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151. Power to Forgive

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... inform us that we can’t even live in optimum health here upon earth if we are not forgiving. "According to their case histories," says a New York doctor, "seventy percent of my patients show some resentment in their lives. Ill will and grudges help to make these people sick. Forgiveness will do more toward getting them well than any medication." Leslie D. Weatherhead echoes this same truth when he says, "The forgiveness of God, in my opinion, is the most therapeutic idea in the world." (Psychology ...

152. As Good As God

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... , and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord. You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with your neighbor, lest you bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord." Once upon a time a prince was born physically deformed. He was known as the hunchback prince. His physical posture troubled him, because he knew a prince should ...

153. Stephen’s Stones

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... martyr. Who could say, in his last two comments, the words that Stephen said: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." "Lord! Do not remember this sin against them!" Maybe we could say the first, but who could mean the second? Chances are, each of us is still holding a grudge against someone in his life. Chances are, we’ll never get around to forgiving that person who harmed us. It’s not my purpose to dig up old wounds and make them raw again, but you and I might be among many who find it impossible to forgive ...

154. The Joy of Sorrow?

Matthew 5:4

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... which we live, we might as well take it for granted there will be things that will cause us heartache and sorrow, things we don’t like. He also knew that our first reaction would be rebellion. Our rebellion then turns to resentment, and we begin to hold a grudge against life and against God. Jesus had good news for us, however. He went on to say, "But be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." When we look for some secret way to accept and overcome our trouble, we find that in the New Testament trouble ...

155. John the Baptizer

Isaiah 40:1-31, Luke 1:67-80, John 1:19-28

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... defeat, spiritual exaltation and lonely despair. The macabre end came amid a tragic carnival. Herodias contrived a scene of debauchery whereby she could demand John’s execution. Herod Antipas was aghast at the thought of John’s death, but "Herodias had a grudge ... she wanted him killed ..." So on the ruler’s birthday a drunken orgy was arranged and Salome danced. "Ask anything you like and I will give you it," promised the besotted degenerate. Prompted by her scheming mother, the girl responded, "I ...

156. The Win-Win Philosophy of Life

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... can confront conditions which seem almost insurmountable and make something good out of them. A person once told me: "I don’t know how to handle situations in which I disagree with someone. I always get angry and do something I regret or end up carrying a grudge that makes me feel uncomfortable when I’m around that person. I want to get organized and know how to deal with things and people that upset me. I shall never be happy again until I am organized." How do we get organized, in an effective way ...

157. Forgiveness Unlimited

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... to make a part of that starting over the forgiveness of those petty little grievances with other people. We get angry with that servant whose master forgave him so much while he refused to forgive so little. Yet we are often like him. We nurse along a grudge, and we refuse to overlook a mistake, we keep warm a dislike or resentment, while the whole time Christ is stretched out on that cross that we might be forgiven. Let’s do two things about this Gospel today. Let’s remember again all that our patient ...

158. Love of God, Self, and Neighbor

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... . If, however, we hold onto God, who gave us our lives, then his love can flow through us and out to our neighbor." If you’re one of those church people who still draw color and class lines of human beings, it you’re a member who is holding a grudge, it probably means that you desperately need to grow in your love of God and respect for your own self. Then you won’t need to tramp on someone else in order to raise your opinion of yourself. It is only when we love God that many other people are ...

159. For Those in Church: Joy and Service

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... if our practice of Christianity is merely the "thou shalt nots," we just don’t have the full gospel, the entire faith at all. The positive content is what gets us through, equips us to face and deal with life day by day. Holding a grudge against a pastor, remembering some of his or her mistakes, keeping alive hurt feelings from the past within the congregation, hating other denominations, will never help us when life tumbles in upon us. Knowing all the commandments by memory and keeping the letter of the ...

160. Embalmed Leaders

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... The truth seems to be precisely the opposite. A shrewd Latin-American commentator of Buenos Aires wrote some time ago: "There is no more pitiful role on the world stage than that of the savior. Help and aid are everywhere received grudgingly and resentfully. The United States is increasingly experiencing the truth of this but without apprehending it. Having intervened in many countries in the supposed interest of its nationals, having extended generous aid, political and financial, the United States is the ...

161. Turn On The Lights!

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... placed two large illuminated crosses on the city water towers during the Christmas season. Until one year when the town council received a threat of legal suit if the crosses were continued, based on the separation of church and state. The town council grudgingly took them down. But that's when the citizens of Wauconda took matters into their own hands. They decided to place lighted reminders of Christ on their own property. So, allover the community, up went crosses and nativity stars and lighted manger ...

162. A 12 DAY RUNNING START

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G. William Genszler

The twelve days of Christmas could prove to be a practice session for learning the art of CHRISTMAS LIVING. Keep the pear tree and the partridge and start giving love and understanding and forgiveness and peace to one another. Give, not grudgingly, but with the joyful abandonment of a child at PLAY. Who knows, by the grace of God that suddenly floods your hearts, you might become addicted to the idea and be "hooked" on a Life Style that means "Fun Forever." Jesus said, "I have come that you might have Life ...

163. Peace of Mind

Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41

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Duke University did a study on "peace of mind." Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are: The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness. Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation with old mistakes and failures leads to depression. Not wasting time and energy fighting conditions you cannot change. Cooperate with life, instead of trying to run away from it. Force yourself to stay involved with the ...

