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1551. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... behavior: "Why do you sing?" Nabiiga answered, "It is true. You've taken away my fine clothes. You have made me work, you give me very little food to eat, and you make me sleep on the ground in a common hut. You have tried to take away all my pride and all my earthly possessions. You have brought great shame upon me. Now you ask me why, in spite of all this, I can sing. I can sing because you cannot take away my title and who I am. I am Moro Naba's first son. I am proud of ...

1552. Obedience: Our Gift to Jesus

Hebrews 10:5-10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... want to teach him a significant lesson. After this session he sat down and wanted to talk with his son. It was obvious that Matthew did not want to shed a tear in front of his father. The father understood that and, so as not to ruin the boy's pride, said, "Matthew, I am going to leave you alone for a while, but I will be back in a few minutes." The father then stepped out of the room and closed the door behind him. He himself began to cry and to do so in a manner that was quite ...

1553. Formula for Eternal Life

1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . Our resume for eternal life must next address our relationship with others. As Paul says we are in the flesh, not in the spirit. This manifests itself in relationships that are fragile or broken. We find ourselves at odds with others and too often through pride we will not allow reconciliation to happen. Past hurts that we have inflicted or have been perpetrated against us weigh us down like a ball and chain. We are not able to move forward so as to further our relationships with others. The solution is ...

1554. Transformed to Christ

2 Corinthians 3:7-18

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... a sanyasin, a holy man, in the garden. The owner's face lit up and asked to be taken to the site of the sanyasin. Upon seeing him, he was overjoyed and demanded that the holy man not be disturbed. The fisherman's fear turned to joy and then to pride thinking how smart he was to outwit the entire household. He sat under the tree until the shades of dawn began to sweep across the night sky. As he was preparing to leave he saw a small procession of people approaching; they had heard of the holy man. Now he ...

1555. Did God Really Say...?

Romans 10:8-13

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... and daughters? That can't possibly be true. Just look at your life. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Look at the skeletons in your closet. Look at the wounds you have inflicted on your family. Look at the failures that litter your past. Look at your pride, your arrogance, the way you gossip and destroy the good name of others. Look at your love of money." Paul will not let the devil have the last word. "Yes, God really did say that! God really did say that we are special. The promise of your baptism ...

1556. Passing the Test

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... now satisfies the spiritual thirst of the Corinthians. Second, Paul recalls another story from Israel's wilderness wandering (v. 9). In that story the Israelites so complained and murmured against God that God sent poisonous snakes among them. Stripped of their pride and complacency, realizing their desperate plight, the Israelites cry for help. God in his mercy relents and tells Moses to mount a bronzed serpent on a pole. Whenever someone who was dying from the snakebites would look at the serpent, they ...

1557. Freedom Calling

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... were to practice the fruit of the Spirit that would strengthen their community: "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control" (vv. 22-23). To a community in conflict that was being destroyed by jealousy, ambition, and spiritual pride, this was good news! Today, our community is also in trouble — whether we define community as the church or the neighborhood in which we live, our own families and households, or the world community. On so many levels, we also ...

1558. The Utmost Patience for the Foremost Sinner

1 Timothy 1:12-17

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... of anger and hate, is alienated from him or herself. Our sinfulness wrecks all three relationships. We are isolated and estranged from everyone. Many things cause this isolation and estrangement. Part of it, but not all of it, is our own rebellion against God. In our pride, we reject God's offer of grace and healing. We stubbornly refuse to submit ourselves to God's will. That rebellion is not the whole story, however. We live in a fallen world, a creation that is not what God intends. As Paul himself says ...

1559. Endurance

2 Corinthians 11:24-27, 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... 't. He endured. Before he died, he left us with three keys to his endurance. Fight The Good Fight It wasn't just any fight. It was the good fight. It was a fight worth fighting. There are a lot of things we fight for, most of it is for pride and ego and greed. Those are not good fights. What is? I'm thinking about an alcoholic I know who struggles each day wanting a drink but has not taken one for the past nineteen years — he fights the good fight. I'm thinking about the lawyer in our church ...

1560. To God Be The Glory!

Isaiah 60:1-6

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... doesn't automatically splash on you, it is something that has to be desired, longed after, and asked for by each individual. I. God's Glory Dispels Darkness (Isaiah 60:2-3a) There are many dark spots in the world because of pride, hatred, prejudice, child trafficking, prostitution, pornography, sex tourism, domestic servitude, forced soldiering, slave work, sweat shops, and all colors of sin. Dr. Hermann Gschwandtner wrote an article titled "The Village without Men: Sharing God's Love" that paints the ...

1561. Strengthening Your Grip On Prayer

1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... or stagnant. In Jesus' day prayer had become liturgical, standardized, and routine. It was always formal. Swindoll in his book, Strengthening Your Grip, states that prayer had become ritualistic, long verbiage, repetitious words and phrases that caused a sense of pride. We can ask, "Is it any wonder that prayer had lost its value?" Bottom-line prayer is the type of prayer that Jesus modeled for us. The ingredients include honesty, spontaneity, heartfelt, down-to-earth communication with the Lord of life ...

1562. Heisman In The Hudson

Isaiah 43:16-21

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... in the past, that would inform their faith and guide their future. The great risk to be guarded against was that future generations would forget what God had done in the past. Then they would become easy prey for every sort of sin and temptation, pride and ingratitude, idolatry and doubt. Then comes the surprising moment when the quarterback throws the trophy into the river. God, who had commanded his people to remember and who had built reminders into their daily lives and annual rituals, now tells them to ...

