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151. We Are At War

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... even make fun of him. They think of the devil as some kind of a mythical figure like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. Well, I want to say right up front, and I'm not ashamed to tell you, I believe in a personal devil just as much as I believe ... shock you how gracious and kind he could seem to be. You would never know that he is the most wicked force in the universe. I want you to understand this devil is interested in darkness and wickedness. We're so fond of saying that "God loves you and has a wonderful ...

152. One Year to Live

Jeremiah 28:10-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... of his commanding officer. The officer looked at him in amazement and said, "Where in the world did you get him?" Apples said, "I got him over there in that ditch and there are plenty of them over there and all of you could have had one if you just wanted one." There are a lot of people out there lying in the ditches of depression and discouragement and defeat. They are just waiting on someone to get in to that ditch with them and pull them up and pull them out and help them have a relationship with God. I ...

153. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... him. And suddenly, here he is! I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, says John. And all of a sudden, there he was! I wanted him! I needed him! The greatest desire of my heart, way down deep, was to see God, to find God, to know God. And there he ... you? And that’s the way it is with us and God, isn’t it? We know He exists. We know He’s out there someplace. We want Him to live in the community, so to speak, just down the street, maybe, in the church building. We even carry His name around with us, and ...

154. Follow Me!

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

James McCormick

... to say, “You’re not welcome here.” It’s not always easy. To follow Jesus - to live a life that looks and sounds like Jesus - it’s not easy. But it’s the hope of the world. And it’s the best hope of your life and mine. “If any want to be my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” That’s what he said! Last spring, when some of us renewed our baptisms at the Jordan River in Israel, we sang, “I have decided to follow Jesus.” It was a deeply moving time ...

155. Any Given Sunday

Acts 2:41-47

Sermon

James Merritt

... a place you attend once a week. It is a place where you can invest your life for God's glory and for God's people. I want to say that once you take this step of being a part of the congregation it is a compliment both to the church and to you. ... . If it was not for the core, there would be no need for the crowd to show up, because church really couldn't take place. I want to emphasize something. You can be in one sense a part of the core, before you become a part of the committed. You don't have to ...

156. Baptism - FAQ's

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

James Merritt

... to get a seat up front where you can be seen by everyone. Remember we are a friendly community. Sincerely, The Campground Owner Now I want our church to be described more like the church we are going to read about in the book of Acts. We are told this church ... man said, "Well, how much are the swings?" He said, "$30." So he bought the swing. Three days later he came back and said, "I want to tell you what happened to that bird. He pecked the bell, ran up and down the ladder, looked in the mirror, got on the ...

157. Learning to Love

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

James L. Killen

... those that seemed to affirm your personhood and invite you to emerge as the unique creature you were created to be. That is the most important way in which we are called to participate in the creative work of God. It is part of learning to love. Love makes us want for those who are loved the things that are best for them and to try to do all that we can to provide them. Remember how God planted the Garden of Eden to provide for Adam and Eve? God was providing. But God provided more than may appear on the ...

158. The Lost and Found Son

Luke 15:11-24

Sermon

James W. Moore

... girl friend) and has been gone for three long years. Perhaps he has been in prison... Now, he has come to his senses… and he wants to come home, but he doesn’t know what kind of reception awaits him there. After the hurt and heartache he has caused, he doesn ... he will be… so he has sent a message ahead to his girlfriend saying: “If you still love me, if you forgive me, if you still want me,… then tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree. If I see the ribbon, I’ll get off the bus... if not I’ ...

159. Why You Should Come Clean With God

Psalm 139:23-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... God, and truly loves God, hates sin. He hates sin in others, but most of all he hates it in himself. In this prayer David is wanting to come clean with God, and he asks God to do four things for him that would reveal any sin and cleanse any stain in his ... our heart and we will throw it open. Anger shows up we let him in; revenge needs a place to stay, we pull up a chair; pity wants to have a party, we show him the kitchen; lust rings the bell, we just change the sheets on the bed. That’s our heart. No ...

