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1101. Altar Your Presence

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... bear much fruit and become my disciples. [9] As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. [10] If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. [11] I have said ... the whole shock factor. I thought about getting those pop beads that kids make jewelry out of and giving two to everybody, one to keep as a reminder of our connectedness and the other to make a giant pop bead chain to display on the Altar, reminding us ...

1102. Altar Your Gifts

Malachi 3:10, Luke 6:27-42

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Giving, Duty Giving and Thanks Giving. Grudge Giving is that giving that takes place out of a sense of guilt. Grudge Giving is the most negative form of giving there is. Oh, sure, the Church receives the money. People give. But it builds resentment and resentment keeps us from growing spiritually and truly experiencing the depth of God's love. Then there's Duty Giving. This is the Have To sort of giving. It's not filled with resentment but it's not filled with life and joy either. It's that giving that ...

1103. LOST? Looking For Peace

Matthew 18:21-22, Colossians 3:8-15, Hebrews 11:1

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... I. Holy Bologna So, why all this talk about Bologna when the title of the sermon is about Looking for Peace. Well, for a couple of reasons. First, I think there's a lot of pop culture baloney out there that we swallow as easily as a Bologna sandwich that keeps us from truly finding the Peace we're looking for. It's nothing but a distraction from finding the Real Peace which God offers to each of us. And second, I think this Real Peace is based on what some would call "Holy Baloney." I think this Peace we're ...

1104. LOST? Pursuing Purpose

1 Peter 2:9-10

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... and hurt and frustration and pain against those who have hurt us. We can begin to get rid of the bologna in our lives that keeps us weighed down and separated from God. It's a long process for most of us, not a one time fix. But experiencing forgiveness and ... something that we were meant to find something that's going to help us get into the hatch. I know it. But we've got to keep going." Boone says, "Okay. Can you move your legs?" Locke says, "Just help me up, son." (2) If you remember the clip I showed a ...

1105. That's All I Want

Psalm 23:1

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the people of God, if we get consumed by things, then we've missed the main thing, which is our relationship with God. I've got a little framed poster that a friend of mine gave years ago. It's very simple it says: "The main thing, is to keep the main thing, the main thing." If we're consumed with getting more things and newer and better things rather being about the main thing, our relationship with God and sharing the Good News that God offers that relationship to the whole world, then we're going to lose ...

1106. Nehemiah: The Fix

Nehemiah 1:1-11

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... before the God of heaven. [5] I said, "O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments; [6] let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your ... , which we have sinned against you. Both I and my family have sinned. [7] We have offended you deeply, failing to keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances that you commanded your servant Moses. [8] Remember the word that you commanded your ...

1107. A Chance To Dance

Luke 5:17-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . And in order NOT to lose that focus we have to continue in Worship, Prayer, Bible Study, fellowship, tithing, all of those things which keep us centered in and focused on the Lord of the Dance. III. Dance With The One Who Brung Ya A. You have to learn ... it to relearn its song. The bird has to be taken back into the woods where the wild birds sing. In order to keep from forgetting the dance steps we've learned, we have to associate with other Christians and participate in the Christian disciplines. When we ...

1108. The Challenge Of Generosity

Malachi 3:10, Luke 6:36-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , Mister, Mickey would like 'em better if they were yellow. He had a yellow sweater. I guess he'd like yellow better than any other color." The man asked, "Are they for his funeral?" The boy nodded, suddenly choking up. The little girl was desperately struggling to keep back the tears. "She's his sister," the boy said. "He was a swell kid. A truck hit him while he was playing in the street." His lips were trembling now. The other boy entered the conversation. "Us kids in his block took up a collection. We ...

1109. John 2:1-11

John 2:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... one most at fault receives the first miraculous sip. No wonder the taste on his lips was of the best wine he had ever drunk! The steward calls out to the one he assumes has saved him and his job — the bridegroom — and praises him for cleverly keeping “the good wine until now” (v.10). John’s readers would know at the time the irony of the steward’s praise. Do you? It is, indeed, the “bridegroom” who has provided this new, excellent wine. But the one who “saves” is not the young man who ...

1110. Are You Plugged In?

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... or a curve or a flat tire or somebody else's problems and life come crashing into ours. That's when we need a Seat Belt. Possibly even air bags and side impact airbags. When that happens, and it's going to happen, prayer keeps us safe. It keeps us attached to our faith. It keeps us focused and in God's presence. We've been prepared. We know how to drive defensively. And we know that when those chuck holes, curves and crashes happened, we aren't alone. B. In the movie Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal has had ...

1111. God's Whatever

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 't part of the in crowd. Or our idea of our self worth was influenced too much by advertising, television and the whole pop culture media. The truth is we can’t ever live up to what pop culture says are the standards because those standards keep changing. Those standards are often determined by popular crazes. Remember when it was cool to have tons of macramé items or CB radios or the70's perm hairstyle. I had one. Or leisure suits. How about Beanie Babies. The dancing hamsters. Remember the Macarena? It ...

1112. Why Am I So Lonely? (Series: Real Faith For Real People)

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... anyway. Have you found Jesus to be a friend? Sandy and I celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary last Wednesday. She is a patient woman. I wanted to show her my deepest appreciation for our years together, so I took her out to our Wednesday Night Dinner here at church. I keep saying it is the best deal in town. Let this old man fill you in on a little secret. Never expect your spouse to do for you what only Christ can do. No spouse can fix the hole in your soul. No spouse can fulfill all your fantasies. No ...

1113. A Gratitude Adjustment

Luke 17:11-19

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... now. She's a foreign exchange student whose family is originally from South America but she grew up in Arlington. She lives with us now because her parents no longer want her. They brought her to Mary's class one day and when the Christmas holidays came, told Mary to keep her, they didn't want her any more. Talk about cruel. So, Pearl has exchanged her home with one of the students to a home with one of the teachers. But that's OK, Pearl, she's a guinea pig by the way, fits into the menagerie of pets in ...

