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2226. Ordinary or Extraordinary?

1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... like him." So this eagle never gave it another thought and he died thinking he was a prairie chicken. [[1]] One of the biggest problems today with teenagers is they want to be a part of the "in" crowd. They want to be accepted by the group and I certainly understand that. We all felt that way, but I would like to say a word to all of our young people. Eagles don't fly in flocks or formations. They don't depend on a group for their existence or their esteem. Geese fly in flocks and ducks fly in formation ...

2227. The Spirit of Cross Pointe

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... on my staff that is an expert horseman and he would like to ride that horse." The man said, "in fact I have a horse that is freshly broken and very frisky—he really loves to run" so I made sure that Chuck got this horse. Now, you have to understand that mild mannered Chuck really did not want to go ride horses anyway and only did so at my insistence and assurance that these horses were like Shetland ponies. So, the three of us left the stables and we were riding down the trail and we had been riding for ...

2228. The Message That WILL Save Your Life

1 Corinthians 15:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... obviously had to think about as you watched that movie and that was Jesus Christ. I want to submit to you that you really didn't understand the meaning of the movie if you did not see the other person in the movie and that was you. You see, there are two ... and also for the Greek." (Romans 1:16, NKJV) That one verse sparked his heart to read the Bible through twice. He finally came to understand the Gospel that it was from the Jews, for the Jews and to the Jews first, but really to everybody and that man gave ...

2229. Did You Know...You Can Be Forgiven For Anything?

1 John 1:8-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... from his home in Virginia and flew to Kansas City. He met with prosecutors, plead guilty, and is now serving a sentence of ten years in prison. When Crocker was interviewed by a local news station and asked why he did it, he said, "I know it is hard to understand, but it was the right thing to do. The reason it was the right thing to do is because it was the only way I could be right with God and totally clean and that is the only thing that matters." This man was right. The only thing that matters ...

2230. I’M with the I AM

1 John 5:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... , it goes even deeper. You cannot know His will until you are willing to do His will. I am convinced that most people don't even understand the purpose of prayer. The purpose of prayer is not to get our will done in heaven. It is to get God's will done on ... 1:9 says, "We always pray that God will show you everything he wants you to do and that you may have all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives." (Colossians 1:9, CEV) God is more willing to for you to know His will than you are to know it. We ...

2231. Great Expectations

1 Peter 1:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... its own purpose. Listen to this next statement very carefully. YOU WERE MADE BY GOD, AND YOU WERE MADE FOR GOD. If you don't understand that life will never make any sense. Your birth was not your parent's idea; it was God's idea because it was God who ... not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Your life will always be off-center, out-of-kilter, and off-balance until you understand that God has a purpose for you and put you on this earth to fulfill that purpose. That is the very reason God gave us His ...

2232. God's Christmas Tree

1 Peter 2:24

Sermon

James Merritt

... with lights?" God decorated His Christmas tree with a light. It was only one light, but it was the most beautiful light ever seen. Jesus said in John 9:5, "I am the Light of the world." (John 9:5, NASB) When you look at the cross and you really understand what happened on God's Christmas tree two-thousand years ago, then when you see Jesus Christ, you see the light of God's love and the light of God's grace and the light of God's mercy and the light of God's forgiveness. In fact, I want ...

2233. Footprints

Ephesians 6:10-20

Illustration

Robert R. Kopp

... him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, You said that once I decided to follow You, You'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me." The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you." It ...

2234. The Paralysis of Analysis – The Fear of Failure

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... of the room, but he would always come back for more. I am sure he has never forgotten and I have certainly never forgotten the day he beat me. Now, quite frankly, he is a better player than I am and I can't beat him. What he didn't understand at the time was - I wasn't trying to teach him about ping-pong, I was trying to teach him about character, about life, about not quitting, about using failure as a stepping stone to success. You see one of the lessons God teaches us through failure is humility. If ...

2235. Multiplying Men Of God

Malachi 2:5-7, 2 Timothy 2:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... one of her friends to go get a minister of the Gospel. They went out and found a pastor and he came to her bedside. She looked up at him and she said, "Sir, do you understand that I am dying?" He said, "Yes." She said, "Do you understand that I want to make sure that I get to heaven when I die?" He said, "Yes, I understand that." Then she asked this question, "Are you sure you are a man of God?" I believe that everyone in the ministry should know that they have been called into the ministry and I believe ...

