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1551. The Not-So-Secret Service

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... but it has come near to you! It is on its way. Get in on the action. So what qualifies someone to serve as a disciple, a messenger, of Jesus Christ? Height obviously has nothing to do with it. Neither does age, race, gender, wealth, or even ability. All that matters is that our lives have been transformed by our encounter with Christ. And once that happens, we have the authority and the responsibility to announce to everyone, by our words and by our lifestyle, "The kingdom of God has come near to you!" Many ...

1552. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... has forgiven us. The last word is faithfulness. God is always faithful. Linda Washington was going through a particularly frustrating time in her life, and she felt like her prayers were going unheard by God. Her anger toward God was interfering with her ability to pray. On Election Day of that year, Linda showed up at the polling place early. As she was waiting, a man came up and asked Linda, "Are you saved?" Somewhat taken aback by the stranger's directness, Linda replied, "Yes." The stranger continued ...

1553. What's Really Important

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... IQs under 80 were unemployed for ten or more years, but so were 7 percent of men with IQs over 100. To be sure, there was a general link (as there always is) between IQ and socioeconomic level at age forty-seven. But childhood abilities such as being able to handle frustrations, control emotions, and get on with other people made the greater difference. "Consider also data from an ongoing study of eighty-one valedictorians and salutatorians from the 1981 class in Illinois high schools. All, of course, had ...

1554. He Calms The Storms

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... care of me?" In the next few moments something did indeed happen to him. In his own words, "It was a miracle." What happened was that J.C. Penny had met the One who can calm life's storms. The great poet William Cowper also discovered Christ's ability to calm life's storms. During one bleak period of his life, he reached the breaking point and tried to commit suicide. He first tried to end it all by swallowing poison, but that attempt failed. Then he hired a coach to take him to the Thames River, intending ...

1555. The Christ Of Healing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... the combination of traits that make some people especially vulnerable to disease. Simonton listed these characteristics as, "First, a great tendency to hold resentment and marked inability to forgive; second, a tendency to self-pity; third, a poor ability to develop and maintain meaningful, long-term relationships; and fourth, a very poor self-image." Simonton maintains that these negative emotions make us prone to disease. He also says that malignancy is simply despair expressed biologically. In other ...

1556. Dare To Dream

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... was utterly surrendered to the tornado and its awesome power. Similarly, the weakest of God's children, when utterly surrendered to the spirit of God, can bring to pass things that would seem to be impossible. (3) That's the good news. When we surrender our dreams, our abilities, and our energies to God, He can use them in ways we never dreamed possible. Yes, as we celebrate the coming of God's spirit upon the church, let us dare to dream. Let us pray, "Do it again. Do it again." Let us surrender ourselves ...

1557. Sympathizing With The One Talent Man

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... of years ago now, a primary-grade school teacher conducted a rather cruel experiment upon her pupils. With approval from their parents, she told her class that "recent scientific reports had verified that children with blue eyes have greater natural learning abilities than children with brown eyes." She had them make up little signs designating themselves as "blue eyes" or "brown eyes," which were then hung around their necks. After a week or so, the achievement level of the brown-eyed group fell measurably ...

1558. A Lightning Rod Instead of a Cross

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... down, and put his ear to the ground. “What are you listening for?” inquired the driver. “I’m listening for the tread of unnumbered thousands of feet,” said Clay, “that will pass this way westward.” Part of the power that the Spirit brings is the ability to see visions and to dream dreams. Part of the impotence of the church today may be our lack of vision. Bruce Larson in his book Wind and Fire tells about a National Football League championship game many years ago in which Dallas was playing ...

1559. Living The Kingdom Life

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... us! If I can go about my daily tasks with the conviction that God is with me--that somehow God will take the messed up parts of my life and turn them into something, and if I can believe that I am born to win--not because of my own abilities, but because there is One who takes my tiny efforts and blesses them and multiplies them and uses them in a greater way than I can possibly comprehend--then my life will take on a new meaning, a new dynamism, and a new vitality. In his Book, Tough Times Never ...

1560. Excellence In Living

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... spoke in terms of our need to "center down" our lives. Years ago there was a pole vaulter who showed a lot of promise. In practice he could perform with the best of his teammates. Unfortunately, though, whenever he competed in front of a crowd, he completely lost his ability. In order to overcome this problem, his coach had him put a picture of himself in his room in which he was clearing the bar in fine form. The coach wanted him to see his goal, and that he could do it. He wanted him to have a positive ...

1561. When The Economy Goes South

1 Kings 17:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... they can walk," she replied. "Don't forget, a baby is in water for nine months before it is born. Also, babies are still very trusting and will allow you to do more with them." (3) That's true. Somewhere along the way we lose that child-like ability to trust--to rest our concerns on God. The first widow had quit trusting God. Elijah came to her and gave her hope. He told her to trust God. There is a third principle we need to remember: Someone is always watching. Jesus was watching as our second widow ...

1562. "God News" For Bad Times

1 Kings 17:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... Deborah Toga, wife of one of the hostages, had inquired whether these hostage trips qualified under the airline's frequent flyer program. They did. (3) I guess if you are a hostage you might as well build up some bonus points. Some people have a remarkable ability to endure--even to turn pain into profit. It is important never to lose perspective. A young man in a wheelchair, crippled by an accident, asked his friend, "Do I have a future?" The friend responded, "As a pole vaulter, no. As a man, yes." We ...