1114. Condition Yellow Christians

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... his side, call 911, stays with him until the EMTs arrive. A child wandering alone in a mall in tears is wrong. A Condition Yellow Christian takes the child by the hand, finds a security person, stays with the child as long as it takes. Condition Yellow keeps you alert to your environment as well. An empty lot that attracts drug dealers and refuse is wrong. A Condition Yellow church shows up with a clean-up crew and garbage bags, and maybe later with seeds and soil for a neighborhood garden. A local library ...

1115. Some Second Thoughts about Giving

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... us to give 10% of our income. Then our giving helps; it helps us in our spiritual growth — it helps us in keeping our values straight it helps us in handling our anxiety about the future, about security. Have you ever considered that? Tithing helps ... that a parable of our pattern of giving — we give, but often not ‘til it helps. Can you imagine some thin and hungry refugee trying to keep out the bitter cold of winter with a coat that has no buttons? Or can you see him in your mind’s eye trying to ...

1116. Fresh Every Morning - A Test

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a day-to-day affair Love in the family is like that. Oh I know that love is half history and half intuition, there is power in ritual and memory, that we gain strength from the residual experience of love, but I also know that expressions of love, keeping powerfully alive in our and in other relationships, is a “daily manna”-affair. *Joke: I’ll bring her in on Wednesday. We have to make it fresh every morning. I talked to a man last week who lost his wife about a month ago. He was sharing his heart ...

1117. Clear to the Better End - Parent Burnout

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... section of the city, or to send them to better schools. I plagued myself with questions like that for years when our children were in their teens. It’s a dead end! It will fuel the burnout process. So let me review. How do we prevent parent burnout? Keep perspective on these positive principles: One, love’s right to be wrong; Two, if we are not willing to fail we cannot succeed; and three, don’t fall victim of the “what if” or “if only” snare. IV Now a final word. How do we recover from parent ...

1118. When You Want to Run Away

Psalm 11:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... given the big breaks along his pathway to success. He worked for everything he had, and over the years this hard work combined with will power eventually paid off for him. He told about the drinking problem he had suffered for several years. He had tried to keep it a secret from everyone, but eventually he had to face the fact that it was a disease and that he needed treatment. He entered an alcohol treatment center and was determined to beat his problem. Normally, a person is in treatment for about 30 days ...

1119. He Leadeth Me

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... said, “Because when you call God from Jerusalem it’s a local call.” (The Reverend Mark Trotter, “What is Lost When You Keep It?”) That’s apocryphal, that story, but it has certain credibility. For Christians, as well as for Jews, Jerusalem is the holy ... he lived among them, scorched by the heat at noon and drenched by the dews at night. Should one of the lambs be unable to keep pace with the rest of the flock he carried it on his shoulder. Should one of the flock go astray he searched for it until ...

1120. The Measure You Give Is the Measure You Get

Mark 4:21-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... no one had ever recognized her art. The artist asked, “What have you done with your paintings up ‘til now?” She said, “We keep them in a storeroom and we bring them out from time to time to look at them.” The artist said, “I’ll tell you ... our money Now I know that we cannot give what we do not nave. But there’s a deeper truth, and that truth is this: We cannot keep what we refuse to give away. In the financial area of our life this calls for tithing. Why can we not trust God at this point as ...

1121. Doing Our Best

Romans 12: 1-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... do together as a community of faith, is unite in prayer. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln bowed in prayer hangs in my office. I keep it there as a constant reminder to me that leaders must always seek Divine guidance in the treacherous times of life. Lincoln once said, “ ... in the Narthex today is a result of their work. They are offering a class for you to find your SHAPE for ministry. We will keep offering it until we get it. When you sign to serve, you will be called and if you are not, call me. People every day ...

1122. Doing What Disciples Do

John 15:12-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... those kinds of things. So, Penny goes over to see Lemm and comes clean with what he said.[1] Love needs fairness the way a river needs a bank or a body needs a backbone. Love is soft unless there is fairness in it to give structure and keep it straight. You and I will compromise ourselves again and again. Christian people play the game of life fairly. Fair people are even-handed, square-dealers, speak the truth in love, honor their commitments with a handshake. Love is not so much a feeling or a falling as ...

1123. Embracing an Endless Line of Servants

1 Corinthians 3:5-23

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and the legends. It’s grace that has seen us through the toils and troubles of our days and has empowered us to keep on keeping on. Mr. Holland’s Opus is a touching movie about a high school teacher in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Holland really wants to ... wisdom from on high in a moment when we didn’t expect it. As faint of heart as we are, there came love from beyond to keep our hearts alive. Some people sit down on memorable days like that and thank their lucky stars, but I choose to bow on my knees and ...

1124. Why Join a Church?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... things that the rest of us need to learn. Leadership is shared. The head goose is only there for a little while, then comes back into the flock in order to be restored in energy. All of that honking is the encouragement of one goose to another to keep going, to keep going, to keep at it. When one goose falls, is wounded or becomes ill, at least two others will fly to the ground, swoop down and stay with it until it is restored to the flock. Why join a church? We join a church because deep in the human soul ...

1125. Marching Forward by Faith!

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... shack at the edge of town. He raised a number of children on welfare and odd jobs. He was not a particularly good father, but every week when I took him home, he gave me a saying I could keep. He'd praise God for the day, thank me for the ride and then say, “Keep looking up, keep looking up. Whatever you do, keep looking up." Through the years I've never forgotten Porter's advice. Porter lived by faith. In Hebrews 11:1-2 we read, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do ...

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