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1101. Close Up Parents: Be Cheerleaders, Not Jeer leaders

Colossians 3:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Many of you are thinking to yourself, "I didn't grow up in a family that showed a lot of affection like that." It is time for you to start your own family culture, because there is no substitute for a hug. There is no substitute for that warm-loving touch. There is no substitute for that kiss that tells that child, "I love you and accept you and I am proud of you just the way you are." You also show your children love through attention. Did you know one of the greatest ways you can show your child that ...

1102. In God We Trust – Or Do We?

John 4:46-54

Sermon

James Merritt

... You are about to submit your annual report to the congress respecting the affairs of the national finances. One fact touching our currency has hitherto been seriously overlooked. I mean the recognition of the Almighty God in some form on ... at Cross Pointe as we face our future. This man came to Jesus thinking, "Seeing is believing." He was saying, "Lord if you will come to my house and touch my son and let me see it with my own eyes that you can heal him, I'll believe in you." Jesus didn't take that bait. He ...

1103. No Need to Worry

John 10:11-18; 27-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... sheep from coming into contact with bears or lions or other wild beasts, but the shepherd can protect the sheep when they come into contact with those animals. What does this mean? If Jesus is my good shepherd - Nothing can touch me without His permission. However, if He does permit something to touch me, then it must be for my good. The Apostle Paul, who wrote half of the New Testament, made a very interesting statement over in II Timothy. "The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me ...

1104. The Climb

Joshua 14:6-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... time. Play as long as you want. We will be back after a while." In about twenty-minutes the doctor and the parents came to the room where the pessimistic boy was, and he was sitting right in the middle of the floor with his arms folded and had not touched a single toy. The psychiatrist said, "Son, why didn't you ride on that rocking horse?" "I was afraid I would fall off and break my arm." "Well, why didn't you skate on the roller skates?" "I was afraid I would fall down and skin my knees." "Why didn ...

1105. God's Christmas Gift

Luke 2:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... (that is if you can afford them.) You could buy that special person a vehicle which is known as the Rinspeed Splash [Tim - show picture of this on the screen]. Forget the Bentley, the Rolls-Royce or the Lamborghini. This is a car that travels on land. With a touch of a button, it can travel on water and because of a unique hydraulic system, it can fly about two feet above the water's surface. On smooth water, the Splash can go as fast as 50mph. The cost? Only $4.5 million dollars. What about the woman who ...

1106. Everyone's Talking about Him

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It was never Jesus’ intent to make a spectacle of his healing ministry. So-called faith healers today would do well to follow his example. He took the man aside. Then he put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then Mark tells us he spit and touched the man’s tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh Jesus said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means, "Be opened!"). At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. And then Jesus did something important ...

1107. The View from Michal’s Window

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... quote Perls, whom this movement considered a kind of poet laureate: I hope to ... make you understand how much you gain by taking responsibility for every emotion [you feel], every movement you make, every thought you have — and shed responsibility for anybody else. ... We touch each other by honestly being what we are, not by intentionally making contact.2 Whew! As I said, that thinking may be a corrective to the other extreme. But it's also a pretty lonely way to live. In the scripture before us, it's ...

1108. The Spiritual Gateway

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... put it: "Thou has made us for thyself, and the heart of man is restless until it finds its rest in thee." Yearning means God has planted seeds of discontent in our hearts that push us to seek him. Many of us experience a kind of melancholy when we are touched by beauty. For some it is in the surge and thunder of the ocean. For others, the quiet of a late summer evening. Still others are moved by poetry, music, or the smell of wood smoke in the crisp autumn air. These yearnings say to us, "this is what life ...

1109. The Two Prodigals

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

The relationship between and among siblings is a study both intriguing and challenging. Many of us know the truth here firsthand from the experience of growing up in families. Even if one happens to be an only child, we are brought in touch with brothers and sisters in other families. A great deal is made of the birth order in a family. For example, the oldest son has traditionally been known as the child who is to make his mark in the world and, in some cases, look after parents and those siblings ...

1110. Mary Magdalene’s Day

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... the angels must have been brief; at least, that's what the record indicates. As we extend our thoughts, we discover a woman, perhaps in the grips of hysteria, who wants with all her heart to know where they have laid him. She wants to see him and probably touch him. He was her Lord. The price had been paid for our salvation and she was not about to run away. She knew firsthand what that salvation was. It was embodied in Jesus of Nazareth. Alive or dead, she wanted to know where they had laid him. Maybe it ...

1111. Keeping His Word

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... to love him is to keep his Word, but then we fumble along, caught attempting to be in two places at the same time. Then, praise God, for some it dawns on them that Jesus has given us the answer in the Advocate or Holy Spirit. Among the most touching and spiritually charged words in all of holy scripture are found here. We want his peace that the world cannot give! We do not want hearts that are troubled and afraid! If the Holy Spirit working in you and me can deliver all of that, how tremendously happy our ...

1112. Compassion Can Do More Than You May Think

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

David R. Cartwright

... more like a stretcher or perhaps even a large woven basket. But that's not the point. Luke may have gotten the exact specifications wrong about the bier, but he didn't get the point wrong. Jesus was so moved to help this woman that he risked ritual contamination by touching the dead body of her son in an effort to revive him. But it was worth it. Besides, Jesus was never one to stand on ceremony. He says, "Young man, I say to you, rise!" (Luke 7:14b), at which the dead man sits up and begins to speak. When ...

