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1751. What Do I Do When The Load Is Too Heavy?

Exodus 18:13-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... to you. - I can't come to the phone now, so if, well, actually, I CAN come to the phone now, I mean, like, I'm at the phone NOW, recording this message, but I'm doing this NOW, while you're listening to it LATER, except for you I guess it's NOW, like, when you're listening to it... I mean, like, wait, gosh. This is so confusing. Just listening to that got me all stress out! Fortunately, God has an answer to stress. In fact, there is a story of one of the greatest men in all of ...

1752. Name Dropping

Exodus 20:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... ," every one of us would grab a piece of paper and we would write down what he told us should be on our prayer list. We don't have to wonder what they are, because when the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, He gave them His greatest prayer concerns. Guess what He began with? "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name." (Matthew 6:9, NASB) Jesus Christ said His number one concern is that the name of God be made holy. He wanted God's name to be handled with reverence. How ...

1753. Fishing Buddies

John 1:35-42, John 1:43-51

Sermon

James Merritt

... unconscious and the automatic opener doesn't open?" He never answered that question. As I trudged to the airplane I experienced for the first time, what it must be like to be walking to the electric chair. My instructor looked at me with a big grin and said, "Guess what? We are jumping first!" (Incidentally, let me correct something. You don't jump. You are pushed!) We take off and as the plane is climbing, so are my prayers. I am making sure that every sin I have ever committed is fully confessed and I am ...

1754. God's Christmas List

John 3:16

Sermon

James Merritt

... his wife, but then Jack Benny died. The day after his funeral, the doorbell rang and it was the delivery man from the florist shop standing there with a rose. Mrs. Benny said, "Oh, that won't be necessary any more. You see, Jack died." The florist responded, "I guess you didn't know this Mrs. Benny, but Mr. Benny made arrangements for you to receive the rose every day for the rest of your life." Every day because you are on God's personal Christmas list, there is a rose of love waiting for you - His name is ...

1755. Dead Man Walking

John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... morning, December 8th, 1998. It was the voice of my mother and her first words were, "Your daddy is dead." Even that very phrase sounds cold. We try to use other terminology such as "passed away" or "expired" or "gone on", but it all means the same thing. I guess for the first time in my life, the sheer fact of death hit me squarely between the eyes. One of the these days, that very phrase is going to be said about you and about me, "James is dead", "Jennifer is dead", "Pam is dead." It sounds morbid ...

1756. My Mission from God

John 17:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... say, "You will be my prosecutor." He didn't say, "You will be my sales-person." All he said was, "You will be my witness." What is a witness? A witness is simply somebody who tells what they have seen, what they have heard and what has happened to them. Guess what? Nobody can be a better witness on your life than you can. Nobody can be a better witness of what God has done in your life than you can. One of the responsibilities of the church is to make sure that the people of the church have the training ...

1757. The Masterpiece

Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... Jesus has the full legal right to the throne of David. The Bible is very clear that the Messiah had to be a literal descendant of David. Was He? The answer is found in Luke 3:23-38, because this is where Mary's family tree is recorded. Guess what? Mary was a direct descendant of David, not through the kingly line of Solomon, because that is where the curse of Jeconiah fell, but through another son of David, named Nathan. "The son of Nathan, the son of David." (Luke 3:31, NASB) God had everything covered ...

1758. I Didn't Know How to Teach Until I Met You

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... . He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit in the place at the wedding that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. And she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together. They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear ...

1759. What’s the Big Deal about Baptism?

Mark 1:9-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... of the Gospel. Now, as you know the Gospel is the fact that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that He was buried and three days later He was raised from the dead. That is exactly what baptism pictures: the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Guess what? That is exactly what Paul tells us in Romans 6:3-5. "Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was ...

1760. The King and His Kingdom

Matthew 6:33

Sermon

James Merritt

... should ask for is: "Your kingdom come." (Mt. 6:10) He said at the Last Supper, "Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." (Mark 14:25) Can you guess what was the last subject that Jesus spoke about before He ascended into heaven? Acts 1:3 tells us He was "speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God." Now you might raise the question: Is the kingdom of God something we will enter into in the future ...

1761. Life on the Rock

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... looses the playoff. Now to show you how bad a mistake this was, in December of that same year he came back to film a commercial for a company called, "Never Compromise Putters" and the idea was to see if Van DeVelde could make a six using only a putter. Guess what? On the third try, using only a putter, he made a six. Why did he lose the British Open? One reason. He knew the book, but he didn't go by the book. He trusted what he knew was right, but he didn't obey it. You want to ...

1762. Smooth Out Your Day

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... that keep them inside, but a big part of the problem is many children have no down time. They don't have any time to play. They don't have time to read, draw, build stuff with legos and very little time to enjoy their family. Why? They are overloaded. Guess What? When kids are overloaded, so are parents because who do you think has to take the kids to all these activities? I just gave you the schedule for one child. Multiply that schedule by 2 or 3 kids and you can see how life starts spinning out of ...

1763. The Dark Side Revealed

Numbers 32:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... out." It says, "Be sure your sin will find you out." In the late 1900 century there was a notorious murder in London, England, who we all know by the name, "Jack the Ripper." To this very day, nobody knows who Jack the Ripper was. Many books have been written guessing who this man was, but we don't know who he was. Here is the fact about Jack the Ripper. He got away with his crime, but did he get away with his sin? Not if there is a God in heaven, because that God knows exactly who he is ...

