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1551. Lessons From The Locker Room

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... don't be too surprised if he replies, "Practice! Practice! Practice!" The key to life is discipline. That is true in any endeavor. It is true in the classroom, in the workplace and it is true in our relationship with Christ. The Christian life involves good mental, emotional and physical habits. In another place Paul reminds us we are temples of the living God. We do not defile a temple. The life of faith, like that of an athlete, is a life of discipline. A SECOND LESSON WE CAN LEARN FROM THE LOCKER ROOM IS ...

1552. Responding Instead Of Reacting

Jeremiah 28:1-17

Sermon

Dr. B. Bruce Humphrey

... the antelope. He chased this herd several miles but couldn't catch up with them. By the time he stopped he realized he was lost out on the Great Plains. Looking around to try and get some directions, he spotted his first buffalo. Giving in to the emotions of the moment, Gen. Custer spurred his horse and took off after the buffalo. After chasing the huge bull for several miles, he decided to finish the hunt by shooting the buffalo in the head. As he lowered his revolver to the buffalo's head, the animal ...

1553. Do You Have A Forgiving Spirit?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... is so hard. The minister began the painstaking job of answering each letter that came across his desk that was both unkind and critical of the church's response. With great sensitivity he wrote each person a letter sharing that he understood their feelings and emotions about their efforts on behalf of Mrs. Oswald. However, he ended each letter by sharing, "The only thing you have not shown us is that what we have done would not have been done by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." Yes, forgiveness is never ...

1554. Let My Little Light Shine

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... beacon that led them to where they needed to go. (5) I don't believe that I am being overly dramatic when I say there are people in this world who are lost in darkness and they're looking for a light ” any light ” to lead them to spiritual, emotional and mental safety. How about your light? Is it shining? Could they find their way home because of you? You and I are the light of the world. We have a responsibility for the world. We have what the world desperately needs. We are not the source of the ...

1555. A Message For Big Bird

John 11:17-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... were going to say a few basic things. He's gone ” acknowledge the reality. He won't be back. He'll be missed. They also wanted the cast to express how they felt about Will. And they wanted the kids to know that death stimulates a full range of emotions. You're sad, you're angry, you're frustrated ” all at the same time. The show that resulted aired on Thanksgiving so that parents could watch with their children. In one segment, Big Bird walks on camera and says to the cast: "I just drew pictures of all ...

1556. Thankless Jobs

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... a thankless job, or teaching Sunday School or serving on the stewardship committee. Any job where there is not much recognition or you are taken for granted can seem like a thankless job. Ruth Harms Calkin stated it well: You know, Lord, how I serve You With great emotional fervor In the limelight. You know how eagerly I speak for You At a women's club; You know how I effervesce when I promote A fellowship group. You know my genuine enthusiasm At a Bible study. But how would I react, I wonder If You pointed ...

1557. Why Do You Stand Looking Into The Sky?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... hungered for that kind of reassurance too from time to time, haven't we? "Why do you stand looking into the sky?" asked the two figures in white. Awe, apprehension, awareness that Christ was no longer with them. The disciples were surely caught up in all those emotions at once. But you know how the story ends. Before he leaves, Christ makes a promise to them that the Holy Spirit will come upon them. And it did come upon them, and they moved on to the greatness Christ had promised them. Perhaps there is some ...

1558. Fear Of Flying

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... Ronald Reagan. In an interview done aboard Air Force I, the president was asked if he had overcome the fear of flying. "Overcome it!" he retorted. "I'm holding this plane up by sheer will power." (2) Some of you can relate to that. Fear Is an Emotion that Affects Everyone. Did you realize that? You're not alone in your fears. Everyone's afraid of something. Some people have fears that are almost pathological. It has been more than 35 years since Janet Leigh saw herself on the screen in Alfred Hitchcock's ...

1559. A Prize Is Waiting For You!

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... in their lives, who will tell you they have been washed in the blood of the Lamb, but they are angry and bitter and lacking in both compassion and love. It is not ours to judge, but one has to wonder if they have confused a particular kind of emotional experience with the surrender of one's life to God. Where God is, there is light. Where God is, there is love. Where God is, there is joy. Now here again, we must be careful. There are people today, celebrities in many fields, who are heralding a Kingdom ...

1560. The Most Difficult Commandment

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... a little!" The human sea parted, and he slipped onto the train. Despite the crowding and the long ride ahead, all the passengers relaxed a little; the incident had set a new tone of gentleness for the day. (9) It is so easy to give in to our baser emotions; to hate; to seek revenge when someone has wronged us; to ignore the plight of the poor; to wrap ourselves in smug self-satisfaction with the attitude that we have worked for what we have, let others do the same. But there is a man hanging on the cross ...

1561. Annie's Gift

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... to herself. That was how she was brought up. "Don't make a scene, Annie," her father would say to her. "Show them you've got some backbone." And she had listened. No matter how much she hurt inside, she was usually able to keep her emotions bottled up. Only once had she failed. It was when Frank died. Frank had been her life. Forty years they had been husband and wife. How quickly the years had flown by! They had raised three children together good children, successful children. So successful they had ...

1562. The Forgiven

Hebrews 10:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... a rack of torture. The lowliest of the serfs can sleep, but not I. I really must acknowledge the fact that I am a slave to every man on whom I pour the vials of my wrath." Forgiveness is serious business. Forgiveness is essential to our mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health. How do we forgive? How do we let go of our hurts and resentments? I know only one way: WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE OURSELVES HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN. Somehow when we acknowledge our own sinfulness and receive God's grace, we find it ...