160. What Is 40 Days Of Purpose?

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... :5, LB) Now there is a word for this fifth purpose Fulfilling my mission in the world is called evangelism. Evangelism is not that complicated. The word simply means "good news" and that is all it is - sharing good news. I say to you unashamedly that at Cross Pointe we want to see as many people in our church as we can, but hear me clearly. It takes unselfish people to grow a church. It takes people who will say, "I will give up my seat. I will give up my parking space. We will go to extra services. We will ...

161. All In: Skin In the Game

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... tithe; you are to bring the full tithe. Don’t bring a tip. Bring a tithe. When you study the Bible carefully you will find that God cares about percentage giving. He doesn’t get hung up so much on the amount as He does the percent. I don’t want you to get necessarily uncomfortable on the percentage. I believe in tithing and I preach tithing, but I realize that for some people it takes a greater step of faith to tithe than it does for other people. The way God judges your heart is not by what you give ...

162. Selling One’s Soul

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Robert Allen

... Souls When We Believe We Are Above The Law. Ahab was the king of Israel and his queen, Jezebel, reminded him of this fact. If he wanted a piece of land, there was a way to acquire it. There was a way for him to take possession of that which belonged to ... they shared. But, he felt like a sneak, he felt dirty, he felt guilty. He loved his wife and she loved her husband. They didn’t want to hurt each other’s family. But, they loved each other. He looked up at me and said, “I just don’t know what to do ...

163. Solomon’s Search

2 Chronicles 1:1-17

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, ‘Ask what I shall give you.’ " Yes, the very same question. What do you want, Solomon? Your eyes skim down the page and you find the request: "Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in ... t very interesting. I started thinking about a lot of things, and, well, you’re not going to believe this, but God asked me what I wanted, and I couldn’t make up my mind, so I told him I’d let him know later." "Are you sick? What did you say? Have ...

164.

Drama

David E. Ullery

... us - by your own law! I assure you that there will be witnesses! And they will swear to the truth of the charges! If you want to keep your head, you had better not give me cause to write to Caesar, charging you with neglect of your duties to him! Pilate: ( ... now? Pilate: I intend to do nothing until Sergius tells me that Jesus is dead. As for Herod - I don’t know what he wants. Claudia: Do you blame him for sending Jesus back to you? Pilate: No, I can’t blame him. They tell me that Herod questioned Jesus ...

165. The Three Poison Pills of Position, Prestige, and Power

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

... ? The trees were talking in the forest one day about their dreams for the future. The first tree said it would like to be made into a cradle, so that it might go on living as a support for the fragile life of a tiny new baby. The second tree wanted to be made into a big ship, so that it might go on living, carrying important cargo and influential people to exotic new lands. The third tree longed to stay right where it was, existing only as a tree, but growing ever taller, and pointing ever higher, to remind ...

166. The Door Is Always Open

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... the good times roll. He slept by day, he partied by night, and if it felt good he did it. Everything he saw he wanted, everything he wanted he bought. He was like a rich kid in a cheap candy store. He had it made in the shade. He bought a condo ... with compassion he doesn't have any time for confession. It blesses me to see that the father never brought up the past. He just wanted bygones to be bygones. The sins of his son had been buried in the grave of forgiveness and cast into the sea of forgetfulness. ...

167. Hell under Fire

Matthew 5:22; 28-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Recently, hell was in the news in the trial of Scott Peterson. After he was found guilty, Laci's mother, Sharon Rocha spoke directly to him in the sentencing phase of his trial. She looked him right in the eye and spoke these words. "The fact that you no longer wanted Laci did not give you the right to murder her. She was my daughter. I trusted you and you betrayed me…you betrayed everybody. Did you look her in the eye Scott as you killed her? Was she alive when you put her in the bay? I think of Conner ...

