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1201. Lift Up Your Heads!

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... you want the assurance of your redemption you might look up but don’t forget to look in. It is wrapped like no other gift under the tree of your heart. Jesus warned his disciple to be careful with their hearts. Don’t let them, he said, get weighed ... s saying, “Don’t give your time to the world give your time to God.” A son, now a much older man, said that the greatest gift he ever received in his life was a note his dad gave him on Christmas. It read, "Son, this year I will give you 365 hours. An ...

1202. The Greatest Show on Earth

Matthew 24:36-51, Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37, Luke 21:5-38

Drama

Dave Marsh

... they may have talents or money that we may not possess, they are still just like us, human beings. If I were to tell you that Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts were going to come visit you for a month, declare their undying friendship to you, shower you with gifts and always love you, chances are you might just faint or die of a heart attack, overcome by joy. Have we forgotten that God, - the maker of the universe, the most powerful, omnicient being, who became a man in the form of Jesus Christ, died for our sins ...

1203. Jesus and Mary Magdalene

John 20:10-18

Sermon

James W. Moore

... love is the most powerful thing in the world, and He loves US! And when we understand that, when we embrace that and wrap our arms around that, and give our hearts to that… then we have the peace that passes understanding. That’s the first gift that Easter gives us – a sense of peace. II. SECOND, EASTER GIVES US A SENSE OF HUMOR. When I think about Mary Magdalene running back to tell the others the good news on that Easter Sunday morning, I picture her running and jumping and shouting… and laughing ...

1204. The Secret Ingredient Of Success

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... Somerset Maugham said it best in his autobiography SUMMING UP, "I knew that I had no lyrical quality, a small vocabulary, little gift of metaphor. The original and striking simile never occurred to me. Poetic flights...were beyond my powers. On the other hand, I ... the desire. All we have to have is the passion. OF COURSE, THERE IS ONE AREA OF LIFE WHERE ALL OF US ARE EQUALLY GIFTED. That is in following Jesus and bearing spiritual fruit. The question is, is it that important to us? Are we willing to give it ...

1205. Can People Change?

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... legs of the Daddy Longleg), no matter how hard we try we will always slip, never really able to get a grip on our own need until we turn it over to God and allow God to reach down and set us free. Kembel is right. Real change is a gift from God. Very few programs for rehabilitating human nature progress very far unless they have a spiritual basis. If we do allow God to be part of the change process, though, almost anything is possible. According to Michael Scott Horton it's like a scene in a movie about a ...

1206. "Catch-able" But Not "Fetch-able"

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... voices drifted in from the living room, the two continued to look deeply on the scene. At length a smile spread across the women's face. The child took her hand. In the midst of a day filled with much busyness, the two of them quietly received God's gift. (5) God came to a humble maiden in an obscure village called Nazareth. An angel told her that she would bear a child. That child would be the hope of the world. And he is. 1. Fred Brown. "Hancock Moonshiner . . ." The Knoxville News-Sentinel (July 22, 1990 ...

1207. Some Things To Get Choked Up About

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? For some, the thought of peace and quiet is a blessed relief. For others it is a real downer. By now most of the presents have been opened. I hope Santa was good to you. I always sympathize with children who are at that transitional age when they receive more gifts of clothing than toys. That is when you really begin growing up. We may be like one young man I heard about whose grandmother sent him a shirt for Christmas. The only trouble was that he had a size 14 neck and the shirt was size 12. When the ...

1208. Would You Like To Hold The Baby?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... first as an infant, something we CAN hold onto. God put on the moth-eaten, sin-corrupted rags of our flesh and became one of us. Not for His joy but for our benefit. He came to bring and to give us Himself. He came to give us the gift of salvation for our lives. III. HE CAME TO SAVE And that's something we desperately needed. It's something we desperately need today. While in one part of the world we celebrate the tearing down of the Berlin Wall and the ideological walls that have separated Eastern Europe ...

