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176. The Great Depression

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... to the Lord. I heard the Christian life was supposed to be the only way to live, but God was not real to me. I decided I was going to seek God with my whole heart, then if I found this to be nothing but an empty endeavor, I would give up living. I fed upon tapes of your Bible teaching. The Lord began His work in me. Through His word as you taught, the Holy Spirit showed me just exactly what my problem was, and what I needed to do about it. My problem was sin—a heart that would not ...

177. The Household Leader

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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R. E. Lybrand

... in mind and body! Live Sacrificially Now, the fourth and final point I want to make is this: Dad, being the household leader that God expects you to be demands sacrifice. We fathers should be willing to make sacrifices for our children every day. We must give up some of those things which are so valuable and important to us for the sake of those whom God says must be more valuable and important to us - our children. So the ultimate question is this: Dad, are you willing to live sacrificially for your ...

178. Flesh For Our Life

John 6:25-59

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George W. Hoyer

... could say so simply and yet so profoundly, "Take and eat. This is my body given for you." He had been giving it all along. I would not wish to try to one-up the scriptures, but there is one act of love that would seem to be greater than giving up one's life for one's friends. That would be arising out of that dying and raising up those friends to life eternal. He has done the dying. He has done his own rising. He will follow through with raising us up, now in our time of living and then ...

179. At The Fork In The Road

Luke 4:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... all the time in my counseling. People will come up against a thorny issue in life -- the direction is anything but clear -- there doesn't seem to be a clear yes or no -- there's no easy settling of the problem. And I see people all the time just simply giving up and saying, "I'll let the Lord decide -- I'll wait on Him for an answer." Now I don't want to diminish the meaning of waiting on the Lord. But waiting on the Lord does not mean total passivity on our part. The Lord expects us to grapple with ...

180. Follow Me!

Matthew 16:21-28

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James McCormick

... that’s difficult. Again and again I have had people tell me that the single most difficult thing about being a disciple is giving up control. We want to decide what commandments we will obey and which we will not. We want to decide whom we will love ... back on. When we refuse to take up the cross of obedience, we are also refusing to deny ourselves first place. I’m in charge! To give up control is not easy. But when we come to know that God is like Jesus, that He really loves us and cares about us, then we ...

181. Endorsing The Future

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... have to sacrifice some of our hard-won cultural gains in order to live within the new limits before us. We privileged white Protestants, Catholics, and Jews may have to be willing to die to self so that the good of all can prevail. We may have to give up our majority status so new religions can gain a foothold on our soil. We may need to sacrifice some of our prestige so other immigrants can have access to a free and meaningful public education. We may to sacrifice the old boy network so blacks, women, and ...

182. Good News about Faith

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... to see people who have given up. Bartimaeus heard that a man was passing by who could possibly help him and Bartimaeus quite literally leaped at the opportunity. I hope that whatever your situation is today, you aren’t among those who have given up. Giving up is the antithesis of faith, and it is self-fulfilling. It was faith that caused Bartimaeus to seek help. And it was faith that caused Bartimaeus to speak up. When he heard that Jesus was passing by, Bartimaeus began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David ...

183. Prayers for Epiphany

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... Although we can't find words to explain Christ's obedience -- especially to the cross -- nonetheless, we sense he is right. Strange as it seems we are now convinced that he alone has secured peace and joy for us. What kind of man is he who would give up all that our culture claims as joy to possess finally the joy for which we all yearn? Therefore, increase, O God, our understanding of your Son; but more than understanding, grant us the courage to follow the dictates of our hearts as we respond to his death ...

184. Now That's Rich

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... good times. He was wealthy. He was powerful. He was morally upright. If he were single, you’d fix him up with your daughter (no question about it). And then Jesus had to come along and steal his fun. What was this rich young ruler missing? And what did he give up when he walked away from Jesus? That’s the truly scary question that you and I need to consider today. Compared to most of the world’s people we are rich. That may be one reason why this text will not be one of our favorites. We don’t think ...

185. Rest

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . In the grace of God, we find what gives us life and we pursue it. And we keep pursuing it, not for the sake of indulgence, but in the pursuit of a greater integration and health. This is a different kind of yoke to be placed upon our shoulders. We give up all the other slaveries and take on the disciplines that heal our souls. That’s why we keep coming into this place for worship. For this is where we hear once again how much we are loved, how deeply we are saved, and how greatly the world is kept in ...

186. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

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Robert G. Tuttle

... having a good time. I’ve really led you down a blind alley. I built a wall between you and God. I’ve got you where I want you! You see what we’re up against. Has he got you? Are you going to give up? Remember, you have the last word; God has the last word. Don’t give up too easily. The profile of modern life scares me. But there is hope even in our breakdown. We are beginning to recognize the face of evil; we are beginning to resist it. Once more, black is black and white is white. What is ...

187. Deep Depression Or High Hope?

1 Kings 9:1-9

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Barbara Brokhoff

... s wrong to be worrying about tomorrow, maybe we should think only about today." Charlie Brown interrupts him to say, "No, that's giving up. I'm still hoping that yesterday will get better!" A lot of people have no hope for today, and are sure that tomorrow ... seem to cheer us up, but rather depresses us. When we sigh, "Well, here's hoping," the message we give is that "I might as well give up." When we hear someone say, "Well, as long as there's life, there's hope," then we know it is really bad! Hope has been ...

188. Professor Of Paradox

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

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... keep stirring the mud in the bowl, yet without thinking about gold nuggets. The people who find the treasure are not the ones who grow tired of looking and lose interest; nor the ones who are already satisfied with life; nor those who are so discouraged that they give up. Do you understand this? Of course you do. When you are hungry, you see signs for food everywhere. When you are lonely, you look into your mailbox and if there is a personal letter there, you will see it even under all the junk mail and the ...

