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1526. Thanksgiving Is a Choice

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

James McCormick

... was made not because of something outside of them, but because of something deep within them! They looked for blessings! I read recently about a man who took a tour of Yellowstone Park and the Grand Tetons. Instead of being impressed with what he saw, at every stop he made a disparaging remark. Nothing impressed him. He was bored by the whole thing. Finally, the tour leader had had enough. He snapped, “Mister, if you haven’t got it on the inside, you can’t see it on the outside.” That’s true, isn ...

1527. Water That Brings a New Beginning - Sermon Starter

Mt 3:13-17

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Brett Blair

... traffic in many parts of the country. And as much as we try to forge through to get to work or school, sometimes we have to stop and respect what the water around us is doing. Water is part of the drama of our life. It brings life, but not enough or too much can bring destruction. Let us focus on the life giving power of clean, fresh water. There are two very different ways to think ...

1528. A New Calling

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... life. In countless ways, large and small, I was always seeking the Lord’s blessing. I was saying, you know, I have a new song, look after it . . . I have a family, please look after them . . . I have this crazy idea . . . “And this wise man said: stop. He said, stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Get involved in what God is doing--because it’s already blessed.” Get involved in what God is doing. What a radical idea. Don’t spend so much time asking God to bless what you are doing. Rather ...

1529. Lent 3

Jn 4:5-42 · Rom 5:1-11 · Ex 17:1-7 · Ps 95

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... not deserve it, God's love is so great that it did for us what we could not do for ourselves—it justified us! Paul does not stop in the present; instead he casts his eyes toward the future once again and says that we will be saved by Christ's life (a reference to ... Again, this sets up Jesus' self-disclosure, "I who am speaking with you am he." But the story does not stop here. Through the following episodes Jesus speaks about proper spiritual priorities, before he finally comes into direct contact with the ...

1530. Proper 16

Exodus 1:1-22, Matthew 16:13-20, Romans 12:1-8, Psalm 124:1-8

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... even begins to infiltrate Pharaoh's own household, through the back door so to speak, when Moses is saved by Pharaoh's own daughter. Exodus 1:8-2:10 tells the same story three times. It is a story of how the power of God's blessing cannot be stopped by any human power, and this certainly provides a central point for preaching. Furthermore, in the telling of the story, biblical writers have provided a model of what human power should be like if we believe in the power of God's blessing, and this model is not ...

1531. Proper 19

Exodus 13:17--14:31, Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1--15:13, Exodus 15:1-21

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... God and Pharaoh and the ultimate destruction of the Egyptian army in the sea explores the power of God's salvation in history. When the story is read on this level, it provides a strong message about the limitation of human power and how hubris cannot stop the salvation of God no matter how strong it may appear. This message is a repetition of the opening chapters, where the power of Pharaoh was also thwarted by what appeared to be the powerless midwives and the Levitical mother of Moses, who were acting as ...

1532. Proper 22

Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 21:33-46, Philippians 3:1-11, Psalm 19:1-14

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... The most prominent event in Israel's wilderness journey is the revelation of law at Mount Sinai. After Israel is led out of Egypt in Exodus 15 their initial wilderness journey is described for 3 chapters ( Exodus 16 -18). In Exodus 19:1 the journey stops and the reader is informed that Israel arrived at Mount Sinai, where they prepare to meet God. The revelation of God to Israel at Mount Sinai continues for the next 72 chapters (Exodus 19; Numbers 10) . In these chapters Israel does not journey, and instead ...

1533. Changed Lives: Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... to ask the youngster how the fish were biting. He replied that the fish weren’t biting at all, but the worms sure were! The men on the work crew were still laughing when they stopped at the local gas station and told the owner what the boy had said–“the fish weren’t biting at all, but the worms sure were!” They were more than surprised when, after a moment’s thought, the gas station owner got a panic-stricken look on his face and ...

1534. Great Men Are Often Broken by Their High Ideals

Matthew 21:1-11

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Brett Blair

... there would be no Christmas presents because of the warand the hard times. The children didn't believe her. They said that President Wilson was coming and they knew that everything would be alright. The cheering lasted about a year. Then it gradually began to stop. It turned out that after the war the political leaders in Europe were more concerned with their own agendas than they were a lasting peace. At home Woodrow Wilson ran into opposition in the United States Senate and his League of Nations was not ...

1535. When Losing Your Baggage Is a Good Thing

Hebrews 12:1-2

Sermon

James W. Moore

... I saw near the airport in Copenhagen: “We send your baggage in all directions.” Well, I had made it back to Houston, but my baggage was who-knows-where. I felt deflated, discouraged, and defeated. That’s what losing your baggage can do to you. However, if you stop and think about it, there is a flip side to that coin, namely this: There is some baggage that we carry around with us all the time that we need to lose, that God wants us to lose. There is problematic baggage in our personalities that can ...

1536. When Do You Feel God's Pleasure?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

James W. Moore

... for Christmas… Each year the routine was pretty much the same. He would go back to the town where he grew up… and he would always stop by a restaurant to visit one of his old high school buddies named Buck. Buck was always glad to see him and he would give Fred ... thinking that. I’m embarrassed to say that I don’t remember the sermon topic that day, but I remember vividly that I stopped looking at the girl (singer) and focused on your words. The next Sunday I came and I kept coming back… because you ...

1537. There's Nothing in the World I Wouldn't Do for Him

Mark 14:22-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... them as the World War II Generation. Tom Brokaw called them “The Greatest Generation”… and when you stop and think about it, there were (and are) indeed a lot of great things about them. They ... moment and then he said: “I don’t know how in the world he did it, but somehow he stayed on his feet… and came back and dragged me to safety. Every stop was so painful for him. Every step he would cry out in agony. I kept telling him to leave me behind and go on and save himself, but he told me… ‘No ...

