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101. It Doesn't Matter What I Do

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper . . . for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish." Psychologist John Trent tells us that in the Hebrew language, the words ...

102. A Church Fueled By Prayer

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... to see my father." We come into God's presence trusting that He is "Abba," as Jesus taught us to pray; that He is "Daddy." In the highest moments of prayer we ask nothing but to be in his presence and to trust his providence. When we do yield ourselves up to him so completely we discover not only peace, but also power; we discover strength, but also sensitivity; we discover patience, but also a strange passion to make our lives count for something significant. Have you ever read about Roland Hayes and his ...

103. Tackling Troubles Triumphantly

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... of trouble, but it does prevent us from allowing our troubles to triumph over us. According to James, our faith gives us the power and perspective to focus not on the trouble but on how best to overcome the reality of trouble. James calls us to face troubles without yielding. I like the story told of a 15-year-old lad who said, "did I ever tell you I was president of my eighth-grade class--two years in a row?" For the Christian, facing trouble means dealing with it in positive ways. At the ripe old age of ...

104. The Healing Touch

Mark 5:21-43

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David G. Rogne

... us has much for which to be grateful. We have been touched by those who create beauty. In his book When Iron Gates Yield, Geoffrey Bull, an English missionary who endured the torture of Chinese communist brainwashing, tells how one day in Chunking, after his captors had ... that they engaged Mordecai Hamm to come to their town. In a revival with Mordecai Hamm, a young man heard the gospel and yielded his life to Christ. His name was Billy Graham. How many lives have been touched by that man? All of us are what ...

105. A Guiding Presence

Romans 8:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... , at the close of the ashram. Brother Stanley asked probingly as Jesus has asked 2000 years ago, “Maxie, do you want to be whole?” And the only possibility for wholeness he affirmed is the indwelling Christ. I responded longingly and with certainty, yes. I yielded myself, more completely than ever before, to Christ, inviting him to live his life in me. And I made a new commitment to ministry, a ministry in which I would allow Christ to minister through me. Do you see the difference? Not my ministry, but ...

106. The Secret: Christ In You

Colossians 1:24--2:5

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Maxie Dunnam

... altar at the close of that Ashram. Brother Stanley asked probingly as Jesus had asked two thousand years before, "Do you want to be whole?" The only possibility for wholeness, he affirmed, was the indwelling Christ. I responded longingly and with certainty, yes -- yes! I yielded myself more completely than ever before to Christ, inviting Him to live His life in me; and I made a new commitment to ministry -- a ministry in which I would allow Christ to minister through me. I have not always lived up to that ...

107. Put To Death The Old; Put On The New

Colossians 3:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... can't perform this surgery ourselves. This is where the power of Christ comes into play. The Christian life is no do-it-yourself, make-yourself-right, lift-yourself-by-your-own-bootstraps religion. It is a religion of the heart in which all that we are is yielded to the transforming, healing power of Christ. Paul is driving home the point that the old life is dead; we must let it die. Now the dying process is not easy -- dying to old ways, old habits, old attitudes, old ways of relating. This doesn't come ...

108. Swift To Hear -- Slow To Speak

James 1:19-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 12th verses of Chapter 3: "From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening fresh water and brackish? Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh." A very clear picture. Our actions determine whether we mean what we say. David Halberstam, the famous journalist, tells of a friend who was visiting Japan. Reminded that taxi drivers often did not speak English, and that it ...

109. A Prophet Among Them

Ezekiel 2:1-3:15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... priest. The account is a vivid but complex one – full of imagery, easy to get lost in. Yet, deliberate reading and reflection yields the essence of the story. Ezekiel sees the “glory of Yahweh” coming down from heaven. It is so overwhelming that he ... to me.” (NIV) The lesson? It is not our ability to do what God calls us to do, but our willingness to respond, to yield, to attempt what He calls us, to that releases God’s power. God called Ezekiel, “stand on your feet,” but then as he says “A ...

110. The Vocation of Leadership: A Prophet Among Them

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... speak to him, Ezekiel says. “As He spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.” (verse 2, NIV) The lesson? It is not our ability to do what God calls us to do, but our willingness to respond, to yield, to attempt what He calls us to, that releases God’s power. God called Ezekiel, “Stand on your feet,” but then as He says, “A Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet.” We may express this second lesson in this fashion: God does not call us to ...

111. Guidance for a Time of Chaos

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... times we need a guide we can depend on. So it is with our daily lives. These were great writers, but that little bit of extra help made them greater still. So may it be with us. Christ can take our best and make it better. The secret is to yield our lives to his leadership. Trust him and let him lead you daily. When you make it a habit to trust his guidance, it is amazing how life comes together. A lady named Peggy Piland, writing in Guideposts, tells about an interesting event in her life. She had been ...

112. Proper 22

Exodus 20:1-21, Isaiah 5:1-7, Philippians 3:1-11, Philippians 3:12-4:1, Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... by many church members. Because Israel did not produce fruit, God gave his vineyard to the church (v. 43). Will the same happen to the church today? Outline: Jesus teaches: Produce - or else! a. Produce because it is natural - a vine yields grapes. b. Produce because it is an obligation - tenant pays rent, shares the fruit. c. Produce because of possible judgment - v. 41. 3. When God Could Do No More (21:33-39). Need: Through history God makes repeated attempts to get his people to submit to him his portion ...

113. Set Life Free

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... not be able to sustain the new shoot of life. It will wither away from neglect. Only those seeds that find their way into deep fertile soil, only those seeds whose roots spread out and stalks grow tall towards the sun, will enjoy a harvest, a yield beyond the original amount of seed first sown. On a spring day, a weekend gardener showed an out-of-town visitor the packets of seed he had received through the mail. The rainbow colored packages promised huge, juicy, tasty vegetables of every kind. "This will be ...

