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1551. Is Sunday Just a Fun Day?

Exodus 20:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... goes on to tell us, "God rested the seventh day." Now God did not rest because he was fatigued, but because he was finished. God stopped working and enjoyed the fruit of his labor, and he set an example for us to follow. Not only are we to work like God ... day to keep it holy." You beware of the barrenness of a busy life that majors in work and minors in worship. We are not only to stop working on the Lord's day in order to rest our body, but we are to start worshiping in order to rest our soul. There are ...

1552. With Jesus No Mission Is Impossible

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... down, would you pray and leave it to Jesus, or would you immediately think, "Well, where am I going to stay?" I am convinced that Jesus was far more grieved over the lack of faith than He was the lack of food. A lack of food never stops God, but a lack of faith can stop him dead in his tracks. I believe Jesus was especially grieved because He had given them every reason to have faith, and no reason to have doubt. They had seen Jesus turn water into wine; they had seen Jesus heal the nobleman's son; they had ...

1553. Don't Sweat the Sin Debt

John 19:30

Sermon

James Merritt

... . That night the Czar himself, Nicholas I, had decided to pay a visit to the son of his good friend. Seeing a light, he stopped, looked in and saw the young man sound asleep. He recognized him immediately and started to speak to him, but then saw the ledger and ... you tell?" The man picked up a plane and approached that table as if he were going to sand it down, and the cabinet maker said, "Stop! Don't you see that is a finished table? If you touch it you will ruin it." The man said, "That's exactly what I've ...

1554. After the Casket Is Closed

Luke 23:46

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James Merritt

... gives great insight into how the government can sometimes look upon death. Dear Sir: Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992, because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may re-apply if ... the song, "This world is not my home, I'm just a passin' through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue." All of a sudden she stopped singing and looked at one of her sons and said, "Ted, I want you to thank Jesus that your mother is about to die." He said, "Mother, I ...

1555. The Agony of Defeat

2 Samuel 11-12, 1 Kings 15:5

Sermon

James Merritt

... in David's life, not the pattern. Never mistake the moment for the man. But David reminds us that the man can be forever marked by the moment. I Kings 15:5 records a tremendous testimony of David. It would be wonderful, it would be glorious, if the testimony stopped after the word life; but then comes this phrase, "except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite." In that phrase we learn about the agony of defeat, and the assorted account of David's life is found in II Samuel 11 and 12. We are going to study this ...

1556. Food For Thought

1 Peter 1:13-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... was all the money he had left. He got on that merry-go-round, he went round, and round, and round, and round. When it stopped he got off. His wife said, "Now just look at you. Look at what you've done. You spent all your money; you got on ... he saw a dirty-faced barefoot little boy with a rusty birdcage. In that birdcage were some sparrows. Gordon, who was a nature lover, stopped the little fellow and said, "Where did you get those birds?" He said, "I trapped them." Gordon said, "Well, what are you going to ...

1557. I Love My Church

1 Chronicles 29:3

Sermon

James Merritt

... , what kind of people lived back where you're from?" The visitor said, "Well, by and large they're ornery, mean, and dishonest!" The attendant looked up and said, "Mister, you'll find them about like that around here too." A few weeks later another gentleman stopped by the gas station with the same question. He said, "Excuse me, I'm thinking of moving to your town with my family. What kind of people live around these parts?" The attendant said, "Well, what kind of people live back where you're from?" The ...

1558. The Only Way to Fly

2 Timothy 3:15-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... brain when the fluid inside the organ moves. But if that fluid moves and then is held in the same spot because of unusual gravitational pressures during the flight of an airplane, the sensation is that the movement has stopped, and it can feel as though a turn is started and then stopped when, in fact, the plane is still turning. This is called "pilot vertigo." There is no dizziness, there is no blurred vision, but what makes it so dangerous is that everything feels normal even though the instruments say ...