1209. Thankful For The Right Things

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... shell the missionary had ever seen. As she admired its beauty, she recognized it as a special shell only found on the far side of the island, a half day’s walk from the village. When she confronted the boy with this, he smiled, and said, “Long walk part of gift.” Crucial to everything we believe as Christians is this truth that God so loved the world that he made that long walk to come from where he was to where we are. When it was impossible for us to reach out to him, he reached out to us. There may ...

1210. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... be chosen as the creator of a work of art like that! Who could refuse? But you know what?! Dannecker did! He refused the commission. He gave up that honor. And you know why? This is what he told Napoleon: "A man who has seen Christ can never employ his gifts in carving out a pagan goddess!" Think of that! A man who has seen Christ! A woman who has seen Christ! A child who has seen Christ! What happened to John that day on Patmos? What happened to him when he saw Christ? It shook him. It sheltered him. And ...

1211. Finding The Real Thing

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... out of it. Mary didn't ask Gabriel to come back in thirty days after she had time to think things through a bit. There was no half-hearted response. Instead Mary believed everything the angel told her. And because Mary believed, you and I have the gift of salvation. In an obscure stable in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, an angel spoke, a young woman believed and the world was forever changed. 1. The Meaning of Christmas, Phyllis Hobe, et. al., A. J. Holman Company, Philadelphia, NY, 1975, pp. 47-50 2. The Piano ...

1212. All You Need Is A Miracle

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... much attention and camraderie. A little later, as the pastor was getting ready to leave, one of the prisoners awkwardly came forward with a package that had been hastily wrapped with a single strand of ribbon. The fellow said, "We didn't have time or money to get you a gift, but we want you to think of us while you are away, and this is the best we can do. Please, don't open it till you get home. Then, when you open it, remember, it's all we have to give you." The pastor thanked them, prayed for them ...

1213. The Source Of Joy

John 3:22-36

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... secret of joy THE FIRST SOURCE OF JOY IS FOR IT TO BE GOD CENTERED RATHER THAN CIRCUMSTANCE CENTERED. . One of the most gifted Christian writers today is Max Lucado of San Antonio, Texas. Max tells about meeting a gentleman called Robert Reed. Robert's hands are ... maybe I should correctly state that joy finds us, as we journey through life looking at life through God's eyes. God grants the gift of joy to pilgrims who seek Him rather than those who seek joy. A recent evening news program told a story of a man ...

1214. Hey, You Can Only Be Young Twice!

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... learn to trust. I forgot my boring life and entered into the adventure. And when I'd say, "I'm scared," He'd lean back and touch my hand. He took me to people with gifts that I needed, gifts of healing, acceptance and joy. They gave me gifts to take on my journey, my Lord's and mine. And we were off again. He said, "Give the gifts away; they're extra baggage, too much weight." So I did, to the people we met, and I found that in giving I received, and still our burden was light. I did not trust Him ...

1215. Children Of The Light

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... it in the ground and all he had to show was that which he had received. You and I have received the greatest gift that can be bestowed upon a human being. We are children of the light. What have we done with that gift? Are we daily honoring that gift by walking in the steps of the Master and accomplishing the good in the world he would have us accomplish, or are we burying our gift in the ground? A physician told this story about her four-year-old daughter. On the way to preschool, the doctor had left ...

1216. All My Children

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... ! But this was real! The man who fixed his tire wouldn't accept any money, he wouldn't even give his name, he just wanted to be helpful. That unknown Good Samaritan's gift to Pastor Lyman was a gift of grace, a gift of unmerited favor. Often, negative experiences cast a gloomy pall over our lives, but this gift of grace cast a sunshine beam into this snowy "winter of . . . discontent." Lyman could do nothing to express his gratitude except to write the hospital a letter of commendation and to live more ...

1217. Take Time To Say Thanks

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... began to sob and walked away. (5) Let me ask you, friend, do you have enough? Here at the throne of God you can find more than enough to satisfy your every need. That's why St. Paul wrote, "Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!" That gift is God's grace poured out in Jesus Christ. Have you received that grace? If you have, this is a splendid time to say, "Thanks." 1. (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1997). 2. Bits and Pieces, November 1991. 3. Josepha Sherman, Rachel the Clever and Other Jewish ...