1538. Believe in Jesus

Acts 16:25-34

Sermon

James W. Moore

... about Jesus. This slave-girl’s mind was disturbed, but she had the reputation of being a fortune-teller… and she was bringing in a lot of money for her owners as people would come to her and pay to have their fortunes told. But then one day, Paul stopped his preaching long enough to heal the slave-girl’s troubled mind. When her owners saw that she was now in her right mind, they were afraid she wouldn’t be able to read the future anymore… and their hope of making money through her might be gone ...

1539. God Speaks and the Church Is Our Hearing Aid

Mark 4:1-9

Sermon

James W. Moore

... ? I honestly didn’t know. I prayed about it. I tested God. I asked for a sign, a visible, sensational, dramatic sign. And got absolutely nothing! Asked for lighting… nothing! Asked for a sign in the clouds… nothing! Asked for it to rain… nothing! Asked for it to stop raining… it rained harder! Then it dawned on me through the help of my pastor that the fact that I kept asking, (that I wanted it so much…) was God’s way of calling me. I was looking out there somewhere and God was calling me in ...

1540. Changed Lives - Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus again came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” It’s a beautiful story about an honest and devoted disciple ...

1541. The Gospel According to Winnie the Pooh

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... cried out, ‘You are being watched! You are being watched!’ The coachman did not linger a second----he jumped back in the carriage and drove the horses as fast as he could. After a while, when they were a considerable distance away, he stopped and said, ‘But I did not see anybody watching!’ The Rabbi replied, ‘God is watching you.’” Adin Steinsaltz, Simple Words: Thinking About What Really Matters in Life (NY: Touchstone, 1999), 46. Bono’s “Walk On” from All That You Can’t Leave Behind ...

1542. My Mother Taught Me…

2 Timothy 1:5

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... this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do." My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home." My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!" My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way." My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?" My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me." My ...

1543. Be of One Mind

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... in thought he happened to look up and noticed a spot of light in the east. The light kept approaching the ship and, as the bishop gazed in wonder, he saw three figures walking on the surface of the water toward the boat. The captain stopped the boat and all the sailors leaned over the rails to see this amazing sight. When they were within speaking distance, the bishop recognized his three friends, the fishermen, and they were walking on the water, just like our Lord. “Bishop!” they exclaimed, “we so ...

1544. What Does Faith Mean for You?

Matthew 6:25-34

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Mark Trotter

... Arie Brouer responded by saying that he had believed in God all of his life, and because he has cancer is no reason for him to stop believing in God. His son said, "But you and mom have spent a lot of your life trying to make this a better place for all ... me about what I have been taught and what I have believed over the years about the almightiness of God. Because if God can't stop this, then I have to come to some new understanding of God's almightiness, or perhaps reject it altogether. I haven't had time to ...

1545. Against All Hope

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Dr. John Killinger tells about a friend of his named Millard Reed: “Millard is president‑emeritus of Trevecca University in Nashville. Millard was on a speaking trip in South Carolina when he suddenly fell ill and was rushed to the hospital. His liver had just stopped functioning. His system was shutting down. The doctors said he would die. But a lot of people prayed for Millard, and when the doctors found a new liver for him and installed it, he began to recover. “One day, when Millard was back in ...

1546. Ministry to People in Need

Matthew 9:35-38

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E. Carver McGriff

... brethren that he planned to go into the nearby village on a preaching mission. He invited a novice to go along. On their way, they passed an injured man and Francis promptly stopped, saw to the poor fellow's needs and arranged medical care for him. They went on and soon passed a homeless man who was near starvation. Again, Francis stopped his journey and ministered to the hungry, homeless man. So it went, through the day: people in need, Francis lovingly caring for them as best he could until the sun was ...

1547. A Cup of Cold water

Matthew 10:40-42

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Larry Klaarn

... and Dorothy were having trouble keeping the store afloat. Five years earlier they had moved from another state to buy the store, and now it was going under. That was not unusual in 1936. One day Ted said to Dorothy, what could we do to get some people to stop here and buy something? The only thing Dorothy thought of was to give them a cup of ice-cold water. That might be a nice treat in the middle of South Dakota, in the days before air conditioning. The towns there are few and far between, and people would ...

1548. A World Without Easter

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... that type of preaching "empty." A little six-year-old boy complained to his mother that he had a stomach ache and his mother said, "That's because your stomach is empty; you would feel better if there were something in it." Well, that afternoon the pastor stopped by for a visit, and the little boy said, "Preacher, how are you feeling?" He said, "Well, my head hurts." The little boy said, "Well, that's because it's empty; you'd feel better if there were something in it." Well, preaching is empty without a ...

1549. They Lied and They Died

Acts 5:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... in their pocket, and He knew how much they put in the bank. But to add insult to injury, they premeditatedly and willfully tried to lie to God in the middle of revival. God starts revival, God strengthens revival, God sustains revival; but Satan will try to use you to stop revival. If the Holy Spirit cannot make the alarm of sin go off in your heart, He'll make it go off in someone else's heart, and He did. III. The Discipline of the Spirit I am sure that when Ananias went to church that day, this was one ...

1550. Just Know Him in His Victorious Resurrection

Acts 13:29-39

Sermon

James Merritt

... of all, no one has ever disputed that Jesus Christ died. We know he was undoubtedly dead, for the Bible says in John, chapter 19, that when they thrust the spear into his side, blood and water came out. Now when a person dies and the heart stops beating, the blood inside the heart chambers clots fairly quickly. Then it separates into two parts: the plasma and the red blood cells. This soldier probably stabbed Jesus in the region of the heart and the lungs, and a large spear wound would produce a mixture of ...

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