1563. Who? Me Worry?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... Kuralt, ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLES KURALT (New York: Ballantine Books, 1985), 35053. Cited in Max Anders, THE GOOD LIFE (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1993), p. 206208. 2. Contributed by Ronald D. Malin, Oakland City, IN. 3. (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992), pp. 3637. 4. Daniel Goleman, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (New York: Bantam Books, 1995), p. 67. 5. Contributed. Source: THE BOSTON GLOBE. 6. Joni Erickson Tada, as told to Twila Knaack, "Thanksgiving Past and Present," THESE TIMES, November 1982.

1564. Come Home For New Year's

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... in us if every one of us was determined to leave the world a more beautiful place if every one of us allowed God to rule in our lives? But we do not, do we? Something holds us back. It is our captivity to the world captivity to our own emotions captivity to greed, lust, indolence captivity to an indifference to others and a certain measure of destructiveness to self. Who will free us to soar with the eagles? Who will free us to be the very best we can be and to leave this world a better place? Who will ...

1565. Generous Religion

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... started killing people at random. By the time he was finally chased into a grocery store (where he held a young woman hostage for several hours before the police persuaded him to give up), he had killed six people and wounded a dozen more some seriously. Emotions ran high. One of the ladies killed was a sixty-eight-year-old saint who worked in a church nursery. People were confused. What role did justice play in this kind of situation? Forgiveness? Each person had to arrive at his own conclusion. But Sandy ...

1566. Bridges Over The River Kwai

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... three years, Eric survived these conditions, until the camp was liberated and the war ended. But freedom did not bring Eric peace. Although his faith in Jesus sustained him throughout his ordeal, Eric couldn't seem to fight the psychological and emotional effects of what he'd been through. He had terrifying nightmares, and his marriage suffered. He had particular trouble forgetting the face of one Japanese man, an interpreter who had supervised Eric's interrogations. Eric was determined to find the man ...

1567. Help For Hurting Dads

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... to ball games and brought them to work. He listened to them and gave them fathertype advice, like how to defend yourself against bullies. He even hugged the boys and told them he loved them. But this didn't seem to be enough to smooth the emotional tugofwar that tore father and son apart. In Hanoch's senior year of college, he began reflecting on the estranged relationship between himself and his mother's husband. He remembered the good things Frank had done, the small ways that he had positively shaped the ...

1568. Freedom Song

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... world owes them a living. We ignore the fact that the wealthy have always felt that way. Pampered people rarely develop a sense of responsibility. Without a sense of responsibility to our families, to our communities, to God we waste away emotionally, morally, spiritually. Freedom carries with it responsibilities. FREEDOM ALSO CARRIES WITH IT CONSEQUENCES. The freedom to drive a car carries with it the terrible weight of responsibility for the damage that a car outofcontrol can do. The freedom to eat what ...

1569. Where's George?

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... lost people. They look different from us. They talk different from us. They may even smell different from us. And, boy, can they get their life in a mess! Family problems like you cannot believe. And dangerous dependencies. They have a tendency to be ruled by their emotions rather than good sense. That is one reason they are lost. In short, they are not our kind of people. And that is why we avoid them. That's right, we avoid them. We would rather focus on winning people who are like us. After all, they ...

1570. An Unlikely Witness

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... Teacher." In contemporary dramas like JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, there is the suggestion that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were romantically involved. That is only natural given our society's obsession with physical love. But the facts dispute this notion. Notice, in this most intimate and emotion-laden moment, Mary does not call Jesus by name. She uses a formal term, Teacher. He is the one who set her free from her terrible past--whatever that past may have been. He was her teacher, her Master, her Lord. But isn ...

1571. Convinced Beyond A Doubt

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... except to see for himself the nail marks in Christ's hands and to put his finger where the nails had been, and to put his hand into Christ's side. And when he had done all this, when his doubts were finally put to rest, Thomas was overcome with emotion. He cried out, "My Lord and my God!" No longer was Thomas on the outside looking in. Now he was a believer as well. In his book, Some Things I Have Learned Since I Knew It All, Jerry Cook tells about having open-heart surgery. Jerry was pastor of a ...

1572. It's A Miracle

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... a greater truth." (4) I said there seem to be two kinds of miracles: property miracles and personal miracles. MANY OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED PERSONAL MIRACLES. These are miracles that occur within people. A healing takes place. Perhaps that healing is physical; perhaps it is emotional; often it is spiritual. And we say, I have seen a miracle. The doctors can't explain it. The psychologists can't explain it. The people who know us best can't explain it, but healing comes. The lump is no longer there. The anger ...

1573. Fishing Stories

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... rocking of the boat, the briny odor of sea water, the rough feel of the nets in their calloused hands--these things were comforting to Simon Peter and the others. And they needed this time in the comfort zone to sort out their thoughts and emotions. But how tempting it is to stay in that comfort zone. As someone said, "The most tiring exercise in the world is carrying yesterday on your back." That's what the disciples were struggling with: carrying yesterday on their backs. Each one had doubted Jesus ...

1574. Pretenders

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... among the poor could do more to help themselves, small children can't force their parents to be responsible, and it's the children who suffer. Actually, we live in a world of needy people. Some of those needs are physical, material. Some of those needs are emotional, spiritual. And we are confronted with a choice--to ignore those needs or to respond like Jesus would respond. You may have heard about the school teacher who injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It ...

1575. Four Ways To Defeat Stress

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... ELEMENT IN OUR STRESS REDUCTION WORKSHOP IS COMPANIONSHIP. We assume that Jesus spent so much time with his disciples because he wanted to train them to continue his work after he was gone. But maybe, Jesus also counted on his disciples for friendship and emotional support. University of Pittsburgh psychologist Thomas Kamarck asked 39 college-age women to begin with a number in the thousands and to count down by 17s. Try it sometime. This is difficult and he instructed these women to hurry up about it. This ...

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