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126. Straw Polls and Soul Quakes

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... distinctly. The Spirit works in each one of us differently. But there was only one Spirit that blew into the room like a rushing mighty wind. (You can wrap up your sermon here, depending on how much you've invested in the strawology section. Or keep going. If you conclude here, loop back and focus on the word-of-mouth aspect that keeps the Spirit circulating. Challenge your people to be Spirit-Sharers, whatever else they are.) But like the small-town grapevine, this gift-of-gab can be misused, misunderstood ...

127. The Season Of The Resurrection

Luke 24:44-53

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... , it also challenges us to confront the evil powers of the world, beginning in our own lives. It means that we open ourselves to the whole gospel, not just to those parts that make us feel good. All: Well, we have some fear about proceeding, but let's keep going. Hymn of Praise In light of the call to worship, I invite us to use this powerful hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name!" Prayer of Praise Focus on the victory of Jesus and the power that the ascended Christ promises us, as the body of believers ...

128. Turning A Minus Into A Plus

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... run, then finally soar like an eagle? That's normally how we turn a minus into a plus.[2] Isn't it? Isaiah knew God and he knew life. He set down the promises of God in the correct order, for the greatest power and the greatest gift is to keep going when life has slowed us to a walk and we're almost ready to cave in and quit. God's help is described in three forms. There is the promise that God's help can take the form of ecstasy, enabling us to mount up and soar like eagles. Many ...

129. When God Was Nothing

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... King Philip II. This city was the epitome of Roman lifestyle. In this city there was no synagogue for Paul to confide in. It was totally other than Jewish and Christian. What is remarkable is that this small church, which needed encouragement itself to keep going, encouraged Paul by sending him gifts when he was imprisoned in Rome. So Paul in kindwrites to Philippians and says, “I thank my God every time I remember you. I pray with Joy because of your partnership in the Gospel.” Where did Paul learn ...

130. Jesus’s Manifesto

Luke 4:14-30

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... wood door.” When Mother Teresa finally came to meet them, she apologized for keeping them waiting. Ford and his wife then engaged her in conversation about these “dying poor” in their final days whom she and the sisters reached out to. “How do you keep going” Ford asked, “with so much poverty and death and pain all around?” Mother Teresa answered, “We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus and to Jesus, . . . and that’s what keeps it simple.”4 Jesus was not afraid to challenge entrenched ...

131. When Fisherman do Strange Things

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the preaching of the Church. It is still the Gospel. Now is the time. "The time is fulfilled." The Kingdom is there for the taking, so do something about your life. And, do something about this world. But first, do something about your life. Get your life in order, then keep going and follow Jesus into the world. If you follow Jesus, that is where you are going to end up. You are going to end up in the world, trying to make the world a better place as well. But for God's sake, don't just sit around and wait ...

132. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

... stumbled in their freedom and did not know how to live their lives, God gave them the Law as a lamp for their feet and a light for their path. It was a gift. When God's children grew worn-down, burned-out, and exhausted, God said, "You can't keep going without a break. There are limits. Take a day to relax and meditate. One day in seven you shall clear the calendar to the glory of God. It's a gift." When God's children tired of wandering in the wilderness, they needed a place to put down roots. So ...

133. It Is Blessed To Receive

Sermon

William G. Carter

134. Loving From The Heart

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... care. They manned the phones. They offered encouragement and support. There is no substitute for that. What has love got to do with persecution and suffering. It was love that brought Christ into the world. It's the love of others in our church family that helps us keep going in our darkest hours. FINALLY, IT IS LOVE THAT GIVES US HOPE FOR TOMORROW. Ultimately we have one hope in this world, and that is that we are not alone. We like to think we are self-sufficient and maybe we are 99 percent of the time ...

135. Excited, Motivated, Changed!

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... they struggled with drawing after drawing, design after design. Nothing. Another six months. Nothing. At the end of the year Ford checked with his engineers and they once again told him that what he wanted was impossible. Ford told them to keep going. They did. And they discovered how to build a V8 engine. (4) Motivation that lasts comes from having someone greater than ourselves instructing us, encouraging us, prodding us, exhorting us. The disciples were changed because now they had the inner witness ...

136. We Need Martha and Mary

Luke 10:38-42

Illustration

Max Lucado

... knees in the nursery. You don't appreciate Marthas until a Martha is missing and all the Marys of the church start scrambling to find the keys to lock doors, turn off the lights and turn off the fans. Yes, the Marthas are the Energizer Bunnies of the church. They keep going and going and going." Martha was a live wire to be sure. However, even live wires need a time out for recharging. Work without worship will soon burn you out. Even in church we can lose our sense of perspective.

137. The Baby or the Window?

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... the ball at all. But everyone cheered for her anyway. It was her team’s last game and Tracy came up to bat. She swung at the ball and quite miraculously hit it. Her coach yelled for her to run to first base. Then he yelled for her to keep going toward second, then toward third. By this time the fans in the stands were all on the feet cheering Tracy on toward home plate. But as she neared home plate, something wondrous happened. An old dog loped onto the field and parked itself just off the line between ...

138. The Real "Lord's Prayer"

John 17:6-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the wind. There is the strength of the locomotive that pulls the heavy train across the bridge, and there is the strength of the bridge that holds up the weight of the train. One is active strength, the other is passive strength. One is the power to keep going, the other is the power to keep still. One is the strength by which we overcome; the other is the strength by which we endure.” (5) Jesus’ prayer is a great reminder to us that God never intended us to suffer and struggle through life under our ...

