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1151. God Knows Exactly How You Feel

John 19:28

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James Merritt

... . It is this arid acid dryness of the mouth that gives rise to the tremendous impulse to drink. The first symptom of dehydration is thirst. Water that is normally present in the blood, lymph, and interstitial fluid is then lost. This loss affects the proper function of the heart, central nervous system, and organs containing smooth muscle. Finally, intercellular water is lost, which upsets vital chemical processes in the cell. If water is not restored to the body, death will occur. Now why am I emphasizing ...

1152. God Really Cares

Matthew 27:46

Sermon

James Merritt

... glistening, the angels were singing. But now the sun had closed its curtains, the angels had folded their wings, the stars had stopped their twinkling, the moon had gone into hiding. All of creation had gone into mourning. You see, when the first Adam sinned, it affected not only the creature, but all of creation. Because of sin, roses have thorns, gardens have weeds, women know the pain of childbirth, man sweats as he works, and the end of life is death. But now the second Adam is paying for what the first ...

1153. Let Me Tell You about the Birds and the Bees

Proverbs 5:15-23

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James Merritt

... . The right classroom is your home, and the right curriculum is the Bible. Our children need dads who will stand tall, be firm, and shoot straight with kids about sex. Studies now show that parental involvement is the single most critical factor affecting the sexual activity of teens. A study of 10,000 high school sophomores, conducted by the U. S. Department of Education, found that strong parental values and parental supervision has the most significant effect on teens' sexual activity. Parents who had a ...

1154. What to Do When Life Is the Pits

1 Peter 5:5-11

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James Merritt

... the subjects jumped straight from "worms" to "worship" without one entry at "worry." But things have greatly changed. Albert Camus, the French existentialist philosopher, called the Twentieth Century, "the century of fear." People today are anxious and anxiety affects everybody. People are popping pills, taking tranquilizers, and doing dope in record numbers. We are strung out, uptight, hypertensive, on edge, with blood pressure medications being taken in record numbers. The truth is, whether you are young ...

1155. A Deserter in God's Army

1 Timothy 4:9-10

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James Merritt

... ; if I retreat shoot me." Did you know that one deserter can cause the defeat of an entire army? Did you know that when one Christian backslides the whole suffers? Friend, we are all members of one body. When one finger on my hand quits working, it affects the whole hand. When one Christian in our church backslides, it means some work will not get done, some witnessing will not get done, some worshipping will not get done. But there's an even greater tragedy. Because he loved the world, and because he left ...

1156. When in Joy, Enjoy (Fruit of the Spirit: Joy)

Galatians 5:22

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James Merritt

... , whether we are little babies or senior adults, that doctors say is such good medicine that it relieves stress, can cure headaches, fight infections, and even alleviate hypertension. In fact, when we engage in this activity, there are well documented physical affects, many of them akin to modern exercise. Muscles in the abdomen, chest, shoulders, and elsewhere contract; heart rate and blood pressure increase. In one burst of this activity the pulse can double from 60 to 120, and systolic blood pressure can ...

1157. The Greatest Ability Is Dependability (Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness)

Galatians 5:22

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James Merritt

... his people, and this is what he wrote: I dedicate this book with indescribable gratitude to ‘the faithful church member' that wonderful person whose praises go so largely unsung, but without whose regular attendance, constant dependability, faithful inter-cession, lasting affection, and unstinted generosity in the giving of time, money, and strength, the work of the pastor would not be possible.3 Let me ask all of you a question. Do you apply the same standards of faithfulness to your Christian activities ...

1158. A Trip to God's Woodshed

Hebrews 12: 5-11

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James Merritt

... whom He receives." (v.6b) The word "scourge" literally means to "flog with a whip." It refers to a very severe and painful beating. This is the most serious type of discipline that God inflicts. There comes a point when God realizes that His discipline is of no affect, and the only other step is death. Do you know that you can rebel against God to the point that death is the only remedy. That is why v.9 says, "Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?" The Apostle ...