1113. Prayer - What’s in It for You?

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... to help them better understand day-to-day living through the use of these colorful stories. Neatly woven within these stories were the fundamentals of life that we all live with each day. Jesus, however, was able to weave these tales in a way that touched each life then, and touches each life today. When we listen today with ears of faith, we are likely to find our own life within the life of the parable told by Jesus to his disciples so long ago. One theme that often finds its way into these stories is ...

1114. God’s Grammar

Galatians 3:23-29

Sermon

John Jamison

... , and intermarried with the non-Jews who moved in. Their offense would be carried down from father to son, and was cause for the breach between the two groups now. If you ran a business and a Samaritan was to pay for your product or services, rather than touch the money they had held, you had them drop their money into a bucket of water, to remove the uncleanliness before you handled it. In some parts of the country even today, if a Jew happens to walk across the property of a Samaritan, the Samaritan will ...

1115. The Cost of a Priceless Gift

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... about our relationship with God and how we can make it better. Sandi Patti sings a song that captures a beautiful vision of God watching over us from our earliest days. The words go like this: I watch beside your cradle. Your face touched by the moon.I watch beside your cradle. Your face touched by the moon. My heart just aches and trembles with my love for you.My heart just aches and trembles with my love for you. This is one of the mental images that I conjure up when I think of God, the loving father ...

1116. The Good News about Marriage

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... to God will usually find a way to make a marriage work. The Pharisees were trying to put Jesus in a difficult situation by having him take a stand on the grounds by which a man could put away his wife. What they got instead was a beautiful and touching affirmation of marriage marriage as it was meant to be. You don’t have to be married to have a satisfying life. But if you do marry, you should do it with the intent that this will be a lifelong relationship. That takes work. And that takes the grace ...

1117. The Boy Grows Up

1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... wrote a letter telling him that she had forgiven him. He responded to her correspondence, and a relationship was begun. Today, that young man calls her "Mom."3 As a part of her grief work and healing process, Melanie began a program called "Mentoring Touch From Above" for teens who have been in trouble with the law and are at risk. She encourages them to finish their education and teaches them the "people skills" they will need for getting along with others in this world. She gives constant encouragement ...

1118. Like a Tree Planted

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... labors. Jesus planted seeds, too, seeds of hope, joy, and faithfulness. To be fruitful, seeds must be nurtured, so please do water and feed those seeds. Then God takes over, doing what we cannot do, providing a way for redemption. There is a wonderful story that touches the hearts of both young and old. Three young trees on a hill share the dreams 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 ...

1119. God's Call for All

Acts 9:35-43

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... to help in the caring for each other. Others marvel that these people can be accepted and protected, but Jesus defends their inclusion. So it is not surprising that the early Christians assumed that they were responsible for the care of all who touched their community. Moreover, this included not just spiritual, but financial assistance on the part of the believers. We see this reciprocity expressed first in the lives of those who cared for Jesus. The picture emerges during his ministry of a large body of ...

1120. Calamity and Hope

Joel 2:23-32

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... Iraq; a terrorist takes hostages in the middle of a major city; rockets take off from countries from around the world. Space exploration is commonplace in our time. Power, strength, and might, and we stand in awe at the natural and man-made display, but these forces cannot touch the power of the one who created the creation. Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tidal waves unleash uncontrollable and unstoppable force. Every day we are reminded of the power of nature. But these forces, as powerful as they are, cannot ...

1121. Isaiah: The Prophet of Gloom and Glory

Isaiah 65:17-25

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... s will for our church today? And we must remember that the question is directed at who we are today. Past decisions are just that, past. We all make some good ones and some terrible ones. The message from Isaiah to us today is to get in touch with God. Get in touch with what God would have us do today. It does not matter what mistakes we have made in the past. The first 39 chapters of Isaiah are filled to overflowing with monumental mistakes on the part of the Hebrew people. To dwell on those errors will do ...

1122. Watching Out for Us

Mark 12:28-34

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... was a stubborn habit, private grief or a mental disorder. Finally, she asked a neighbor of hers, "Have you ever seen an old man who sits by the road late at night?" "Oh, yes," said her neighbor, "many times." "Is he a little touched upstairs? Does he ever go home?" The neighbor laughed and said, "He's no more touched than you or me. And he goes home right after you do. You see, he doesn't like the idea of you driving by yourself out late all alone on these back roads, so every night he walks out to wait for ...

1123. A Squirrely Holiday

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... where we'd met two hours earlier, and as we drove, it started raining. We parked and unloaded his things. 'Would you sign my autograph book?' he asked. 'I like to keep messages from folks I meet.' I wrote in his little book that his commitment to his calling had touched my life. I encouraged him to stay strong. And I left him with a verse of scripture from Jeremiah, 'I know the plans I have for you, declared the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you; Plans to give you a future and a hope.' 'Thanks ...

1124. Good News about Thanksgiving

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... ones come to some place like this with me.” Here’s how Spleth describes this woman’s act of compassion, “She could have let the screen door through which she handed that basket become a chasm, but she didn’t. It was just a gate and it opened at the touch of her hand.” (5) You and I have been so blessed. We need Thanksgiving to remind us of those blessings and to remind us of the source of those blessings. Now we go out, as Jesus told the man healed in Mark’s Gospel, to tell others, and to show ...

1125. A House for Our Home and a Home for Our Faith

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... boy, I was loved so much and held so often that I think I was 7 years old before my feet ever touched the floor. Now it’s not difficult to see that there is a relationship between a person being able to say, I had faith in myself, and adding to ... that, I was loved so much and held so much that my feet never touched the ground. Do you get it? It’s unconditional love in the family – people loving and affirming one another, and sharing in the life of one ...

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