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2051. The Miss, The Kiss, The Mess, The Rest

2 Samuel 11:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... was so powerful that it demolished the whole building and left them buried under a pile of rubble. The ironic thing about was, the safe had never held any money. The company money was kept in a cash box in an unlocked desk drawer. But what they did keep in the safe was the company's product, Nitroglycerine. (1) I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when I first read that. I guess nature was just cleaning up the gene pool a little. Those poor guys, if you'll pardon the pun, didn't know how explosive ...

2052. Digging Deeper

Philippians 3:12-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... bubble up into our memories and help us put what believe into action every day. II. Prayer Second, there's prayer. In a Family Circus comic, little Billy was praying. He prayed, "Make me good. And if you don't get through to me the first time, please keep tryin' 'til I answer." (2) That should be our prayer. As Jesus prayed for us and prayer should be an important part of our faith walk. Through prayer we are brought right to the throne of God. A Canadian by the name of Ashleigh Brilliant draws cartoons to ...

2053. Motivated for Life

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... our daily responsibilities raising our families, working at our jobs, serving in the community and we aren’t rewarded either. Life is difficult and the very people we look to for support may be completely unappreciative. Where do we find the motivation to keep going, to keep striving, to keep serving, to be all God has called us to be? Jeremiah had a strong consciousness of God in his life. Listen to the words from our lesson for the day, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you ...

2054. Blessed Are Those Who Hand Over Their Controllers

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of All things Digital. Give them a controller — for an Xbox or PS3, a mouse or remote for a flat screen on-line system, an internet connected cell phone with projector — and they can control their whole world. Until they cannot. What is the biggest thing keeping some of us from being full and authentic disciples of Jesus? We refuse to give up our control, or more accurately, our illusion of control. We are control junkies. When the 7.0 earthquake hit Port-a-Prince it took down homes, it took down the ...

2055. Your Face Gives You Away

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... would you want to have a nose job?” She said, “As I turn forty, I become less competitive in the market and I’ve got to keep my edge so I’ve got to change my face.” How sad! She’s a lovely woman, but she doesn’t think she’s competitive. (4) ... powerful tool has a good news/bad news aspect. The bad news with facial expressions is that even if you have emotions you want to keep hidden you don’t want them to know you are angry, for instance anger is impossible to hide. If you feel it, it is ...

2056. Resurrected Following (Series: Living on the Resurrection Side of Life)

John 10:1-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... that we can ask or think. We have a God who is able to deliver us from the fiery furnace. We have a God who is able to keep us safe in the fold of his everlasting care. We have a God who is the Good Shepherd. IV. Follow the Good Shepherd Who Provides For His ... for our need long before we had a need. Before we felt cold, he stored up for us gas, oil, and coal in the earth to keep us warm. He knew we would be hungry, so he made the fields fertile and the fruit tasty so that all could eat. He knew that we ...

2057. Resurrected Glory (Series: Living on the Resurrection Side of Life)

John 17:1-5

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... not set aside one day a week for rest, worship and interaction with family? You will save gasoline, it will help the environment, and it could save your life. In my life, Lord, be glorified. C. Through Service Some families pack lunches that they keep in the car to give to the homeless begging on the street corner. It is a caring, concrete, compassionate thing to do. Some people volunteer at homeless shelters, tutor children, help with after-school care, teach Vacation Bible School, or other random acts of ...

2058. In You and Through You

1 Thessalonians 2:9-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... God's Word working In You and Through You. When we give, God uses those gifts in remarkable ways. Oh sure, part of it is used to keep the lights on and building cool or warm, but if the lights were off or the building was hot in the summer and cold in the ... Grace in my life. When I open my heart to God and get God grace in through Bible Study, Prayer and Worship, God is too big to keep in my heart and I have to let God's love and grace out in as many ways as possible. My Stewardship of giving monetarily is ...

2059. How Does Your Garden Grow?

Matthew 13:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... grew and it's distracted and subdued and defeated by the stuff and worries of the world. And there is a lot to be distracted by. We have more choices in our lives than at any other time in history. And instead of down sizing, the list just keeps getting bigger and bigger. A trip to the grocery store and there's about 100 breakfast cereals to choose from, 200 kinds of soup, 50 to 100 blends of coffee, you get the idea. In November of 1997, Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda, Bishop of the Northern Conference of ...

2060. On Your Mark, Get Set, Hope!

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... scant worth unless we are willing to act. Hope is a forward adventure. When the children of Israel wanted to return to the flesh pots of Egypt, Moses pushed them further into the wilderness adventure. Hope lies out there, not back here. You’ve got to keep going. When the Israelites became fearful in the Promised Land, Joshua encouraged them to “Choose this day whom you will serve, but for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Hope pushes forward; hope goes into the future; hope doesn’t give up ...

2061. This Is the Day!

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... performance. You can affect your attitude by the way you stand. If you slump your shoulders and look at the floor long enough, you will get depressed. Fred Chisolm, a dynamic salesman, wrote a book a few years ago in which he said that if you keep your eyes above shoulder level, you will never get depressed. [You’ll trip over a few things, but you won’t get depressed.] Posture produces performance. So, this is my suggestion. Each morning look in a mirror, smile, throw you shoulders back and cite this ...

2062. The Short List

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the money, the judge said, "Now I also want to cancel the fine and remit the sentence to time served." That is, the man could keep the money and go free. "Furthermore, I am going to instruct the bailiff to pass around a hat to everyone in this courtroom, and I ... better bracelet to wear would be one with the letters WWJHMD on it. "What Would Jesus Have ME Do?" That's more in keeping with this imperative to walk humbly with our God. B. Comedian Bob Hope was accepting a plaque at an honorary dinner. He listened ...