168. Up Close & Personal: Drawing Near

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

James Merritt

... we are calling “Up Close & Personal,” because that is the kind of relationship we can have with God. God sent His son to remove every barrier, tear down every wall, bridge every gulf, and unlock every door so that we can get up close and personal with Him anytime we want to. In fact, we can be and should be closer to God than we are to anyone else on this planet. That is not only why Jesus came, but that is also why Jesus left. [Turn to Hebrews 4] The Book of Hebrews was written to an audience of Jews ...

169. Up Close & Personal: Open the Doors

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... of worship. You haven’t really worshipped God until you get involved in serving God. God is not interested in people just doing a job. He wants you to serve Him “with gladness.” You know one of the ways you can tell how close you are to God? The closer you get ... deserve it, who sent His son to die for your sins and who even now is creating an eternal home in heaven for those who want to go there, how can you not be filled with praise every time you come into His presence? That is why the last part of ...

170. Everything Must Go: If I Were a Rich Man

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... pulled the shades of selfishness over his eyes and had coated his heart in the concrete of covetousness. The more he made the more he spent. The more he spent the more me bought. The more he bought the more he had and the more he had the more he wanted to keep it. Sound familiar? His attitude was, “I’ve got more stuff, so I guess I need more storage.” Do you know why? He thought everything that came to him was for him. He was sinking in a sand of selfishness and wandering in a maze of materialism. His ...

171. Who Are You Going To Be When You Grow Up?

John 1:19-28

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... to be when you grow up? Hold up the hammer. Do you want to be a builder? (response) Why do you want to be a builder? (response) Hold up the hat. How many of you want to be a cowboy? (response) Why do you want to be a cowboy? (response) Hold up the stethoscope. How many of you want to be a doctor? (response) Why do you want to be a doctor? (response) Hold up the stuffed animal. How many of you want to be a veterinarian? (response) Why do you want to be a veterinarian? (response) Hold up the toy race car. How ...

172. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR LENT

Drama

Tom Eberle

... : No. But I remember that red stuff you put on me would burn like crazy. Mother: But as soon as it stopped burning you would become fascinated with the red stain on your skin. And you would tell me that even though it stung, the next time you fell you wanted it put on your cut again. That’s how it is on the other side of the colored glass. Each time a pain is encountered, each moment a human sore is shared with another person and healing occurs, that open sore becomes a mark of beauty, like the red color ...

173. Picture Perfect Close Up: Children - Get Under The Umbrella

Colossians 3:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... way that your parents tried to train you to obey. I will tell you what I've learned. The best teachers in life are the best learners. Do you know who the best parents are by and large? The best parents are those who were the best children. III. God Wants Us To Honor Our Parents "For this is well-pleasing to the Lord." (Colossians 3:20, NASB) Do you know why your obedience pleases God? Because, it keeps one of the Ten Commandments He has given for all of us to obey - the fifth which is "Honor your father and ...

174. What Do I Do When My Prayers Go Unanswered?

Deuteronomy 3:1-11, 23-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... to the most noble, selfless, properly motivated prayers and what can we learn about God and ourselves when He does say "No?" This is what I want you to take away from this message and we are going to see it in a moment. Key Take Away: When God says "No" it is ... so easy to trust God and believe God when the spouse doesn't walk out, when the baby is healed, or when we get what we want. It is a whole different matter to trust God, love God, bless God and praise God when the answer is "No." To put all of this ...

175. The Bridge

John 1:1-18, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 1:26-38, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

H. J. Hizer

... 's a relief! Five: I've been going back and forth upon the earth -- One: That's no way to spend your weekends, Lord -- you ought to relax more. Two: Right, Chief -- Why not take up golf? Five: You don't understand. My people are far from me -- and I want them back! Four: Well, Lord -- why not try another Sinai? Every mother's son had the blessed liver scared out of him at Sinai. Two: Sinai was first rate, Lord! Four: And it didn't take any firmament! Five: But nobody saw me at Sinai. How could they with all ...

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