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1126. Made Perfect In Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:2-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... something for more wonderful than we ever imagined. There was once a king once owned a large, beautiful, pure diamond of which he was very proud. It had no equal anywhere. One day the diamond sustained a deep scratch. The king called in the most skilled diamond cutters and offered them a great reward if they could remove the imperfection from his treasured jewel. No one could repair the blemish. The king was sorely distressed. After some time, a gifted lapidary came to the king and promised to make the rare ...

1127. See What Love . . .

1 John 3:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... you didn't get to stay a child very long before you had to go to work to help support your family. Or maybe yours was one of those broken families. Sometimes there's abuse. Sometimes there's neglect. Sometimes parents don't have the emotional or spiritual skills to love unconditionally. Or they are carrying so much baggage themselves and they don't know how to let it go. And then that baggage gets in the way of any meaningful or deep relationship with their children. Maybe that's the kind of family you grew ...

1128. At Cross Purposes

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... soldiers made a daring escape under cover of night in a homemade boat. But that's not the end of the story! They sailed straight into a violent storm. Pham reports that they would have all been lost, if it hadn't been for the expert sailing skills of, you guessed it, the four Vietcong soldiers. The escapees landed safely in Thailand. Eventually, Hien Pham emigrated to the United States, where he made a new life for himself. (5) He proved the truth of verse 35: "For those who want to save their life will ...

1129. The Cunning Craftsman

Luke 18:9-14

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Allan J. Weenink

... Sayers, "the cunning craftsman, God." On reading it, this phrase stands out: "The cunning craftsman, God." As used, the word cunning does not mean some kind of craftiness which might be our modern interpretation. But taken in its pure sense it indicates skill, wisdom and ability. The phrase then really means that the Master artist God can take our blundering efforts and still make something useful out of them. He takes our mismanaged lives, our failed efforts, our missed marks, our shameful deeds, our alien ...

1130. Fighting Back Against Falling Back

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . But when a mistake is made, instead of pulling the work out to correct the error, the master-weaver finds some way to incorporate the error into the pattern. Experts say that the exceptional beauty of complex design in the rugs often is due to the skill of mater-weavers in turning mistakes into works of art. That’s integrity. Each of us has the God-given potential to become a uniquely beautiful masterwork of God’s creative art. We are apprentices to the master weaver, who inspires the design and who ...

1131. Where Do We Get Our Brilliance?

Illustration

Michael Battle

... up in the other's humanity. Desmond Tutu illustrates this by describing a light bulb that shone brightly and proudly. "[It] began to strut about arrogantly, quite unmindful of how . . . it could shine so brilliantly, thinking that it was all due to its own merit and skill." One day the light bulb is taken out of the socket and placed on a table. "Try as hard as it could, the light bulb could bring forth no light and brilliance. . . . It had never known that its light came from the power station and that ...

1132. Leaving Home

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... joined her Navy husband on his tour of duty in Japan. The first thing Janet did was look for a job to supplement their income. She was pleased when her first interview netted a secretarial position at the nearby Army facility. She was sure her typing skills had landed her the post. But a few weeks later her boss, a full colonel, called her into his office. He proceeded to admonish her that she was too quiet. “The reason I hired you,” he explained, “was your delightful Texas accent. I’m homesick for ...

1133. Tigers in the Dark

John 9:1-41

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Keith Wagner

... circus the tent was packed with thousands of people. It was time for the tiger trainer to come out and perform. He bowed to the audience then went inside the cage. A hush drifted over the audience as the door was locked behind him. The trainer skillfully put the tigers through their paces. Suddenly there was a huge pop, followed by a complete blackout of power. For several long minutes the trainer was trapped in the cage with the tigers in total darkness. The trainer knew the tigers could see him with their ...

1134. The 4 Words that Tell What It Means to Be a Christian

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the most of us the in-betweeners. But whoever you are, we can agree on one thing: our twenty-first century lives are amazingly complex. Every day we live in these soon-to-be teenage years of the 21st century, we use skills that would befuddle previous generations. Driving computers masquerading as cars. Using microwave ovens. Functioning simultaneously in different time zones all across the world. Understanding how events in Pakistan tonight will give our world a different tomorrow. Grasping the enormity of ...

1135. Acts 2:1-13

Acts 2:1-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... name of the Lord.” The new age of the Spirit ushered in by Pentecost is not the end of God’s work in the world. It is the beginning of the new work of making this salvation available to the world. The Holy Spirit has given the disciples the language skills to accomplish this mission. It is now time for them to reveal “the name” that will bring this salvation to “everyone,” the name of Jesus.

1136. Safely through the Storm

Matthew 28:16-20

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Keith Wagner

... became violent. Max was terrified and looked at his friend Milt for help. Milt was deliberate and decisive. He told the men exactly where to sit and gave them specific instructions. Last he said, "just hang on." They did what he said. Why? Because Milt was the only skilled sailor on board and knew exactly what to do in a storm. Until then Max could have boasted about his merit badge in sailing that he had received in the boyscouts. But, that was no comparison to a real storm on the high seas. He had no ...

1137. A Winsome Witness

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... for treating him so shabbily, for excluding him based on a sexuality that was thrust on him, not out of some perversion, but may well have been since his childhood to qualify him for service in the royal court. He was apparently most intelligent, skilled, and talented, because he had risen to become one of the queen's highest officials — cabinet rank ... Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Federal Reserve all rolled into one. Why would someone who has achieved such a station in life be willing ...