189. Overcoming Loneliness

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... you as much as you need them." The only ones who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. Once I visited an old woman, a practical nurse, in the hospital. Life had been rough on her, and yet she wasn’t about to give up. She told me about the hundreds of babies she had helped to deliver. She said, "I never went into a sick room I didn’t see something I could do." She had joined the human race; she was on the team; she was in a cosmic partnership; she was a ...

190. Joseph: The Righteous Carpenter

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... are many of you who are in that waiting period that Joseph was in before the dream became a reality. You are in that period between trusting God and getting your prayers answered. You are in that period between believing and receiving. And some of you are about to give up hope. Some of you already have. You are tired of waiting on God. You think all this time of waiting has been a waste of time. You have lost your patience and you are ready to do what is convenient and what seems right to you. I want you ...

191. The Pearl of Great Price

Matthew 13:45-46

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... The final pearl, the best of them all is the same thing that heaven is. It is the best. Jesus says that we should be willing to give up everything that we have to know and live in God's heaven. No other thing on earth is worth as much as life with God in ... everything else put together. Heaven is to the Christian what the pearl of great price was to the businessman. You and I will give up everything to put God first so that some day we can live with God forever. This morning I am going to give you a pearl so ...

192. A Pep Talk for the Kingdom

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... built a monument to the void, and it was full to the brim.” Praying and trusting in God’s promises is a tremendous act of faith. It can seem sometimes as if we are praying into the void. That’s why Jesus knew how tempted we would be to give up. As God’s co-laborers in the healing of our broken world, we need to trust that God is always faithful to God’s promises. Always. Pastor John Kapteyn puts it this way “Faith is not proven true by answered prayer but by unanswered prayer that does not make ...

193. Family Re:Union - Great Expectations

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

James Merritt

... ate the fruit first, the first person that God confronted was Adam. Here is what God says to the husband, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” (Ephesians 5:25, NIV) That says it all! What did Jesus Christ give up for the church? Everything down to His very life. That is exactly how much you are to love your wife and that is exactly how far you are to go in serving your wife even if means your very life. Do you love your wife? Before you answer “yes ...

194. All the Pretty Horses

Luke 12:13-21, Luke 12:1-12, 1 Kings 3:16-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... knew in the story we heard today, isn’t it? Two women arguing over the “ownership” of a child. But when the wise King decides to cut the child in two, the one who loved revealed herself as the true mother of the child –the one who loved enough to give up what was due and to value instead the life of the child over what she wanted and deserved. The end to division is love. Love is not fair. That’s why it’s love. Love is not self-gaining or self-serving, but self-sacrificial. Love does not keep ...

195. The Impossible Option

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... Small things? Maybe. But they may be the first fruits of a new life that our Lord raises up when the old dies. Who knows what sort of new life God will shape in us as we begin to take him at his word? Who knows what things that we "give up" in order to travel lightly and gracefully with him will be taken up and hallowed and transformed to the good of many? Who knows what marvels we will see, what lives we will touch, what joys we will experience on this blessed adventure of discipleship? Maybe we'll end up ...

196. Batman: Driven By Guilt or Grace?

Romans 5:1-11; 8:1-2; Luke 18:9-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... off yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it." C. That's what Grace and Redemption are all about, Trusting God To Do It. Trusting God to save us. Clip Batman Begins: Scene toward the end. Alfred and Bruce. That's Grace, God never gives up on us. Even after Batman's butler, Alfred, shows him what Grace is, Batman still doesn't get it. He's still driven by Guilt. Luckily for us, Peter learns what Grace is all about. You'll remember John chapter 21, the Risen Jesus has told the disciples ...

197. In Search of Heroes

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... he is. And their children’s lives, he testifies, have been greatly enriched by their experience. “Dr. Hilfiker,” someone else will say, “you’re obviously an extraordinary person. [“They really say that!” he says incredulously.] They explain, “You’ve been able to give up a doctor’s salary to work with the poor. But you certainly can’t expect most young doctors to be able to do what you’ve done.” Dr. Hilfiker is struck that people in the medical community think he is making some kind ...

198. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to patch the old ones. What do you think? [gasps…..series of NO!] Oh…I shouldn’t? Why not? Why would I ruin these new jeans to fix the old? I have some great new jeans. I should wear them as they are right? But it’s SO hard to give up those old jeans. I love them!! [hug them]. Do I really have to give them up? I know they are old and they really don’t even look like jeans anymore. But if I just clip some of the new fabric…..[NO!]. Well, this is the lesson Jesus was trying ...

199. Building Trust

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

David Coffin

... quick learners. By today’s standards they flunked the ACT and SAT many times. They will have to attend community or junior college before they are ready to step up to the next level. The good news is Jesus does not give up on the disciples despite their failures. Jesus does not give up on us despite our own failures — be they on purpose or by mistake. In Mark’s gospel, the inner circle of chosen disciples actually grew worse and worse in their understanding of who Jesus was as Lord. It is often the ...

200. Run Away Bride

Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 22:1-14, Hosea 1:1-2:1

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Lori Wagner

... matter how much we mess up –God remains SO in love with us, that God sent His Son to redeem us, revive us, keep us alive and in love, so that we can experience what’s it’s like to be in joyful and loving relationship with God. God never gives up on us! Because God knows that deep inside, we need God more than anything else! The Tree of Life will always go on living and loving us even when we don’t water it or care for it. Jesus is the Lord of Unconditional Love! And when we understand how ...

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