1559. When in Joy, Enjoy (Fruit of the Spirit: Joy)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... He said: "I cannot compose anything without it. For I translate into music the state of my very heart. When I think of the grace of God in Jesus Christ, my heart is so full of joy that the notes fairly dance and leap from my pen." Have you ever stopped to think of what is true of you if you are saved? Have you ever thought about the benefits package that comes with salvation? I jotted down just a few, and it certainly is not an exhaustive list, but think about it. Because of salvation: All of your sins are ...

1560. Don't Get Too Big For Your Spiritual Britches

Judges 16:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... his hair he lost his strength. Now it may surprise you that he reached this bitter end, but it really should not because as you study his life, it's easy to see that it was only a matter of time until he hit rock bottom. III. How His Life Stopped Samson meets a dame named Delilah. I call her a dame because she certainly was no lady. However, to be honest, he was no gentleman either. For before he met and married her, he had been staying with a prostitute. So the Philistines come up with a plan: "And the ...

1561. How to Deal with Friends, Foes, and Fools

Proverbs 27:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... animal would be detected by the Board of Patrol Officers, they hid it in the trunk of their car. After they got across the border they stopped, and one of the women took the little Chihuahua out and held it the rest of the way home. They pulled up in front of ... - sions above the happiness and well-being of his family. (11:29) The divisive troublemaker who loves to start arguments, hates to stop them, and doesn't mind losing the war, as long as he wins the battle. (20:3) The wasteful spendthrift who blows ...

1562. Why Every Christian Should Be an Optimist

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... an optimist that was talking to a pessimist, and he said, "Isn't this a beautiful sunny day?" The pessimist replied, "It may be, but if this heat spell doesn't stop very soon, all the grass is going to burn up." Two days later the optimist said to the pessimist, "Isn't this rain wonderful?" The pessimist replied, "Well, if it doesn't stop soon, my garden is going to wash away." The next day the optimist invited the pessimist to go duck hunting. The optimist had just bought this new registered hunting dog ...

1563. Jesus: The Hope of a Godly Family

Psalm 127:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... and alley, Gave pounds and gave pence not to put up a fence, But an ambulance down in the valley. Then an old sage remarked, "It's a marvel to me That people give far more attention To repairing the results than to stopping the cause, When they'd much better aim at prevention. "Let us stop at its source all this hurt," cried he, Come, neighbors and friends, let us rally. If the cliff we will fence, we might almost dispense With the ambulance down in the valley. The point is, it is better to begin with a ...

1564. The Lion King

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

There was a Gypsy in England who stopped a preacher one day; not knowing he was a preacher, she said she would tell his future for $500. The preacher said ... building that was crowned by a large tower. Looking up to see it better, he noticed about two-thirds of the way up the building, the stone figure of a lamb on the wall. The man stopped one of the citizens of that city, and asked him why this figure of the lamb was on the wall of this building? He was told that it marked a place from which a workman had ...

1565. What to Remember When You're Having a Bad Hair Day

Romans 8:28

Sermon

James Merritt

... they are going to come just the same. Did you hear about the train that was going through a town, but it was not scheduled to stop? There was a very short passenger on that train who wanted to get off, because if he did not he would have to pay $100 for ... I'll hold you out the window. When I drop you, you start running so you won't fall on your face; and simply run to a stop." Well, the train did slow down, and the man took his little friend, put him out the window and dropped him. The man was running along ...

1566. The Battle of New Orleans

2 Timothy 3:1-4:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... can do about it." I thought to myself: That's a perfect analogy of what's happening to America; the principles, values, and beliefs that once seemed indelibly written on our hearts, minds, and culture, are fading, and it seems like very few people are doing anything to stop it. We have 300,000 pulpits in this country, and I can't speak to all of them, but I can speak to ours. Everyday 4,000 innocent precious lives of unborn babies are being snuffed out, and I say 41,000 Southern Baptist pulpits must not be ...

1567. Battle Stations

Ephesians 6:10-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... knelt to pray. But if you remember, as he was facing the greatest battle of his life, he said to even his disciples we must stop and we must pray. You see, really and truly even though Jesus won the battle for sin on the cross, He won His battle for ... arrow, as still as a tree, and stare those Cape buffalo right in the eye. He said at the last moment those Cape buffalo stopped about ten yards off, stared him down, turned around and walked away. He said, "I won the victory because God gave me the ability ...

