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1651. Can you Hear “The Voice?”

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... surgical procedure in which the donor is under anesthesia. After the surgery, the donor can’t lift more than 20 pounds over his head. So to donate his marrow meant Lyle had to forfeit his final season on the university track team. Lyle said his decision to give up athletics, to help someone else, was “kind of a no‑brainer.” His mother said, “He is my hero. When your children inspire you to be better people, you know it's come full circle and he's inspired his mom to be a better person." Almost at ...

1652. The Cost of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

... his cross. And that brings us to the third point. III To follow Jesus we must establish our priorities; we must count the cost and we must be willing to pay the price. In no uncertain terms Jesus told the crowd, “Any of you who is not willing to give up everything cannot be my disciple.” Let me ask you, could it be any clearer than that? Jesus spells out the extremely high cost of discipleship. It will cost all that you have. If you should chose to follow, there is no part of life immune to that call ...

1653. Faithquakes

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... to the ways of God's kingdom. Sometimes it takes another person's strong words about what is really important to wake us up. That's what happened to the apostles. Having to face our sins helps us see the need for our Savior. The faith factor means that we give up control of our lives to the Lord Jesus Christ. We seek to do what God wants us to do, instead of stubbornly clinging to what we want to do. Submitting to Jesus Christ as Lord is the one thing needed and the hardest thing of all. The faith factor ...

1654. Priceless

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... categories denoted those who gave up home and homeland to follow where God led. We who are convinced that our future is in our own hands are probably ready to stand up for Jesus with our lives — but not our livelihoods. How many of us would really be willing to give up home and homeland for the call of the gospel? This is the holy day which forces us to focus on the cross. The mistake would be to act as if the cross was all there was. As a symbol of suffering, of sacrifice, of pure love, it is unequalled ...

1655. Burned Beef

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Tony Everett

... the prototype — the example of God's first choice ... Jesus Christ, God's own Son in whom he was well pleased. Let's look again at our text in Isaiah today. Keep in your mind God's choice of another messed up, fouled up, ready to give up group of sinful people. The people of Judah had messed up big time. They were worshiping false gods and cheating the poor. Their morals were terrible. Their politicians were corrupt. As a consequence of their sin, God allowed the nation to be conquered by the Babylonian ...

1656. Open the Window, Aunt Minnie, Here It Comes!

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... called it the loss of his “spiritual child.” He found himself confronted with the question of whether under such circumstances his life was ultimately void of any meaning. He was still wrestling with that question a few days later when the Nazis forced the prisoners to give up their clothes. In place of his own clothes Frankl inherited the worn-out rags of an inmate who had been sent to the gas chamber. Instead of the many pages of his manuscript which were now lost, he found in the pocket of his newly ...

1657. A Caring Woman

Acts 9:36-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... life. Subsequently, he founded an international prison ministry and wrote more than 30 books. He also became a popular speaker. He donated the proceeds from his books sales and speaking engagements to his ministry, Prison Fellowship. Charles Colson discovered what it meant to give up a life of power for a life of purpose. Colson once noted that his hometown of Naples, Florida, is one of the best spots in the nation for golfing. He would see all these wealthy CEOs retire from their big corporations and move ...

1658. The Call for Justice

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

... us to offer ourselves as a pleasing sacrifice by attentively discerning our neighbor's needs and acting to meet those needs. In walking humbly with our God, we become more sensitive and adept in our discernment and more resolute in our action, even though we may give up our safety, power, prestige and position. But we can do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God because he/she has already done this for us and promises us there is nothing in the whole cosmos that can separate us from God's ...

1659. Proper 18

Psalm 139:1-24, Jeremiah 18:1-11, Luke 14:25-35, Philemon 1:1-21

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... Good News! God gives us grace and peace through Jesus Christ. People: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me! Pastor: Friends, believe the Good News! People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Exhortation Carry your own cross and be a faithful follower of Jesus. Give up anything that prevents your being a loyal Christian. PRAYER OF THE DAY Strong One, without your aid there is no way we can confront the forces of evil within us and around us. Without your enablement, there is no way we can begin, continue ...

1660. Jesus Claims God-Given Authority to Condemn the Leaders

Mark 12:1-12, Mark 11:27-33

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... that the owner had died and left it to the son (so killing him would give the deed to them), others that if both son and father were dead, the property would go to the residents on the land, still others that the owner would finally give up in light of the persistent trouble the farmers have been to him. However, Jesus never tells us the mind-set behind these evil tenants, and it is best simply to recognize their murderous intentions. Evil seldom makes rational sense. 12:9 kill those tenants and give ...

1661. The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

Luke 16:1-15

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... brighter future. Having understood the parable thus, it is now much easier to understand why Jesus sees in the action of the dishonest manager a worthy example for his disciples. They, like the dishonest manager, should be able to recognize the advantage in giving up a little now so that some day in the future they may receive much more. 16:8b–13 Several lessons are drawn from the Parable of the Shrewd Manager (16:1–8a). The implication is that the shrewd, but dishonest, manager is praiseworthy because ...

1662. Don't That Just Beat All?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... up a stretcher and carry your friend to the place where Jesus is staying. But when you get near the house, you can’t even see the doorway for the crowd of people gathered outside. What are you going to do now? Someone says, “Well, we might as well give up and go home. We’ll never even get close to Jesus with all these people around him.” But this is your friend on that stretcher, so you’re determined to find a way. As you gaze around, helplessly searching for a glimmer of an idea, your eyes wander ...

