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1726. Pop Verses: Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... way you could put it: Stop trying to control everything! Wow! I know a few toes hurt right now. I know mine do! Trusting in the Lord will sometimes mean going against what you think is right or smart, or common sense. Trusting God will sometime mean giving up control and what you think is best. Because guess what? You don’t have to understand to trust God has a plan. That’s what it means not to rely on your own insight. God’s ways our higher than our ways. If we could understand everything about ...

1727. Mutual Submission

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

Will Willimon

... in marriage than wives. Whereas wives are asked to be subject to their husbands, husbands are told to love their wives "as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."( v.25) How did Christ love the church? By dying for the church, giving up his life for the church's sake. That's how husbands are urged to love their wives. The complete, sacrificial, selfless love of Christ is the model for husbands. 4. The writer goes even further saying that "Husbands should love their wives as their own bodies ...

1728. Free to Forgive

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... we forgive those who trespass against us.” For yours (not ours) is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory! Amen. [1] See for example, https://ourrabbijesus.com/articles/jesus-jewish-logic-measure-for-measure/. [2] See Strongs 863. To let, forgive, allow, permit, pardon, dismiss, send away, discharge, remit, give up a debt.

1729. The Future and What to Do About It

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... manager, albeit a dishonest one, who when faced with terrible catastrophe, recognizes the catastrophe and immediately moves to do something about it. Look at us in similar circumstances. When adversity comes, we tend to freeze up, or we pull the covers over our head and simply give up. We do this not only in our personal lives, but also in our social lives as well. We look at this country's terribly soaring crime rate and we say to ourselves, “I am just one person, what can one person like me do to change ...

1730. You Can Be Articulate

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... rancher in Colorado had received 9,374 notices that his subscription had expired. Someone in the magazine office posted the letter the company received from him. Inside was a check for one year's subscription along with a handwritten note saying: "I give up! Send me the magazine." He was won over by their consistent, persistent attention. That's what still wins people over to Christ. It's the consistent witness we live before them: the kindness and gentility that are consistently evident, the willingness to ...

1731. The Sixth Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

... Sabbath day, how can it be wrong to help a man? What is worth more: a person or an ox? At the Pharisee's table, Jesus declared the importance of people: both the sick man and the Pharisee. He did not give up on the Pharisees; only they themselves could remove them from the grace of God. And likewise, God does not give up on us; only we can resist God's love. Whatever and wherever we are, God's mercy and God's concern will reach out to us. The table of Jesus Christ is a table of healing and of hope. It ...

1732. Membership Has Its Privileges

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... the power of the Spirit came down. I've seen that type of Radical Prayer at work. I've seen it in single parents struggling but determined to raise their families in a decent and respectable manner. I've seen it in the eyes of a wife who would not give up on her husband. I've seen it in the determination of AIDS patients living life with abundance, not denying the reality of the diagnosis of death, but with the hope of a good day, just one day at a time. I've seen that Radical Prayer at the altar when ...

1733. You Can Be Real

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... that very thing. Remember? "If the ear should say, 'Because I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,' does that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing?" Learning to be real means giving up foolish things like envy and jealousy. It means being able to say, "God made me like I am, and that makes me special!" Finally, being a real person means Being Honest With God. The problem with the Pharisee who prayed in the Temple was that he tried to fool God ...

1734. Where The Lord Dwells

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Charles Curley

... seen God in a wife, patiently guiding her husband, whose mind has been stolen by Alzheimer's disease. I have seen God in the people of a city congregation whose church was burned down by an arsonist, people who will not be driven out of their neighborhood or give up ministry to their city. I have seen God in an emergency room nurse, crying with parents whose child has died. I have seen God in teenagers on a work trip - clearing a lot and building a house. I have seen God in a soup kitchen, serving a plate ...

1735. Tough Faith In Tough Times

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... of turning this parable into an allegory, assigning the role of the judge to God. Not only does that cause us to miss the main point, it also casts God in a very unflattering light. The parable does urge us to be like the widow, praying persistently without giving up. But the only point of contact between God and the judge is one of contrast. God is not like the unjust judge, and God's response to our persistent requests will not be like the response of the unjust judge to the widow's pleas. In contrast to ...

1736. Surprised By Joy

Matthew 13:31-35, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... God brings a much deeper and lasting joy than the uncovering of buried gold could ever bring us. Indeed, this finding of God is worth giving up everything one has in order to have it, just as the finder of buried treasure will sell all that he has in order to ... So it is with our faith and trust in God. Faith in God is the only thing that matters in the end. It is indeed worth giving up everything we own in order to have this faith. And yet, it may not come in an instant. Faith is something that we need to ...

1737. This Life Is Yours To Live!

Ezekiel 18:1-32

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... so to use the common ploy of diversion so that the real source of their problems -- themselves and their sins -- would not be so apparent. God pleads with them through Ezekiel, “Turn away from all the evil you are doing, and don’t let your sins destroy you. Give up all the evil you have been doing, and get yourselves new minds and hearts… I don’t want anyone to die.” God’s promise to them is that once they turn toward him again he will forgive them and so not judge them on their past sins but ...

1738. Baptized in the Spirit

Mark 1:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... and it teaches us a lot about care and love but of course the real baby is so important that we need to give her all of our attention when we are holding her. John the Baptizer baptized with water and he made us realize how important it is to give up our sins and to take care of ourselves. But when Jesus came, he baptized us with the Holy Spirit and showed us not only how important it is to take care of ourselves, but how important it is to be a child of the God who loved us and made ...

