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201. The Lord of the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... to pray for the harvesters. He does not ask us to pray for the sheep, He asks us to pray for the shepherds. Every Christian has been commanded by the Lord Jesus to pray this prayer, and to ask the Lord to send out laborers into the harvest. But be careful before you pray this prayer, because every Christian is to be an answer to this prayer. Don't you ever pray for a lost person unless you are willing to go to that person yourself and be the instrument that God uses to bring that person to Jesus Christ ...

202. My Mission from God

John 17:18

Sermon

James Merritt

... is preached, right out of the Bible, just like this pastor does it, he can wear a Jimi Hendrix t-shirt as far as I am concerned." May I be very honest with you? This man "gets" it. He understands. He realizes that we must have a soul that should care for others. III. I Have A Story I Should Share With Others The last words Jesus ever said to his followers before He ascended into heaven were these, "You shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and even to the remotest part of the ...

203. Does Jesus Have a Health Plan?

James 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and politics is all about the pursuit and use of power. The heart of Christianity is a shocking symbol of powerlessness the cross and its dying and rising to new life. Jesus is in the healing business. God always heals . . . death is the final healing act. Let’s be careful: Whatever “beauty” there is in a person’s passing on is not in the death but in the healing. But while Jesus is in the healing business, Jesus does not have a health plan. Christians don’t fight for a cause. We live for Christ.

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

John 10:1-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... like good shepherds. When the hired hand sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. The man runs away because he cares nothing for the sheep. To say that the Lord is my Shepherd, is to say that we live in an unpredictable, often terrifying world ... 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 Own Great is thy faithfulness, O God, ...

205. The Gift of Comfort

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... share them with others. And when we share with others, we are instruments of Comfort. They realize they are not alone. That someone else cares. And that can make all the difference in the world. Let em share a couple of stories and you'll see what I mean. ... girl's face on Christmas morning? Can you imagine the surprise and the Comfort that girl and her mother received knowing that someone else cared. I'll bet Mom looked at every stranger as if they were the one who gave the Doll House. That's what we're ...

206. More Than We Are - Graduation

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... make you a deal. You use a little love and I’ll use a little Ajax. Kathy, Iowa City (YOU TRY LOVE AND I’LL TRY AJAX, By Earnest Larsen, p. 10) That’s right on! When we care, love and Ajax cleaner are put in proper perspective. When we care, really and work at our caring/parents are saved from two dangerous pitfalls: We are saved from indifference which is one extreme and indulgence which is the other. And children are likewise saved from two pitfalls - taking our parents for granted .and thinking that ...

207. Design for Discipleship

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the rain pouring down in sheets. He was as dejected as he was wet. A hundred feet away a stranger yelled out, “Hey, Stupid, get out of the rain.” Charlie Brown looked up and said to himself: “Gosh, I think I will. Somebody cares!” Caring - genuine caring — that’s what characterized the fellowship of the early church. That’s what Wesley recovered in the class meetings of the Methodist revival “loving hearts setting other hearts on fire,” and that’s what we seek in our church. I believe we ...

208. What Really Matters

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the significance of the story of the Good Samaritan? It’s a call to action, isn’t it? It’s a call for us to care for the needy and to get busy ministering to their needs. You know the story. A man has fallen among robbers who strip him of his ... feet of Jesus. It is good to be a responsible person going about doing all the good we can. It is important for us to take care of our families, and to feed the homeless and to serve our fellow men and women wherever they may be. But, in the process, we need ...

209. Lost

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... and parents-to-be out there here is a tip. Before your kid quits being a kid, you are going to lose that kid! I don’t care if you have a full-time bodyguard and three FBI agents on his trail you are going to lose that kid. Kids are like Ninjas – they ... one drachma is not very valuable. The only reason the shepherd and the woman did what they did was because of their love and their care for what was lost. Do you know what made that sheep so valuable? Do you know what made that coin so valuable? It was the ...

210. Second Chances

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! ... tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! ...

211. Marriage, Sexual Intimacy, and Spiritual Devotion

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... life purpose for a Christian is to be faithful to Christ and his mission. When other life pursuits and desires take prominence, they can blur this purpose. The call for the Christian is to focus on God’s kingdom and trust God to take care of life’s needs. Teaching the Text 1. Dissatisfaction with present circumstances is not a modern thing. Self-promoting Corinthians considered worldly success an important life goal, if not a principal life focus. But Paul says there is no such thing as being trapped ...

212. “Blessed Are Those Who Have Regard for the Weak; the Lord Delivers Them”

Psalm 41:1-13

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... do not always yield to a “cause and effect” explanation, but the psalmist reminds us that the Lord delivers us in times of trouble (41:1). God is ever present. Personal Stories: Abba’s Child, by Brennan Manning. In his book, Manning shares a story about the daily care of the ever-present God. A woman asked a priest to visit her father, who was dying of cancer. As the priest entered the man’s room, he saw an empty chair, which he assumed had been placed there for his visit. But the man explained that ...

213. Job’s Reply to Zophar

Job 12:1--14:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... 5), to a sacrifice (Lev. 24:3), or to soldiers in battle array (Gen. 14:8; 1 Sam. 4:2; Jer. 6:23). “Case” (Heb. mishpat), is the legal definition of what should have occurred in a given circumstance brought to court. Job has carefully constructed his description of how his life meets the standards of mishpat. I know I will be vindicated. This statement appears more confident than might be expected in light of Job’s earlier resignation. The verb translated “vindicated” is the Hebrew tsdq, which can ...

