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101. You Can Be Well Fed

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... or bitterness, because had he done that, he would never have been at peace. Remember our starting point: A person becomes what s/he feeds on day by day. To become like Jesus, therefore, I am called to focus on peace, forgiveness and letting go of old grudges and resentments. I am called to think about those things and pray about them day by day because if I don't do that, I will never find peace. Sidney and Suzanne Simon have co-authored a wonderful book titled Forgiveness: How To Make Peace With Your ...

102. Envy - Where Is The Grass Greener?

Gn 4:1-26, Mt 20:1-16, Philip 4:10-20

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... it, we can say, "I so much want to have what you have that I'll do anything to make it mine." None of us has allowed envy to go to the extreme as it did with the postal worker or the Pom Pom Mom, but all of us have grudgingly envied someone at some time in our lives. The classic case is the envy between brothers and sisters. A woman had a sister sixteen years younger than her. Obviously Mom and Dad raised these two girls differently. In the period between the birth of the two girls the parents had ...

103. Advent 4

Mt 1:18-25 · Rom 1:1-7 · Isa 7:10-17 · Ps 80

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... to quit at any time. A slave has no choice, receives no wages, and is not free to do as he likes. For Paul, being a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ is not an option but an absolute necessity. This does not mean that he served grudgingly; no, he found joy in his willingness to fulfill the mandates of the Master. This business of freedom is something of an illusion. There are all kinds of forces which impinge on our lives. In the first three chapters of Romans, Paul establishes the truth that no person ...

104. Epiphany 7

Mt 5:38-48 · 1 Cor 3:10-11, 16-23 · Lev 19:1-2, 9-18 · Ps 119:33-40 · Ps 71 · Ps 62

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the closer we draw to God, the more we will be like him. Outline: God's people are called to be holy (set apart to reflect the love of God) (v. 2) God's people are charged to love their neighbor by: reasoning out the conflicts (v. 17) relinquishing grudges and offenses (v. 18) treating others as you desire to be treated Epistle: 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 1. Sermon Title: How To Build A Church. Sermon Angle: Paul laid the foundation for the church the grace of God in Christ, our Lord. Others have built on ...

105. Proper 25

Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Matthew 22:34-46, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; 2:1-16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... neighbor justly and with equity. The poor and the weak were to be treated no differently than the powerful and the great. The text points to the heart as the source of hatred and sin (v. 17). They were to keep their hearts pure and grudge free. Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 The opposition and suffering which Paul and his co-workers encountered in Philippi did not discourage them from sharing the good news with the Thessalonians. They did not use flattery or deceit but were gentle, like a woman nursing ...

106. When Imagination Replaces Memory

Isaiah 42:18-25

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... acid in the soul, the constant remembrance of evil can eat away at each generation. Such selected memory is a horrible thing. It creates a lack of emotional confidence in life for each succeeding generation. Very precious things are ruined by keeping old grudges, resentments, and vexations in mind. There are some things we have to forget. If we remember all the hurt we have experienced, life becomes clogged and choked. Life is essentially a process of managing our memories. We should constantly sort out our ...

107. Wonderful Story

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... years he labored in a hostile religious environment as the Buddhist leaders looked at Judson, first with suspicion, then hostility. Any Burmese person who showed an interest in the Christian faith was dealt with harshly and instantly. Only after many years was there a grudging respect for this man who quietly turned the other cheek to all mistreatment, while treating everyone he met with gentle respect. One day, years into a ministry which had won only one adherent, he and his friend were walking by a river ...

108. Emulating God's Love

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... Green Suggested Hymns O God Of Mercy, God Of Light In Thee Is Gladness Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray O God, Our Help In Ages Past Oh, Love, How Deep Lord, Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word Epiphany 7 It is too easy for us to bear grudges, Lord. We are too easily offended. Our pride makes us vulnerable. We hurt others and they hurt back. We play our favorites and others become offended. If allowed to run unchecked, situations can quickly get out of control. Lord, you challenge us to love our neighbor as ...

109. What’s Inside Comes Out!

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... health. Dr. Bernie Siegel’s book, Love, Medicine and Miracles, gives us some more insight. Dr. Siegel created ECAP Exceptional Cancer Patients a cancer patient support group. Listen to what he says: persons develop cancer when they hold grudges (resentment and hostility) against a spouse. Persons develop cancer who experience serious depression after some traumatic circumstance. For example, sixty-eight deaths out of seventy-one “terminal” cases had a history of therapy for serious depression. A study ...

110. There Is Healing in the Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... within your spouse, your child, your significant other, the chance to work? Here is a little self-administered test from a study by Dr. Carl Simonton. Answer these questions, yes or no. Do you have a tendency to hold resentment? Yes or no. Would you rather carry a grudge than forgive? Yes or no. Would you rather cry in self-pity than invite a friend out for dinner? Yes or no. Do you have a problem developing and maintaining long-term relationships? Yes or no. Do you have a low self image? Yes or no. If you ...

111. The Banquet

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... late into the afternoon and a district church meeting in the evening in a nearby city. He had almost justified his not going to see Elizabeth when he heard a voice in his inner ear. "Mark, you really need to go and see Elizabeth!" And so grudgingly, he went. A glimmer of hope flashed across Mark's mind as he suddenly realized that Elizabeth wasn't coming to the door. "Oh, her daughter must have come and gotten her for her regular medical check-up," Mark considered with great anticipation. But just as ...

112. New Life From Old

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... Peter asks him how many times a person should forgive, "As many as seven times?" Jesus responds with an exaggerated sense of unlimited forgiveness, "Seventy times seven." Forgiveness is the diamond in the treasure of Christian virtues. It is old hat to hold grudges and be bitter toward others because of some action in the past. It is powerfully new and refreshing for the relationship when a person is able to forgive. Let go and let God rebuild the relationship that had been lost. The windmills of Holland ...

