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201. Get off the Throne and Learn Wisdom

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... having no way to get away from one another? Same issue on a sports team or a submarine crew or a blended family or a mission trip or a church board or a marriage. How do we get along with people just like us? The first rule is: give up judgments. Focus on my character before God, not theirs before me. If we live close enough that our flaws become visible, how do we get along without tearing each other to bits though a thousand secret, and sometimes spoken, judgments? In our following of Christ, how do we ...

202. A Holy Kiss (Father's Day)

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... one hand to take the dime-store necklace, and with the other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case with a strand of genuine pearls and gave them to Jenny. He had had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give her genuine treasure. (3) Our lives with all their rough edges are like those plastic beads. When we give them to God, he gives us back the pearl of great price the gift of His grace. When Christians with rough edges ...

203. Take Up Your Cross And Follow Me

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon Aid

Clement E. Lewis

... something we have wanted in order for someone else to have what is most needed. It may mean responsibility for that which we know our consciences will not allow us to ignore. For the most sincere, it means giving up what we have been doing, and devoting our entire lives to a demanding discipline and fellowship of service and personalized mission, such as the gospel ministry, medicine, teaching, social service, the legal profession, or even statesmanship. For nearly everyone it means going from what we have ...

204. The Spirit of...Winter?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... are features that are very suggestive," said Dr. Crocker. Frederick Ilchman, assistant curator of paintings at the museum, listened as they debated. He thinks the features that make the baby look like someone with Down syndrome were unintentional. Mr. Skotko was reluctant to give up on the possibility that the artist was "someone like me, living in the 15th century, who had a brother or a sister with Down syndrome," he said, and chose to use the child as a model. He looked at the painting one more time ...

205. Proper 13

Colossians 3:1-17, Hosea 11:1-11, Luke 12:13-21

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... at its pinnacle, but "Is it nothing to all you who pass by?" Here we see agape love a love given to those not deserving it. 3. Up (v. 8). There are various ways to give. One is to give "up" on people, to cast them off, to break relationships, to destroy. God says because of his love, he cannot give up his people. They are precious to him. They are his people. Now we see another facet of his love a faithful love in spite of faithlessness and disobedience. O wondrous love amazing! Epistle: Colossians 3:1-11 1 ...

206. The Mystery of His Presence

John 6:25-59

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Richard Patt

... great! If God were so close as to be "consumable," to be eaten, then he would be close enough to shape their thinking, to mold their motives, and to guide their words and actions. That would be "real religion," and they did not seem ready to give up that much of themselves! They would rather have God around when they needed him, and, after all, it is quite harmless to "attribute" our narrow escapes in life to a powerful and benevolent Father. So I further suspect that the real bottom-line question that all ...

207. Epiphany 5

Job 7:1-7, Isaiah 40:1-31, Mark 1:29-39, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27

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Russell F. Anderson

... outlook. "Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens..." (v. 26). He urges them to expand their outlook, not only in terms of space but of time: "The Lord is the everlasting God..." (v. 28). Despair and depression narrows our perspective, which can lead to giving up. Faith gains us a wider perspective as we look up to the Lord. Outline: 1. Despair caused the Jews to feel that God was unconcerned about their plight (v. 27). 2. Isaiah urges a wider faith perspective. God is the Creator of the universe (v. 26 ...

208. Let’s Really Know Jesus

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... only is this true of mathematics it is true of discipleship. If I take any comfort now, some 2,000 years later, from the dimness of the disciples and the followers of Jesus it is that Jesus didn’t give up on them and if he didn’t give up on them, then he isn’t giving up on us, and I shouldn’t be giving up on my fellow disciples (or myself) today. If I must preach, again, about loving our enemies, then so be it. Until that lion and lamb lie down together, I must not stop loving even those who I would ...

209. Money Matters

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... not a problem for most of us, it is not a real hindrance. But for some of us, it is. For some of us our material possessions are the most important things in our lives. And that is one way of saying that money has become our God. We would give up anything except our comfort and security. Someone has noted that it is ironic that Americans take the motto "In God We Trust" and put it on our money, because if there is any people who trust in their money as much as they do their God, it is we. It ...

210. MONEY MATTERS

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

211. Warning To The Clueless Enthusiasts

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... , there is a cost. In fact, if we take this faith seriously, there can be a very high cost. It still might require you to go against the wishes of your father and mother. It might mean picking up the cross. It still might cause you to give up your life. William Willimon, the chaplain of the Methodist Church's Duke University, remembers this happening. A very angry parent phoned him. "I hold you personally responsible for this," he said. "I have spent an enormous amount of money for my daughter to get a B.S ...

212. Jealousy: Cancer of the Heart

Proverbs 27:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... you don't play against someone else—you really play against the course. Two of my best buddies are the Hines brothers. Frank is a scratch golfer and his brother Scott is not far behind. When I play with them if I started comparing myself with them I would give up golf because they are way out of my league. But I enjoy playing with them because (a) I enjoy seeing great golf shots and (b) they both cheat which I don't have to do because I am so bad to begin with! II. Consider How Jealousy Steals Shakespeare ...

213. Are You Able?

Matthew 20:20-28

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J. Howard Olds

... , perseverance produces character, character produces hope and hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. III. SUFFERING TEACHES US PERSEVERANCE Hupomone—fortitude, courage, endurance, guts, spirit that won't give up. Sir Winston Churchill took three years to get through the eighth grade because he had trouble learning English. Years later he went to Oxford to deliver the commencement address. He had his usual props—a cigar, cane, and top hat ...