1739. Museum or Mission?

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

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... through all this upheaval said, "We had to decide whether we wanted to be in a museum or in mission." They couldn’t have it both ways. It meant either staying on their site, glorying in their past history and serving a few people, or giving up their past and gearing themselves to a significant ministry among the city’s people. They opted for mission status over museum status. Something of this same struggle is indicated in this scripture passage. The Pharisees and scribes came down on the side of museum ...

1740. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the jungles of darkest Africa? What parable could induce a man, who was recognized as one of the best concert organists in all of Europe, go to a place where there were no organs to play. What parable would so intensely motivate a man that he would give up a teaching position in Vienna, Austria to go and deal with people who were so deprived that they were still living in the superstitions of the dark ages. The man who I am talking about, of course, is Dr. Albert Schweitzer. And the single parable that so ...

1741. God First

Mark 8:31--9:1

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... a candy bar. Following Jesus means that we must put God and other people first, before we get our pleasures. Jesus always thought of his Father in Heaven first, other people second, and himself third. If you want to be a follower of Jesus, you must also give up some of your pleasures and think of others first. On Sunday mornings we lay down our baseball gloves. We park our bikes, and we put away our fishing poles. On Sunday mornings we worship the Lord and learn more about Jesus. We should stop every day ...

1742. A Glimpse of Eternity

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... who experienced it first-hand and eventually the other disciples who were told of the story after the resurrection. To know that God is able and weaves together the elements of suffering and salvation in a meaningful way gives us strength never to give up. There is something about climbing a mountain that is freeing, exciting--words alone cannot capture the experience, neither can a camera, even a Polaroid. Climbing a mountain is something that can only be experienced. All I can do at times to explain the ...

1743. We Must Finish The Work God Has Given Us

Luke 13:31-35

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... my help; don't leave me; don't abandon me. People: Teach me, Lord, what you want me to do, and lead me along a safe path. All: Praise be the Lord God, who is with us always. Amen. Collect Lord, when times are difficult and we are tempted to give up and run away, may we remember how Jesus refused to stop his work because Herod wanted to kill him. You have given each of us work to do in your kingdom; grant us the power to carry out our mission despite difficulties we may confront. In Jesus' name. Amen. Prayer ...

1744. Boxing Day

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... knowledge - Bon-Macy Department Stores - this thing is the be-all-and-end-all of the holiday season. "It holds emotion. It holds expectation. It holds what might be the most memorable holiday ever. THIS is the shape of the holiday season." OKAY. I give up. What's this all-powerful shaper of the season? What's this ultimate shape of the holiday season? It turns out to be . . . a box. The Bon-Macy commercial features kids grabbing huge boxes from grandparents. It then pans to gorgeous women being handed ...

1745. The World's Greatest Body Builder

1 Corinthians 12:13

Sermon

James Merritt

... got to the cemetery, they were met with a priest who said, "Was your friend a Catholic?" They said, "No he wasn't." He said, "I'm sorry then, you cannot bury him here, this is a Catholic cemetery." Well, the soldiers were discouraged but they didn't give up. They decided they would give their buddy the best burial they could just outside the cemetery. So they dug a grave right outside the fence and laid their friend to rest. The next morning when they went to pay their last respects at the grave they couldn ...

1746. Practicing God’s Presence

Hebrews 10:11-25

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... believers who first heard the Epistle to the Hebrews was a people struggling to survive hard times and social persecutions. Many had lost their property and lived with the threat of losing even more — their family relationships or even their lives. Some were giving up, and others were wondering if the outcome was worth the struggle. Through the lens of their culture's wisdom hard times meant either they were doing it wrong or else the opposing evil forces were more powerful than the friendlier ones. Some ...

1747. Toys R Us. NOT!

Ephesians 1:11-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... character at the expense of all the others is usually fueled by a noble-sounding desire to be "the best" at some particular thing. From childhood we are taught that if we want to excel at some skill or activity we need to practice discipline, give up other sidelights that may distract us or take too much time and focus our energies on that one effort. Learning to discipline one's time and to follow through on a commitment are, of course, some of the most important lessons of childhood. Without people who ...

1748. Luke 4:1-13

Luke 4:1-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... in this second trial. Unlike the first and last temptations in Luke, the devil does not ask Jesus to perform an activity in order to flaunt his identity. Here the tempter offers a seductive gift to Jesus, but only if he will give up his identity and acknowledge the devil's preeminence. The temptation to political power must have surely been enticing to one who possessed such a clear sense of righteousness and justice as did Jesus. How compassionately and judiciously Jesus would have wielded the unlimited ...

1749. Jesus' Good News of a New World · Part 3

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... of it. But I thought you ought to know.” My experience is that peacemaking isn’t possible unless you’re willing to risk getting caught in the “cross” fire, if you’re not willing to get crucified. Reconciliation isn’t possible without giving up something. Either your pride or your right to justice or your right to condemnation, if the peace being made is between you and someone else. Or, your safety, your reputation, if it’s between enemies. The prophet Jeremiah issues this judgment from God ...

1750. Proper 18

Matthew 18:15-20, Psalm 149:1-9, Exodus 12:1-30, Romans 13:8-14

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... finding and developing new medicines that you have created with the elements of the earth. Save us from fanatics who despise the gifts you have given to doctors and pharmacists and other therapists. Sustain self-help groups that serve individuals who need to give up addictive drugs and harmful diets. Cleanse hearts from all sin that healing may proceed from a spirit made whole and dependent on you, their higher power. You have created us as body, mind, and spirit and can make us whole persons in communion ...

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