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126. Proper 25

Luke 18:9-14, Joel 2:18-27, Joel 2:28-32, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, 2 Timothy 4:9-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... 4:6-8, 16-18 1. Sacrificed (v. 6). Paul refers to his approaching death as being "sacrificed." This is not a case of feeling sorry for oneself, nor is it an expression of a martyr-complex even though Paul was martyred for being a Christian. To be a ... To be justified the Publican. 1. Felt unworthy to be in God's presence. 2. Confessed his sin. 3. Begged for mercy. 3. Is it okay to feel good about yourself? (18:9-14). Need: We are living in a "me" or "we" generation when the emphasis is upon how good it is to ...

127. Managing Disappointment

Romans 5:1-11

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Clement E. Lewis

... . It is needful that we seek to be prayerful, forgiving, and ever willing to accept that which comes to pass as a result of love and trust in God, and in our fellow-beings. Always keep your sense of humor. It helps to balance your feelings of disappointment. Someone has said, "It is a way of separating a temporary setback from the continuing joy of life." We should never allow the pains of disappointment to cancel out friendships or close family ties. Sometimes disappointments serve in the end to make us ...

128. Jesus the Healer

Luke 6:19

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... better. Jesus must have been like a heating pad. People got better just by touching him. The Bible tells us today about the time when people stood in line, or all around him, just to try to touch him so that they would feel better. And you know what? They did feel better. The Bible tells us that Jesus was able to cure people of bad diseases when all he did was touch them or they touched him. Of course the power did not come from coal, water, or anything like that. It wasn't even electricity. The power that ...

129. Proper 25

Lk 18:9-14 · 2 Tim 4:9-18 · Sirach 35:12-18 · Deut 10:12-22 · Zeph 3:1-9

Sermon Aid

... 4:6-8, 16-18 1. Sacrificed (v. 6,). Paul refers to his approaching death as being "sacrificed." This is not a case of feeling sorry for oneself, nor is it an expression of a martyr-complex even though Paul was martyred for being a Christian. To be a ... To be justified - the Publican 1. Felt unworthy to be in God's presence 2. Confessed his sin 3. Begged for mercy 3. Is it OK to Feel Good About Yourself? 18:9-14. Need: We are living in a "me" or "we" generation when the emphasis is upon how good it is to ...

130. Miracle In the Bethlehem Inn

Drama

... their clothes are wrinkled and soiled.) Joshua: We are here at last. Look! There is Aaron's Inn just up ahead. Miriam: Oh, it will feel so good just to sit down for a while. But I just know Elizabeth is going to expect me to help her serve the guests. ... leave for the kitchen.) Joshua: Come, Adam and Lydia. Let us go feed the animals and clean a place for our bed. Even a haystack will feel good to these weary old bones. Adam: Yeah, I wonder if there are any donkeys there. I like donkeys. Some day when I am a ...

131. Coping With Anger In A Close-up World

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Harold Warlick

... Jesus' calling of us to be "other" directed - to serve. He or she who gives, really gets. He or she who chooses to keep what he has and not share it, really winds up losing everything in the end. Look at women. The greatest frustration for a woman is to feel that she is not loved or lovable. That can produce tremendous rage or an unconscious desire on her part to get people to tell her she is lovable. If all she does is hold on to that, she gets along with no one. Her husband isn't loving enough and ...

132. For Freedom!

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

... in where it went and what resulted in it, I would probably keep strong hooks into it. I’d want the creatures placed there to feel obligation for what they did to my world. In other words, if I were God, I probably would not be fit to live with. Fortunately ... pass it on. He didn’t want it to be the changing, shaping gift it was designed to be. So he missed the opportunity to feel the changing power of grace inside him, where it could have changed the quality of how he looked at life and how he then related ...

133. Chapter VII

Exodus 20:1-21

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Frank H. Seilhamer

... out that the Bible, and this Commandment, does not see sex as bad, or smutty, or dirty. Sex is good. In fact, it is very good. It is one of the most beautiful drives that God built into us, and we must never forget that the sexual urge and feeling we have are God-designed. When God created man he was soon aware that nothing among the animals or created order was a fit compliment for him. In the second account of creation (Genesis 2:4ff), after the basic work of creation was finished God paraded the living ...