214. Everyone Is Looking for You

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... next Super Bowl Sunday. But enough about football. In today’s story, Jesus heals Simon Peter’s mother-in-law of a fever. Do you ever think of Simon Peter as being married? Obviously he was. I wonder how his wife felt about his giving up his occupation, leaving everything and following Jesus? Maybe she was an understanding woman. I wonder, though, if it was a source of conflict. Sometimes we may think we don’t have time to serve Christ. Too many family responsibilities. Christ has heard that excuse ...

215. The Law of the Temple

Ezekiel 43:13-27, Ezekiel 44:1-31, Ezekiel 45:1-12, Ezekiel 45:13--46:24

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... the role of the Zadokite priest, so here verses 9–17 define the role of the prince—beginning, as we have seen, with a prophetic critique: “You have gone far enough, O princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right” (v. 9; compare 44:6). To “give up” oppression means, in light of 45:8, no longer evicting people from the lands God gave them. Doing “what is just and right” (Heb. mishpat utsedaqah) also has a very specific application in context. The ...

216. Hate Evil

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... should be condemned. God never wanted people to be cut off from the fullness of God's love. In the Lord Jesus Christ we learn that about God. We learn that God was all love to begin with. We learn the truth about ourselves, and that we can afford to give up trying to make it on our own. God has shined the light on the whole situation. The evangelist says, "Those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God." God gives us the light to ...

217. The Cross Way of Life

Matthew 10:1-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... an unknown future. You have to take risks. There are real dangers ahead. This is what makes life with Christ exciting. Because you believe in him and want to be with him, you follow him regardless of what may come. When you walk after him as he leads, you give up your home security and your job security. You are out with him to right wrongs and to establish justice and a good life for society. Why do this? It is the call of adventure. You cannot be content to sit down and slumber with the status quo. In 1 ...

218. Take On Something for Lent

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and renewal. It is a time for self-scrutiny and re-dedication to a life of service and, if need be, suffering in the cause of the kingdom. It is a time of preparation for the passion of Christ. How then has it become a time to give up chocolate, or hamburgers, or video games? What have we done? The temptation or “tests” that the devil flung at Jesus after his forty-day-fast in the wilderness weren’t just challenges to DO something he wasn’t supposed to do. They were challenges tempting Jesus to ...

219. The Unforgivable Sin

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ensuing from that relationship, a pattern of bondage developed in my life. I cried out to God for freedom and nothing I did released me. So to keep from dragging God’s name in the mud, I am giving up.” What a spiritual tragedy! It is one thing to feel cursed and possessed; it is another to give up on God, whose love in Jesus Christ was dragged through the mud and crucified, but is forever alive with resurrection power to set Henry Scott and all us free from demons, curses, guilt and sin, to bring light ...

220. How to Deal with Demons

Matthew 12:38-50

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... slums And I am sad, So sad I seem devil-possessed, Or mad… Sweet Heaven sends No miracle To ease This hell; The careless earth Rings no alarm bell Is there no way That help can come? But Kagawa resisted the Devil’s temptation to quit, to give up, to compromise his commitment. And later this Christian saint wrote: Unless thou lead me, Lord, The road I journey on is all too hard. Through trust in Thee alone Can I go on. (Toyohiko Kagawa, Songs from the Slums) [7] How do we deal with demons? Through the ...

221. A Bridge Between Two Worlds

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... convince them to get back up and keep running? He told them this parable to show them that they should always pray and never give up. This passage today about the persistent widow and the unjust judge is actually part of a larger teaching that is all about the ... blow in the eye. This widow has no power whatsoever in her society. But she has faith in the Almighty God. She refuses to give up. And her faith is so powerful it’s like a punch in the eye to this corrupt judge. Even though he has all the power ...

222. A Sure Path to the NFL

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Redskins. No matter how hard he worked, he couldn’t seem to get the right position at the right time. After giving up on the NFL, Trent tried out for Arena Football and the United Football League. Football was his life. It’s where he found ... his identity and purpose. What kind of future did he have without football? When Trent finally did give up on football, he turned to drinking and partying to fill the emptiness in his life. And then Trent’s college roommate Anthony ...

223. Why Not Walk On What Jesus Walked On When He Walked On Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... of God in visible, physical, historical form. All that I have just said is nothing but theological theory, however, until we voluntarily give up our faith in everything else and step out in faith on the word of God, just as Peter stepped out of ... I'll ignore the thought." We don't have to be on the Sea of Galilee to notice that shadowy figure. It's just as we start to give up on ourselves that the eyes of our souls are able to discern that there might be something out there that we can't explain, that we can' ...

224. When Fisherman do Strange Things

Mark 1:14-20

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Mark Trotter

... was going to take Lent seriously. We are just a few weeks from Lent now, so you might listen to this as an example. She thought she would give up something, only she wouldn't give up the things that you usually give up for Lent, like candy or cigarettes. She would give up an attitude. That first year she tried this, she said she would give up saying mean things about men. (You can see why I was attracted to this illustration.) She realized that for whatever reason, she was putting men down. It had poisoned ...

225. Thank God for the Church

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

James L. Killen

... on in your church that hinder the effectiveness of the church in doing its work? Things like that are going on in your church, aren't they? They go on in all churches. And some of us are very disillusioned because of them. Some of us are tempted just to give up on the church and to withdraw into the "solitary spirituality" that so many in our culture advocate and maybe even to feel superior about doing it. But that is no answer. Paul will go on in his letter to tell us that we ought not to become complacent ...

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