1159. God's Prescription for a Healthy Christian

Jude 1:17-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... are sensual persons." (v.19) The Greek word there is psychikos which gives us the word psyche or psychology. It literally means soul-less, worldly, natural. These are people who live by natural reason rather than by supernatural revelation. Ultimately, their theology will affect their morality. One of the things Jude makes plain is that apostasy and depravity are Siamese twins. Remember he said in v.4, "they turned the grace of our God into ludeness." He said in v.7, "They have given themselves over to ...

1160. Have You Seen the Light?

John 9:1-41

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James Merritt

... choose Me, but I chose you…" c. He Is The Saving Light "Then he said, ‘Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped Him." (v.38) Now don't miss this point. This blind man did not receive his sight just because he was exposed to the light. No amount of light affects blindness. You can put a blind man in broad daylight at twelve o'clock noon; he'll be just as blind as if he were in pitch darkness. All the light in the world will never make a blind eye see. The only thing that can do that is a ...

1161. Joy to the World

Luke 2:8-12

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James Merritt

... Very few people were thinking about babies that year, but maybe they should have. In 1809 William Gladstone was born, who was destined to become the greatest Prime Minister that England ever produced. In 1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson was born, who would one day greatly affect the literary world in an unbelievable way. In 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes was born, and not far away Edgar Allan Poe, two of the greatest novelists in history. In 1809 Charles Darwin was born, a man who would grow to live in infamy. In 1809 ...

1162. The Way Over Is Under

Luke 7:1-10

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James Merritt

... some psychological know-it-alls that assumed that fences on playgrounds would make children feel restricted in their recreation. The consensus was that fences should be removed so children wouldn't feel confined. Well, in fact the opposite affect occurred. Researchers found that the children became more inhibited with their activities. They tended to huddle toward the middle of the playground and exhibited signs of insecurity. But when the fences were replaced, the children played with greater enthusiasm ...

1163. No Excuses

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

James Merritt

... on the goal ahead of you. You cannot drive a car if you're always looking in the rearview mirror. Jesus said you cannot follow Him with a double mind, trying to look in two different directions at the same time. He wants your full attention, your full affection, your total allegiance. In just a moment I'm going to give you the greatest invitation, the greatest opportunity, the greatest privilege you're ever going to get in your life. I'm going to give you an opportunity to say today, "I want to follow Jesus ...

1164. Building Your Home on the Rock

Matthew 7:24-27

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James Merritt

... Bible, maybe even take notes, but they walk out the same way they walk in. Nothing they hear makes one bit of difference in the way they live. They treat the Word of God just like they would treat a good movie. They enjoy it, but they never let it affect the way they live. Do you know anybody like that? Can I let you in on a little secret? The church is full of them. I call them "fair weather followers." These are people who come to church, listen to sermon, sing hymns, and say amens as long as the ...

1165. Till Death Do Us Part

Matthew 19:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... What God has joined together, let no man separate. So whether you are married, or one day will be married, let your first words and your last be, "Till death do us part." 1 Cited by Angela Elwel Hunt, "Shattered Generations: The Long-range Affects of Divorce," Fundamentalist Journal, June, 1985, 31. 2 Lyle E. Schaller, The Seven-Day-A-Week Church (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992), 71. 3 William J. Bennett, The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators: facts and Figures on the State of American Society (New York ...

1166. Put Up and Shut Up

Proverbs 18:21

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James Merritt

... and could hardly believe listening to the language of kids that could not have been over twelve or thirteen years of age. There is one thing we have never tolerated in our family, and never will, and that is foul language. You can tell what kind of affect you are having on your children in their training and discipline by the words they use, especially when they get angry. Listen to these two statements back to back: "The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours forth ...

1167. If the Confession Doesn't Fit You Cannot Acquit

Proverbs 28:13

Sermon

James Merritt

... Charles Haddon Spurgeon who said, "Sin and hell are forever married, until repentance proclaims the divorce." Now I want to share with you seven steps of true confession. They all begin with the letter "A." Address everyone involved. Anyone and everyone directly affected by your sin, or even indirectly deserves a confession. Avoid the words—if, but, and maybe. All these words do is simply shift blame to the other person. Admit specifically. State exactly what you did that was sinful or wrong. Apologize ...

