension to this love that I have to add or else you won't understand why sometimes it ...

1080. Close Up - Wives: Sweet Surrender

Colossians 3:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... of his troops. If the teacher doesn't have it, he loses control of the class. If the home doesn't have it, then the entire family is in trouble. We are in the middle of a series entitled, "Picture Perfect" and we have said over and over, "God desires for your family to reflect His glory." The way the family does that is by each member of the family fulfilling their God given roles and responsibilities. We have looked at the big picture of the family as a whole. We have talked about the husbands, but today ...

1081. What Do I Do When My Prayers Go Unanswered?

Deuteronomy 3:1-11, 23-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... to the Lord's will and if God never brought me back to Georgia, I would have served Him just the same, but that desire and hunger to come back never left me. There were two churches that came open in the Atlanta area. One came open right after ... your faith and your trust in Him. Hebrews 11:6 says, "Without faith it is impossible to please God." (Hebrews 11:6, NIV) God's number one desire for you is to please Him and the way you please Him is to believe Him. I am going to state the obvious. It is so ...

1082. It’s Time to Grow Up

Ephesians 4:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... the road to spiritual maturity and if you realize it is time to grow up, then you must agree to the following. I. I Must Desire My Spiritual Maturity Not only does God want us to grow, but we must want to grow. The Apostle Paul often compared the Christian life ... is nothing wrong with being a baby, but there is plenty wrong with staying a baby. Listen again to I Peter 2:2, "We are to desire the milk of the Word like newborn babes." (I Peter 2:2, NASB) The reason why we are to come to the Bible like it is ...

1083. Parenting 101

Ephesians 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... frankly, if you will teach your child to obey you, he may not always like you, but I learned a long time ago that although I desire my kids to like me, I demand that my kids respect me. But notice it is not just for the sake of the parents that children ... tell you how important that is. I don't believe there is a single more important thing a parent can leave his child with than a desire to study the word of God, and the discipline to do it. Do you know why that is true—because if you teach your children to ...

1084. Live and Let Die

Galatians 2:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... talks about three different kinds of death in the Christian life. First, he talks about the death to sin which happens to all of us the moment we accept Jesus Christ into our heart. The second death is the death to self; dying to what we want, what we desire; dying to our will. The third kind of death is the death to safety, when we are called upon to take up the cross knowing that we might even have to suffer physically for the Lord Jesus Christ. Now Paul, in this verse, I believe is talking about all ...

1085. Get Real

John 15:1-11, 16

Sermon

James Merritt

... has no value. I love grapes, but a grape branch is not very tasty. The fact is, apart from bearing fruit, a branch cannot justify its existence. In other words, a branch finds its significance in bearing fruit from the vine. What the gardener desires for the branch is what God desires for you and me. He wants us to live a life that is real, authentic, that is significant and fulfils its purpose. What makes life authentic and real is the fruit that that life bears. Just as a branch can only bear fruit if ...

1086. No Doubt about It

John 20:24-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... to pick them up on the way out." Do you ever find yourself agreeing? How confident are you that you know God's desires regarding specific political, social and moral issues which face our society?[[1]] Do you ever wonder if there really is a God? A heaven ... a man of God. I always hope that I preach to you the truth of God, by the Spirit of God, but I neither want you, nor desire for you to blindly believe everything I say or accept everything I preach. I know that may shock some of you and I know that is ...

1087. Mary: The Promise Conceived

Luke 1:26-55

Sermon

James Merritt

... and you sing the same songs and you hear the same message and you go through the same motions, but you never come within a country mile of true worship. Only those who have decided to believe God's Word and who have determined to do God's Will truly desire to prioritize God's Worship. I am going to prove this to you. Jesus said in John 24 - "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth." (John 4:24, NASB ) Do you know what that means? Until you decide to believe the truth ...

1088. God's Christmas Gift

Luke 2:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... until the present is opened and then that anticipation turns into celebration. Do you know why? We are all wired for gifts. Human beings are the only creatures on this planet who have a desire to give and receive gifts. That is because we are made in the image of a God who is into giving. Animals don’t have this desire. Animals don't celebrate birthdays, anniversaries or holidays. The only gift I've ever seen an animal give is the kind you pick up in a shovel. When God gave Jesus Christ, He gave ...

1089. Hell under Fire

Matthew 5:22; 28-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... is what they want. We all know this world is filled with people who reject God's love every day, who have no desire to worship God's Son, who have no hunger to hear God's Word or fellowship with God's people on earth. Do you understand they would be ... totally out of place in heaven? Can you imagine people who have no time for God, no desire for God, no hunger for God, can't stand the thought of going to church and learning about God and hearing the Word of God, dying ...