164. When Is The Baby Coming?

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Erskine White

... for the care of a newborn baby, and remarkable changes begin to take place. Hardened frontiersmen become bath-givers and hard-bitten miners become nursemaids. Drinking and gambling are drastically reduced, and the men stop swearing when in the presence of the child. Old grudges are forgotten as former enemies unite in the common task of caring for a newborn baby. The story doesn’t say so, but it would be nice to think that the mine owners no longer required twelve-hour shifts seven days a week, as ...

165. The Path of Maturity

Drama

William Grimbol

... person I know. Were You a pacifist? Honest, I mean if You really meant it, to love our enemies, then You had to be ... bottom line ... a pacifist. Loving our enemies means giving up our weapons ... our weaponry of grudges and resentments ... our weaponry of past injustices and humiliations. our weaponry of known defects and inadequacies in others ... our weaponry of righteous indignation and smug morality ... our weaponry of superior intellect and aristocratic arrogance ... our weaponry of warmaking ... the ...

166. A Man Who Laughed at God

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... plunder from Sodom and Gomorrah was recovered and returned. This interesting incident (I wonder if Gideon knew about it! - see Judges 7:16-23) not only demonstrates the boldness and bravery of Abraham, but also provides the insight that he did not bear a grudge. He could easily have said, when he learned of the raid, "Well, good for Lot. It serves him right. He’s just getting what he deserves for his selfishness and his worldliness." Abraham was a magnanimous man, with moral courage as well as physical ...

167. Waiting

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... army I worked for a company sergeant who often said he was never wrong. One day we argued over the spelling of a word. He bet me two dollars he was right, and we agreed we would abide by the dictionary. I looked the word up, and I was right. Grudgingly he paid me, then grumbled that he still didn’t believe it. The dictionary must be wrong. In the same way a willful person can read the directions on a paint can and still put on a second coat too early. For a curious reason she convinces herself that ...

168. Epiphany 7

Isaiah 42:18-25, Mark 2:1-12, 2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Loving and forgiving God, we confess that we do not always exercise your authority or engage in acts of forgiveness or healing as we should. In fact, consciously and unconsciously, willfully and by default, we often nurture grudges, encourage vengeance, and even promote disease, destruction, and death. Forgive us, we pray. Inspire us with the example of the ministry of your Son, that all our actions may bespeak your mercy and compassion, your power and your authority. In his ...

169. Proper 14

2 Samuel 18:1-18, John 6:25-59, Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... Note The death of Absalom ended the conspiracy that he had launched in Chapter 15 to arrogate his father David’s growing power. Ironically, he dies, not because of the rebellion, for his father had ordered him spared for that, but because of a personal grudge on the part of David’s commander Joab, whose field Absalom once had had burned. The whole incident suggests that sins eventually come back to haunt the sinner, even when parental mercy has been extended. Call to Worship Leader: There is no end to ...

170. Advent 3: Let Us Go Over To Bethlehem And Find The Peace of Christmas

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... love and fix those broken relationships in your life. If you are alienated or estranged or cut off or at odds with any other person, go in the spirit of Christmas and make peace. Don’t put it off any longer… drop your pride, drop your resentment, drop your grudges, and go set it right. Go… and God will go with you. That’s what mistletoe is really about… and that’s what Christmas is about. God comes to us in the Christ Child so that we might be… set right with God, set right with ourselves, and ...

171. The Call of the Trumpet

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

George Bass

... . The Cross confronts us with the One who made himself poor to the point of suffering and death so that all people might be rich toward God. In his passion and agony, Jesus lavishly poured out his love and life so that we all might live. The Cross is no grudging hand-out to the poor of the earth! And Lent won’t let us forget that. That’s one reason that Lent has to be a time of prayer and devotion. We have all been under a death sentence that was lifted by Jesus’ obedience and death, and the least ...

172. Should Christians Always Oppose War?

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , CHURCH TRADITION ASSISTS US IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WAR. ST. AUGUSTINE'S GUIDELINES FOR A JUST WAR ARE STILL HELPFUL. Let's look at those guidelines. First, a legitimate authority must declare the war. In other words, wars must not start because of a personal grudge or an accident. A sovereign head of state must make the decision. Secondly, the war must be carried out with a right intention. The purpose must be to protect or restore peace, not to seize land or oil. Thirdly, the war can be approved only ...

173. The Whip of War

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... it is. For centuries the church has turned to St Augustine for help in understanding when a war can be justly entered in to. Listen to his guidelines: First, a legitimate authority must declare the war. In other words, wars must not start because of a personal grudge or an accident. A sovereign head of state must make the decision. Secondly, the war must be carried out with a right intention. The purpose must be to protect or restore peace, not to seize land or oil in this case. Thirdly, the war can be ...

174. "I Don’t Hate Any More!"

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... And fracture within is more critical. A spirit of frank honesty and a constant, forgiving spirit make a great combination for healthy. joyful living. Now we look within the depths of our own lives: Do you have a hate problem? Are you carrying a grudge? Are you harboring some deep resentment? Is bitterness tying up your digestive system? Is smouldering anger pumping up your blood pressure? Face it! Go be reconciled! Perhaps we need to analyze the situation: How did it start? Does the other person know about ...

175. Overcoming Loneliness

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... understanding. But we separate ourselves; we build a wall around us, as if we really like our cell. Listen to one such pitiful person: Anybody can make himself lonely He can allow himself to grow so sensitive that he lives in constant pain; He can nurse his grudges until they are an intolerable burden; He can think himself insulted until he is apt to be; He can believe the world is against him until it is; He can imagine troubles until they become real; He can hold so many under suspicion that he trusts no ...

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