1568. Put Your Best Foot Forward

Isaiah 52:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... of our health. Oftentimes signs of diabetes, arthritis, circulatory or neurological diseases often appear in the feet first. The foot consists of 26 bones, all of which are vital to body balance in the ability of the body to walk. One foot problem can literally stop you dead in your tracks. Corns, bunions, athlete's foot, gout, ingrown toenails, turf toe, heel spurs, or stress fractures can literally put you in a wheel- chair. In fact, can you guess what is the number one cause of foot problems? The number ...

1569. When the Pressure Is On

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... , whenever the pressure is on, the Lord Jesus becomes our last resort rather than our first resource. I am convinced that Jesus was a lot more concerned about the lack of faith than He was the lack of food. Because a lack of food never stops God, but a lack of faith can stop Him dead in His tracks. What broke his heart was He had given them every reason to have faith, and no reason to have doubt. You think about what those disciples had already seen up to this point. They had seen Jesus turn water into ...

1570. The Prosecutor Perry Mason Can't Beat

John 16:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... , but the engineer could not see him. At the last moment, just before the train got to him, he jumped off the tracks, lighted that lantern and hurled it right into the face of that engineer. The engineer sensing danger, realizing something was wrong, applied the brakes, stopped the train and disaster was averted. The Holy Spirit has been sent by the Lord Jesus Christ to throw the lantern of truth into your face. He has come to tell you that you are a sinner, you need Jesus Christ, and if you refuse Him you ...

1571. Hazardous to Your Wealth: Myths about Money

Malachi 3:7-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... , there is the offering that God deserves. This nation had robbed God in "tithes and offerings." (v.8) The Lord says you ought to bring tithes and offerings to Him. You see, the tithe is not a ceiling you stop at, it is a floor you stand on. The tithe is not the maximum, it is the minimum. It is not a stopping place, it is a starting point. J. L. Kraft, the founder of Kraft Foods, was a very wealthy man, but he was a tremendous giver. On one occasion he was talking about giving and somebody said to him, "Mr ...

1572. Come On Baby, Light My Fire

Matthew 3:11-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... can clean out an entire mobile home park in a matter of seconds. There is incredible power in what you can't even see. If you put it into a network of hoses and valves and put it under enough pressure, it can stop a commercial bus or a tractor trailer dead in its tracks. It can even stop a locomotive pulling over a hundred cars. You can't feel it, you can't see it, you can't smell it, you can't really measure it or weigh it, but it keeps you alive every minute of every day. You take ...

1573. God's Way or the Highway

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... one problem. How would he get back out of this maze? How would he take the right turns and pass through the right gates in this maze? Everyone who saw him enter into this deadly chasm was sure he would never come back. There was one person, however, who never stopped hoping. She loved Theseus and knew that he would return. She knew it because before he left she gave him a rope and to her own waist she tied the end of that rope. After he destroyed the monster, all he had to do to get back through that maze ...

1574. A Bridge over Troubled Waters

Psalm 23:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... until the battery is dead, and run the engine until the tank is dry. That’s why I want to give you three simple words to remember on how to get on that bridge that will always cross over any troubled waters you might be in. First of all—Stop . Stop every earthly activity you are doing and go to a quiet place and get alone. Secondly—Look. Open up the green grass of God’s word and let the Lord speak to you and give you strength for your journey. Number three—Listen. Take time to hear His voice ...

1575. Do You See the Light?

Romans 1:16-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... of their life. First of all in their ingratitude. Verse 21 says about these people “nor were they thankful.” We see that all the time. How the average human being here in America will sit down at a meal and eat like a pig or dog never even stopping to thank the God who gave him His daily bread. Then you see it in their imaginations. They have become “futile in their thoughts and their foolish hearts were darkened.” (v.21) In other words, people will refuse to believe the truth even if they stare it ...

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