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1601. The Truth about Trouble

2 Timothy 4:16-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... . I love all of the old Tarzan movies, especially the ones with Johnny Weismuller. Even though I have seen every alligator he has ever killed, every elephant he has ever called, and every vine he has ever swung from, I never get tired of watching his movies. I guess that's why this story is both so funny and so meaningful to me. It seems as if Tarzan was not himself, and Jane was very worried. It was apparent that Tarzan was developing a problem, a very serious problem. Tarzan had begun to drink. First, he ...

1602. Have You Heard the News?

Ephesians 2:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... no way I would do that because you would sting me and kill me." The scorpion said: "Mr. Duck, I wouldn't do that, because if I stung you, we would both die by crashing into the water." The duck said: "Well, now that you put it that way, I guess I will." So the scorpion jumped onto the duck's back, and the duck took off. Halfway over the lake the scorpion stung the duck in the neck. As the duck was dying, plummeting into the lake, he looked back and said: "Mr. Scorpion, why did you do that?" We ...

1603. How to Keep Your Head When Others Are Losing Theirs (Fruit of the Spirit: Peace)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... is and what worry does. Worry, first of all, is a distrust in the wisdom of God. You see, every time you worry, what you are really saying is: "God, I don't believe you can handle this. I don't believe you can be trusted in this matter. I guess I'm going to have to carry this burden all by myself." Furthermore, worry is a denial of the word of God. When you worry, you are really saying that God does not keep His promises, such as Rom. 8:28, that He "works all things together for the good ...

1604. It Is Right To Fight When You Fight For Right

Jude 1:3-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... for right. 1. D. James Kennedy, The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail, p. 127. 2. Cited by Herbert J. Miles, The Evangelical Dilemma, p. 129. 3. Ibid. 4. Charles R. Swindoll, Sanctity of Life, pp. 97-98. 5. The Infallible Word, N. A. Woychuck, p. 7. 6. Cal Thomas, "Guess Who's There for TV Dinner," Washington Times, 6, June, 1991. 7. Christianity Today, April 9, 1982, p. 41.

1605. The One Habit of Highly Effective Christians

John 4:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

I want you to listen to the following poem and see if you can guess its subject: I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half the things you do, you might just as well turn over to me, and I will ...

1606. The Right Connection

John 15:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... on earth. I heard about a little five-year-old boy who fell out of bed. His cry awakened the entire household. After his mother had safely tucked him back under the covers, she said, "Why did you fall out of bed?" Between tears and sobs, he said, "Well, I guess I went to sleep too close to where I got in." Far too many Christians make the same mistake. They fall out of the bed of life and go to heaven; yet they slept too close to where they got in. They never learned the difference between union and ...

1607. The Thrill of Victory Beats the Agony of Defeat

Judges 7:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... said, "Well, no." "Oh," he said, "there is a big recession on. The European situation is terrible, interest rates are up, home sales are down, we're in bad shape." Well, the father thought, "My son's been to college, he reads the paper, he listens to the radio, I guess he knows what he's talking about." So the father cut down his meat and bun orders, took down his signs, didn't even bother to stand out on the highway anymore to sell his hot dogs. His sales went to nothing over night. The father said to his ...

1608. Away In a Manger

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... . But in Judea there were many villages and many towns. But out of all of those cities and towns, the favorite one was Bethlehem. Why? Because, God, through the prophet Micah had prophesied that Bethlehem would be the town, and with God, prophecy is not a guess about what might happen, it is a declaration of what will happen. III. In The Cradle We See A Confirmed Promise "So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and ...

1609. How to Lower Your Temper (-ature)

Proverbs 16:32

Sermon

James Merritt

... 60% of the homicides in America are committed by angry family members.(4) You probably know that the number killer in America is heart disease. But it would interest you to know further that the number one cause of heart disease is you guessed it anger. Dr. Redford Williams, Director of Duke University's Behavioral Medicine Research Center, has stated: "The hostility and anger associated with Type A behavior is the major contributor to heart disease in America."(5) People who have problems with anger are ...

1610. What Church Is All About

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... opera singers, have the healthiest lungs in America, and outlive the rest of the population by as much as twenty years.[5] You see, singing is not something that is done from the outside in; it is something that is done from the inside out. I guess you can worship without singing, but it's extremely difficult, for it is God who has put a song in your heart. Now why have I preached this message? Because I want you to understand that worship is God's spiritual smoke detector that determines whether ...

1611. The Greatest Place in the World

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... of God. The worst place to live in this world is apart from Jesus, outside of the will of God. Socrates once said, "There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."[2] Well, that is true if you are talking about the will of God. I don't guess any pastor has ever been asked a question more than this one: "How can I know the will of God for my life?" Many people think that finding God's will is like playing hide and seek; like trying to hunt for small Easter eggs in tall grass. Well, let ...

1612. God's Will: Don't Leave Home Without It

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is." The wisest thing you will ever do with your life is to find the will of God, and do it. That is also one of the five greatest lessons parents can ever teach their children. I don't guess any pastor has ever been asked a question more than this one: "How can I know the will of God for my life?" Unfortunately, many people think that finding God's will is like playing hide-and-seek; it is like trying to hunt for small Easter eggs in tall ...

1613. Nothing but the Blood

1 John 1:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... Jesus breathed his last on the cross, He said in John 19:30, "It is finished." Those three words in the English language are one word in the Greek language that literally means "Paid in full." Martin Luther, the leader of the Protestant Reformation, had a dream. In fact, I guess you would call it a nightmare. He didn't know what it was, but he awakened in the middle of the night, and standing at the foot of his bed was a figure that he believed to be the devil himself. The devil had a scroll, and on that ...

