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126. John 11:1-45

John 11:1-45

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Leonard Sweet

... a revelation by Jesus of his true identity as the Christ, it is Mary's simple, yet overwhelming, grief that reveals Jesus' genuine humanity. Martha interrupts her grieving to have a theological discussion with Jesus. Mary interrupts Jesus' slow progression to the tomb with her emotional outburst. It is in response to Mary's tears, as well as to the weeping of the other Jewish mourners, that Jesus is ultimately moved to tears. When he lays eyes on the tomb of his best friend, Jesus, too, begins to weep. The ...

127. Getting Rid of Anger

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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King Duncan

... and forgiven us. The ultimate help for us in meeting the challenges of each day is not only to look inward or outward, but also to look upward. If we are to live a new life, if we are to be new people, we must be aware of those emotions within us that must be kept under control, we must have our eyes open to the opportunities for service and witness through kindness and tenderheartedness and forgiveness directed toward the people that we meet. But we must also focus our eyes on Him who comes to us with love ...

128. Close Up: Husbands - Be a Dream Lover

Colossians 3:19

Sermon

James Merritt

... that says, "I love you regardless of whether you do, did, or have done something for me or not." Listen very carefully. The love that Paul talks about here is not a love of passion that dies out when the physical attraction is over. It is not a love of emotion that fades away over time. It is a love of the will; a love that refuses to die. Someone put it this way, "The love that existed from the start of the marriage is the love that should continue throughout the marriage." What I mean by spiritual love is ...

129. As Seen from the Solitary Broom Tree

1 Kings 19:1-18

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Stan Purdum

... of Damascus...." When he gets there, he is to anoint new kings for Aram and Israel, as well as begin schooling a new prophet who will eventually be Elijah's successor. God doesn't end up being very sympathetic, does he? Here is poor Elijah, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted from his work as God's prophet, with people out to kill him, and God won't even let him rest — won't even let him hunker down in this cave in peace. God calls out the forces of nature and then the voice of ...

130. Clear to the Better End - Parent Burnout

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Maxie Dunnam

... feel that you’re going into battle everyday, as you go to your job, you may be burning out. You’re frustrated because life isn’t fun anymore. You drag yourself home from work each day, unable to enter into the life of your family because you’re emotionally depleted and physically exhausted. You’re in the process of being burned out. One of the real issues in the church today is burnout on the part of clergy. So, you know the image, and I have an idea that at least most of you here will understand ...

131. The Shared Life of the People of God

Galatians 6:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... in the Spirit of Christ. He is gentle and calls us to gentleness. We handle each person with the kind of gentle care with which we would handle a piece of precious fragile crystal. We seek to be sensitive to the brittleness of persons, to their high emotional pain threshold. We are firm, seeking never to fall in the ditch ourselves in order to help the sinner, but we are gentle, recognizing that the stakes are high—— in fact, eternal. We don’t burst down doors to make our case. We respect privacy and ...

132. Becoming Good Trees

Matthew 5:17-30

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Charles L. Aaron

... of male lust, but women are not exempt. One of the characters on Grey's Anatomy is nicknamed Dr. McDreamy! Jesus seems to have reinterpreted these commandments so that we need superhuman strength to fulfill them. We fight all the time for control of our emotions, especially anger and lust. After Jesus makes what seems like impossible demands, then he threatens us with punishment if we don't carry out his commands. If we aren't careful, we can end up in despair over this passage. Even with all of this ...

133. Can You Carry Your Weight?

Romans 13:8-14

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Leonard Sweet

... who said it takes two people to hurt you: an enemy to say it about you, and a good friend to come and tell you about it. All those persons “and any other commandment” (v.9) are subjects, not objects, of your time and attention and emotional investment. All those people are your true “neighbors.” All those people are the ones Jesus called upon us to “love as yourself.” Evil wants us to think of God as a “God of Rules.” That makes God an objective observer, a God of principles and propositions ...

134. Not Another Rerun!

Jeremiah 31:27-34

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R. Kevin Mohr

... not the heart. The heart was the center of intellect and will and for making decisions. So, to say that the law would be written on people's hearts means that the new covenant would not be based on something as transitory and volatile as our emotions. Instead, God declares, it would be "put within" us. To use computer language, it would be embedded in us where it most matters, in the same way that an embedded computer system is not just an added-on peripheral, but is something that has become integral to ...

135. When We Are Uncertain about The Future

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

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King Duncan

... root include the German word “angst” which means a general dread and the Latin word “angere” which means to choke or strangle, as well as the English word “angina” which means the tight sensation in the chest that accompanies dread. (4) Fear is a universal emotion. Of course, some people have more to fear than others. Mother Teresa once told about a child she picked up from the street. She could tell from the child’s face that she was hungry. Mother Teresa didn’t know how many days it had ...

136. Where Is Jesus?

John 11:17-37

Sermon

David O. Bales

... graves in the cemetery, they ask out loud or silently: “Where is God in this?” Near the pain and mystery of death we falter. I remember the bumper sticker, “There is no hope. But I might be wrong.” In the hospital, often in an emotional jumble, no matter a person’s faith, the bumper sticker changes to: “I thought there was hope. But I might be wrong.” Maybe some stern, super-religious person declares you second rate because, when nearing death, your faith flickers with a weaker light. Jesus ...

137. A New Name for a New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... were his weakness, but Jesus saw through Simon’s weakness and told him that his weakness could be his strength through the transforming power of God. Jesus determined that he would use Simon’s fiery emotions and his impetuous actions to accomplish His purposes in the world. And so he named Simon what Christ needed him to be, “Rock.” That is what we need as well. We need someone who can look beyond our faults and weaknesses and not only love us, but expect the best ...