214. Mending Fences

Luke 16:1-15, Luke 16:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in Jesus’ day referred to the “sheep’s fold.” And Jesus is the “gate” to the sheep’s fold. When a leader of the Temple damages “fences,” we can imagine that not only has he allowed the sheep to wander into wrong pastures, but has not cared enough about the sheep’s well-being to watch over them appropriately. Likewise, he has not honored the Master of the pasture, to whom the sheep belong. He has been a bad shepherd –an accusation Jesus also has drawn on in the past when addressing the ...

215. The Good Husband

Isaiah 54:1-17, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Some of you here today are sitting in worship with a burden on your heart. Some of you are angry with God for that loss of job, or that sickness that has come upon you or your family. Some here today may have doubts that God truly cares about your life, truly cares about what happens to you or someone dear to you. Some of you may not be sure that God has heard you, or worse, that God exists to hear you. If you’ve been a lifelong church-goer, you’re probably afraid to ask those questions, just in case ...

216. Watch This!

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... the sayings of Christ mean nothing. We suggest to others that those words are mere platitudes to be mouthed and forgotten. We certainly aren’t winning the hearts and minds of those who think the church is full of greedy and money-grabbing people. There’s another carefully watching us as well. That other is the Lord, himself. It’s not that he’s like some Big Brother in the sky keeping tabs every time we mess up. In fact, it’s just the opposite. He’s looking for opportunities to bless us, just as ...

217. Remember...

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... ; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. “When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day . . .” Doesn’t that sound like it was written for us? “When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for ...

218. Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

John 10:11-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... wolf” actually is a fallacy for most part. If a wolf leaves a pack, it’s usually to form its own pack or to find a mate. Wolves are social animals. They typically surround their prey from all sides. That said, it takes a careful and caring shepherd to care for sheep in the open hills, especially in the dark of night. In our scripture for today, the problem isn’t failing to recognize wolves. The problem is that, for perhaps a multitude of reasons, the “sheep” are unable to protect themselves. They ...

219. Proper 24

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Luke 18:1-8, Psalm 119:1-176

Bulletin Aid

William E. Keeney

... the case Jesus knew about was not in the Jewish community but in the Roman or Greek-dominated judicial system. 4. "Nor ... Respect for People." (v. 2) The judge was a very independent person. He apparently neither depended on his constituents for his office nor cared what people thought about him. So one could not appeal to his humanity. 5. "A Widow." (v. 3) As noted above, a woman without a man as her support or her advocate had little power in the male-dominated society. It showed not only persistence ...

220. Miracle Four: Healing A Paralytic

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... All of us share a common bond. We are all part of humanity, and no one lives apart from all the others in our human race. How much it behooves us, therefore, in the spirit of Christ, to help our fellow human beings whenever a great need arises. Caring About Others · The miracle about the man healed because others brought him to Christ is an example of how we should be concerned about the needs of others and what we can do to help. Perhaps we shrug off many opportunities for doing good by not realizing what ...

221. You Can Be A Livesaver

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... push the door open tonight. Don't let them hurt me again." Finally she confessed to a school teacher who in turn contacted a social worker. Within a week, Sissy was in a cottage at a United Methodist children's home. She was surrounded by care-givers, counselors and peers who understood, for they had been there, too. And for the first time in a long while, when Sissy turns out the lights at night she feels safe. People who provide financial support to their churches help underwrite those ministries. And ...

222. "Is It Community Today?"

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... hand, the other woman playing the right. What a picture of the church's need to work together! What one member can't do alone, perhaps two or three can do together -- in harmony! We need to be in community because we need to know we are cared for, because we need to receive spiritual nourishment from each other, and because we need to work together if we're going to get anything significant accomplished. It's God's blessing that we can be built together into a "spiritual house." Listen to William Willimon's ...

223. Proper 5

Lk 7:11-17 · Gal 1:11-24 · 1 Ki 17:17-24

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... 's tears! And Jesus has not changed. He still has compassion for all who are having a bad time. It is important to observe that Jesus did not raise the youth from death to deliver him from his plight. He was raised to comfort his mother. Outline: When you care enough. a. You, like Jesus, will know of this situation - v. 12 b. You, like Jesus, will sympathize - v. 13 c. You, like Jesus, will help - v. 14 3. A Miracle - So What? 7:16 "A great prophet has risen among us.!" God has visited his people." Need ...

224. The Warrior And The Shepherd Are One!

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... an evil world. What emerged from this battle with Gnostics, perhaps hardy forerunners of today's New Age proponents, was a clear Christian belief that no amount of knowledge was the Way of the Christ that was not also evident in a person's own way of tenderly caring for the other brothers and sisters on the planet. The hardy antagonist of heretics, the author of First John, struck a blow for ethical Christianity when he wrote: "By this we may be sure that we are in him; he who says he abides in him ought to ...

225. Easter 4

John 10:1-21, Acts 4:1-22, 1 John 3:11-24

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... in need. John sums up God's commands in two phrases: to believe in Jesus Christ and to love one another (v. 23). These are the marks of obedience. Epistle: 1 John 3:1-8 (See Easter 3) Gospel: John 10:11-18 Jesus is the Good Shepherd who truly cares for his sheep. Those who are hired to tend the sheep flee in the face of danger, but not the Good Shepherd, who stands ready to lay down his life for his sheep. The relationship between the Good Shepherd and his sheep is characterized by mutual knowing and self ...

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