1138. The Language of the Heart

Psalm 98:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of the psalms and sang these instead of hymns. In fact, even today there are still some churches that will not use any music except that which is derived from the psalms. Admittedly, we do what we do (however we do it) with varying levels of skill. C. S. Lewis recounts that when he first started going to church he disliked the hymns, which he considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music. But as he continued, he said, "I realized that the hymns were, nevertheless, being sung with devotion ...

1139. Time’s A-Wasting

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... Oakland or watching it on television. The game went immediately off the air, but inside the stadium, priorities were rearranged in a hurry. In particular, I remember the words of one player about his experience. This was a professional athlete, probably in possession of athletic skills not given to more than one in 10,000 people, a person who had spent the majority of his life to that point, the effort of countless hours during that very year, focused on one goal: to help bring his team to the World Series ...

1140. Yielding to Spiritual Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23, James 2:1-10 (11-13) 14-17

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... pray that our lives will be such that they are thinking, "I want to be like him. I want to live like she does." When my mother-in-law was ninety-years-old and living in a retirement home, she spent many hours visiting residents of the skilled-care wing of the home, reading to them, listening to their stories, offering companionship to those who had few visits from family members. Until she died at 93, she retained a youthful vigor, maintaining that these visits to the "old people" were part of her purpose ...

1141. Heavenly Wisdom

James 3:13—4:8

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... mad ... until he explained that the violin he had just destroyed was a cheap imitation. Then, picking up the expensive instrument, he began to play again, and amazingly, most people could not tell the difference. The quality of the instrument was secondary to the skill of the musician. So it is with those of us who would live the "good life." The beauty of a kind deed does not rely on the physical, financial, or social well-being of the individual who performs it. The master can take ordinary instruments ...

1142. Make a 119 Call

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... But God hath promised Strength for the day, Rest for the labor, Light for the way, Grace for the trials, Help from above, Unfailing sympathy, Undying love.” Annie-Johnson Flint When I went to seminary, we were required to learn “active listening” skills. One required exercise was to interview another student and draw out of them a conflict story of a family member. My interviewee, “Bob,” talked about conflicts with his Dad. They were as different as chalk and cheese. Bob was Triple A: athletics ...

1143. A Four Word Memoir

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... is filling his last cavity. Epitaphs normally seek to sum up a person’s life in just a few words. If you had to sum up your life in just a few words, how would you do it? Author Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to prove his skill as an author by writing a story in only six words. Hemingway responded with these six ingenuous words: “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.” It would be difficult to tell a heart-breaking story more succinctly than that. In the tradition of Hemingway, an online literary ...

1144. Jesus Rescues Us

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... by money in his business dealings, but after he witnessed a raid on the Krakow Ghetto in 1942, where soldiers rounded up the Jewish residents for shipment to concentration death camps, he began to change. A persuasive man and with many skills, he began to overtly protect his workers, referred to as Schindlerjuden (Schindler's Jews). Often Schindler called upon his charm and ingratiating manner to help his workers get out of difficult situations. On many occasions, he bribed the local German commandant ...

1145. Getting Through the Grief

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... taint his loving tribute to Jonathan with a tirade against Saul. Maybe that's why he contained himself. Maybe he just decided to let bygones be bygones. Why dredge up all that old stuff? Another reason that some commentators suggest is that David was already a skilled, master politician. He didn't hold a grudge. He understood how the game was played. Someone who might be sticking you in the back today might turn out to be your ally tomorrow. No need for vengeance. I've seen politicians fight tooth and nail ...

1146. Wise Leadership

1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... we are." Our souls connect the two in speech and in action. We make our mantra that, as the world social forum tells us, "Another world is possible." We pray for the wisdom to boast in God's great possibility. And then we go to work as skillfully as we can. As leaders we expect conflict and we expect to be able to handle it. The capacity to be an intercessor, like Solomon was to God, is a strong approach in conflict. One night, our dinner guests' children were swimming in our pool. The neighbor children ...

1147. An Answer Out of the Whirlwind

Job 38:1-7 (34-41)

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

What does it mean to be great? That is the question our texts raise today. "Great" is a wide-ranging word: You can have a great king, great skill, a great storm, a great number, great joy, or great fear. You can use it in its Greek form, mega — as in megachurch; or in its Latin form, magna — as in magnify. It can refer to physical form, size, or height. Pull yourself up, stand tall, like the cedars of ...

1148. Living to Please God

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... Are you sure you want to know? I happen to be a Christian and believe that everything we do should be done to glorify God. I’m not a preacher and I’m not a missionary, but I am a mechanic and so I do it honestly. I do it skillfully and I do it to the glory of God.” The next day in the newspaper was a headline that read, “Christian Mechanic, Honest to the Glory of God.” (3) Integrity is honesty. It is an uncompromising commitment to be truthful and trustworthy. In the fourth round of a national ...

1149. The Science of Happiness

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... we keep trying. We struggle to find some equation that can bring us the end we crave—-true happiness. Did you hear that the Girl Scouts of America just revamped their merit badges? The Girl Scouts’ new merit badges encourage and reward skills that reflect 2012 more than 1912, the year GSA was founded. Accordingly there are now merit badges in computer programming, merit badges in web site design, merit badges in “locavore” living (encouraging the growing and consumption of locally produced crops and ...

1150. The Victories in Business

Illustration

Source Unknown

... in business are interesting. Sometimes you'll be on a roll and everything will click; take maximum advantage. When the opposite is true, hold steady and wait it out. Never in your life say," It's not my job." Be loyal to your career, your interests and yourself. Understand the skills and abilities that set you apart. Whenever you have an opportunity, use them. People remember the end of the project. As they say in boxing, "Always finish stronger than you start."

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