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1476. Three Deadly Words

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... at him and declared, "You are now a woman." I hope there is no one in this church who still believes that women cannot compete with men. The two highest IQs ever recorded (on a standard test) both belonged to women. It is not intelligence or ability or competence that have held women back. It is these three deadly words, "I am only..." One little girl prayed earnestly: "Dear God, are little boys really better than little girls?" After a brief pause, as if waiting for an answer, she added, "I know you ...

1477. Our Damascus Road Experience

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

King Duncan

... no longer find enough to talk about to make it through a meal together need to give attention to their marriage. So it is with warning signs about our spiritual life. An emptiness ” a general sense of dissatisfaction with life ” a decreasing ability to control our behavior ” a general blindness to the needs of those around us ” may be warning signs that our relationship with God is deteriorating. Saul probably received a warning light as he stood holding Stephen's garment as the mob stoned Stephen ...

1478. Empowered

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... give him a world class athlete. He laughed, but seeing she was serious, half-heartedly agreed. Before long her determination paid off. She was one of the team's best players. Her team went to the state basketball championships. One of the referees noticed her exceptional ability. He asked if she had ever run track. She hadn't. He encouraged her to try it. So after the basketball season she went out for track. She began winning races and earned a berth in the state championships. At the age of 16, she was ...

1479. Empowered By Angels

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... be hurt ” spiritually, emotionally, physically ” in the process. Uncertainty haunts us. Can we persevere to the end? OUR LESSON THIS MORNING IS ABOUT A MAN WHO FELT TOO INADEQUATE TO BE A PROPHET FOR GOD. He saw himself as one without any special skills or abilities. He questioned if he had the stamina for the task to which he was called. Fearing for his life, he even hid. His name was Elijah. Elijah's crisis of confidence came immediately after God had given him a great victory. You remember the story ...

1480. One In Christ

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... things. Men who announced that women had no contribution to make to the community beyond that of being a homemaker. Men who believed that women lacked the sound judgement necessary to be registered voters. Men who heldforth that women lacked the ability required to conduct financial matters. Men who were certain that women were incapable of owning and operating a business. When one male speaker announced the superior intelligence of men over women, Sojourner Truth could no longer remain silent. She mounted ...

1481. Responding Instead Of Reacting

Jeremiah 28:1-17

Sermon

Dr. B. Bruce Humphrey

... dead horse, he discovered he was without food, without water, without a horse, lost out on the Great Plains. Hours later, his troops found him. He might easily have died out in the middle of the prairie. (1) People like Gen. Custer are popular because they show the ability to be decisive ” sometimes to their own detriment. The prophet Jeremiah, on the other hand, was not quick at all. He did not react like Will Rodgers or Gen. Custer. He was the kind of person who had to go home and think about it for a ...

1482. One Came Back

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... to our world which influenced the lives of many generations to come. "It was Christopher Columbus' genius," one historian wrote, "to marshal all of his knowledge and past experience, and use it to forge the Enterprise of the Indies...Columbus' breakthrough lay in his ability to make theory a useful tool. This was a thoroughly modern idea. The notion that ideas could be transformed into action, even on such a grand scale as the scheme of getting east by going west, was what set him apart. Columbus was born ...

1483. Hope For The End Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... me to the Motilones; God would help me to continue. Within three weeks I was back up the river." Bruce Olson never gave up. He lived with this tribe for four years and eventually introduced these people to the love of God. (4) Where do we get the ability to keep going even when everything appears to be going wrong? From God and God alone. In times of need we receive help from beyond. Thus we persevere. This brings us final thing to be said. FOLLOWERS ARE NOT TO SIT BY AND DO NOTHING WHILE WAITING FOR ...

1484. Visioning Or Vanishing?

Proverbs 29:1-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... He will give you the courage to face criticism that might come your way. The limitations of the Christian Church are not a lack of talent or brain-power. In spite of the financial recession we are currently in, it is not money. It is not lack of ability ” but availability. We are not putting ourselves at God's disposal. What hampers and keeps the church from being the church that Jesus Christ is calling it to be, is a lack of a bold and courageous vision ” the kind of a dream that Christ wants us to ...

1485. Do You Have A Forgiving Spirit?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... mile. His supervisor, who at first was very pleased with his performance, became curious why his production level continued to decrease. The young man replied, "I am getting slower and slower because the paint can is getting further and further away." If you find that your ability to forgive is getting more difficult and further away from the will of God, perhaps it is because you are not as close as you should be to the heart and mind of the Lord Jesus Christ. GOD'S FORGIVENESS OF US IS CONTINGENT ON OUR ...

1486. Facing Up To The Giant Task Of Life

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... almighty. I would like to share five necessary ingredients needed to defeat the giants of our lives. THE FIRST INGREDIENT IS THAT OF FAITH. David comes forward and volunteers because he has faith in God to overcome the enemy. David also had faith in his God-given ability to use those skills for God's purpose. When you have a dynamic combination of faith in God and faith in yourself, you also can go out to defeat the enemies that work against the kingdom of God. We read in Hebrews 11:6 that it is impossible ...

1487. What's The Matter? Are You Blind?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... them and if they are asked to reach for the object, they will say it is impossible, since they cannot see it. But if they can be persuaded to TRY, they will find the object with a sureness that amazes even themselves. This uncanny ability is called "blindsight." It turns out these people theoretically have superb vision, but they don't know they can see, according to Anthony Marcel, a psychologist at Cambridge University who has done research on blindsight. The brain damage that has rendered these patients ...