1090. Jesus, The One And Only

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... a running jump, gained the roof of the chicken house and leaped to the ground outside where he walked over to the house. He had learned the law of obedience that he must surrender to his master. Out a love and a desire to obey his master's will, White Fang overcame his natural inborn desires. He learned to love a new master. He learned to surrender all of his heart and soul to this man, and from that day until he died, he followed his new master with everything that he had. The devil will try to get ...

1091. Jealousy: Cancer of the Heart

Proverbs 27:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... want to live a long and healthy life? You can, but his life will be twice as long and twice as healthy. So what is your desire?" The man frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Here is my request: Strike me blind in one eye!" Well, as we have already seen ... listen to the praises of other men of your own standing. Until you can listen to the praises of someone else without any desire to indulge in detraction, or any attempt to belittle his work, you may be sure there is an un-mortified prairie of egotistic ...

1092. A Song for Tomorrow

Psalm 1:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... Your words are so choice, so tasty; I prefer them to the best home cooking." (Psalm 119: 103, MSG) Finally, he said, "I pant with open mouth because I long for Your commands." (Psalm 119:131 HCSB) Let's all be honest. Do we have that same delight? That same desire? That same dedication? That same devotion to the Word of God? I just want to make a statement and move on. I think sometimes we delight too much in the preacher of God's Word, rather than in God's Word that the preacher preaches. It is not enough ...

1093. The Spiritual Gateway

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... front of the population, which in turn helped to keep the religious doors open. The yearning that occurs through our spiritual nature is like God knocking on the door of our lives, asking to be admitted. The spiritual gateway — conscience, values, worship impulse, a desire to believe — is one place God reaches out to us. Even those of us who don't think of ourselves as religious can look at our common values and discover God behind them, beckoning us. ____________ 1. The sense of this argument is from ...

1094. Holy Extravagance

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... . When we go to bed at night, we say, "Thank you" several times. We do that more for ourselves than for him. To be sure, he desires our full compliance. On our pillows and in our beds there is this fragrance. After a time we are not shocked. We come to expect it ... of Christ in them and about them! Take your own survey among those professing Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. They desire more than anything else the precious and priceless perfume of him who died and arose again. The most brilliant of Frenchmen ...

1095. Mary Magdalene’s Day

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... in white. The gospel is specific in their location. One was at the head where he was lying and the other at the feet. The occasion gives rise to the skeptics who wonder why it is recorded that only she saw the angels. Was she building on her desire to have supernatural beings present? Perhaps her need to make the situation into more than it was caused angels to be seen. But don't those folks who are invariably doubting lose this one? The conversation with the angels must have been brief; at least, that's ...

1096. Keeping His Word

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... Lord is so like that. You and I take dear ones to our sacred closets for quiet time in the Holy Spirit and we are taught new avenues of love. Just to be honest, we would like to live on in our spirits also, wouldn't we? We desire — sometimes intently — for our loved ones through the generations to know us and what we have been about. At funerals, pastors pray that the memories left by the deceased will motivate better living in others. Yes, and some of us who have preached hundreds and even thousands of ...

1097. It All Begins with Prayer

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... need prayer if he is to do the work that needs to be done if all people are to come to knowledge of the truth. God desires that all hearts should turn to him. The preachers and teachers need to be prayed for so they will have the words to share. That brings ... preachers, it is time to pray for the hearers. The gospel message tells us that people are lost. Paul writes in verse 4 that God desires "... everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." So our job is to pray that their ears might be ...

1098. The Promise that Won’t Be Broken

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... get a sense of what it means to be fully alive. Just go to the playground and you will see boys and girls filled with a desire to see, touch, and taste everything that life puts in their paths. They look at life as something to be experienced. As we get older, ... for all who are open to receive it. A second promise is that God wants to walk with us. His incarnation is proof enough of his desire to enter into our lives. He doesn't want to watch from afar. He wants to come into our world. He wants to welcome us ...

1099. Mark 10: 35-45

Mark 10:35-45

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... ’ Twelve. In this instance the two brothers speak without Peter, and prove themselves capable of foot-in-mouth disease all on their own. Their first words directed towards Jesus address him as “Teacher,” a title used by others in the gospels when they desire something from Jesus. And that is exactly James and John’s motivation. Not only do James and John confront Jesus with a request; they want Jesus to promise he will grant, “whatever we ask of you” (v.35). That’s quite a presumption. Think ...

1100. Like a Tree Planted

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... of what each wants to be when it "grows up" — a beautiful treasure chest, a great sailing ship, and the tallest tree in the world, pointing people toward God. Each wish is fulfilled, but in a surprising way those young trees could never have imagined. The desires of your own heart may also come to fruition in a very different way from what is expected. Years pass, the three trees have grown to maturity, and woodcutters come. The tree that aspires to be a treasure chest is transformed into the manger that ...

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