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1876. The Work of the Righteous

Matthew 10:40-42

Illustration

Roger Ray

In his book, Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman recounts a story of an American soldier in Vietnam. His platoon was hunkered down in the rice paddies locked into the heat of a firefight with the Vietcong. The rice fields in Vietnam are often separated by an earthen beam, and on this day, a line of ...

1877. If I Only Had One Wish

2 Chronicles 1:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... to give fathers not only the skills to be a wise dad, but also so that dads might give their children skills to live a wise life. As you study Proverbs you are going to find that Solomon basically deals with the five major areas of life the financial, the emotional, the physical, the relational, and the spiritual. I think all of us dads would agree that if we can help our children be wise in those five areas of life, we will have done a good life's work.

1878. Stand Up and Be Counted

Daniel 3:1-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... in these turbulent times in which we live, we serve a God who is able. How able is He? He is "able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think." (Eph. 3:20) Scientifically, our God is able to take nothing and turn it into everything. Emotionally, our God is able to take sorrow and turn it into sweetness; grief and turn it into glory; a heartache and turn it into a hallelujah. Physically, God is able to take illness and turn it into wellness. Spiritually, God is able to take a sinner and turn ...

1879. The Sword of the Lord

Hebrews 4:12-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Plants have a body, animals have a body and a soul, but only man has a body, a soul, and a spirit; and the word of God can penetrate to the deepest level and divide that soul from that spirit. It can show you instantaneously that you may be emotionally alive in your soul, intellectually alive in your mind, but totally dead in your spirit. e. It Examines the Spirit The word of God "is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." In other words, this book can not only tell you what you do, it ...

1880. High and Lifted Up

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." God can use you if you are physically handicapped. God can use you if you are mentally retarded. God can use you if you are emotionally confused. But God cannot use you if you are spiritually dirty. We need clean lips to witness for God. We need clean hands to work for God. We need clean feet to walk before God. We need clean hearts to worship God. And the holiness of God, which reveals ...

1881. The Supreme Worth of the Second Birth

John 3:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... Colson has been born again. I looked at Chuck Colson, I listened to Chuck Colson, and I was reminded again that regeneration is not just psychological; it affects more than the soul. It is not just intellectual; it affects more than the mind. It is not just emotional; it affects more than the feelings. It is spiritual; it affects the heart. III. The Obligation of Regeneration "Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.'" (v.7) The new birth is not an option, it is an obligation. It is not ...

1882. Love Them Before You Leave Them

John 19:25-26

Sermon

James Merritt

... disciple. As far as I can tell, there is only one thing that brought John back to that cross, knowing he would risk his own life by doing it, and that was love. Kay Allan, in his book The Journey From Fear to Love, says that there are three major emotions that motivate us to do what we do: fear, duty, and love. These rank from the lowest to the greatest. The lowest level of motivation is fear. Fear says: "I have to do this." The second level of motivation is duty. Duty says: "I ought to do this." But Allan ...

1883. Just the Right Touch

Mark 5:25-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... her husband, and could not live in her home. She was forbidden to be with her children. She was excluded from going to the temple to worship. No one would have anything to do with her. She was a pathetic figure. She was physically sick, financially strapped, emotionally destroyed, socially rejected, void of friendship, void of family, with no one to talk to and no one to turn to. Sin is just like that. Do you know what sin does? Sin will insulate you from faith, and isolate you from the Father. Sin will ...

1884. God Really Cares

Matthew 27:46

Sermon

James Merritt

... , mistrust, and scorn that forever grate upon our ears, as the man swarm passes us in the streets we find, I think, that they are all suffering from the same thing. The final cause of their complaint is loneliness.1 Of all the ranges of human emotions, the most devastating of all is loneliness. The silence of loneliness is deafening. Can you hear it? The abandoned child, the quiet home, the empty mailbox, the long days, the longer nights, a forgotten birthday, a silent telephone.2 We can all relate to the ...

1885. The Fellowship of Joy

Philippians 1:3-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... Paul didn't love this church with an ordinary love, but with "the affection of Jesus Christ." The word affection is the Greek word for bowels. In Paul's day, the Greeks thought that the intestines, the liver, and even the lungs, held the most tender part of human emotions. What Paul was saying was "my love goes to the deepest part of my heart." Paul had a love that only a pastor can have for a church. It was a shepherd's love. The word pastor means shepherd. Nobody loves the sheep like the shepherd. It was ...

1886. How to Connect With God

1 John 5:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Smith: We are praying for you, but don't worry, we're not expecting an answer. Well, God not only wants us to pray, but He wants us to pray in such a fashion that we will indeed expect, and get, an answer. It is one thing to emotionally experience prayer; it is still another thing to verbally express prayer. But we must learn to spiritually expect prayer to be answered. Let me give you a thought that will shake you to your roots—God never does anything apart from prayer. R. A. Torrey once said, "Prayer ...

1887. The Agony of Defeat

2 Samuel 11-12, 1 Kings 15:5

Sermon

James Merritt

... He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy." (Pr. 28:13) Sin and guilt had taken a tremendous toll on David. According to Psalm 51 you would have seen a man physically drained, emotionally depressed, spiritually depleted, and mentally despondent. Not only was David marred by sin, David was miserable with guilt. That leads me to make this extremely important observation. There is a difference between a Christian who backslides into sin, and a sinner who ...

1888. The Truth about Trouble

2 Timothy 4:16-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... the answer for some of you. Here is the question: Is anybody here in trouble? Does anybody here have problems? You may be out of work, you may be physically sick, you may be financially broke; perhaps because of marriage problems, or family problems, you are emotionally devastated. I know that I have hit a lot of you right where you are this moment. I remember reading one time where someone said, "If you will preach to hurting people, you will always have a listening audience." Well the Apostle Paul had a ...