2063. If, Because, Regardless

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... when we mention "Stewardship" is "Money, money, money, money." Stewardship and Finance are simply part of the Work of the Church. Let's look at the passage. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 (NRSV) [6] Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us. [7] For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, [8] and we did not eat anyone's bread ...

2064. Let's Make A Deal

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... If you can tell me the names of the first four books of the New Testament you can win what's in this box. Now, you can keep the key to the car or you can trade it for what's behind one these two doors. What'll it be? Door # 1 or Door # 2 ... just driven out of the lot. The purse contained the lady's name, her address, and a five twenty dollar bills. One of the boys wanted to keep the money and ditch the purse. But the other boy said, "No. That's wrong. We nee to return it. Which they did. But before returning it ...

2065. A Guide for Growth

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Christ.” It may be, in fact this is my assessment of the solution - we are adrift as we are in our nation and in the world today because we’ve not been able to cast aside a rigid, narrow, straightjacket approach to Christianity which repulsed most of us, and yet keep a sense of responsibility and the moral demands that are part and parcel of the gospel. This means that we must deal with the fact of sin in our lives, and God’s call to righteousness. To seek to evade fact of sin, or to water it down, is ...

2066. No Instant Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... forever elude me. It is so popular that is has become trite, yet it is still true: Bloom where you are planted. Performance not profession is a key to maturity. Perspective not proficiency is required for maturity. Now there is one simple way to keep perspective and to keep testing our level of maturity. Deliberately expose yourself, stay open to persons and ideas that may not fit into your neat well—defined comfortable world. Let me ask you, how do you feel in the presence of a person whom you know has ...

2067. Happy Marriage...It's All About Choices

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

James W. Moore

... can lament. 3. You can pardon or you can punish. Let’s take a quick look at these… one at a time. I. FIRST OF ALL, THE CHOICE IS YOURS: YOU CAN ENCOURAGE OR YOU CAN DISCOURAGE. There is a strange sentence in one of the Psalms: “I will keep my mouth with a bridle!” These are the words of a man sorely tempted to spread gloom and despair and discouragement. Yet he held himself in check, knowing that there was enough pessimism around. He knew that he needed to help rally the courage of those who felt ...

2068. Give Yourself

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... t suffer a concussion. I’m not living with a young man; I’m not even going with one, and not pregnant. I’ve told you all this to let you know that I made “D” in Biology and an “F” in European History, and I wanted you to keep all this in perspective. Now this is Pledge Sunday, and what we need most is perspective. The title of our sermon today is the theme of our entire stewardship emphasis: GIVE YOURSELF - LET’S MAKE TOMORROW! And it’s a crucial aspect of the overall theme of this sermon ...

2069. Christ's Chosen People: Privilege

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ’ve even named a detergent “Joy”. But note the context of Jesus’ promise of joy. Listen to verses 9 and 10 of chapter 15 which were not included in our Scripture lesson: “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love, If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love.” Jesus is teaching us that joy is the result, the by-product of our obedience to Him. You know, of course, that this scripture builds on ...

2070. The Burning Bush

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... -specks where there are miracles leaning against lampposts…right on our own corners, right on the corner of Highland and Central, or Perkins and Poplar. Moses discovered that - not on a street corner, but in an even-more pedestrian place out in the pasture where he was keeping the sheep of his father-in-law. That’s a bi part of the meaning of the story of the burning bush…that there are miracles where we have been seeing fly-specks, or whatever matter-of-fact, prosaic part of our life we have given in ...

2071. What to Do When You Are in a Fix

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... .” Fear not! As difficult as it may be, it is God’s word to us when we are in a fix. Don’t fear, God says. Keep your eyes open because I’m going to show you my salvation. Fear plays havoc in our lives. It leads us to find fault, and to falsely ... to Give if we could add to that and find some group in the church that go and repair that woman’s roof and at least keep her dry until other funds would be available to bring the house up to the standards that it needs to be. We haven’t’ found that ...

2072. Ministering Angels

Exodus 23:20-33

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the sense of being safe. All the saints have agreed to this. Simone Weil said, “If you want a love that will protect the soul from wounds, we must love something other than God.” So, the guarding, guiding ministry of God’s angels is the ministry of keeping us faithful, giving us a new way of seeing things that enable us to be courageous, and joyful, to know inner peace even in the midst of trouble and turmoil. Do you remember Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird? Atticus was a wise and generous ...

2073. A Glimpse of God

Exodus 33:19-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . But God responded, “I AM who I Am” another translation would be, “I will be what I will be.” This meant that who God was would be defined by his deliverance of the people out of captivity, by his leading them into the Promised Land, by his keeping the Covenant that He had made with Abraham. It was on the basis of that promise that Moses took the job. But a lot of things happened in the meantime - and one of the most disruptive things had just happenend, we talked about in the sermon last Sunday ...

2074. When Nature Says No

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and his glory. I can picture this for you in the life of a woman. She was fighting a battle with cancer. She had fought that battle valiantly for about six years. She’d kept a journal for ten years. For the past 3 and a half years, her journal keeping had been a deliberate recording of her spiritual life as she walked with Christ through the valley of the shadow that cancer casts over our life. She was a radiant woman - a kind of glow about her. Her eyes sparkled as she told me of the good that had come ...

2075. The Unsuspected Trojan Horse

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... I found myself often trying desperately to escape dealing with the issue. A counselor-friend helped me clarify perceptions and keep perspective. But my greatest help came when I began to “name the demon.” In fact there was more than ... go down on your wrath.” Now I’m sure you’ve tried that as I have. We all know that we shouldn’t go to bed angry. It keeps us awake. It messes up our digestive system. It robs us of a joyous sexual relationship with our spouse. We all know that. But, at the same time ...

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