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101. Affirming The Ash Heap

Job 2:1-10, Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... be ridiculed or rejected. We may have buried a mate, and the bleakness of a potential loneliness made the ash heap seem unbearable. But we have kept on living, and even though that pain may be fresh every day, we still get up, wash our face, and keep going. There may have been ash heaps of rejection, alienation, hostility, estrangement, ridicule. We are not exempt from any of these because we have faith. And they are not sent by God to test that faith or imposed by God to see if we are strong. There are ...

102. Come Out!

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... hold on to my self-interests before anything else. A voice from within whispers, “If you don’t do for yourself who will do for you?” We hold on tighter. When bound, what do my feet do? They keep safe. The way they know how to keep safe is to keep going as suits the fancy. They do not branch out; they walk in tighter circles, ever more protective of the self. Like a cartoon, I discover at last that I have painted myself into a corner. A little death in me had gotten hold of me and curves me in on ...

103. Advice For Soldiers At The Front

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... this, he writes a message to the Ephesians that is upbeat and positive. DON'T GIVE UP, SAYS PAUL, FIRST OF ALL. Don't give up. There will be times in all our lives when it seems we are losing the war and there is little reason to keep going, but don't give up. Hang in there. "Be strong in the Lord," says St. Paul, "and in the strength of his power." There was a gripping story in THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION last fall. Terry Stout, the business manager for the psychiatry department at Emory University ...

104. Food That Is Needful

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to live life no matter what it brings. Byron Janis is a world class pianist who has battled arthritis for at least the past fifteen years. He continued as long as he could, taking massive dosages of cortisone and other pain killers to keep going. Finally, his doctor gave him permission to try anything as a cure as long it didn't harm him. So he did. He tried a whole array of cures -- chiropractic, accupuncture, hypnosis, meditation, bio-feedback, allergy testing, faith healing, diet, and others. Nothing ...

105. Syncing with the Spirit

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... cookies or wrapping packages. This “preparation” is about a truth which comes into the world, not abstract pure and antiseptic clean, but cradled in dirt and mangered in mystery. Advent is an alarm clock, a moment of truth to rouse out of the “get-by and keep-going” stupor of this world and WAKE UP! Wake up to the impending gift of a new beginning. Wake up to the first baby steps of the Kingdom entering this world through a stable of animals and a cradle of straw. Wake up from our dogmatic slumbers ...

106. The Nano-Punch of Pentecost

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , nanospheric, relationships. If it were not for the forces and fields that keep our tiny, unseeable, world in sync and charged up, our hand could not catch a falling apple. An “uncharged” apple would fall straight through our “uncharged” hands and keep going through the earth. In order to hold onto this world and change its trajectory, we have to be “charged.” Are you charged? John Wesley was enamored of the new experiments in electricity and thought that getting a daily “shock treatment ...

107. Discovering that It’s Not about You

Genesis 22:1-14

Sermon

James L. Killen

... sermon by trying to see how this new kind of life might come together for you. When God requires you to give everything back, God gives life to you again, but in an entirely new set of relationships. You will need to discover that there is indeed a story that keeps going on and that it is the story of God and of what God is doing to work out God's great purpose for the whole creation. It really is not quite true to say that the story is not about you. It is very much about you. It is about ...

108. Living In The “In Between” Time

Titus 2:11-14

Sermon

Ronald Love

... three blood clots in his lungs. The doctor informed him, “You’ll never play football again.” It was also during this period in his life that he met Asha. It was a relationship of mutual love and support Devon asked Asha, “Why does everything keep going wrong?” The huge defensive end was practically in tears. With spiritual insight, Asha replied, “Maybe you need to have a real relationship with God. Not just a help-me-out-of-a-jam one.” Asha and Devon joined a Pentecostal church. Devon was ...

109. Thankful Day By Day

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... died in Eilenberg during those turbulent days. Twice the city was saved from the Swedish army's heavy-handedness by Pastor Rinkart's intercessions. The Swedes, under King Gustavus Adolphus, were serving as the town's protectors, but they needed money to keep going. Adolphus demanded 30,000 thalers, an exorbitant sum for a desperate community plagued by war and famine. Rinkart went to the commander's tent and pleaded with him but to no avail. So Rinkart said to those accompanying him, "Come, my children ...

110. Sister Act

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the nursery. You don't appreciate Marthas until a Martha is missing and all the Marys of the church start scrambling to find the keys to lock doors, turn off the lights and turn off the fans. Yes, the Marthas are the Energizer Bunnies of the church. They keep going and going and going." (2) Martha was a live wire to be sure. However, even live wires need a time out for recharging. Work without worship will soon burn you out. Even in church we can lose our sense of perspective. There was a cartoon in the NEW ...

111. The Crowd that Watched God Die

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... been released from jail. Not sure that his wife still loved him and wanted him home, he wrote to her and said, "Tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree and I'll know I'm welcome home when I see it. If it is not there, I'll keep going." Well, you recall what happened. The ex-convict was on a bus when he passed the house. And what did he see but a hundred yellow ribbons tied around the tree. The thief recognized something of the same in the cross. God had tied a scarlet ribbon around an old ...

112. Not What We Expected

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... It’s important that we not lose hope, that we do not lose faith. Writes Isaiah in another place, “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.” (9:2) That’s where we are sometimes--walking in darkness. But we must keep going. We must believe that we will see a great light. Victor Frankl experienced soldiers giving up hope and dying. Let me tell you about someone who had nearly the opposite experience. Willem Brandt was one of thousands of Dutch citizens also imprisoned in concentration ...