114. Lent 3

Jn 4:5-42 · Rom 5:1-11 · Ex 17:1-7 · Ps 95

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... to endurance and character-building. Oddly, the outcome of our suffering, which produces endurance and builds character, is that we hope. Paul has taken us for a ride in a logical loop: We rejoice in our hope allowing us to rejoice in our suffering, which yields endurance and increases character and produces hope. Christian existence, created by grace, is set in motion after hope, which is not yet fully realized but which is already present in a preliminary way. Paul says we live as we do because God's own ...

115. Proper 6

Matthew 10:1-42, Matthew 9:35-38, Romans 5:1-11, Psalm 116:1-19, Genesis 18:1-15

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... endurance and character-building. Oddly, the outcome of our suffering, which produces endurance and builds character, is that we hope. Paul has taken us for a ride in a logical loop: We rejoice in our hope allowing us to rejoice in our ring, which yields endurance and increases character and produces hope. Christian existence, created by grace set in motion after hope, which is not fully realized but which is already present in a preliminary way. Paul says we live as we do because God's own love is poured ...

116. Changed Lives - Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... a catatonic state. They weren’t completely unconscious‑-they might respond to some stimuli‑-but they were never fully awake. They were like sleepwalkers, if they walked at all, lost in an inaccessible dreamland. Dr. Sacks’ use of the drug on these patients yielded such dramatic results that he wrote a book about it. His book was later made into a movie, called Awakenings. After thirty years of existing in a sleep‑like state, one of the characters named Leonard suddenly regains his ability to walk ...

117. What Only God Controls

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Illustration

David E. Leininger

... in Todd's durum fields that he referred to as "stooling out." Whereas normally, each seed sends up one stalk and produces one head of wheat, when the weather is cooler and wetter, the grain will send up a second and even a third stalk. The yield is therefore abundantly greater." Pastor Janet continues. "I see it as an example of something that humans have no control over. If the wheat stools out, it is not because the farmer was especially clever or because the soil was so good, but because the weather ...

118. After the Casket Is Closed

Luke 23:46

Sermon

James Merritt

... , into Your hands I commit My spirit." The gospel writers used a different Greek word to describe what Jesus did when He gave up his spirit. Matthew says He dismissed his spirit. "And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and he yielded up His spirit." The Greek word for "yielded up" means literally means "to send away." John said he delivered his spirit. "And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit." (Jn. 19:30) The word "give up" literally means "to hand over." Luke tells us He deposited his spirit. The ...

119. Out With the Old - In With the New

Philippians 3:12-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... nervous driving in traffic. She was waiting for a traffic jam to clear and she came to a stop on an expressway ramp. The traffic thinned out, but the lady was still too afraid to move. Finally, the man behind her yelled, "Lady, the sign says yield, not give up." Dear friend, you yield your life to Jesus Christ, but don't you ever give up your pursuit of doing all you can do, and being all you can be for the glory of God. The Apostle Paul had to overcome unbelievable obstacles as he climbed the mountains of ...

120. On Trusting the Work of God

Mark 4:1-20

Sermon

George Reed

... credit for what we have done. When the results are few or none at all, then we are quick to blame the soil that has yielded no crop. Jesus invites us to give up taking the credit or assessing blame in the coming of the full reign of God. Our task ... of God who go out and scatter abroad, trusting that the seed that has been entrusted to us is good seed and will eventually yield a harvest that will overcome the world. The reign of God will come in its fullness. We have already experienced it in our midst. ...

121. Ten Commandments of Trust

Matthew 14:13-21

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Leonard Sweet

... of steadfast mind you keep in peace in peace because they trust in you." - Turn to I Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you." - Turn to a yielded life . . . Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way! Thou art the Potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me after thy will, While I am waiting, yielded and still. 2. Thou shalt give up the illusion of control, and trust the Spirit. If we are going to learn to trust again, we must be clear about something: You are not in control ...

122. Personal Prayer Time

Mark 1:29-34

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... has reminded me to make time for myself a high priority. But, I have also learned something more important. The story tells us that Jesus took time away to pray and be refreshed. That is explicit. What we fail to see is that Jesus set aside this time to yield to the power of God. I believe we need to learn to yield to the power of God too. That means being free from all other distractions so that God can empower us and refresh us. Then and only then can we help others as the power of God flows through us.

123. The World Is Not Enough

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... had planted the grain, he had tended the soil, he had gathered the harvest. That's not the way Jesus viewed it. You notice Jesus did not say, "A certain man worked very hard and accumulated a great fortune." No, He said, "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully." (v.16) In other words, it was God that had given him his harvest. It was God that had given him his money. The problem was not that he had money; the problem was he worshipped his money, and he replaced the eternal God with a material ...

124. A Song for Tomorrow

Psalm 1:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... When you do these two things here is what you will be like. "He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers." (Psalm 1:3, NASB) Why did the ... could not move him. That is the mark of a tree; it stands firm. A tree also bears fruit. Verse 3 goes on to say, "Which yields its fruit in its season. (Psalm 1:3, NASB) Every life is a fruit bearing tree, but there are only two kinds of fruit bearing ...

125. A Pair of Ducks and Abundant Life

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... all, we must surrender them to Him. We are the clay, He is the potter. But what He can do with that clay if we will yield ourselves to Him is something glorious! We stand looking at a century old oak tree and we wonder how this marvelous thing ever rose up ... , we must surrender them to Him. We are the clay, He is the potter. But what He can do with that clay if we will yield ourselves to Him is something glorious! We stand looking at a century old oak tree and we wonder how this marvelous thing ever rose up ...

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