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2051. I'll Be Somewhere Listening

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

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Curtis Lewis

... God use?" My response to those two questions is, "Yes, God still speaks today." When one says that God speaks to someone it simply means that God is directing his or her thoughts toward something. God speaks today through his Word, the Church, our friends, and the Holy Spirit. God may use only one of these means to communicate to us, or he may choose to reveal his will to us by using all. The fact is, God still speaks! Too often when God speaks, we remain ignorant of the fact that this thought is coming ...

2052. To Live Is To Dance

John 10:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... . We thank you our Heavenly Father for your word which comes to us through the liturgy of the Church, through the Hymns of the church, through the word of God, the Scripture, and occasionally, we pray often through your preached word when we’re open to your spirit. We pray that we’ll be open now, not only to speak your word, but to receive it. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Throughout the ages, different images have been offered to assist us in making sense out of life. So life has been seen as a battle ...

2053. Dying And Rising With Christ

John 15:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... the language, the faith and experience is, that as we confess and repent of our sins, we are forgiven, we’re justified. We’re accepted by God and we enter into a new relationship with him. He then lives in us through the power of his spirit as the indwelling Christ. Do you hear what I’m saying? This is extravagant. This is radical. But I believe it’s the very heart of the Christian faith. Not only is the presence of God in Jesus Christ to be experienced only occasionally, the indwelling Christ ...

2054. A Converting Presence

1 John 2:28--3:10

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Maxie Dunnam

... be born again. To be born again is to be Christian. Jesus said to Nicodemus, you must be born again. Obviously, this is not an option if we are to be followers of Christ. And it’s not our own doing, it is the spirit working in us. We don’t convert people, the spirit converts people. We’re not saved by our own moral self-improvement, nor by refining our belief system, nor by doing and being better and better. We are saved by the grace of God. By allowing God’s power of love to work radically within ...

2055. Dynamics Of Prayer

Isaiah 43:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... Lord your God, the Holy One, your Savior.” In prayer we wait in the presence of the Lord to be named by him. I don’t mean to get a change of names like Jacob did, but to be spoken to by God. To be impacted by God’s spirit, to receive his blessing or his judgment, his comfort or his challenge. We listen to receive his word. We wait for his power, his guidance - the heightened perception and insight that is ours when we live with him. Prayer is always incomplete without this dynamic of listening to God ...

2056. Christmas Is On Top Of A Steep Hill

Luke 2:21-40

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Maxie Dunnam

... the Lord told him to do. All his long life, he had looked for the consolation of Israel – that is the coming of the Messiah. So when Mary brought the baby Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem for the act of purification and sacrifice, old Simeon led by the Spirit, was there waiting, acting as a priest. And I want you to relive that scene. He took that little baby in his arms, blessed God and said, “At last Lord, at last. You can dismiss your servant in peace as you promised, for my own eyes have seen your ...

2057. What Really Matters

Philippians 3:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... process of letting the old person die, in order that a new person might be born. And that’s an ongoing process. Death and resurrection is a part of every day living. I must consider myself dead to sin, and alive to God. I must allow the Spirit to renew my inner nature, and transform me from stage to stage, into the likeness of Christ. And that leads to the final meaning of knowing Christ – resurrection from the dead. Paul doesn’t stop with what matters, what really matters in this life. Knowing Christ ...

2058. Justification By Grace Through Faith

Galatians 2:11-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... , God treats us as though we were righteous. Christ has become our brother and Savior by identifying himself with us. Though he knew now sin, as Paul said, he was made to be sin in our behalf. So justifying grace describes the work of the Holy Spirit, taking the righteousness of Christ and imputing it to us. Just giving it to us. Go back to the parable of the prodigal son. It gives us a clear picture of this difficult theological thought. When the prodigal returned home, the father treated him and received ...

2059. How Is It With Your Soul?

Luke 6:37-42

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Maxie Dunnam

... came upon one of these sphinx moths on the deck rail of a ship, frightened him before he was ready to fly, up and down, up and down, then unable to stay airborne plunged to the sea. It's a parable of our life. Because we fail to breath the Spirit's power and cultivate the presence of the indwelling Christ, we are up and down, up and down…in and out of hypocrisy, and living far below our capacity. How is it with your soul? Are you by the ...

2060. The Grace Question: Are You A Teacher...and Yet Do Not Understand?

John 3:1-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... only our salvation, but the Christian life -- the whole of the Christian life -- is grace. That's what Jesus was telling Nicodemus. You must be born again, and that birth is from above. It's not something you do; it's something God does, and He does it through the Spirit. The wind blows where it wills; you see the sign of it and you feel it, but you don't know from where it comes or where it goes. Will Willimon spoke a challenging word. He said, "We are so preoccupied with the need to make a decision for ...

2061. What If

1 Chronicles 7:1-5

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Maxie Dunnam

... will not do until and unless people pray. Now to even ask the question may be shocking to some. It was to me when the Spirit first began to shape it In my mind. You may think that I'm beginning to challenge the sovereignty and power of God, but stay ... arms around the world, around the church, around other persons, and we hug them to ourselves and we hug them to God. And the Spirit keeps pressing. What if -- just what if? What if there are some things God either cannot or will not do until and unless people ...