138. Family Re:Union - (PG) Parental Guidance Required

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... up he will swallow the juice, because after what I did to him he will never spit again.” III. Give Your Children Emotional Development The first thing an archer does with an arrow is polish it. After he polishes it he sharpens it. If he doesn’t that arrow ... will not do what it was intended to do. Likewise, God wants us to help our children to develop emotion. Once again, you’ve got to begin early, very early, when the child is 2 and 3 years old, because children do pick up ...

139. The Transforming Power of Grace

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... It is not a sin to be angry but you can act on your anger in a sinful way. Anger is simply trash. Like other painful emotions, you need to get rid of anger in a way that will not hurt you, will not be destructive to your relationship with others, and ... it. Let it go. If you feel guilty, give it up. If you are filled with the desire for revenge, let it go. Whatever the negative emotion, don't hang on to it. Deal with it as you deal with the trash that accumulates around the house. Loosen your grip on it. Put ...

140. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... to trust, one can hardly have confidence in such a person. Such a one is not just undecided but, in fact, unstable. Now, indeed, he or she may “trust” in God and be part of the church, but with a heart filled with doubt, this person is emotionally keeping options open and other lines of support clear. There is a basic instability within that will eventually become evident in behavior. You cannot trust such a person, for he or she is like Aesop’s crow, trying to walk down two paths at once. The implied ...

141. The Raising of Lazarus

John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... word for wept here is different from the word used for the weeping of Mary and the Jewish leaders. The latter (vv. 31, 33) means “wail” (like the customary wailing at a funeral of the time), whereas the word used of Jesus means simply “to shed tears.” That Jesus’ emotions were deep and genuine is shown by vv. 33 and 38. 11:37 He who opened the eyes of the blind man: Cf. 10:21. Following as it does on v. 36, the intent of this statement is to call into question the genuineness of Jesus’ love (i.e ...

142. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... the bowels of Christ Jesus,” the bowels (Gk. splanchna) being used, as frequently, of the seat of the emotions (like “heart” in v. 7); cf. 2:1. Intercessory Prayer The introductory thanksgiving, which itself included an element ... same love.’ ” This love, he trusts, will be accompanied by knowledge and depth of insight. Paul was not blind to the dangers of emotion uncontrolled by intelligence. He was resolved, by his own account, to pray and sing “with my spirit, but … also … with my mind” (1 ...

143. Job Shatters the Silence

Job 3:1-26

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... from view, and we hear the voices of the individual speakers. Without the narrator, the readers have no interpreter to explain what is being said, so they have to listen attentively to the threads of the dialogue. After a seven-day silence, Job releases his pent-up emotions, cursing the day he was born (3:1–10). He does not directly curse God, as the adversary has predicted (1:11; 2:5), but his turgid language evidences that he feels as though the whole created order of the world has come apart. Job turns ...

144. “You Have Given Me the Heritage of Those Who Fear Your Name”

Psalm 61:1-8

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... From the ends of the earth . . . I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock. The phrase “from the ends of the earth” designates the remotest parts of the earth. The verb translated “grows faint” is used to describe the fainting caused by emotional distress or physical fatigue, or when death is near (Pss. 102 title; 107:5; 143:4; Lam. 2:11, 19; Jon. 2:7; also translated as “grows weak” or “life ebbs away”). The psalmist’s refuge is a remote rock, high above the battlefield, where ...

145. Face-to-Face with the Kingdom

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Sermon

Tom Garrison

... few hours, I would swell with anticipation and go to bed exuberant. If, however, clear sunshine were the prospect, I felt like turning off the forecaster and would go to bed depressed. Now, you may wonder what this account of my belated coming-of-age emotionally has to do with the sermon topic, but believe me, there is a connection! You see, there is a profound kinship between the words "the kingdom of heaven is like..." and my reactions several years ago in relation to the weather. The parables of Matthew ...

146. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

147. All for Some Dumb Sheep

John 10:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... in sweat. The homeowner was later asked what meant the most to him about the project. He replied that one day as he watched, he noticed that as President Carter worked with the mortar, some of his sweat fell into the mix. The homeowner expressed his emotions like this: “I know my walls are blessed with the sweat of President Carter in them.” (8) Sweat dropped from Jesus’ body in the Garden of Gethsemane when he committed himself to the assignment which God gave him, but it was drops of blood that ...

148. Do You Believe in Miracles?

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” People were amazed when they saw the things that Jesus did, particularly his acts of healing. He healed those who were in distress physically, spiritually and emotionally. And it makes sense that people were impressed. Medicine was very primitive in New Testament times. That is one reason life was very short. If you had a serious disease, where would you turn? You and I simply do not realize how fortunate we ...

149. The Way Up Is Down!

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... good. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. — Romans 3:23-24 There is no one righteous, not even one. — Romans 3:10 Pride Is A Brainless Emotion A proud person is like someone standing on bubbles and bragging blindly unaware that the bubbles soon will burst under the weight. Pride is like the gaudily dressed fellow on a Mardi Gras float. He looks good but for only a moment. The reality is that he is ...

150. Garden of Love

John 20:10-18, Song of Songs 4:1-16, Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... And yet, the Song of Songs is probably the least quoted scripture in the entire Bible. A couple of lines in, as soon as we start feeling the sensory movement of the lines, the poetry of the song, as soon as we begin to be touched by the depth of emotion evoked in the Song of Songs, we slap that book shut, pause, breathe a sigh of relief, and then open it instead to something we feel is more “suitable” to the Christian life. Like Paul’s sermon on faith or Jesus’ feeding of 5000 men. Why do we do that ...

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