1218. He Came To Us

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... drifted in from the living room, the two continued to look deeply on the scene. At length a smile spread across the women's face. The child took her hand. In the midst of a day filled with much busyness, the two of them quietly received God's gift. (5) God came to a humble maiden in an obscure village called Nazareth. He told her that she would bear a child. That child would be the hope of the world. And he is. 1. Fred Brown. "Hancock Moonshiner . . ." The Knoxville News-Sentinel (July 22, 1990), Section B ...

1219. More Than "Turkey Day" (New) Thanksgiving

2 Chronicles 9:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... it up with a lifetime guarantee. Gratitude and generosity feed on one another. Give out of gratitude and your sense of gratitude will continue to grow. It’s an important and time-tested principle of Christian living. No wonder Paul wrote, “Thank God for this gift, his gift. No language can praise it enough!” Jump start the joy cycle in your life today by looking for ways to share your blessings with others. 1. Ted Koppel, Off Camera (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000), p. 173. 2. Rev. Enrico C. Sartorio ...

1220. The Stewardship of Time

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... glad in it," just to say that each day will open the door of our hearts to gratitude. Time is God''s impartial and generous gift to all. We all have the same amount each day. Every minute has 60 seconds, each hour 60 minutes, each day 24 hours. No one ... things that are most important to us. The struggle we all face is how to allocate or parcel out our time. Time is God''s gift entrusted to our stewardship. We need to pray daily the great prayer of the Psalmist, "So teach us to number our days, that we may ...

1221. Great Reasons for Great Giving

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... his poverty might be rich." John put it this way, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life." Paul again in Ephesians writes, "For by grace are you saved though faith; it is a gift of God...." Jesus came to take away our sins. "He bore our sins in his own body on the tree," says Paul. He did this so that we might have our guilt removed and the tyranny of sin over our lives vanquished forever. He came to take away the wall ...

1222. WHAT'S ON YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST?

Drama

Angela Akers

... anyone could ever give you is what God''s already given you. The whole purpose of the first Christmas celebration was to remember the Ultimate Gift, the gift of reconciliation with God. The only reason people focus so much on material gifts is because they''ve forgotten that they already have everything they need. Do you really want another Christmas that revolves around things that will break or wear out, or that you won''t even remember next year?" Father: "I see what you mean. But why did you ...

1223. Are You Praying or Pouting? (Part IV)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... pout. FIRST, PAUL PRAYED BECAUSE IT ALLOWED HIM, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME AND PLACE, TO FOCUS ON GOD. While faith is a gift from God, it does need to be cultivated. It requires preparation and taking time to be with God. Prayer prevents spiritual amnesia ... ." If we find ourselves pouting a whole lot more, rather than praying in life, then we can be sure we have traded the real gifts of God for a poor substitute. Dr. E. Stanley Jones shares, "It has been said that the Reformation was born in Luther''s prayer ...

1224. Facing Difficult Decisions in Life! Part VI

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the Lord Jesus Christ for all eternity. Good luck, bad luck, who is to say? However, if Paul is sentenced to death, his gifts and graces as a Christian Apostle would be denied to the Christian church, which is in great need of his bold faith, authentic ... orientation to life. It has nothing to do with the events of your life, but with the deeper orientation of your life. Joy is a gift that comes when a life is centered on God. People like Robert Reed, David Ring, and Joni Erikson Tada teach us that joy is ...

1225. Tired of Trying?

James 5:7-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... vital than before. This is why James reminds the faith community of Job''s patience and the testimony of the prophets in verse 11. Third, because God has patience with us, we can extend that virtue to others. It is not easy. Remember. Patience is a fruit and gift of the Holy Spirit--not the human spirit. You cannot do it by yourself. It grows out of a conviction that God alone can see what we cannot see. Your time line of growth, fulfillment and maturity in the area of patience might differ from a son or ...

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