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1601. Wedding: Garments Of Marriage (for a formal wedding)

Colossians 3:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... need some help; gentleness, the awareness that no matter how tough we all act on the outside, our spirits are easily wounded and need the tenderest, loving care; and patience, the gracious attitude of hoping for the very best from one another, but not giving up when change comes slowly. Paul mentions all these attitudes, but only one action. That one action is to forgive. Until that day when one of you becomes perfect -- don't hold your breath -- you will need to forgive one another. Forgiveness doesn't ...

1602. Proper 7

1 Ki 19:1-18 · Lk 8:26-39 · Gal 3:23-29

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... doing here in a cave away from his work. He quit being a prophet. He was an escapee from his calling and responsibility. What is a prophet doing away from the job and hiding in a cave? This question God can ask you and me. He asks it when we give up our work because of discouragement. Outline: What are you doing here? a. Are you jealous for God? b. Are you afraid of your enemies? c. Are you the only true follower of God? Epistle: Galatians 3:23-29 1. "Who do you think you are?" (3:26-29). Need: When ...

1603. What Shall We Do With The New Wine?

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... are ever changing. If not, Christianity becomes merely a creed, a polity, a form, instead of spirit and new life in Christ. It is a pity that we would hold to old forms, allowing the wine of new truth to be spilt. It is hard for us to give up the old wineskins. We pour the activities of modern Christians into old forms of behavior that were never meant for them. We pour the truth of Christ's teachings into worn out and archaic words and language that no one understands. We pour our newfound joy in Christ ...

1604. Forgiveness Freely Given

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Erskine White

... , buy and eat!" Even if I had never met any of you before, I know enough about the human condition to know that somewhere in this church today, there are people who need to leave their sorrow with God and feel forgiven. There are people who need to give up their hurt and feel forgiving. God knows each of us, even in secret, and He knows we can't possibly afford to purchase the pardon we need. God knows we are coming to Him "just as we are, without one plea," to buy His forgiveness for free. Amen Pastoral ...

1605. Our God Delivers!

Daniel 3:1-30

Sermon

Erskine White

... describes modern life. These are his words: We always used to think that it was one of the inalienable rights of man (sic) that he should be able to plan his life in advance. This is a thing of the past. The pressure of events is forcing us to give up being anxious about tomorrow. But it makes all the difference in the world whether we accept this willingly and in faith (which is what the Sermon on Mount means) or under compulsion. We are still left with the narrow way, a way often hardly to be found, of ...

1606. Blind Beggars All

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Erskine White

... we who are blind beggars by the side of the road. We also recall what they said to Bartimaeus when Jesus heard his cry: "Take heart and rise; Jesus is calling you." Sweeter and more powerful words have never been spoken! "Take heart and be strong. Don't give up; keep the faith. Be of good courage and good cheer; Jesus is calling you!" When Bartimaeus heard those words, he jumped up for joy because he knew that his redemption was drawing near. He knew that his long night of darkness was done and a new day's ...

1607. The Clean Plate Club

Matthew 15:21-28

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... not well liked. But she wanted her sick daughter to be healed. She began to ask Jesus for help and he listened to her, but he also tested her. She asked for help and Jesus told her that he did not give his bread to foreigners. But she didn't give up. She wanted help for her daughter and she knew that a doctor from her country was not the answer. Jesus looked right at her while she thought about what she was going to say and then she said it. She told Jesus to pretend that she was just a dog ...

1608. Six Nails of the Cross II: The Nail of Infidelity

Matthew 26:47-56

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... only darkness around me?" The stories of David and Jonathon, Ruth and Naomi are glorious examples of the value which God places upon our human relationships. Jonathon was willing to face more than the wrath of an angry and jealous father, for he was willing to give up his inheritance as king and all of the power and prestige that went with being the first man of Israel. Friendship was never restricted to the unrelated. By law, in marriage men and women were expected to be friends as well, and to treat each ...

1609. Studying under the Greatest Teacher

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... once. We die over and over again. Most of my own deaths have been painful ones. I died screaming. I still do. I say things to God like, "Why is this church so low in attendance?" He says "Wait!" I get discouraged and threaten that I will give up just any day now. He says "Wait!" Then he adds: "Gary, I still love you." Have you ever had any feelings or fears like I have had? I have been discouraged, attacked, threatened, misunderstood, bored, elated and surprised on my spiritual journey and I keep on dying ...

1610. YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... in you!" Just think of it - we are the temple of Almighty God and his spirit is in us. How can we then say, "I haven’t got what it takes to meet a problem that is facing me?" We must never give up, never. If we believe the truth that God’s spirit is in us, we will never give up. For with God’s help we are equal to anything the Devil or life throws our way. God in Christ was able to overcome death itself, and he can certainly help us overcome our problems however big they might be. Today God ...

1611. The Flight From Light

Isaiah 60:1-22, Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... , we want communion with God. The answer to our loneliness and pain is communion with God, and we yearn for it with all our might. But when the moment comes and God is ready to fill us, we shut Him out. When God confronts us with the possibility of giving up whatever it is that is keeping us in darkness, we cling all the more fiercely to it and run fearfully from the light. When I send my young children to the basement to get something for me, they say they cannot go because they are afraid of the dark ...

1612. They Left Everything

Luke 5:1-11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... billfold with some money and important papers, my car keys and a picture of my family. What do you have in your pockets? (Let them answer.) You have some pretty important things in your pockets also. Suppose that Jesus said to you that you must give up all of these things and follow him. Could you give up your chewing gum, your shiny rock, your money and go with Jesus? I wonder if Jesus asked me to leave my car, my house and my family to go with him and begin a new church for God if I could go? I hope that ...

