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1301. What's Holding You Together?

Matthew 7:21-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... (building a liver), cell differentiation (building a kidney instead of a liver!), cell shape (nice round blood cells instead of deadly sickle-cell blood cells), and cell communities (which are then called “tissues”). Without the exceptional adherence qualities of the laminin protein, differentiating organs and holding organs together (including our largest organ, which we call our “skin”), our innards would be a miasma mess. Without the laminin glue, you’re a glob. When you have problems ...

1302. The Messiah Is Among You

Matthew 10: 24-39

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William White

... by the rabbi's teaching. But no one ever mentioned it again. As time went by, though, something unusual began to happen at the monastery. The monks began to treat one another with a very special reverence. There was a gentle, wholehearted, human quality about them now which was hard to describe, but easy to notice. They lived with one another as brothers who had finally found something. And yet, they prayed over the Scriptures together as those who were still looking for something. Visitors found themselves ...

1303. The Ministry of Hospitality

Matthew 10:1-42

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J. Scott Miller

... York, tells a story of what it feels like to be denied hospitality. He and his family were vacationing one summer and decided to worship at a prominent church in the Washington D. C. area. Apparently this church had quite a reputation for the quality of their preaching and corporate worship. The reputation held up, according to Bob and Susan's standards. The sermon was riveting and the music, inspiring. That much did not disappoint them. But the lack of hospitality did. From the moment they arrived at that ...

1304. Top Ten Things I Have Learned from Gardening

Matt 13:1-43

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Allen R. Rumble

... . Without them, we'll wither and die. 6. Pruning and trimming, as painful as it seems, actually works to our advantage. 5. In gardening, as in life, cheating does not work. Short-cuts, slipshod efforts, and neglect always show up in the quality of our garden. 4. Like anything worthwhile, beautiful gardens require attention, hard work, and commitment. 3. We cannot rush the harvest. Bearing fruit takes time and patience. Premature fruit is almost always sour. 2. Gardening and growing is a lifetime experience ...

1305. Sleep With the Lions Without Being Eaten

Daniel 6:1-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... selfish desires; who will not say they do it "because everybody else does it"; who are true to their friends through good report and evil report, in adversity as well as in prosperity; who do not believe that shrewdness, cunning, and hardheadedness, are the best qualities for winning success; who are not ashamed or afraid to stand for the truth when it is unpopular; who can say "no" with emphasis, although the rest of the world says "yes."[1] Daniel was a man like that. Of course, when we think of Daniel ...

1306. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... ....[T]his suggests that the America of the Baby Boomers is a radically different place from the America of their parents.... It is hard to avoid the conclusion that a large part of the American people have turned their backs on that old fashion quality: Virtue private and public Virtue.4 We have a President who rents out the Lincoln Bedroom to the highest bidder financially, and a President who has sold out the White House to the lowest bidder morally. America just shrugs her shoulders and says, "Who cares ...

1307. www.Salvation.com

Ephesians 2:8-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... Is a Present of Grace "For by grace you have been saved." (v.8) If you don't count the name Jesus, I think grace is the most beautiful word in all the Bible. It is the Greek word charis which gives us the name "Karen." There are some special qualities about grace that makes grace grace, and unlike anything else in the world. First of all, grace is something no one deserves. There are three ways that God can deal with you and me. God can deal with us according to justice. That is, He could give us exactly ...

1308. If You're Not Loving You're Not Living (Fruit of the Spirit: Love)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... to bear the full fruit of the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is not like an apple on a stem, it is like grapes in a cluster. This fruit is never out of season, it is always ripe and tasty. Now you will notice that the very first character quality of this fruit is love. As you will see, that is because all of the other fruit flows from love, and without love none of the other fruit really matters. The first evidence that the Holy Spirit lives in you is not power, signs, wonders, or speaking in tongues; the ...

1309. When in Joy, Enjoy (Fruit of the Spirit: Joy)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... luck. You see, if things happen the way we want them to happen, then we are happy. But if they don't happen the way we want them to happy, we are unhappy. Happiness is temporary and fickle. Joy is permanent and settled. One of the greatest and most attractive qualities both a church and a Christian can have, is joy. I want our church to be known as "The Fellowship of Joy" because I want people to find joy when they come to this church. Dr. Vance Havner once said: "The man of the world is not laughing at ...

1310. Gentle On My Mind (Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness)

Galatians 5:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... wrong. He was not afraid to speak up against the establishment. But He did it in a spirit of gentleness and humility. That is why I say that meekness is an attribute we should emulate. II. Meekness Is an Attitude That We Should Cultivate Keep in mind that this quality I am talking about, meekness or gentleness, is a fruit of the Spirit. You see, it is not natural to be meek. We are living in a society that says it is a negative to be meek. Did you know that the very opposite of meekness is "demanding your ...

1311. You've Gotta Believe

Hebrews 11:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... of a faucet, believing it is safe. The agnostic drives his automobile in freeway traffic, believing the brakes work. The atheist submits to the surgeon's knife, believing that he knows what he is doing. But there is a big difference between that faith and Bible faith. The quality of faith depends on the objects on which it rests. You see, the water might actually be poison, the brakes could fail, the surgeon can make a mistake. But we put our faith in a God who cannot lie, a God who cannot fail, and a God ...

1312. The Right Connection

John 15:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. (Mt. 7:16-20) You see, a fruitless branch is not a failed Christian, he is a false Christian. Mark it down. The reality of faith is determined by the quality of fruit. No fruit, no faith. It is not the label on the outside that counts (whether you are a Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc.) but rather the life on the inside that matters. The question is: "Do you have the right connection?" I heard about a local ...

