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1476. Seeing the End from the Beginning

Numbers 13:1-2, 17-33

Sermon

James Merritt

... why it will work. They said in v.27, "the land flows with milk and honey." It was obvious once they saw the land why God wanted them to have the land. That's why there is always a delicate balance with a God-given vision between facts and faith, and this is ... Yes, I know that." He said, "Well coach, my Dad was blind and today was the first day he ever saw me play."7 Well, I want to tell you today your Heavenly Father is watching you. He has a vision for you individually, and for us as a church. We can, with ...

1477. The Lion King

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... seals?" (v.2) His question is met with a deafening silence. For we are told, "no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it." (v.3) Now, throughout human history, there have been many people who wanted to take title deed to the earth, and who were willing to control this world. Alexander the Great tried to take over this world, and he did conquer all the world that he knew; but he did not conquer the world that he did not know. Napoleon tried to conquer ...

1478. It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... from a little girl in Macon, Georgia. Here's what she wrote me: Dear Dr. Merritt, Hello! I was just wondering can you help me? My Mother wants to move to Sweden. I am supposed to go, but I don't trust her. She says I'll come back. I don't know. My ... and then when he's convinced you love him more than anybody else in the world, tell him you do not love him at all and you want a divorce. She said, "That sounds great, I'll do it." In a few weeks she came back with a report that she had followed her counselor ...

1479. Me, Myself and God

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... a song that began to flood his soul. Later he married again and raised a second family, and it was in that home with that family that Dr. Peale had breakfast that morning. As Luther Bridgers completed his story, he walked over to the piano and told Dr. Peale he wanted to play for him a song that God had given him during that time in his life. Dr. Peale said he would never forget the memory of that strong man singing the chorus to that song: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest name I know, Fills my ev’ry longing ...

1480. How To Be An Easter Person

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... enter a different realm.’ The infant might protest and say, ‘I like it here. I am fed, warm, and I feel loved. I don’t want to leave this place and be born.’ But nature takes its course and the baby is born. After he endures a slap on his rear ... cries a bit, he looks up into a loving face. The infant is cuddled in loving arms. He soon discovers that he can get anything he wants if he will just cry or coo. So, the infant says to himself, ‘This is nicer than I thought it would be.’ The years of ...

1481. Making Disciples

2 Corinthians 3:1-6

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... proof is in the pudding but we have to be around to sample the pudding. Ideals push us forward and upward in our spiritual questing. That is good, right, proper, and beneficial. We must never lose sight of them. Ask the Lord to keep you as open as he wants you to be. Summary And Conclusion It is exciting to know you and I are colleagues in the making of disciples! We are all in the same boat, so to speak, in that our strength and competence are decidedly limited. But make disciples we must. Noting that our ...

1482. Revitalizing the Lo-cal Church

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... as it makes no sense to tell someone, 'I love you more than anything in the world, but I just can't manage to find the time to be with you,' it makes no sense to claim that we have no time for prayer. When we love someone we naturally want to spend time together; and when we are 'in love' with someone, we make the time to be with our beloved." (49) In early Christianity, the monastics gave the best parts of their day, their "first fruits," to prayer. Work was something they did in their free time. What ...

1483. Quenching St. Anthony's Fire

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... not portray a cross with a ladder propped up against it. But a ladder is propped up against the cross only when the artists want to portray Christ's "Descent from the Cross." The ladder was used to take Christ down from the cross. And that is what the ... done all things well. He triumphed over death and hell. That's the news. That's the news. That's the Good News of the gospel wanting to be born in you God's terms of endearment quenching St. Anthony's Fire through you. Are you ready to say with Mary: "Let it ...

1484. Refusing to Quit

2 Timothy 4:5-8

Sermon

James McCormick

... when we arrive at our journey’s end, is our torch still aflame? Anyone can start. The question is, can you finish? Very briefly, I want to give you three reasons why we can keep on keeping on even when the going gets tough and we feel like quitting. First, I ... , don’t quit! Let me pull it all together and say it one more time. It happened in one of the towns in Alabama – I want to say Anniston. They had a good track team – so good, in fact, that they thought they had a chance to win the state high ...

1485. The Last Parable

Mark 12:1-12

Sermon

James McCormick

... to life, do you think for one moment that I would send him back to those people? Not on your life! But there it is in the gospels, after Jesus was resurrected, God sent him back again! God sent him back to say, “I still love you. I still want you to come back home to me where you belong!” Wow! Amazing! Another thing this parable makes clear is that everyone has a decision to make about Jesus. Back in the first century, a great many people heard Jesus gladly. It was mostly the leaders, those in authority ...

1486. Rainbows and Roses

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... with the more modern version of that story. Let me give you an abbreviated version as posted by somebody on the Internet: The Lord spoke to Noah and said, “Noah, in six months I’m going to make it rain until the whole world is covered with water. But I want to save a few good people and two of every living thing on the planet. So I am ordering you to build an Ark.” “OK,” Noah said, trembling with fear. “I’m your man.” Six months passed, the sky began to cloud up, and the rain began to fall ...

1487. An Unpopular Preacher

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... all the troubles you’ve suffered, all the injustices. God will pay you back with twice as much good. It tells you that God will protect you from making bad decisions. In fact, God will protect you from all harm. No weapons can hurt you. It tells you that God wants you to be the winner that God created you to be. It tells you that, if you’ll give more to God, God will give more to you. (All the above can be found in Joel Osteen’s best-seller, Your Best Life Now.) The “prosperity gospel” is very ...

1488. Not My Jesus!

Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... said, “Father, we’re getting complaints about the crosses in your church yard. Inside the church, you can do what you want to. But out front, where everyone can see them, they’re offensive. People don’t like them – they find them unsettling ... tell them to remember his death and why he died. He died because his love sought to change how the world works, and the world didn’t want to change. I’d say, Come to the foot of the cross and see what humans can do…and see what we are still doing. Do that ...