1764. Things Change

1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... . When other students saw my letter in the newspaper, I got a few comments that ranged from the implication that I was being a prude to the charge that I was being unrealistic because smoking in public was here to stay. I recall thinking, "Yeah, I guess that's something that isn't going to change." How wrong I was! Our willingness to tolerate others smoking around us has changed drastically today, even becoming the subject of laws in many communities. But back then, I couldn't envision that it ever would ...

1765. Leaping from Recognition Point

2 Samuel 11:26—12:13a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... someone will come to me and say, "I really needed to hear that sermon this morning" or "You must have been listening in at our house this week" or "You stepped on my toes this morning." And those comments usually surprise me because if I'd had to guess who might need to hear something, invariably, it wouldn't have been the person who said so. In other words, those people heard the equivalent of "You are the man" in the sermon even though I wasn't aiming it at anybody in particular. There is, however, one ...

1766. The Thick Darkness

1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... a child, I understood things in clear-cut terms. God was this great power in the sky, the boss of the universe, who I was told, also cared about me personally. But now that I've been through some rough times, I'm not so sure I believe that. I guess I still believe in God, but I know a lot less about him than I thought I did. That's an uncomfortable situation. May I suggest this morning that we in the religious profession have sometimes made God sound as if he is someone we can all know intimately — that ...

1767. April Love

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... lectionary committee placed this reading from the Song of Solomon in late summer, for it seems like a springtime text. Springtime, according to the poet Tennyson, is that time when "a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,"1 but I guess summer love is pretty exciting, too. Some recent research, however, suggests that what actually may be going on in the young man may have more to do chemical molecules than with seasonal madness. The researchers recruited a bunch of people who claimed to have ...

1768. Mrs. Proverbs

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... priests). Now this is all a theory, mind you, but when you study the arguments in favor of it, it makes a good bit of sense. And, by following the vocabulary and style differences in each strand, it is possible to do some untangling and make an educated guess about which material came from which earlier source. All of that leads us back to the claim of one literary critic that a woman wrote part of the Pentateuch. That critic is Harold Bloom, who in his book, titled The Book of J,1 claims that the ancient ...

1769. The Underlying Mercy

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... am not," and "I am here by the grace of God." I understand those remarks to be Rogers' way of saying that our lives are in God's hands, and that for people of faith, when some horrible loss like this occurs, we do not have the option of second-guessing God or saying that we no longer trust him. Now you may or may not agree with that, and most of us facing that kind of loss would probably not be able so soon afterward to affirm our faith, but I found myself impressed by what this man said. His ...

1770. If You Really Want to Be Number One

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... history. The disciples were human beings. They wanted their names to be in lights just as you and I want to stand out from our peers. There is nothing wrong with that as long it does not cause us to mistreat others or betray our values. My guess is Jesus wanted them to be ambitious because ambitious people get things done. He just wanted them to be ambitious in the right way. Sitting down, Jesus called the all twelve disciples together and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the ...

1771. Ambitious Disciples

Mk 9:33-37

Illustration

King Duncan

... scientists in American history. The disciples were human beings. They wanted their names to be in lights just as you and I want to stand out from our peers. There is nothing wrong with that as long it does not cause us to mistreat others or betray our values. My guess is Jesus wanted them to be ambitious because ambitious people get things done. He just wanted them to be ambitious in the right way.

1772. Stopping Pettiness

Mark 9:38-41

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Jerry Goebel

... If someone's work is of God, it will continue. If not, it will cease. 3. Recognize the signs of pettiness in our life and flee them. If we are surrounded by ducks and quack; it usually means we are a duck. If those around us are petty and small, guess what... We must flee such people! Instead, we should move in the company of giants, heading towards the outer boundaries of our "known world." If we seek out people who don't have time or use for gossip, then we will be forced to live at their level. They will ...

1773. Mary Magdalene’s Day

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... in the form of a dead body was doing much more that that; he was talking to her. He had arisen from the dead, as he said he would. Other than her exclamation, we have no account of what was going through her mind. We can only guess. Would he be available for times of intimate conversation? Would everything be returned to where it was before his death? Where would he live and practice his ministry? Perhaps he would execute justice and take his killers to task by destroying them. So, there she is awaiting ...

1774. Those Who Doubt

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... about his requirements for believing. Don't try to tell me you have seen the Lord, unless you have some real proof. Show me the mark of the nails, so my finger can be placed there. Yes, and my hand must touch his side. There will be no sentimental guessing and wishful thinking. There will be no misleading attempts to prove a point and pass it along to the world at large. The Master was much loved by all of us but we cannot claim too much for him and be dishonest with others, including those who need his ...

1775. So, Are You The Messiah?

John 10:22-30

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... don't belong to his sheep. He has done works in his Father's name and they do not believe. Apparently, the Lord's understanding of God does not do a thing for them! Can't you imagine someone being that independent with the power brokers? We can only guess at the awful condescension filling the air. Jesus, we know your parents; they were not all that much and here you are trying to be somebody with little or no proof. The most hectic moment must have been at the instant he told them they didn't belong to ...

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