1614. How to Rub People the Right Way

Acts 4:36-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... and some boxes, fried it with a special recipe he had developed on his own, put it in boxes and began going door-to-door in Corbin, Kentucky selling his chicken. It became so popular he came up with the idea to try to sell it to restaurants. Well, guess what? He was turned down 1,014 times before a man named John Y. Brown tasted his chicken and said, "I'll go into business with you." That man's name was Colonel Harlan Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. What was the secret? Same man, same recipe ...

1615. What Is A Christian?

Acts 11:26

Sermon

James Merritt

... nor a Hindu nor a Muslim had to accept Jesus Christ in order to go to heaven. When I asked him how I could become a Christian if I was not a Christian, he stroked his chin, and said "That is a very tough question," and then basically said, "I guess you would have to study the Bible." (Which really confused me because he admitted he did not believe a lot of the Bible) In fact, when I asked him if the plane were about to crash, could I become a Christian before it did, he said, "That would be impossible ...

1616. Faithful Fathers Fortify Families

Deuteronomy 6:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... School class and he asked them this question: "Why do you love God?" He got a variety of answers, but the one that he liked best came from a little boy sitting on the end of a row who said, "I don't know why I love God, preacher, I guess it just runs in my family." III. Influence Your Children to Reverence the Lord Three times in this chapter, verses 2, 13, and 24, Moses tells his people to "fear the Lord." Now the fear of God is something you don't know much about anymore except in jest. So ...

1617. Put Your Best Foot Forward

Isaiah 52:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... 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 one cause of foot problems is wearing shoes that don't fit properly. Well, God is concerned about your feet. But for a totally different reason than why we may be concerned about our feet ...

1618. Turn Right with the Right Turn

Luke 13:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... do not want to repent. I heard about a little boy that was dressed for church in his Sunday best. While his mother was getting dressed he went out to the backyard. A few minutes later he came back into the house covered in mud. Well, as you could have guessed, his mother was fit to be tied. She had told him not to go into the mud, but he did anyway, and not only would they be late to church, but his best suit of clothes was now ruined. The little boy looked at his mother and said, "Mom, I ...

1619. Murder in the First Degree

Matthew 5: 21-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... first word." Have you ever been that angry? Jesus said you for an instant had the attitude of a murderer. ". . .But whoever says, ‘You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire." (v.22c) Now, the Greek word for fool is the word moros. Obviously you can guess that we get from that the word moron. This was a word that was used to refer to people who were basically morally wasted people. In other words, when you get to this point and lose your temper and scream insults at someone like this you have determined ...

1620. Your Word is Your Bond

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... society. Do you know any sin more prevalent that goes on everyday than the little white lie? I am convinced the white lie would win first prize for the most frequently occurring verbal sin. One study found that adults admit to telling 13 white lies every week. My guess is that is probably a white lie, because who wants to confess to being a liar. The fact is, everybody tells white lies. You see, this the day of double talk; putting a spin on something, the forked tongue, the day of "it all depends on what ...

1621. With Malice toward None, With Charity for All

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

James Merritt

... who look at a statement like this and say, "That is impossible," but I know it is not. Because whatever God demands from us, God delivers to us. You see, I have told you before, the only kind of love that can love our enemies is a divine love. But guess what? When the Lord Jesus comes into your heart and you become a true child of God, and therefore, like your Father, you have that love. Rom. 5:5 says, "Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy ...

1622. Why You Should Be Afraid of Sin

Numbers 32:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... back to a house where they found two men whom they arrested. Well, the men pled innocence saying the bird was not theirs. The officers said, "All right, we'll test it out." They took that pigeon over 100 miles from that house, released it and you guessed it; it flew back to the same house. They repeated that test several times until the extortioners finally broke down and confessed. Sin is like a boomerang; it always comes back. It's like a homing pigeon that always finds its way back to the person who ...

1623. The Most Exciting Moment of Your Life

1 Cor 5:1-13, Rev 21:1-27, Rev 6:1-17, Heb 12:14-29, Rev 22:7-21, Phil 1:12-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... visited our church on a number of occasions over a long period of time, but never joined. They began to share with me faults about this church, and flaws with this church. Finally I said, "You're looking for a perfect church." The woman smiled sheepishly and said, "Well, I guess we are." I said, "Well, I don't think you will ever find a perfect church, but if you do can I give you one piece of advice?" She said, "Sure." I said, "If you find it don't join it, you'd ruin it." Now when we get to ...

1624. No Fear

Psalm 23:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Have you ever heard of people who are “afraid of their own shadows?” Well, if you’ve got that problem let me tell you what you do. All you have to do is turn your back on the shadow and look to the light, and when you do guess what happens. When you look to the light beyond you, the shadow falls behind you. There is a magnificent passage in Hebrews that says, “Let your conduct be without covetousness, and be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you ...

1625. Me, Myself and God

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... And what would you like for us to sing?” She asked if they could sing Count Your Many Blessings. The pastor said he was so overcome with emotion he had to leave the service. One of his church members followed him out the door and said, “Brother Jack, I guess you’ll never be able to sing that song again.” The pastor said, “Yes, I will, but I’ll never sing it the same way again.” When you come to those times in your life when you realize it’s just you, yourself and God, rejoice because you ...

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