134. The Manger Is Empty

Mark 1:1-8

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... wouldn't forget. But you know what happens every time we do that, don't you? The operative word is forget. So we come to worship, we come to the programs at church and in our families and even some of those on TV to try and recapture an elusive feeling. We come with longing. We come to the Advent season hoping that God will once again meet us face to face while we're bent over the manger cradle making goo-goo eyes and silly noises to entertain the newborn infant who is the Son of God, the King of ...

135. When You Are Uncertain About Your Salvation

1 Kings 3:1-15

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King Duncan

... I know that that's true, but how can I make it a reality in my heart?" Well, let's look at some things that may be blocking your acceptance of your salvation. It may be that you have a sense of failure about your life. How we feel about ourselves can influence how we receive the Gospel message. A young woman from a very wealthy family went to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer. She had an outstanding education, had attended the finest schools, and her parents had made every possible effort to ensure that she ...

136. The Lord's Prayer: A Surplus of Meaning

Matthew 6:5-15

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Eric Ritz

... when the Captain tightens a vice on his hand. With a pain-filled expression on his face he exclaims, "A man has to feel something that holds in this slippery world." That is exactly what The Lord''s Prayer has meant to me. Many of you shared ... The Lord''s Prayer flow from your lips into the deepest part of your soul and spirit. Sing it, shout it, say it--just pray it. If you feel the sun has gone down and it is dark out there and the wolves are biting, just pray this prayer over and over, and soon you will be ...

137. The Fourth Day Comes

Luke 24:13-35

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Maxie Dunnam

... there in one way or another, at some time in our lives. Emmaus is whatever we do or wherever we go to salvage and sort out our feelings, to summon the courage and the desire to keep going on or to try and forget. Emmaus is whatever we do and wherever we go to ... but one clings round my skirts till day is done, and fat good tempered Jane is glum, and butcher’s man forgets to come, sometimes I feel on days like this, I get a sudden gleam of bliss, not on some sunny day of ease he’ll come, but on a day like ...

138. At Home In The Daylight

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Maxie Dunnam

... stop doing what is causing your guilt." That's really all I had to say. Oh, I don't mean we didn't continue the conversation, but that's really all I had to say. The way to get rid of guilt is to stop doing what's making you feel guilty. I have shared with you before my intrigue with bumper-stickers. Bumper-stickers are a rather effective communication device. Whether we like them or not -- and I personally don't put them on my car -- whether we like them or not, they work. They get our attention, and that ...

139. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

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Phil Thrailkill

... before a generous God, asking for some gift from the Great King to pass on to others.” When the Spirit stopped, Jesus stopped. At no time am I more aware that I have nothing to offer than when I lay on hands and pray for the sick. I always feel foolish and small and empty and stupid, and that is just what God desires. Only when our hands are empty can we catch God dropping a blessing on us, or even better, for someone else. In many of his cartoons Charles Schultz of Snoopy fame has two characters standing ...

140. Room When in Distress

Psalm 4:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... It is a common phobia. Many of us experience it in varying degrees. I get a hint of it when in an overcrowded elevator. Hardly ever am I in that situation without a thought striking a bit of terror in my heart what if this thing stuck. The experience of feeling trapped suggests another fear – the fear of abandonment. Many of us not only live with this fear, we live in it a substantial part of our lives. Each one of us gives battle to the thought of being left where we are who we are, with no way out. The ...

141. Job’s Hope against Hope

Job 19:1-29

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... them to mind their own business and leave him alone. 19:6–7 then know that God has wronged me. In this chapter, Job feels wronged both by his friends (19:3) and by God (19:6). Rejecting Bildad’s earlier implication that God does not pervert justice ( ... 10. God also has removed Job’s honor (19:9), in contrast to the exalted place of humans in Psalm 8:5. All in all, Job feels as though he is under a frontal assault by God’s massed armies, which threaten him so much that he has no hope for survival (19 ...