1563. Free At Last!

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... vivid boyhood memories of growing up among an extended family of scientists and doctors. One of his more colorful relatives was Aunt Lina. Aunt Lina was a tiny woman with, as Sacks recalls, an "iron will." She was a sociable woman with a great ability to listen to people and extract from them their deepest thoughts and secrets. Her great listening skills led her to collect gossip on all the most prominent citizens in her town. Aunt Lina used this sensitive knowledge to raise funds for her pet cause, Hebrew ...

1564. Drinking From His Cup

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... to see that. The Christian life has too often been a rationalization for doing nothing, for allowing fate to determine our destinies, for being passive and refusing to take responsibility for life. We forget that God created us in His own image. He gave us the ability to dream, to plan, to act, to grow, to contribute. He placed within us the desire to achieve, to lead the parade, to stand out from the crowd. The only time that is wrong is when it becomes the dominant influence in our lives; when it causes ...

1565. The Stewardship of Time

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... . No time is wasted when that happens. We fulfill God''s purposes for us when in the words of that great hymn, we "walk with the Lord in the light of His word, and trust and obey." In return God asks of us only what He knows we have the ability and time to do. All He asks is that we love Him with all of our hearts and give ourselves to His service. We are to love our neighbors, and worship with, fellowship with, and serve with the people of God. Let no one say, "I don''t have time ...

1566. The Total Steward

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... of Jesus Christ. We are like the character Pierre, played by Henry Fonda in the movie WAR AND PEACE. After a night of misdoing Pierre shrugs his shoulders and prays, "I have sinned, Lord, but I have several excellent excuses." W. E. Hinson said, "The unused ability of the church is the exultation of hell, the surprise of Heaven, the loss of man, and the grief of God." The total steward realizes and acts on his accountability because it matters in this life and in the life to come. FINALLY, THE TOTAL STEWARD ...

1567. The Eureka Experience

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... Christ, the persecutor, the murderer of Christians. But Christ touched his life. He went from being a persecutor to being an Apostle. It happened to that notorious hatchet man of the Watergate era, Charles Colson. Surely you remember Chuck Colson--a man filled with ability but with little or no character and no ethics. This man, out of the stress and the strain and the failure of the experience of Watergate, found Christ as his Savior and his Lord. His life was transformed and he had character poured into ...

1568. The Question That Will Not Go Away

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... death, there could be no living." (4) THE QUESTION OF DEATH IS SUBMITTED TO THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST. Jesus Christ is always our great and final authority in questions of faith. In life when I am faced with a problem or circumstance that is far beyond my ability to solve, I seek out one who has the expertise or the knowledge I don't have. If there is anything in the world about which I am unlearned, it is the automobile. I know one thing about cars. You turn the key and they usually start. Every ...

1569. YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? (Alternate to

Drama

Angela Akers

... We''re human beings, not pack rats! (Holding up something shiny and worthless) We''re like those birds that snatch up anything that''s shiny to feather our nests." Daughter: "Is Mama Bird talking to herself again?" Mother: "Oh, hi, honey. I''m just marveling over our ability to get attached to so much junk. I want to get everything ready for the New Year''s party. This next year we''re going to clean out all the mess in our house and organize ourselves better." Daughter: ". . . clean out all the mess in our ...

1570. Father? Almighty?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... name.” (Who Goes There? Westwood, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1958, p. 22) One of my favorite authors is G. A. Studdert-Kennedy, the famous British chaplain from World War I, whose writings have inspired countless generations of Christians because of his unique ability to dramatize the Christian Faith in exciting terms. Let me tell you the story of Studdert-Kennedy’s conversion experience, the first time he met God. He was alone at night, on a moor beside the sea. Above him was the great, dark dome of ...

1571. On Doing the Truth

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... attending the birth-pangs of our country, a government official arrived on the scene to obtain a firsthand report of the field situation from General George Washington. Entering into Washington’s tent the government man immediately began complimenting him on his ability to hold the army together under such difficult circumstances. “General Washington,” he said, “You are a great man, and an inspiration to us all.” Then, like Jesus who cut through all of the flattery of Nicodemus who came to Him by ...

1572. The Thirteenth Apostle

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... either a revival or a riot! When he could not talk to people directly, he communicated through the medium of letters, often written by a scribe or secretary, and there is some evidence that the apostle suffered from an eye disease which curtailed his own writing abilities. Finally, he was arrested in Jerusalem and held in prison for four or five years, first in Caesarea and then in Rome itself, but while in prison he continued to write. Tradition has it that he was beheaded around A.D. 64 in Nero’s anti ...

1573. Family Reunion

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... . That is why we need the family of God called the church. And why we need to be faithful to our commitments to it. At the conclusion of our service this morning, we are being asked to give out of our “accumulated love,” and to the best of our ability, so that the Church might continue its ministry and be a beacon of light to those who come after us, just as it has been for us. So I invite you to give generously, and give “as unto the Lord.” You know, whenever there is a real “family crisis ...

1574. Men Like Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , and innumerable blessings, but when I got to the second one, I saw so many ornery people who claimed that they had received it, I passed that one by.” But for Wesley, the “second blessing,” the “second touch” of God’s grace was Perfect Love. The ability to see people not as things, but as persons, and to love them as Christ has first loved us. I once read somewhere that each of us, as Christians, needs two conversions: The first from the world to Christ; and he second, from Christ back to the ...

1575. Sine Qua Non

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... done any thinking at all, has faced doubts greater than that or any other student ever imagined! “You shall love God with all your strength.” The Greek word here Is “dunamis” from which we get our word “dynamite.” It means concentrated and consecrated ability. It means having our whole being focussed. The Orthodox Jews who bob and weave as they pray at the Western Wall of Jerusalem look odd to us, but psychology teaches us that by putting their bodily strength into the action, they are forced to ...

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