1563. Prelude To A Sacrament

Exodus 12:1-4 (5-10) 11-14

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... process continued. The Nile turned to blood. Frogs and pests plagued the land, followed by diseases in both humans and animals. There was hail and darkness. Crops were destroyed and animals died. Yet, for all the devastation, Pharaoh's default setting was stubbornness and pride, and he continually refused the demands of Israel's God. And then, finally, came that night: the night when God would deal the severest blow to Egypt, and the slaves would be set free. No, more than just set free — they would be ...

1564. Birthdays and Marriages

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Stephen P. McCutchan

... percentages of its success are greatly lessened. A marriage without the public declaration and ceremony may work as well, but it tends to have an ephemeral quality about it. It is as if somehow the couple is not sure enough to publicly and pridefully declare to the world that they are committed to working out the delicate and difficult dimensions of a truly intimate relationship. The public ceremony invites a larger community to not only celebrate the couple's declaration of commitment to each other but ...

1565. On God's Side Or In God's Way?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... the community that Gentiles were being accepted into the faith. It was being whispered that even the Apostle Peter, the most influential of the first Apostles was part of this movement. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those Christians who prided themselves on their Jewish backgrounds criticized him. They had heard reports about him. They heard that he had not only entered the houses of uncircumcised Gentiles, but he had actually eaten with them. “Tell us, Peter,” they cried, “that it’s ...

1566. Keys That Unlock Miracles

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... of clergy from the finest churches in our town going to an itinerant faith healer in a run-down store front mission and asking his assistance in healing someone in the mayor’s household? That took a lot of humility. They cared enough to swallow their pride and go to Jesus. And, of course, Jesus cared enough to go with them to the servant. When people care that much, something good has got to happen. I wonder how many people occupy hospital beds today simply and solely because they don’t believe anybody ...

1567. Two Sinners

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... to apologize to God for anything!” The pastor was dumbfounded. “My seminary training hadn’t prepared me for this,” he said. “I thought everyone knew we had to confess our sin.” (3) Here’s the problem: what if you have no consciousness of sin? What if pride has blinded you to your need for God’s forgiveness and grace? That was the situation of Simon the Pharisee. He was blind to his need for God. And because he did not feel a need for God even though he was quite religious, he would never ...

1568. Credible Witnesses

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... has truly been my strength in stressful and difficult times.” His faith is more than just a Sunday habit, he claims, “God in my life has been a daily reality and defining force.” “God has helped me see through my own selfishness and pride to understand a bit, and truly only a bit,” Carl reflects, “of the human condition.”[1] The disciples who traveled with Jesus must have also had those special memories of the events they witnessed firsthand during Jesus’ earthly ministry. Later when they ...

1569. When God Tests Us

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Argile Smith

... liberty that driving would give her and to take seriously the responsibility associated with the freedom he had given her. Because he had reared her, he knew how she would handle the test he had placed before her. But nothing made his heart swell with pride like the front door swinging open 45 minutes later and his daughter bounding into the house, hugging him again, and thanking him for letting her drive his car. Her trip through the neighborhood had gone extremely well she said with a smile on her face ...

1570. Going Home

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Argile Smith

... get there. Ben’s mom suffered from a form of dementia that got noticeably worse not long after she celebrated her eightieth birthday. He watched her forget where she had put her glasses, and then in due time she forgot how to use glasses altogether. The pride and joy of her life, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, somehow faded away in her mind. She couldn’t remember their names at first, and over time she didn’t know them at all. She could always remember the home of her childhood. She would ...

1571. Wake Up!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... heterosexuals are doing quite well destroying the institution of marriage all by ourselves. When was the last time you saw a depiction of a couple happily and wholesomely entering the state of matrimony on any of our popular television shows? I’m not being judgmental. I pride myself on being a preacher of grace. But I am concerned. So was St. Paul. Listen to what he says next: “The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed ...

1572. Can You Hear the Music?

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is not in the business of collecting or bestowing favors. And prayer should be a conversation, not a status report. A request, not a list of bullet points. When we enter into prayer in the way of "proving" our righteousness, we in fact only prove our pride. We not only deceive others, but ourselves. True prayer is about giving up, not puffing up. Righteousness is a gift to be received, not a merit badge to be earned. This is Reformation Sunday. And the essence of the Reformation lies at the heart of today ...

1573. The New Census

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the police. He said, “I’ll die before I serve you guys because this is the way things are in the South, and this is the way we’re going to do it. We’re not going to integrate this counter.” (Joe MacNeil, ABC News Service, “Pride and Prejudice, Civil Rights Sit-In” 1998) The four men did not leave. They stayed there at that lunch counter and insisted that they counted, and that they be counted. Their refusal to be counted “no-accounts” began a revolution. They were joined at the counter by ...

1574. Locusts Happen

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Tony Everett

... shot up from the grill into overhanging branches of an apple tree… from which they spread into another and still another fruit tree. Fortunately, firefighters arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze with minimal damage and no injuries… except to Pastor Andy’s pride, that is. From that day on throughout his ministry, Pastor Andy’s Shrove Tuesday “show and tell” became a living memory in that congregation’s story… a story “like has never been from of old nor will be again… for ages to ...

1575. Looking for Ducklings: Kissing the Sidewalk

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Tony Everett

... , “Well, sir, there are baby ducks all over the place this time of year. You can’t miss them. From now on, keep at least one eye on the sidewalk before you get another close up view.” (Daryl was okay. The only injury was to his pride.) Without realizing it, the ranger asked a very important Easter season question for all of us. “What are you looking for anyway?” Jesus asked Mary Magdalene almost the same thing on that very first Easter morning: “Whom are you looking for?” (John 20:15). Now ...

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