142. Three Things You Can Count On

Mark 13:24-37

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Charley Reeb

... mind for days. If I was to run into that guy again, what would I say? What would you say? That really is the feeling of so many people in our culture today. What can you really believe in? What can you really count on in life? In fact ... simple thing to understand but it is amazing how many people forget it. In fact, what troubles me the most about Christians today is how many feel they have a monopoly on God. When you talk to some Christians they think God can be summed up in a theological formula or a ...

143. The Paradox of the Yoke

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

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Lori Wagner

... off of your back. He stays beside you every step and lets you know each day that you are not walking alone this way alone. He gives you direction when you’ve forgotten or lost your way. He helps you put one foot in front of the other when you feel stuck, unstable, or immobilized in your grief. He teaches you how to walk with God. He teaches you how to live. Listen to the words he tells his disciples: “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” “Take ...

144. Dancing in the Wind

Mark 4:35-41

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Lori Wagner

... understand, just as it was important for Jesus’ disciples to understand. We don’t gain assurance in our faith from believing that Jesus was merely a talented teacher, a good person, a gifted prophet, or a wise leader. We don’t a sense of stability and a feeling of joy that exudes the entirety of our being from imagining that Jesus is just a man who lived long ago, who continues to teach us lessons and give us advice about life and love. We gain assurance and experience joy like no other in our lives ...

145. God on the Move

Luke 3:1-6 · Isaiah 40

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Lori Wagner

... path. But when God gets to work on your heart and spirit, it’s best to take that time. For when you emerge, you will feel brand new! And you’ll find that life’s path has become easier and straighter. This is what God does best! There’s a reason, Jesus ... of protection around yourself that no one can vanquish? God will smooth your rough exterior and allow you to be vulnerable and feel loved and loving again. For God has come not to “judge the world,” as Jesus told us, but to “save it”! When ...

146. Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide

1 Kings 9:1-9

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... . It may be the truth we spoke to others who were trying to deceive us. It may be the things we have done and said in the name of God which bring their own judgment and consequences which alienate and sequester us from those we are called to serve. We feel so all alone and God says, "What are you doing here? Get up and stand up and go and do as I have asked." Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. When the painful truth of past actions comes crashing in on us, we can run, but we can't hide ...

147. Fulfilled, Or Just Full?

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... Sound familiar to anyone? Willimon concludes, "We are how and what we eat" (Sunday Dinner, The Upper Room pp. 65-66). I think Willimon tells the truth for a lot of us. Many of us (not all of us, of course, but many of us), when we feel sad, when we feel blue, when we feel overwhelmed, when we don't think we can cope much longer, seek solace in the refrigerator or the snack cupboard. Some of us try to fill up the emptiness inside with a double-fudge chocolate nut brownie or a Hostess Ho-Ho. Or maybe a case ...

148. The Mechanics Of Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15, Luke 11:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... Lord God, I wouldn't like to hear what I alone must pray, to say nothing of having my ears filled with the babbling of all the brothers.' " That kind of praying is too much praying! Whenever we pray, we need persistent regularity. We dare not pray only when we feel like it, or when the spirit moves us, or when a crisis occurs. Effective prayer calls for praying every day at the same time and in the same place. Each of us should have a daily date with God, a holy tryst. The Place Of Prayer In our homes we ...

149. When Will The Pain Go Away?

Matthew 24:1-35

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George Johnson

... you afraid of losing your faith?" There was silence. "Yes," she said. And then there were more tears. There are times when one feels abandoned by God. If God really loved me would this be happening? Prayers don't seem to be answered. All those wonderful promises ... Bible aren't working. "Where are you God? I can't seem to connect." Doubts come into your mind. Maybe there isn't a God. You feel like Job's wife when she said to her husband, "Curse God and die." When will the pain go away? How long can I hold on? ...

150. The Dynamics of Doubt

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Ron Lavin

... ?They mock me,these lonely questions of mine. WHOEVER I AM,Thou knowest, O God,I AM THINE! This is the age of analysis. The most important thing seems to be our "ratings." God is not much interested in popularity polls or Nielsen ratings. He wants to know why we feel the way we do. He wants us to know why! One of the reasons why doubt has caused us so much trouble is that our doubting has been done as if we were the measure of things, as if our doubting and questioning determined truth, as if we ourselves ...

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