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126. The Day You Were Healed

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

... ten lepers had received the gift of healing, nine neglected gratitude to him who healed them? Or how do we account for this when we are healed, that God gets little more than casual recognition, an incidental "Thank the Lord," while our personal fitness or the skill of medics or our high tech progress draw the commendation? Or how do we defend the notion that the good gifts of the Father’s kindly hand are listed as our human right, while the Giver of the gifts is thoughtlessly ignored? Someone has said ...

127. Hunger, Health, and Happiness

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

... , but he looked friendly enough and Vijah invited him into his home. William explained that he was headquartered in a neighboring tribe and that he was there to offer food and clothing to Vijah and his siblings. Also, he offered to help train Vijah in a skill that would enable him to support his "family." Vijah was cautious, very cautious. That was his training. No one was trusted who was not a member of the tribe. But Vijah was in trouble and needed help and William spoke his language so well that Vijah ...

128. Parable of Stringed Music and Soul Whispers

Malachi 3:6-18

Illustration

... endless work Denying what we are within -- a soul that prays. But music offered on the strings Somehow causes us to pause And meditate upon the power That moves us with a holy cause. The tune-up music of a stringed ensemble is a familiar din to music lovers, but skilled cooperation under a skilled baton can produce heavenly music. When we are in harmony with God, our soul sings of His glory. The feeling one experiences is its own proof.

129. ADVENT 1

Isaiah 2:1-5

Bulletin Aid

... , Father; but in our hearts are the battlefields where we destroy the desire of our minds. By nature we become living ammunition, the visible expression of what we think in our hearts. Forgive us for our seif-centeredness that has made us skilled warriors doomed to be defeated by that very skill. Draw us Into your presence; that we may learn your ways, walk in your paths, and live in your peace; through Christ our Lord. Amen. Hymns "Come Down, O Love Divine" "Lead Us, O Father" "O For a Closer Walk with God ...

130. Communion Is Realizing Forgiveness

Matthew 26:17-30

Sermon

... I saw a young lady wearing a T-shirt which said, "I don't get mad ... I get even." You see, some people pride themselves in their skill for getting revenge ... in their ability to be one up on the next person ... to always have the last word or a cutting comeback. But one of ... and quick thinking to always even the score when someone "gets one on us." In this worldly society, we think we must be skillful and astute in our ability to get revenge because we know that most often that's the way it is in human ...

131. Talents and Trust

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

... . But the final victory belongs to him. He is lifted up to set you free. Feel the breath of my Spirit breathe you into life. Take hold of the life I give you and live." When I consider the breadth and depth of your talents and skills, gifts and abilities; when I see them displayed in your homes and shared in the church and community; when I consider the many gifts that cannot be "put on display", such gifts as compassion and understanding and generosity and the ability to motivate others; when I consider ...

132. Round Trip to Bethlehem

Ruth 1:1-22

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... she was left with no means of support. Her world was suddenly falling apart and she wondered what she would do. A fifty-five-year-old woman lost her husband to heart disease. She was too young to receive his pension or Social Security - and she had no job skills; she had never worked while her children were growing up. In near panic, she reacted: "What am I going to do now? What will I live on?" She was afraid she would lose title to her home, because she and her husband had built an addition to it and ...

133. The Rest of the Christmas Story

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

... lucky to have your job, but you earn a quarter of a white man’s wage for your labor. Because you are black, your family cannot follow you to your job. You may remain temporarily in a white area because you have a useful skill: but your wife and children have no useful skills, so they must stay on the "reservation." You live in a barracks next to your factory with fifty other men who, like yourself, are forced by apartheid to leave their families to be able to provide for them. Because you are black, you ...

134. Issachar

Genesis 49:1-28

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... are unwilling to undergo rigorous discipline, those holy habits which are the essence of spiritual growth. We maintain we want vitality in the church, but we refuse to stay on our knees long enough to learn how to pray. A young man has developed great skill in weight lifting. After months of arduous training the result is handsome muscle. The secret is, if muscle is to be developed, it must be given maximized effort. The weights can never remain the same, but must always be increased. The same rule applies ...

135. Achieving An All-In Victory - 1952

1 John 5:1-12

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... more than explanations and vindications of the techniques of Jesus. For example, Jesus never tried to win a disciple by threat, or bribe, or coercion. He invariably employed one major method: He sought to capture their imaginations. This required much more skill, ingenuity, persistency, and sacrifice than any other approach, and was just that much more successful. How many so-called world conquerors exercise any influence after a century or so has passed? But no one can compare with the Master of men ...

136. Chapter IX

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... his work. He poured out some pop, set the bottle aside (it was still about a quarter full), and lifted the two glasses to check his skill. Since one had in it more liquid than the other, he hit upon a novel idea for evening them up. He drank from the first glass ... those who are more intelligent, better looking, more advanced or in better positions, or who have better educations or more attractive skills, than we, rather than try to increase the little we try to subtract from the larger. And so we begin to ...

137. MASON

2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chron. 22:14

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Stephen Stewart

... in working." Many of the most marvelous antiquities of the East were due to the work of the mason, and certain villages were famous for their masons. The farmers were usually skillful in building low terrace walls of undressed stone for the fields and vineyards. But buildings required a master mason. When laying stones or bricks, the mason measured distances from reference points and marked guidelines on a working surface to lay out his work. Using a trowel, he next spread a ...

138. The Hardest Thing That God Could Ask

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... and let us affirm you. The New York Times did a job analysis recently. They found that being a mother was the most demanding vocation they could find. It requires at least seventeen distinctive job skills, including that of psychologist, nutritionist, financial manager, and conflict mediator. In view of the skills required, the Times estimated that the job should pay $500,000 per year. Moms, you are underpaid! (1) One of my favorite cartoon characters is Dennis the Menace. In a recent episode, Dennis was ...