1889. If You're Not Loving You're Not Living (Fruit of the Spirit: Love)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... Is an Upward Love That Must Be Emphasized Now when you think about love, real love, true love, biblical love, you automatically should think of the love of God, and love for God. That immediately should tell you something about love. First of all, love is not just emotional. It is not just a matter of the feelings. Somebody has described teenage love as a feeling you feel when you feel that what you feel is a feeling you have never felt before. Well, that's probably true as far as it goes, but love is not ...

1890. Never Let Them See You Sweat (Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control)

Galatians 5:23

Sermon

James Merritt

... word exercise, like the word discipline, really irritates some people. One man said, "Whenever I think about exercising, I just sit down and rest until the feeling goes away." Unfortunately, that is why many people die sooner rather than later. Our society is emotionally out of control. Our highways have become battlegrounds and our school yards have become shooting fields. Road rage is now the rage on the highway. You had better be careful because if you blow your horn at someone, they may shoot their gun ...

1891. God's Prescription for a Healthy Christian

Jude 1:17-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... at her and said, "I ain't the one that moved." Well, dear friend, when it comes to standing for the truth or against the truth, the one that moves and causes division is the one who stands against the truth. b. They Are Emotionally Deceptive Jude said, "These are murmurers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage." (v.16) In other words, the apostate will play on people's feelings. They will use buzz words like "tolerance ...

1892. Who's In Charge Here

Judges 21:24-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... were also characterized by democracy and openness. Once the boundaries for behavior were established, there was freedom for individual personalities to go undeveloped. The boys could express themselves without fear of ridicule, and the overall atmosphere was marked by acceptance and emotional safety.[8] c. There Will Holiness Spiritually Formerly the pastor is the leader of the church, but functionally three things must be in place if the pastor is to lead. There must be the standard of the word of the God ...

1893. Joy to the World

Luke 2:8-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... a racial joy. It is not joy to the West—it is not a cultural joy. It is not joy to the rich—it is not financial joy. It is not joy to the educated—it is not intellectual joy. It is not joy to the happy—it is not emotional joy. It is not joy to the healthy—it is not physical joy. It is joy to the world. It is universal joy. Even the angel in v.10 said, "I bring you good tidings of great joy." The word for good tidings is the Greek word that gives us ...

1894. Like a Good Neighbor, Jesus Is There

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... could inherit eternal life. An inheritance is not based on what you do, it is based on who you are. Furthermore, Jesus correctly said that in order to have eternal life, you must love God totally and perfectly. That means you must love God emotionally ("with all your heart"), psychologically ("with all your soul"), willfully ("with all your strength"), and intellectually ("with all your mind"). Now don't think that Jesus was being shipwrecked on the rocks of legalism. He was not saying that you are saved by ...

1895. Why Were the Wise Men Wise?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... you, loudly and clearly, that wise men go to the Bible for wisdom. We have just finished a brief study of the book of Proverbs, and we have learned that if you want to know how to handle money, how to raise children, how to get a hold of your emotions, how to build a home that will last, how to get into heaven, and how to get heaven into you, you read the Word of God. b. The Revelation of the Star V. 9 tells us that these men were guided to the Lord Jesus by a star. It is ...

1896. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... memory, love has no memory. You may be sitting there thinking: "Well, I could never forgive anyone that many times." I want to remind you here that Jesus is not making a suggestion, He is giving a command. Listen carefully. Forgiveness is not a prisoner of your emotions, it is a servant of your will. Whether you feel like forgiving or not is irrelevant as to whether or not you can forgive. Through Jesus Christ, as you will see in a moment, not only can you forgive, you must forgive. You see, so often our ...

1897. The God of Grace and Glory

Psalm 84:11

Sermon

James Merritt

... through darkness. Isaiah 50:10 says, "Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely upon his God." Whether you are walking in emotional darkness, financial darkness, spiritual darkness, or intellectual darkness, God is a sun. His light will guide you to truth, comfort, joy, and peace. I want you to understand something about God's guiding light. God's guiding light is given only in proportion to one's ...

1898. Castaway

2 Corinthians 5:18-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... recently starred in a movie that I have yet to see called Castaway. It is the story of a man who survives a plane crash over the ocean and lands ashore on a deserted island. He spends years there not only trying to survive physically, but primarily emotionally and mentally, as he is totally separated from the outside world. Every person on earth is born a "castaway." We have all crashed landed on an island called sin. Because of our sin we, too, have been separated from God. Isa. 59:2 says, "Your iniquities ...

1899. What to Wear to the War

Ephesians 6:13-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... sleeveless piece of armor that covered the entire torso of a soldier, and it was designed to protect the most vital organ of the body, which was the heart. Now your heart is the real battlefield in this war. In the Bible the heart represents the will, the emotions, and the mind. It is the essence of what we are. Your eternal destiny will be determined in your heart. Rom. 10:9 says, "If you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall ...

1900. How to Handle the Mess of Stress

Exodus 18:23-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... I know a lot of people who are all stressed up and have no place to go. Seven out of ten people told a US News / Bozell Survey, that they feel stressed at some point during a typical weekday. 43% of all adults suffer noticeable physical and emotional symptoms from burnout. Somewhere between 75 and 90% of all visits to the doctor's office stem from stress.2 Stress is costing American business over $150 billion dollars a year in healthcare cost, lost work time, and poor quality of work.3 Stress is now known ...

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