1488. I Can Have Anything?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... his wish for a good grade. The next year he repeated that course. He worked hard, and he passed. This time he decided that he did not need God, that he could get along by himself. It took Leslie Weatherhead some years to understand that his own powers and abilities were in reality the power that God had given to him. He began to realize that God had already given him the power to pass the examination, but he had not used that power the first go around. God never gives us more power than we need. As Dr ...

1489. Power Praying

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... control. He prayed for results, but always told God what the results should be. Likewise he prayed for action, and almost always told God what action to take. Speight learned a valuable lesson that day on the golf course. Instead of relying on his own abilities, he began trusting in God. (6) Many of us fill our lives with unnecessary stress, unnecessary worry, unnecessary aggravation because we will not trust our lives to God. Do the best you can, open your heart up to God in prayer, and then let go. That ...

1490. Who Is God Anyway?

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... self-expression. They looked beneath surface behavior and considered intentions. They sought charisma and sincerity in their leaders. The 90s, Kimball predicts, will belong to the brain. Kimball calls it an "age of cerebral enlightenment." Today the focus is on "smarts," the ability to simplify today's complex problems. (3) It's a complex world, and we are constantly reminded of how much we do not know. Well educated brains are a necessity for such a world. But the most sophisticated brain ever created is ...

1491. The Testimony of a Tax Collector

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of our faith. If it hadn't been for the Pharisees, our faith might have been swallowed up by the pagan faiths swirling all around us. The Pharisees studied the Law. They preserved the Law. Even more importantly, they kept the Law to the best of their ability. Thus they kept their distance from me. In their eyes, I was the worst kind of sinner. The Pharisees certainly weren't bad people. They just lacked compassion. Like so many religious people. They're more apt to avoid you rather than reach out a helping ...

1492. A Niche For Every Itch

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... you are interested in doing something, you do it only when it is convenient. When you are committed to something, you accept no excuses." Good soil represents the company of the committed ” people who are determined to serve Christ to the best of their abilities, people who are willing to make whatever sacrifices are necessary to see Christ's kingdom come, people who by their work and their witness bear fruit that does not perish. What kind of soil are you? Congressman Stephen Largent was speaking at Oral ...

1493. Get Out Of That Boat!

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... people can't walk on water! Not ordinary people anyway! Now, those of you who are sports fans may argue with that. At one time or another superstar coaches such as Bobby Knight of Indiana and the late Bear Bryant of Alabama have had this ability of being able to walk on water attributed to them. Various Washington politicians with big egos such as Henry Kissinger and Lyndon Johnson have also been described this way. Where was the President last night? He was out taking a stroll on the Potomac. Gen. George ...

1494. Does It Make A Difference Who Jesus Is?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... the cross. "It was a power so great that it shattered the last fortress - death. It was a power so great that it made atonement for all the sin of all the world. It was a power so great that it provided for those who would accept it the ability to live victoriously like children of God, in fellowship with Him Who made the world and the sun, the moon and the stars. "It was power that would enable believers to do the mighty works of Christ, and to experience, flowing in and through their own lives, the energy ...

1495. Yes, But He Started It!

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Martha's marriage, Philip Yancy notes that in the U.S. and other Western-style cultures, people tend to marry because they are attracted to another's appealing qualities: a fresh smile, wittiness, a pleasing figure, athletic ability, a cheerful disposition, charm. Over time, these qualities can change; the physical attributes, especially, will deteriorate with age. Meanwhile, surprises may surface: slatternly housekeeping, a tendency toward depression, disagreements over sex. In contrast, the partners in an ...

1496. The Terrible Burden Of Judging Others

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... bites his tongue until it bleeds." This expression refers to the way a ship's captain feels as he silently stands by while allowing a junior officer to bring the ship alongside the dock for the first time. (3) Many of us need to pray for the ability to bite our tongue ” unless we can offer encouragement and support ” whether it's to our children, our spouse, other people in church, at work or wherever we may be. Let me suggest a couple of questions we might ask before we pass judgement on someone else ...

1497. A Reason For Living

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

King Duncan

A certain advertising agent decided to trade in his winged-tip shoes for a white robe. He set himself up as a swami in one of the Eastern religions. He advertised his ability to answer life's most profound questions and eventually gathered a group of disciples who sat reverently about him while he remained lost in meditation. Finally the newly made swami broke his trance long enough to utter his profound insight for the day: "Life," he said, "is like a can ...

1498. Good Intentions

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... who were terminated or forced to retire early from their companies. The one universal character flaw which always led to downfall was not doing something that was promised. Motivational speaker Cavett Robert learned from an English professor long ago that "character is the ability to carry out a resolution long after the mood in which it was made has left you." The first son had good intentions, but he never made it to the vineyard. THE SECOND SON DID WORK IN THE VINEYARD. That's really surprising ...

1499. How Do You Get To Heaven?

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Mingled in a most Surprising manner With Susan, Joy And portions of Hanna. And finally this epitaph for a waiter in New England: "His Maker finally caught his eye." (1) It's all right to have some fun with this difficult subject. God gave us the ability to laugh to help us cope with life's grimmer moments. William Camden (1551-1623), an English historian and schoolmaster, wrote: A zealous locksmith died of late. And did arrive at heaven gate, He stood without and would not knock. Because he meant to pick ...

1500. Come Home For New Year's

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... back to her birth father. But they encouraged her to go so that she might learn more about her history. They knew it was important for her identity and self-esteem. Kandy and her father had a good time at lunch. He answered, to the best of his ability, the dozens of questions she had been storing up for so long. When Kandy's adoptive parents arrived at the end of the lunch, Kandy did something unexpected. In the year that she had lived with her adoptive parents, Kandy never touched or hugged her father. But ...

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