1663. The Peoples' King

Mark 11:1-11

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... and I could be free and know that we are forgiven. Pause. In silence hold up the gold and look at it. Gold!? Who needs it! God loves me. That's all I need. Let's pray: You gave up so much for me. The least I can do is give up my foolish pursuits for you. Amen

1664. If Only We Would Be Open To The Spirit ...

Joel 2:18-27

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... truth. Jeremiah actually demanded that God release him from his ministry, a ministry that called him to say things he didn’t want to say, to utter words he did not fully understand. He had grown weary of being God’s mouthpiece, and yet he could not give up. When he tried to stop, he felt as if there were a fire smoldering within him, insistent on becoming a great blaze. "His word was in my heart like a fire, shut up in my bones." (20:9, TEV) That’s the Spirit! Ezekiel, another prophet, felt himself ...

1665. The Secret Of Champions

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , to test his conditioning, and to promote physical fitness for others. He said, "Success is not based on where you start, it ™s where you finish, and I finished." Many of us are champions in so many other areas of our lives, but failures here. We give up too easily. If things don ™t go our way, we pout, we accuse, and then finally we take our ball and go home. No one promised us that we would always have good health. Nowhere is it written that our marriages will always progress smoothly. Sometimes ...

1666. How To Be Truly Wealthy

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... a key made.” (8) But if money is not the answer, then what is? Do we want to spend our lives striving after something that is not going to satisfy us? ACCORDING TO OUR SCRIPTURE, WE’LL FIND TRUE CONTENTMENT WHEN WE GIVE UP STRIVING FOR EARTHLY PLEASURES AND INSTEAD STRIVE FOR ETERNAL GOALS. I Timothy 6: 11 says, “Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.” These are the eternal qualities that will bring true contentment into your life and mine. In Matthew 6: 33, Jesus ...

1667. Christmas Is Love

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... once in a while we hear about someone who has been touched by the spirit of Christmas love and it renews our hope. Once there was an old man in a small town. He was an ill-tempered recluse who avoided his neighbors at all costs. Most people give up on these folks, leaving them to rot in their self-imposed loneliness. But every once in while, love steps in and turns the situation upside down. One Thanksgiving season, the youth group from a small West Virginia town decided to do a good deed for this cranky ...

1668. How to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... re talking about a lot of money. To put that in perspective: if you took ALL the money from ALL the countries in the United Nations, you still wouldn’t have enough money to buy that single pack of cigarettes. That would be pretty good motivation to give up smoking! Needless to say, Josh immediately called his bank and managed to clear things up. You’ll be happy to know that, not only did his bank correct the error, they also removed the $15 overdraft fee they charged him. (7) That was nice of them, don ...

1669. About Unclaimed Luggage

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... rejoicing shepherd, no rejoicing woman, no rejoicing father if that which is lost cannot be found. Joanie Yoder has worked for many years with drug-addicted youth. It can be frustrating work as you might imagine. Yet Joanie says she was never tempted to give up on anyone—until she started to work with a young man named Sam. Sam had what she called peculiar problems and was extremely rebellious. Without realizing it, she began to pull away from this young man whose attitude was such a stumbling block. Then ...

1670. A Little Foolishness

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... how things were, and they just needed to accept the fact that some people were different. They need to make the best of it and not try to become something more than they really were. As a result, many of the church members were leaving the church, giving up their belief in Jesus Christ, because it hurt too much to be seen as foolish. The hope that came with faith in Jesus Christ was something out of their reach. They just gave it up and accepted the reality that they were, and always would be, less. That ...

1671. Where's the One?

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Jill J. Duffield

... , not adequate enough, such sentiments seem to be in the air and water these days. For me, it was a dog that almost pushed me over the existential edge. It was a stray dog that threatened to paralyze my hope and make me want to throw up my hands and give up on striving to make the world a better place. I was in Nashville earlier this week and I got up early to go for a walk. It was my only opportunity to get a glimpse of the city where I was doing some work. I was enjoying being in the ...

1672. The Answering Machine

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... a stack of mail in hand. As she comes in, the bag of groceries breaks. As she is leaning over to pick it up, the purse opens up and dumps its contents. When she tries to put her briefcase down, it opens up. Papers and flies fall out. She finally gives up and sighs. Still holding the mail she starts to go through it. Girl: Nothing but bills. Oh, wait. I think I've just won a million dollars. No, but I'm one of the finalists. Yeah, right, me and about 40,000 others. Doggone it. I'm sure I paid ...

1673. We Do Not Have To Stay The Way We Are!

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... people can see what great "repenters" we are. It is repentance growing out of pride. Both our Old and New Testament lessons for today speak against a repentance for show. Of course, it is also easy to "rend one’s garments." We can pray and fast and give up things for Lent. We can for a period of six weeks even show compassion for the poor and maybe increase our contributions. But frequently these efforts are only skin deep and once again the result is a kind of cosmetic piety whereby we fool others and ...

1674. Getting It Together

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

William G. Carter

... is saying, in effect, “Before you point any fingers at anybody else, first take a long look in the mirror. Stand there and keep looking, until you know that you stand only by the grace and good humor of God.” Today he tells us to give up our incessant criticism of others. He challenges us to stop reading other peoples’ situations through our own lenses, and start paying attention to the places where our own lives have gone out of focus. He teaches us to stand on something more secure than the shifting ...

1675. Mary's Song

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... the banquet with a new sense of peace. She knew that God was still in her life, and that she could trust God's timing in all things. Occasionally, Lisa still visited the nest. She didn't have much hope of seeing a change, but she just couldn't give up after all this time. Then one day, Lisa went out to the nest and found it full of baby swallows. After 10½ weeks of incubation, the eggs had hatched. Normal incubation for swallow's eggs is approximately two to three weeks. As Lisa gazed on the little birds ...

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