1613. Wrong About Christ

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... to think not in terms of power but in terms of the powerless: the children. The drive for power has wreaked so much heartache in this world, and it is still a constant threat in every part of society. Jesus is looking for people who are willing to give up their own power to a power that is much greater. And this brings us to our final thought for the morning: CHRIST'S CALL IS NOT ABOUT SUCCESS; IT IS ABOUT SACRIFICE. There are far too many people nowadays who have turned the Christian Gospel on its head ...

1614. Hard Choice

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... let her go to a football game. Their school was very big on football, but when she mentioned going to the game, the director really chewed her out. He said, "If you're serious about acting, you'd better know it's like taking the veil in church. You give up other pleasures. You can't use your vocal chords at a football game Saturday afternoon and expect to have a speaking voice Saturday night on the stage." In effect, life is a matter of choices on the road to a goal. (6) Choices. We have to make choices ...

1615. An Unlikely Witness

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... IT. Perhaps you are standing today at the tomb of a dead relationship, or of dead hopes and dreams. Life has been a severe disappointment to you. You've tried to get your life together, but you've found nothing but failure and frustration. You're about to give up. Friend, this is Easter Sunday. Someone is speaking your name, just as he spoke Mary's name two thousand years ago. Do you know who it is? It is the resurrected Jesus. This is the Sunday, more than any Sunday of the year, that we celebrate new ...

1616. People Jesus Loved

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... than he. It was his father. His father was almost out of his mind with grief over what he had inadvertently done to Henry. Henry loved his father deeply and decided to try--for his father's sake--to choose hope rather than despair. Henry felt like giving up. But he tried to act cheerful, for his father's sake. He pretended to be interested in the things that had been important to him prior to the accident. He even pretended to still be hopeful that he would grow up and become a productive citizen. He ...

1617. Did He Dance?

Mark 10:46-52

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... quiet!" But Bart didn't. He had heard stories about Jesus healing others and saw his opportunity. He called out even louder, (say it louder) "Jesus, have mercy on me!" Jesus called Bart to him and healed him because of his faith. It is a good thing Bart didn't give up, isn't it? There is a lesson in this for us today too. When we see the opportunity to do something, we should just keep trying and trying. Have you ever heard the saying, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again?" That's what Bart did ...

1618. The Lions Are Shackled

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

King Duncan

... a choice: relinquish his rights to all of his Philippine holdings or his son would be killed. The old man makes his decision quickly. The assets were transferred to the Philippine government. The son was released. (3) Imagine receiving a telephone call like that--to give up everything you own to spare the life of one of your children. Puts things in perspective, doesn’t it? Yet that is the price God paid to shackle the lions of our destruction. “ . . . like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before ...

1619. The Conversion of Saul

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... has no basis in fact. Paul himself states that as to righteousness, he was blameless under the law (Philippians 3:6). Paul could follow the law to the letter. It was not his own spiritual or psychological inner state that led to his conversion. We should give up that thought. Indeed, Paul's story shows us rather clearly that we do not convert ourselves. There is nothing that we can do to transform our own lives. As the prophet Jeremiah once stated, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots ...

1620. God's Resolutions

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Midnight strikes and we vow to lose twenty pounds; midnight strikes and we vow to rise an hour earlier in order to exercise; midnight strikes and we vow to master some new work-skill. Facing into a brand New Year, we promise ourselves we will give up chocolate, or TV, or fats, or carbs - then suddenly realize a whole year of doing without stretches out ahead of us. Our resolutions seem always to tend towards pushing the limits of our abilities, testing the strength of our self-denial. No wonder resolution ...

1621. Joy Is Not The Opposite Of Faith

Illustration

Robert Beringer

After a service of ordination to the Christian ministry, a sad-faced woman came up to the newly-ordained pastor and said, "It's a grand thing you are doing as a young man - giving up the joys of life to serve the Lord." That woman's attitude reflects a commonly held belief that to be serious about our faith means that we expect all joy to be taken out of living. For many, Christianity appears to be a depressing faith, with unwelcome disciplines, that cramps ...

1622. A Mountain of Meaning - Sermon Starter

Matthew 17:1-13

Illustration

Brett Blair

... magic." Then one evening during a storm, the ship sank while the magician was performing. The parrot and the magician ended up in the same lifeboat. For several days they just glared at each other, neither saying a word to the other. Finally the parrot said, "OK, I give up. What did you do with the ship?" The parrot couldn't explain that last trick! It was too much to comprehend, even for a smart parrot. Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you ...

1623. What Are You Looking For?

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... pillows, angel towels, angel statues, angel jewelry, angel stationery and angel calendars may fill your home without ever producing an angelic spirit in its midst. Angel-fixations and angel fixes seem to progress along two paths. Either an angel-seeker gives up and feels rejected and alone when no personal heavenly guardian shows up on the doorstep. Or for those who do experience a ministering angelic presence, this "angel" is gradually transformed into something that is far more like the magical genie ...

1624. Ten Commandments of Trust

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... your anxiety on him, because he cares for you." - Turn to a yielded life . . . Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way! Thou art the Potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me after thy will, While I am waiting, yielded and still. 2. Thou shalt give up the illusion of control, and trust the Spirit. If we are going to learn to trust again, we must be clear about something: You are not in control. You never have been in control. You never will be in control. You never should be in control. You are not in ...

1625. Luke 8:26-39

Luke 8:26-39

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... Gentile lands did not necessarily suggest the one God of the Jews. "Most High God" was a catchall title among the pagans applicable to any local deity. Jesus quickly overpowers the sarcastic, sadistic spirit speaking from the possessed man by commanding the creature to give up its name. In ancient Near Eastern tradition, by naming any entity one gained power over it. Yet Jesus has this demon at his mercy even before knowing its name, for the Spirit provides this true "Son of the Most High God" with all the ...

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