1168. Bitterness: How to Overcome What You Undergo

Hebrews 12:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... high blood pressure, that can be caused by an emotion such as bitterness. Now I am not trying to imply that every sick person is bitter, nor that every bitter person is sick. But every bitter person who remains bitter will ultimately have his physical health affected. That is why you had better determine the course of your bitterness and understand as quickly as you can, that bitterness promises too much and pays too little, and the price is too high. III. Defeat the Force of Your Bitterness Now in order to ...

1169. The Pride Is Right

Jeremiah 9:23-24

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James Merritt

... the pride of knowing God. Chuck Swindoll once gave several reasons why the most important thing about any human being is what that human being thinks about God. Here are the reasons he listed: It shapes our moral and ethical standards. It directly affects our response to pain and hardship. It motivates our response toward fortune, fame, power and pleasure. It gives us strength when we are tempted. It keeps us faithful and courageous when we are outnumbered. It enhances our worship and prompts our praise. It ...

1170. You Had Better Get It Right

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... young people we have reared going into the 21st Century, you'll find the problem right here. William Damon, Director of the Stanford University Center on Adolescence, said this: "There is never in the history of the civilized world been a cohort of kids that is so little affected by adult guidance and so attuned to a peer world." He is exactly right. The reason for that is, we have too few adults, too few parents, too few men and women of God who are both obeying the Bible as they should, and teaching it to ...

1171. Your Word is Your Bond

Matthew 5:33-37

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James Merritt

... to a real problem we have in our society today, which is lying. The Institute of Behavior Motivation has found that 97 out of 100 people tell lies, and on average tell about 1,000 lies a year. This propensity to lie, cheat, deceive, shade the truth, has affected how we see ourselves and how we see each other. Several years ago the Roper Organization surveyed the public about its perceptions of who's telling the truth. In this study people said that the clergy told the truth only 49% of the time, doctors 48 ...

1172. Power in the Pulpit

Philippians 3:1-11

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James Merritt

... according to a study by Harvard University Economist, Richard Freeman. Call it the ‘Faith Factor.'"8 d. THE CHURCH AND AMERICA Let me take a moment and illustrate just even to this very second, how the power of the pulpit and the Bible and the church affect even our daily lives. There are five major areas of our government that were a direct result of the Bible, the church, and the pulpit. For example, we are a government by law. The whole purpose of the Constitution was to institute a government under ...

1173. A Bridge over Troubled Waters

Psalm 23:2

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James Merritt

... since I was in the seminary. In fact, when I read this little poem I thought about myself: A seminarian named Breeze Weighed down by MA’s and PhD’s, Collapsed from the strain; Said his doctor: “It’s plain You’re killing yourself by degrees.” Stress is affecting our rest. We are working longer and sleeping less than at any other time in our history. A CNN poll recently said that 59% of all Americans would like to slow down and relax more, and a Harris Poll said we have 8.5 hours less leisure time ...

1174. Taking Risks

Matthew 14:22-33

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King Duncan

Writer Dale Galloway tells about the two giant retailers in America right after World War II that made two very different decisions affecting their separate destinies. One was Sears Roebuck and Company while the other was Montgomery Ward. The leadership of Ward's expected that after the war an economic depression would come, so they refused to take any risk in expanding. Meanwhile, the leadership of Sears determined that there was going to ...

1175. A Mother’s Faith

Matthew 15:21-28

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King Duncan

... a Christian. When Monica learned of her son's salvation, she remarked that she had nothing left to live for, for the greatest desire of her heart had been fulfilled. Nine days later, Monica died. And the son she had spent her life praying for, went on to affect the whole world. Monica never quit asking. "Live on as you are living," said the holy man. "It is not possible that the son of such tears should be lost." Are you concerned about someone you love? Keep on asking God for help. Don't let your tears ...

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