1489. A Mother's Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... for child care, but one day she will be going into an important business meeting and she will think of her baby’s sweet smell. She will have to use every ounce of her discipline to keep from running home, just to make sure her baby is all right. “I want my daughter to know that everyday decisions will no longer be routine. That a five year old boy’s desire to go to the men’s room rather than the women’s at McDonald’s will become a major dilemma. That right there, in the midst of clattering trays ...

1490. A Time for Opportunity

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... your blessings by starting with your fingers.” (7) Such good advice. Count your blessings. Develop an attitude of gratitude. I’m saying to you that many people today are so fixated on what’s wrong with our world that they will miss some of the blessings God wants to pour out on them. Make the most of every opportunity. Keep a clear head and a positive spirit. And in all things, give God thanks. 1. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/07/07/paperclip-house.html. 2. Ryan, pp. 8‑9. Cited in Quentin J ...

1491. Fish Bait

Mark 1:17, 1 Corinthians 15:2-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... a little four year old boy shouted out, "Doughnuts!" As we do think about the type of bait we have to use to catch people, I want to remind you that fishing is simple. All you have to do is go to a lake or pond, bait a hook, throw your line into ... I John 5:13, MSG) The Apostle John, one of those early followers of Christ said, "You can be sure you have eternal life". I want you to remember those four letters, because I am going to share with you four things today that begin with those four letters that gives ...

1492. The Paralysis of Analysis – The Fear of Failure

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... textbook." (Psalm 119:71, MSG) Many times God allows us to fail to force us to turn to His word, so we can learn what He wants us to do. It is not a tragedy to fail. It is a tragedy when you fail and don't use that failure for your benefit ... you are sitting there thinking, "There is no need for me to give my life to Jesus, because I would fail to live up to what He wants." Listen - Christianity is not about you living up to God's standard. Christianity is about allowing God's Son to live in you and that can' ...

1493. I’m At the End of My Rope

2 Kings 4:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... . The only reason she ran out of oil is because she ran out of vessels. Now please don't miss this. There was no limit on the amount of oil. The only limit was the number of vessels. Do you know what that means? You have all of God you want, and all that you make room for, no more and no less. If that woman had bought a million empty vessels, she would have wound up with a million full vessels. You know the Bible teaches over and over that great faith brings great blessings, but little faith brings little ...

1494. No One Left Behind

2 Kings 7:3-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... up, step out in faith and trust God with their lives, they would have missed out on the blessings that God had for them. Remember this - to do nothing is a guarantee of poverty and emptiness and failure. When you step out in faith and do what you believe God wants you to do there are riches ahead of you that you can't even imagine. "When these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they entered one tent and ate and drank, and carried from there silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid them; and they ...

1495. Multiplying Men Of God

Malachi 2:5-7, 2 Timothy 2:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... bedside. She looked up at him and she said, "Sir, do you understand that I am dying?" He said, "Yes." She said, "Do you understand that I want to make sure that I get to heaven when I die?" He said, "Yes, I understand that." Then she asked this question, "Are you sure you ... 2:6, NKJV) The man of God is always ready to speak a word for God and always has a word from God. In fact, I want to make a statement that is going to sound very dogmatic, because I intend it to be. The measure of a man of God is how ...

1496. Sex and the City

Exodus 20:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... From Your Past Sexual Mistakes You may have already committed adultery. You may be in an adulterous relationship right now. Maybe you are single and you have either committed fornication or you've been caught in the web of fornication, homosexuality or lesbianism. I want you to listen carefully. If you have been unfaithful to your spouse or you have been unfaithful to God. If you've engaged in extra-marital, pre-martial, or non-marital sex it is not the unpardonable, unforgivable sin. Sin it is and always ...

1497. To Catch a Thief

Exodus 20:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... been given to you that can be used for the glory of God and the goodness of other people. There is one other thing that God wants you to give to Him and that is not only your talents, but His tithe. Perhaps the most egregious example of stealing in all the Bible ... you need. Stealing is also a failure to respect what God has provided for others. It robs what He has given to someone else and He wanted them to have it or He would have given it to you. That is why I have left the ultimate theft for last. If you ...

1498. Live and Let Die

Galatians 2:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... live until you die, but when you die you live. You may be sitting there saying, "I don't get it." Well, hopefully you are about to because there are four words in this text that really tell us what the Christian life is, and how to live it. I want you to underscore them: Christ lives in me. You see the first discovery a Christian needs to make as soon as he becomes one is this: He cannot live the Christian life. It is "Christ living in me." You see the Christian life is not your responsibility; it is your ...

1499. Here Today Gone Tomorrow

Genesis 5:21-24, Hebrews 11:5

Sermon

James Merritt

... moment. I can tell you how much you have of God right now without knowing anything about you at all. You have all of God you want. I will tell you something else. You will find as much of God as you seek. God himself said in Jeremiah 29:13, "You will seek ... back to this planet. The big deal about Enoch was not how he was taken, but where he went. He went to be with the Lord. I want to tell you today if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, it doesn't matter whether you go through the grave or you go through ...

1500. Don't Be Afraid Of The Light

John 8:12

Sermon

James Merritt

... moon doesn't generate any light. Apart from the sun, the moon is nothing more than a pitch black rock full of holes and craters, but let that moon get properly positioned to the sun and that moon will shine and glow all night long. That is all that God wants you to do - to simply let the light of His son shine through you and show it to a world living in darkness. If you ever get to go to Montana, make sure you go and see the Lewis & Clark Caverns, which are bigger than Carlsbad Caverns. They are north ...

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