113. Back To The Fifties

Humor Illustration

... way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20. Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long when $5000 will only buy a used one. If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous. Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter? The Government is wanting to get its hands on everything. Pretty soon it's going to be impossible to ...

114. Recalling, Remembering, And Rejoicing

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... For some of you those mercies may have been so obvious and overwhelming that there was little doubt that the Almighty had spoken; for others they were only the whispers of a still, small voice -- deep within -- which somehow gave you the strength to keep going. For some of you those mercies may have changed the course of your life, sending you off in a different direction; for others they have simply confirmed a journey started long ago, and offered the assurance that you do not walk alone. Thanksgiving is ...

115. Do Not Be Doubting But Believe!

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lee Griess

... Catalina Island and the California coast. Unfortunately, it was a fog-filled day. She entered the cold water, swimming for fifteen hours, fighting the cold, sharks and fog. Finally, she asked to be taken into the boat. Her assistants in the boat encouraged her to keep going for surely they must be close. But because she could not see land, only fog, she quit. After she got into the boat, they discovered that they were less than 500 meters from Catalina Island. Two months later, on a clear day, she tried ...

116. Putting God In His Place

Matthew 6:33

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... mesh with the teeth of another wheel and, as the first wheel turns, it makes the second one go around. Now, connected to all of this, is a larger thick wheel that is called a fly wheel. Because of its size and weight, once it starts going around, it keeps going for a long time. Let me show you how it works. (Take the cardboard disk, put the pencil through the center hole and spin the wheel.) One very important fact about this flywheel is that it must turn about the center. If that does not happen, then it ...

117. The Truth About Miracles

John 2:1-11

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... asks Him to do something about the lack of wine. So Jesus' has the servants go and get some big containers full of water, and Jesus turns that water into wine. And not just any wine. He turns it into the best wine! Now the wedding party can keep going. Now everyone is happy. But that's not why Jesus performed this miracle. Jesus turned the water into wine so that his disciples would know that He had power from God, that He wasn't just an ordinary man. His miracles weren't meant to make everybody happy ...

118. Center Stage

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... done that we can't undo. For the regrets that seem to hold us hostage, God offers us release. God saves us from the big sins for which we all chip in our two cents' worth. For pollution, and racism, for poverty, and the ways we just let things keep going, God saves us. God doesn't want us just to keep letting these things be, but God saves us. God saves us from the guilt of our sins. On our own we cannot reestablish the relationship we might have had with God. That relationship has been shattered. Only God ...

119. All In The Family

Genesis 9:18-29

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... , and my grandparents’ names. Do you think my grandparents have parents? They do, and do you know what grandparents’ parents are called? They’re called great-grandparents! My great-grandparents are (insert great-grandparents’ names and write them on the tree). Now, we could keep going with this chart and it would get rather large, but I want to talk about your family trees. You see, I’ve been doing some research and I discovered an ancestor for each one of you. Do you know what his name is? (Let ...

120. Around the Family Table

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It changed everything . . . The mysterious sacrament turned out to be not a symbolic wafer at all but actual food indeed, the bread of life . . . I took communion, I passed the bread to others, and then I kept going . . .” “She surely did [keep going]!” writes Dr. Barbara K. Lundblad. “She kept going at that very church, St. Gregory’s in San Francisco distributing groceries to hungry people. On Sunday people gathered around the altar to pass the bread and share the cup. During the week, Sara and ...

121. Reading the Last Chapter First

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... camp or another? As soon as certain topics come up, people separate into one camp or the other on that topic. For example, coffee drinkers vs. coffee haters. Cat people vs. dog people. Morning people vs. night people. We could start some serious divisions here if I keep going. But there’s one more habit that divides people into separate camps. It’s the habit of reading a book all the way through to the end vs. reading the last chapter first. How many of you read a book from beginning to end? How many of ...

122. Daddy's Love

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... in Granville, Ohio, tells about a woman who was going through some very difficult and trying circumstances. There were serious problems in her marriage, as well as in her job. She was so lonely, dejected and isolated that it seemed pointless to try to keep going. She tried everything she knew of to better her situation but nothing seemed to work. In fact, things invariably seemed to grow worse. She was so low she was convinced that she would never again experience joy in her life. However, one day when ...

123. Understanding What God Expects of Us

Acts 9:1-6, (7-20)

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the flesh, Jesus. On the road to Damascus, Saul met Jesus Christ, the Lord, the Messiah, awesome in power and glory and authority. Jesus, the final Judge over humanity. The Almighty. The Alpha and Omega. The Amen. And that’s just the A’s. I could keep going through the alphabet, all the way to Wonderful Counselor. If I had been the Lord Jesus, I wouldn’t have asked Saul any questions. I would have simply said to Saul, “Stop it!” Or maybe, “Stop it, you fool!” Or I could have just smote him ...

124. Family Ties And Unties

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

David Coffin

... automated. The old family work tradition can either be mechanized or is diminishing significance with major wholesale outlets and online purchasing services. In some rural communities, there are legitimate fears as to how long certain family farms can keep going. Between unpredictable weather conditions and fluctuating prices for both various forms of livestock and grains, farmers often live by as much urgent faith as those ancestors did in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. The God who sustained Abraham ...

125. Paul of Tarsus

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... travelling in Asia Minor. As you can see, this ministry business is no soft occupation. Yes, the reports you heard about me being left on the road half dead were true. It’s hard to explain it, but there is something inside me that drives me to keep going, even when my enemies do their worst. When I became aware of the fact that Christ would give me strength to do what he had called me to, I realized nobody could stop his love working through me. You asked if I found my ministry exciting - or frightening ...

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