139. Song of an Historian

Psalm 78:1-72

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... for ever. He chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the ewes that had young he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, of Israel his inheritance. With upright heart he tended them and guided them with skillful hand. (Psalm 78:68-72) History: God in Action With this the singer ends his song. He has set before his listeners the unfolding drama of God’s creative and corrective concern with human affairs. Let them be aware, therefore, that history is not something ...

140. Wheel Within The Wheel

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... some organization if it was going to fulfill God’s mission. So it is important to remember that good administration is ministry. Jesus demonstrated such ministry when he appointed seventy additional workers and sent them on ahead. Paul used his administrative skills in raising money for the Jerusalem congregation. We also remember from the book of Acts that when the church grew in numbers, a special group was organized to take care of the widows and the poor. Structures are needed for effective ministry ...

141. Blind Bartimaeus - Model For Healing

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... her very life to the medical and surgical teams. She entered the operating room calmly, and emerged cured. Was it not thus with Bartimaeus? He had never met Jesus. But the stories that circulated so wildly and widely spoke of a person with the compassion and skills of a great physician. He was not known to have turned anyone away. Rich and poor were alike to him, it was said. He had restored hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, health to lepers and the lame, and - to Bartamaeus - most wonderful of ...

142. A WALL OF ROCK AND THE EVERYBODY GAP

Drama

William McKee Aber

... joy ... I resist it because beneath the stony exterior of every person there is a human who desperately wants and needs love. Judge: If I may sum up. You are both experts in human relations; you, Wormwood, find your skills lie primarily within the field of hate; you, Christian, find your skills lie primarily within the field of love. I presume that you are knowledgeable in both fields, since they are usually considered to be opposities. Am I correct in my assumptions? Yes? Well, then, let us begin. I would ...

143. How To Be Used By God

1 Samuel 16:14-23

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... (1 Samuel 16:18). His training as a shepherd and as a warrior was excellent. Not only young people, but all of us would do well to continue to study and train for our tasks. "Life-long education" is a word for today. Most vocations require updating of skills and information on a regular basis. And why not learn something new from time to time? Maybe a second language or how to fix your car. Money and time spent for our "heads" are never wasted. A word of caution, however. It is easy to become professional ...

144. Service

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... shower. Why not apply the same logic to the form of witness, to the particular ministry? What are our talents? What gives us the greatest sense of satisfaction? Wherein do we render the greatest amount of good? How do we relate to people? How can our skills be best employed in God’s service? "No one is useless in the world," said Charles Dickens, "who lightens the burden of it for anyone else." "Are you able to drink the cup that I drink?" may mean the willingness to burn midnight oil, when comfortable ...

145. Lord, I Want To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Brett Blair

... as if tomorrow you were stricken blind.' As bad as blindness is in the 21st century, however, it was so much worse in Jesus' day. Today a blind person at least has the hope of living a useful life with proper training. Some of the most skilled and creative people in our society are blind. But in first century Palestine blindness meant that you would be subject to abject poverty. You would be reduced to begging for a living. You lived at the mercy and the generosity of others. Unless your particular kind ...

146. Lord, I Want to See - Sermon Starter

Mark 10:46-52

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Brett Blair

... as if tomorrow you were stricken blind.' As bad as blindness is in the 20th century, however, it was so much worse in Jesus' day. Today a blind person at least has the hope of living a useful life with proper training. Some of the most skilled and creative people in our society are blind. But in first century Palestine blindness meant that you would be subjected to abject poverty. You would be reduced to begging for a living. You lived at the mercy and the generosity of others. Unless your particular kind ...

147. Two Blessings for an Unwed Mother

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

William G. Carter

... avoiding the subject of my mediocre grades. “But I’ve come home with some questions.” “Really?” he replied. “Like what?” “Like the virgin birth,” I said. “I’ve taken a lot of biology, as you know,” skillfully avoiding that “a lot” constituted a single course where I received a B-. “And I think this whole business of a virgin birth doesn’t make much sense to me. It doesn’t fit with what I have learned in biology class.” “What’s the problem?” he asked. “There ...

148. Vive La Difference

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... they perform different tasks. The left hemisphere is concerned with language and logic. The right side is said to be the creative, emotive, artistic side. Our educational system is set up to cater to left brain aptitudes those that require logic and language skills. Suppose you happen to be a right brain dominant child, however. You are labeled as slow, a dreamer, an underachiever. Maybe not. Maybe you are simply a right-brained person in a leftbrained world. We are all unique, valued, special. We all have ...

149. Smart As A Goat

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... year. In 1974, he wrote his motto like this: “I do not want to spend 1974 doing that which someone else does better while I can do something no one else does as well." (2) There's a reason why God made each of us to have certain gifts and skills and temperaments. There is an awesome purpose behind our abilities. THE SECOND POINT OF TODAY'S BIBLE PASSAGE IS THAT OUR GIFTS ARE A PART OF OUR INTERDEPENDENCE AS THE BODY OF CHRIST; WE NEED EACH OTHER TO USE AND ENCOURAGE OUR GIFTS SO WE CAN GROW IN SPIRITUAL ...

150. People Who Inspire Us

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... it. If you fly into certain parts of a typhoon, the strong winds will destroy the plane. But if you can figure out the direction of the wind, then stay right on the outer edge of the storm, it can speed you along safely to your destination. In fact, a skillful pilot will get to his destination ahead of his time if he knows how to ride the typhoon just right. The pilot remarked, “The idea is to turn a typhoon into a tailwind." (4) What a great phrase--turning a typhoon into a tailwind. That's the secret to ...

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