113. Epiphany 7

Mark 2:1-12

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... Hear the Good News! To us as to others, Jesus says, "Your sins are forgiven." Friends, believe the Good News! In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Exhortation Do not bear hatred for your brothers and sisters in your heart. Do not take revenge or cherish grudges. The Lord says to love your neighbor as yourself. Prayer of the Day Your goodness, O God, knows no bounds. Increase our goodness beyond its present limits to higher stages of maturity, that our love and forgiveness may become more nearly like that of ...

114. Sharing Shalom

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... is pointed at us by Jesus, but we do not really believe that riches are evil or the satisfaction that we derive from our work is blasphemous. Consequently, when we give money to the church or charitable causes we do so dutifully, perhaps grudgingly; out of a sense of obligation and guilt. Our failure to take the parable seriously, however, may not be an indication of stubborn sinfulness as much as an indication, born of our experience, that the conventional interpretation misses the point. The most ...

115. A Whale Of A Tale

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Erskine White

... was for Nineveh to go up in flames. So, Jonah does what many of us do when God's call to us is inconvenient - he runs the other way! God calls us to forgive someone who has wronged us and we run the other way by wanting to continue the grudge. God calls us to stand in the minority for a righteous cause and we run away from God's call because it's easier to go along with the crowd. God calls us to get involved in a situation and make a real sacrifice for the good of someone else ...

116. Jesus, The Mad Man

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Erskine White

... that we could be mad like Jesus! Would that we could be beside ourselves in Christ. Who is mad and who is sane? Most people in the world treat their enemies like their enemies and live by the slogan, "Don't get mad, get even." Most people hold grudges and carry around the baggage of anger and resentment, which gets heavier to bear every year. But Jesus tells us to love our enemies, to overcome our enemies by making them our friends. Do not resist evil with evil, but pray for those who hurt you. The world ...

117. Is It I, Lord?

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Erskine White

... will betray Me." Is it I, Lord; is it I? Somewhere tonight, Christians are at odds with their neighbors and even their loved ones. They are not forgiving those who have wronged them, nor are they blessing those who hurt them. They are feeding old grudges and feasting on old resentments. Somewhere tonight, Christians are arguing and gossiping and abusing one another, when they should be pouring upon each other the love of God in Jesus Christ. "One of you will betray Me." Is it I, Lord; is it I? And somewhere ...

118. Lent 2

Philippians 3:12-4:1, Jeremiah 26:1-24, Genesis 15:1-18, Luke 13:31-35, Psalm 27:1-14, Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... generation God raises up men and women with visions larger than their time. These are people who are for truth, no matter who tells it; for justice, no matter who's against it. Like God, they carry on a lover's quarrel with the world. It is not a grudge fight, mind you. If they are against evil, it is only because they so love the good. And if they say the present situation smells to heaven, it is only because they hold such a bright view of the future ... One such person was Harry Emerson Fosdick." Coffin ...

119. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... which read: "So you finally found me, you wealthy ___ ___ ___ ___ (blankety-blank)." You see, a worker was so filled with resentment he thought he could destroy the satisfaction of the person who had enough money to buy a Cadillac. Actually, the worker's grudges and resentments had infested his own mind and his everyday job. The satisfaction being destroyed was his own.42 Thus he made his work-life a slave to his perceived enemies. Our greatest danger in resentment lies not in the wrong done to us but in ...

120. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... inefficient, even stops altogether. To fail to forgive prevents life from moving ahead, from moving smoothly at first and at last from moving at all, for without mercy life grinds to a halt. To have mercy is to let things go, to refuse to hold a grudge, to forgive. Mercy shows understanding and empathy, gives attention, and listens. I have learned that to show mercy oils the machinery of the groups in which I live. So it is that, when I need mercy, the machinery is running properly and also works for me ...

121. Chosen By God

Ruth 4:1-12

Sermon

Sims Robert

... to be human. Don’t be afraid to be you, the person that you are. The world, including the world of the church, will often misunderstand, criticize, judge and even condemn you. Accept those feelings. They are the price you pay for being human. Do not hold a grudge against those who misunderstand. They, too, have their burdens to bear. Remember, God blessed the human condition by sending his son to be human. Now is a good time to shed the pretense of life. There is no need for you to strive to be a super ...

122. To Be Sure

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... 10 were healed of leprosy. One was given still more. Just one heard Jesus' words about a new understanding of faith and of wholeness. Still we take God's gifts and run! Over and again we claim the gifts and yet are absent from his house on the Sabbath, grudging and delinquent in our stewardship, and silent in our witness to him who heals us. We take his gifts and run. But he gives them all the same. Though we are faithless, God remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself. It is God's nature to be faithful ...

123. Death of a Twelve-year-old Boy

Matthew 18:1-9

Eulogy

John M. Braaten

... embraces them or plays with them as though nothing had happened. Children instinctively know they need other people. They need to be loved because life is for sharing. So, to recover happiness, they must forgive and forget. We adults tend to nurse grudges, dwell on misfortunes, shift blame, and thus experience much unhappiness. Would that we could become like children, knowing how to forget, and accepting our friends without conditions or demands. Then we would be able to say, as Saint Paul did, "I have ...

124. Thanksgiving

Ephesians 1:1

Sermon

Brett Blair

... then dishonor him in our lives. True thanksgiving must be an echo of our life. Jesus once told his disciples a story about a worshiper who came to the sanctuary to bring a thank offering. But this individual also carried something else with him--namely a grudge against his neighbor. Jesus said it would be better for that man to leave his offering and go make things right with his brother and then come back and worship God.. Ancient Israel had a problem and so do we. Too often thanksgiving is reflected in ...

125. The Banquet

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

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