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1376. Thanks for the Memories

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... signs and wonders, and He brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And behold, now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground which Thou, O Lord, hast given me. And you shall set it down before the Lord your God; and you shall rejoice in all the good which the Lord your God has given to you and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you." (4) 1. My source for this information is from Preaching Today Tape Number 22 which features a ...

1377. The Dark Didn't Catch Me!

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... me and in every likelihood he is calling your name as well. Ephesians 1:3-5 says, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the ... kept faith. Flying home on the airplane with all of these things climaxing in my life, I can only say to you bluntly that the Lord spoke to me. In an undeniable inner way he simply said to me two words, "Why not?" I knew what he meant. His question was ...

1378. A Healing Presence

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... dominating the relationships of nations. So I hope that you will not be calloused because you hear it so much and because you see it so much on the news and read it so much in the paper. The kingdoms of this world are to become the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ and we’re called to prayer to that end. With that in mind, will you hear our scripture lesson, which comes from the 5th chapter of I Thessalonians. “We ask you to brothers and sisters, to get to know those who work so hard among you, they ...

1379. Christmas Is On Top Of A Steep Hill

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... spoken against, and a sword will pierce through your own soul also. And for a son that has spoken against that thoughts out of every heart may be revealed.” Thus endeth the reading of God’s word. May it be your word and my word today. Let us pray. Lord we wait, we long, we anticipate, we look for your coming. You have come, you will come, and yet you’re constantly coming to us. And we pray that during this Advent season, your coming to us will be more complete and more full than ever before. In Jesus ...

1380. Pentecost: The Neglected Factor

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... make these early Christians Christ witnesses, and that witness was to begin at home, but it was to expand to the uttermost parts of the earth. I don’t think I’m being unfair when I say that most of us are not sharing in that commission of the risen Lord, and those of us who try are not as effective as we could be, we lack power. The snare into which most of fall, is that of thinking we don’t have anything worthwhile to say. That our life is so lackluster, that our gifts and energy are so insignificant ...

1381. How May We Come To God?

Psalm 24:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his creation, and did not allow itself to be intimidated." (Openness for the Coming God", pp. 21-22). So this is no poetic word born in the imagination of a singer of Israel. This is the experience of Israel's people. Our God is the King of Glory, the Lord of hosts, they sang. It's not easy for some of us to think in terms of the Transcendent, Omnipotent, Omniscient God. We've taken control of the universe -- so we think. We see ourselves as "Kings of Glory". I think of the experience of Tom Monaghan, owner ...

1382. God Shaves With A Borrowed Razor

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... The Future You Hope For", we considered that magnificent text from Jeremiah 29, verse 11: "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." It was hard for God's people to accept that word ... that exile -- in a strange land, under oppression, God spoke this wonderful word: "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." (vs. 11) Two or three years ago, Bishop Roy ...

1383. Thorns and Thistles

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... the Epistle lesson of 1 Corinthians 13, the faith, hope, and love that Christians are to manifest in their lives are not products of their own thought and work, but gifts of the Spirit, as Paul makes very clear. Apart from God's equipment of us, we cannot do the Lord's work. The task given to Jeremiah is fearful. He is not only to "build and to plant," not only to comfort and give hope to his people, which he does after the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 587 B.C. (Jeremiah chs. 30 and 31 are often ...

1384. Servant Song

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... his own will. His agonized prayer in Gethsemane is, "Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done" (Luke 22:42). So the awful picture of suffering portrayed in our text (v. 6) is played out in the passion of our Lord. His is the back that is scourged with the whips of Pilate's soldiers. His is the face that is spit upon. His is the beard that is pulled in scorn, until finally the shouts of "Crucify him!" hang him on the cross. We are told that when Jesus ...

1385. The One Who Came Still Comes; The One Who Spoke Still Speaks

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... to Him. They did. The house sold, and God led them into a bright day where they grew more and more in the Word of the Lord and in their faith. Jack came to know that the One who came still comes, and the One who spoke still speaks. He is faithful ... Jesus came. Jesus came into my life His Word brought love, His Word brought life I never knew what was true ’Till Jesus came. “Even so Lord Jesus come” Is the cry of those whose lives Have felt your tender majesty So we pray and so we plea Jesus come when I ...

1386. The FUD Club: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and comforted them. This love’s ultimate end is to bring to fruition this blessing: to “share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ” (v.14). Paradosis is Paradise Once they are assured of God’s love, salvation, and chosen-ness, the Thessalonians are ... , impressionable followers. The final verses of today’s text close with prayer. This prayer pointedly addresses both “our Lord Jesus Christ” and “God our Father,” a demonstration of the unique Christian tradition that affirms both Christ’s ...

1387. The Origins of Passover

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... ), of his love for the folk he has adopted as his own, and of his power over empire, other gods (cf. Exodus 12:12), and nature. It is no accident, therefore, that the exodus in the Old Testament forms the parallel to the crucifixion of our Lord in the New Testament. Indeed, when Jesus talks about his death in Luke 9:31, he speaks of it as his “exodus” (in the Greek; RSV translates “departure”). Jesus’ death on the cross brings our “redemption,” our deliverance from slavery to sin and death. It ...