1313. The Thrill of Victory Beats the Agony of Defeat

Judges 7:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... of Communism, said, "We want fewer but better disciples. We want people, not people who will give us a spare evening once in a while, but people who will give us the whole of their lives." You see, what God needs is not quantity. What He needs is quality. Because God plus one is a majority. What I am trying to get you to understand is just you and God can make a tremendous difference in this world. You don't believe one man can make a difference: Churchill saved England. Lombardi turned the Packers from ...

1314. Building Your Home on the Rock

Matthew 7:24-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... , or take it back to the store. We need to believe it and obey what it tells us to do, so that we can weather the storms that are coming. Now why do storms come? Well, if you will read this story you will find that the storm revealed the quality of the foundation of the two homes. You see, if you had just looked at these two homes on the outside you would have never known which was weak and which was strong, which would sink and which would stand. Only the storm can reveal which house is built on ...

1315. How to Turn the Ballot into a Blessing Box

Proverbs 29:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... , can determine whether God is moved to bless us, or break us. In a republic a vote is both a vision and a reflection. It is a vision of what we want in a leader, and it is a reflection of who we are as a nation. The quality of government depends far more on good leaders than it does on good laws. Laws, statutes, and constitutions are as worthless as a cruise ship on Mount Everest, without godly reliable leaders. That is why Noah Webster once instructed his students: When you become entitled to exercise the ...

1316. The God of Grace and Glory

Psalm 84:11

Sermon

James Merritt

... Experience "The Lord will give grace and glory." We are promised that we will receive the grace of God, and that we will receive the glory of God. I have told you before, that grace can be expressed by this acrostic: God's Riches At Christ's Expense. The one quality that makes grace grace, is it's always given to people who do not deserve it. Rom. 5:8 says, "But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." That is, the cross was God's grace in action; Jesus ...

1317. The Lion King

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!'" (vv. 11-12) Notice, this is a seven-fold doxology, because a perfect Lord deserves perfect praise; and seven is the number of perfection. I believe that each one of these qualities represents everything that Jesus did not get the first time He came to the earth, but that He will receive when He comes the second time. He came in weakness, but He will reign in power; He became the poorest of the poor, but unto Him ...

1318. Nothing but the Blood

1 John 1:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... that was true. The survivors were shocked when a close examination revealed the rope they had was not true Alpine Club rope. It was a poor cheap fatal substitute. How did they know it was not the true Alpine Club rope that the professional climbers used? Because true Alpine Club quality rope has a red strand running through it, but this rope did not. I don't know what your rope of hope is that you are holding on to; counting on it to take you to heaven. But I can tell you what my rope of hope is. My hope ...

1319. The Sin of Silence

1 John 1:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... with it first, God will cleanse you of that sin and take away that guilt. II. Expect God's Faithfulness If we do confess our sins, here's what John goes on to say, "God is faithful and just." Now why did he remind us of those two specific character qualities of God? Well you see, first of all, God is faithful to His promise. The Bible says in Isa. 55:7, "Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God ...

1320. How to Handle the Mess of Stress

Exodus 18:23-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... noticeable physical and emotional symptoms from burnout. Somewhere between 75 and 90% of all visits to the doctor's office stem from stress.2 Stress is costing American business over $150 billion dollars a year in healthcare cost, lost work time, and poor quality of work.3 Stress is now known to be a leading cause of heart disease and cancer. It causes depression and can lead to migraine headaches, hypertension, chest pains, ulcers, gastritis, colitis, and heartburn. I must admit that I need to hear this ...

1321. For His Eyes Only

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

If you have ever gone for a job interview, one of the questions that you will be asked is something like this: "Tell me what you have done in the past that would qualify you for this job?" Or, they may ask you something like this: "What character qualities do you have that would make me want to hire you?" But if you will think back to any job interview you have ever had you were never asked this question: "Why do you do what you do?" When people try to size us up and find out what kind ...

1322. O Holy Night

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... place even before Jesus was born. "…who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God." The Greek word for equal is the word isos. An isosceles triangle is a triangle with two equal sides, and the word means "equal in size, quality, character, and number." In every way Jesus Christ was and is God. Even though He did not cling to His equality with God, He claimed it, and those who heard Him knew that He claimed it. John 5:18 tells us, "Therefore the Jews sought all the more to ...

1323. Why You Should Spend Time with God

Psalm 37:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... every door, that we might have a personal relationship with Him. God wants us to spend time with Him. He wants us to spend quantity time. You say, “How much?” Simply every second of every minute of every hour of every day. But He also wants us to spend quality time. This is time when your focus is fixed on the Father. David said in another psalm, “Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Give heed to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I will pray. My voice You shall ...

1324. Why You Should Study the Bible

Psalm 119:105

Sermon

James Merritt

... God. There are teenagers in this church that are more spiritually mature, and more in tune with God, than some of us adults. Did you know that there is a vast difference between age and maturity? Age is a quantity of years, but maturity is a quality of spiritual growth. Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote about people who “go from one childhood to another.” We have those kind of people in church today. They don’t know the difference between being childlike and childish. I’ve known people in my ...

1325. No Place Like Home

Psalm 128:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... substitution for, the task of motherhood and fatherhood, the task of providing for the home and of keeping it. But it is the tasks connected with the home that are the fundamental tasks of humanity. After all, we can get along for the time being with an inferior quality of success and other kinds, political or business or of any kind, because if there are failings in such matters we can make them good in the next generation. But if the mother does not do her duty [and the father does not do his] there will ...

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