139. I Want To Go South, Lord

Genesis 12:1-8

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... , horizon-to-horizon famine. Word comes to him that further south there is a better place, Egypt, with its great Nile River and rich delta region where turnips and figs grow as big as watermelons. He decides it is time to check in with God and see if he can keep going to get out of this awful place. He keys in (dials) God's number, 1-800-555-0001. Abram: Hello, God? This is Abram. Uh, I want to go south, Lord. God: WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? (What is the problem?) Abram: Do you realize how hot it is down here ...

140. When It's Time For Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... know the bottom of the sea. We can explore the bottom. We know there is a floor to the sea. We have been there. That is not what the psalmist says. He says as far as the east is from the west. When you start going east you can just keep going and going and going and going. The psalmist in his wisdom says that is how far God has removed our transgressions from us. In the name of Jesus Christ you and I are forgiven. Don’t go home today until you know that in your own mind People who experience ...

141. I Want To Go South, Lord

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... -wall wastelands,horizon-to-horizon famine. Word comes to him that furthersouth there is a better place, Egypt, with its great NileRiver and rich delta region where turnips and figs grow asbig as watermelons. He decides it is time to check in with God and see ifhe can keep going to get out of this awful place. He keys in(dials) God's number, 1-800-555-0001. Abram: Hello, God? This is Abram. Uh, I want to gosouth, Lord. God: WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? (What is the problem?) Abram: Do you realize how hot it is down ...

142. Jesus: The Ultimate Ordinary

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... , I know about reliable forces at work in my life. It’s much like a tree growing. As it puts down its roots so it sends out its branches. At this point God’s voice comes louder to me. To be tried in use is an ordinary experience. When I keep going in spite of obstacles and in the worst of times manage to be loving, courageous, faithful, I experience a power holding me up which I accept as truth at work in my life. I hear God’s voice in me, also. The normal order of events, the routine or usual ...

143. Belling the Cat

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... . I have to fulfill it.” “But, Patty, if I bind it so you can run, you will get blisters.” “What are a few blisters?” said Patty. “Nothing more than fluid under the skin. My mother could take a syringe and drain it, so I can keep going.” And that’s just what Patty did. The doctor showed her parents how to wrap her foot tightly with tape. Each day Patty ran twenty‑five to thirty miles, despite the pain in her foot, despite two epileptic seizures. Patty ran for forty‑two more days ...

144. Jesus’ Four Surprising Road Rules for the Missional Highway

Luke 9:57-62, Luke 9:51-56

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... will spend their lives. They only know how they will spend their lives: serving Christ. On a road trip there is always some bad news. Construction delays. Bridges collapse. Flat tires. Flooded roadways. Lost luggage. Credit card declined. But committed travelers keep going. 3) One of Jesus’ most shocking statements is found in today’s gospel text. A potential follower requests permission to first go and “bury my father.” This seems one of the most basic, decent, honorable acts a child might offer to ...

145. How To Deal With Frustration

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Robert Allen

... said, “Jeremy, why don’t you tell me what’s bothering you?” Jeremy struggled to bring his emotions under control and then he said, “I’ve worked so hard to get through school. I’ll be a senior in college this fall, but I don’t have the money to keep going. I took a test for a job, but I was so nervous, I don’t think I did very well. I’ve worked so hard to get this far. I don’t know how much more frustration I can take. I don’t know what I am going to do ...

146. First Thing

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... 4 hours of sleep a night. Different friends and coworkers would comment to him jokingly that they would get an email from him at 11:30-12am and then a follow-up email at 3-3:30am in the morning. The man knew that he couldn’t keep going. Physically, his energy was being sucked down the drain of worry. Emotionally, his happiness was being blown away by the wind of worry. Spiritually, his joy was being burned up in the furnace of worry. Then literally, one day his worry basically dissipated. It wasn’t that ...

147. A Lamp Shining In a Dark Place

2 Peter 1:17-21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... is messy. Of course, so is life. Few Bible books follow neatly on one another, stuff is repeated, for emphasis. Things are brought up, but not explained. Stories are told by Jesus that don’t have suitable endings. In fact, the Bible doesn't have an ending. It just keeps going with no conclusion, with no sure statement of how things will turn out between us and God, as if to say that the story has no ending, as if you and I are still living the story. “To be continued,” is the last word of every Bible ...

148. Who Touched The Remote Control?

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... a gadget in the paper the other day that at first I thought was really neat. It's called the Loc8tor and it's a remote for the remotes. You know how sometimes the remote just disappears and you spend 30 minutes looking for it and your blood pressure just keeps going up? Or how about the mislaid car keys. Wouldn't it be great if everything in the house had a locator button, and all you had to do was press it to find a missing item? That's what the Loc8tor does. Radio signals from tiny tags, show the handheld ...

149. Don't Get Stuck!

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... was really more like soft mud. He slowed down, but kept going. He began to wonder whether his GPS had lost its mind. He spoke to it. “Are you sure this is the right way?” The metallic-sounding voice replied, “Have I ever let you down before? Just keep going.” Now he was getting nervous, and a little irritated. But he fully expected to see more pavement up ahead at any moment. Instead, the muddy road turned into a pair of tracks, a one-way path that seemed to lead into a field. He thought, My GPS had ...

150. Elephants in the Room: Anxiety

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... and crack my whip the way I always do. It worked because they were not aware of any change in the usual performance.” When the lights go out and your fears begin to roar, stand up to them and know that God is on your side. Just trust God and keep going. The lights will turn on again and your fear will scurry away. Amen. For further reading check out Dr. J. Wallace Hamilton’s insightful book, “Ride the Wild Horses.” There is a wonderful chapter in there entitled, “Make a Friend of your Fear.”

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