1388. Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win (Fruit of the Spirit: Patience)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... woman needed is something that we all need, a virtue which is sorely lacking in our society today, which is what the Bible calls "longsuffering" and we call "patience." Now I will be the first one to admit, if nobody else will, I need patience. I tell the Lord all the time: "Lord, I want patience, and I want it right now!" How many of you have a problem with patience? I need to be more like the little boy I heard about who was in a department store. He was at the end of an escalator and he kept watching ...

1389. The Right Connection

John 15:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... instead, he gave this answer: "The most dangerous heresy is the emphasis that is being given by professing Christians on what we do for God, instead of on what God does for us." But we still must answer the question: "What does it mean to abide in Christ?" Well the Lord Jesus tells us right here in this passage. Abiding means, first of all, studying the word of God. "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." (v.7) When the child of God looks ...

1390. Joy to the World

Luke 2:8-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... living in the palace of a king? No, his home would be the stable of a cow. Would he be wrapped in a velvet comforter? No, he would be wrapped in swaddling clothes, common ordinary rags. More amazingly, he was a real baby. This was not just a show. The Lord Jesus was not faking it. He watched his hand in amazement just like any other baby. Like other babies, he didn't understand words. He needed to be changed, he needed to be fed, he needed to be washed, he needed to be cared for just like any other baby ...

1391. The Way Over Is Under

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... interesting. "Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, "Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof; for this reason I did not even ... the court of heaven, and in the power of attorney, command him to leave in the name of your High Priest, the Great Judge, the Lord Jesus, and he will have to leave. When you let Jesus take control of your life, and you get under His authority, you will ...

1392. It Was the Birthday of a King

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... is about the birth of God. Christmas is not about buying toys for children, it is about bringing tribute to Christ. I want to share with you why that birthday, two thousand years ago, was the birthday of not just a king, but the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. The reason why Jesus lived a unique life, and died a unique death is because he experienced a unique birth. I. It Was a Birth That Was Controlled By the Sovereignty of God "Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the ...

1393. Mom: The Heart of a Godly Family

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... say these things about you than to be president of the largest corporation in all of the world. No legacy of a woman lasts longer than the legacy of being a godly wife and a godly mother. "Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates." (vv. 30-31) Charm is deceitful because what a woman is in public she may not be in private. Beauty is vain because it passes and fades away ...

1394. Team Work is Dream Work

Psalm 133:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... able to accomplish that mighty feat for God? Listen to Joshua 1:16-18: "And they answered Joshua, saying, ‘All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the Lord your God be with you, as He was with Moses. Whoever rebels against your command and does not heed your words, in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.'" Listen to what they said: "Joshua, you command us, we'll ...

1395. In Defense of the Offense

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... . That cross has become a symbol of offense. In Gal. 5:11 Paul even refers to "the offense of the cross." I do not believe we should ever go out of our way to try to offend anyone, and we should be loving, gracious and kind as we share the Lord Jesus Christ. But at the same time, I want to stand up in defense of the offense because there will always be something offensive about Jesus and the cross. Paul talks about that very matter in this passage, and he has three wonderful things to say about the cross. I ...

1396. Why?

Job 3:11-12, 16, 20, 23

Sermon

James Merritt

... is inexcusable. It is an age-old question. We're not the first ones to ask it, nor will we be the last. The prophet Habakkuk asked God, "Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?" (Hab.1:3) The prophet Jeremiah challenged the Lord, saying, "I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper?" (Jer. 12:1) Now I am going to tell you something that will probably disturb you, but it is the truth nonetheless—nobody truly and totally knows the full and final ...

1397. An All-Night Wrestling Match

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . In chapter 32, we find that Jacob sent all of his family, servants, and possessions ahead of him across the border into Canaan. Verse 24 says, “SO JACOB WAS LEFT ALONE.” The best conditions for encountering God are when we are still and quiet. The Psalmist has the Lord saying, “Be still and know that I am God.” (Ps. 46:10) Many people are afraid to encounter God. Perhaps that is one reason we don’t like to be alone and quiet. Even when we are out walking, we often have I-pod or Walkman equipment ...

1398. Bugles in the Afternoon

Philippians 2:1-11, Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... body. And the only Psalm that made any sense was this one: God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, Though the earth should change, Though the mountains shake into the sea. Be still and know that I am God. The Lord of hosts is with us, The God of Jacob is our refuge. (Psalm 46) Through Andy's death and a host of other tragedies, I have long since given up on the notion that "God has a reason for everything." But deeper still, I have become more and more ...

1399. The Harder They Fall

1 Samuel 17:1-58, Psalm 146:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship Look out! Another impossible is falling. Hey, watch it! You're standing in the shadow and the shadow's getting bigger by the second. Here it comes! The proud mocked the Lord, and the Lord is answering. Give in to God or get out of the way! Collect (Unison) Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help. When their breath departs, they ...

1400. The Passion of the Servant Leader

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... especially as we see the words of Isaiah 50:4-9a fulfilled in Jesus in Passion Week. Consider the tongue, the ears, and the eyes of Jesus, the servant leader. Listen to the words of this passage as if you are hearing them spoken by Jesus himself. Tongue "The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word" (Isaiah 50:4a). The most important quality in a teacher who leads is a sense of servanthood. Teachers know more than their pupils, but the true teacher ...

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