2062. Songs of the Season

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... visited by the angel Gabriel, with the message that she had found favor with God, and that she would bear a child who would be called "the Son of the Most High." When Mary asked how this could be, since she had no husband, the angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God. -- Luke 1:35 Then, as if anticipating the uncertainties and fears which lay ahead for Mary, the angel ...

2063. The Authority of Scripture: God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... , money, but the Bible says, “For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36) We worship the god of sex and pleasure, but the Bible says, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit with you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you have been bought with a price. So glorify your God in your body” (I Corinthians 6:19-20). We serve the god of power, prestige, worldly influence, but the Bible says, “But many that are first will ...

2064. With Jesus In The Wilderness

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... give thanks for M. S., or cancer, or any other such horrible disease, but it happens often enough that we are forced to accept it as real. Some people discover a faith, a peace, a joy in the wilderness that they could not have found anywhere else. The Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness where he was tested by Satan. He passed that test. So can we. It will not be easy, but it can be done. Time spent in the wilderness is a prerequisite for a deep experience of faith. God has a place for the wilderness ...

2065. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

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Phil Thrailkill

... God has called us to do) will be yours as well.” Put God in the front room, and supplies will march in the back door. It is a law of the kingdom of God. Love the Lord God; follow Jesus with his people; listen for the voice of the Spirit. In whatever your station in life, and in whatever job, let truth-telling and service and love be your goals. Persevere in hard times because help is on the way. Take God into your confidence in all matters great and small. Be alert to enemy opposition. Look above you for ...

2066. Peace With God Through Christ, Our Lord

Romans 5:1-11

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... and Everlasting God, we give you thanks for the hope that is within us revealed to us by your Son, Jesus Christ. This hope that one day we will share your eternal glory is strengthened by the outpouring of your love for us by means of the Holy Spirit. Thanks be to you, O God. Amen. Prayer Of Confession God of mercy and love, we confess our sins and weaknesses before you. We acknowledge you as the creator of all things, and yet by our priorities we show that we idolize wealth and power. We declare our ...

2067. Ascension of Our Lord

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... Jesus' birth, life, death, and resurrection. Now he begins the account of the growth of the early church by the power of the Holy Spirit. To begin his second volume, however, Luke repeats some of the things he has said at the end of the Gospel story. Once again ... called to go into all the world and to make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe all that Jesus has commanded us. We are called by the way we live our lives and by the way ...

2068. To Live Is to Dance

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2069. The “Sad-You-See” Syndrome

Mark 12:18-27

Sermon

Michael Milton

... word, he will never taste death’” (John 8:52). In Jesus there is strength for those whose unbelief has denied them access to the power of God. For those with no power who look to Jesus, we hear this from Him: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). For those who have no wonder, Jesus Christ brings wonder. Paul wrote of this and said, when he comes on that day ...

2070. What Do You Call Success?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... , that a great peace will come over us and we, too, will sense that this is not our suffering, but God’s suffering. God is asking us to have that kind of trust, that kind of faith. Listen once more to Christ’s words, “Do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” I’m not going to insult your intelligence by saying to you that if you serve Jesus everything will go your way. It simply is not so. People who say otherwise are an offense to God. What ...

2071. Expectancy

Romans 13:11-14

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James L. Killen

... gone as far as they could in the pursuit of what Paul would have called "the life of the flesh" and reached a point of success -- or limitation -- or disillusionment -- then God is there to lead us into a new adventure that Paul would have called "the life of the spirit." God always has more to offer to us as soon as we are ready to receive it -- and as soon as we are ready to work with God to reach out for it. There is a kind of spiritual retreat that is called a Crusseo or a Walk to Emmaus ...

2072. Someone Is Trying to Get Through

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

James L. Killen

... did not want to baptize him. But Jesus insisted. He knew that his baptism would be a very special happening. It would enable him to stand with a needy human race in their need so that he could begin to minister to them. After Jesus was baptized, the Spirit of God came upon him and the voice of God was heard saying, "This is my Son ..." (Matthew 3:17). Soon after that, Jesus began his ministry. He went around his country telling people about God's love and doing loving things, like healing the sick, so that ...

2073. For Those Who Can't Pray

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... into the world, to save us. Here he says we don't even know how to pray by our own efforts, so God sends the Spirit "to intercede for us with sighs too deep for words." The rest of this passage is Paul's most eloquent exposition of God's grace. ... to pray. For the impulse to pray is itself the prompting of God. If we try, and we fail to find the words, "the Spirit intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words." I came across some wonderful illustrations of this in rabbinic literature. There is an old ...

2074. The Source of Self Esteem

Romans 8:14-25

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Mark Trotter

... of adoption. That is another wonderful metaphor of grace. To say that you are adopted is to say that this didn't happen because of your efforts. This happened simply out of God's grace. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. Then in the next paragraph Paul pictures the whole creation ...

2075. Epiphany 2

Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-34

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John R. Brokhoff

... know what to say to prospective members. "Witness for Jesus" is often meaningless to them. A model for lay-witnessing is in John the Baptist's testimony of John. Outline: What you can say about Jesus. a. He is the Lamb of God - v. 29. b. He baptizes with the Spirit - v. 33. c. He is the Son of God - v. 34. Old Testament: Isaiah 49:1-7 1. Is There Any Sense To Life? (49:1-6). Need: In 1973 Psychology Today received 40,000 answers to a poll on religion. Eighty-four percent, the highest number, asked, "What is ...

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