2236. How to Preach a God-Sized Message to a Media Filled World

2 Timothy 4:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... God when it is convenient and when it is inconvenient, when it is popular and when it is unpopular, when people like it and don't like it. It is not our job to make God's truth acceptable. It is our job to make God's truth available. I understand that we are living in a post-modern world and I for one am fully committed to adapting methodologies that will be most relevant and applicable to reaching this world for the truth of the Gospel. I also agree with one great author who said this, "Why should the post ...

2237. What Is 40 Days Of Purpose?

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

James Merritt

... started in Him and finds its purpose in Him." (Colossians 1:16, MSG) There is only one place that you can find your reason for living, your purpose in life and that is from the one that created you. You were made by God and for God. Until you understand that, life will never make any sense. We are going to discover in the next forty days that God has created you for five reasons. I. You Were Planned For God's Pleasure Revelation 4:11 says, "You, God created everything and it is for your pleasure that they ...

2238. The Big Picture

Romans 11:36, Ephesians 1:5, Colossians 3:18-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Husband and wife, functioning as mom and dad with children growing up with both. From a biblical perspective, it doesn't take a village to raise a child. It takes a family to raise a child and that is why every broke home is a tragedy. I want you to understand that there are many of you here today in broken homes through no fault of your own. There are single parents here today who did not choose to be a single parent and your family is every bit as special to God as a family that is intact, which is ...

2239. Picture Perfect Close Up: Children - Get Under The Umbrella

Colossians 3:21

Sermon

James Merritt

... to do which is go to the cross and die. What a mess we would be in right now! That is why I want you to understand it is not enough just to obey your parents; you've got to honor your parents. You say, "What is the difference?" Obedience is outward and ... , "Yes you may, but before you sit down, you put some wood on the fire." You are sitting there saying, "But you don't understand. My parents are not easy to obey. They are difficult to get along with. They don't always listen. They are impatient. They are ...

2240. Begin With the Blueprints

Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... of you. I am going to answer a difficult question with an even harder answer. Do you know why so many church going parents turn out children who eventually forsake the church and turn their backs on Christianity? It is because many parents don't understand the difference between being church going parents and God loving parents. Let me explain. Do you remember when you were inoculated for certain diseases, how the doctor would give you just a very small dose of whatever that disease might be which in turn ...

2241. When I Grow Up

Ephesians 4:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... others, just as God forgave you because of Christ." (Ephesians 4:32, CEV) God will never ask you to forgive anybody more than you have already been forgiven by Him. I want you to go back to the title of my message today, "When I grow up." Do you understand what the answer to that question ought to be for every Christian? Every Christian should say this, "When I grow up, I want to be just like Jesus." It is a tragedy to grow old and yet never grow up. Everything that happens in your life, especially the bad ...

2242. Choose Life

Exodus 20:13

Sermon

James Merritt

... . The reason why something that was once so valued has become something that is now so cheap can be explained in one word - evolution. If you teach people they came from animals they will act like animals and they will treat other people like animals. Do you understand that from the very first human being that was created, ever since then, it is God that creates and God that conceives human life? You may think that life is conceived by the sexual act between a man and a woman. Listen to what the Bible says ...

2243. Focus on the Finish

Hebrews 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... the Greek word agon from which we get the English word agony. The Christian life calls for the discipline of an athlete, the endurance of a marathon runner, and the determination of a champion. This message is about a race—your race. There are two things you need to understand right up front about the race we are going to talk about today. First of all, your race is a personal race. The author of Hebrews says, "Let us run the race that is set before us." God has given you a race to run and God has given ...

2244. Don't Be Afraid Of The Light

John 8:12

Sermon

James Merritt

... whatsoever. Jesus could have compared Himself to any medium He wanted to, but He chose light. One thing we know, Jesus was saying, "What light is to the physical world, Jesus is to the spiritual world." You cannot really appreciate the value of light until you understand the reality of darkness. Many of you can appreciate something that happened to me not too long ago. I was sitting at my computer late one night at home. It was very stormy outside and all of a sudden our power totally went out. The next ...

2245. Are You In The Know?

John 10:27-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... or the mighty man and his might, or the rich man and his riches. Let them boast in this alone: that they truly know Me and understand that I am the LORD… I, the LORD, have spoken!'" (Jeremiah 9:23-24, NLT) God not only says that we can know Him, but that ... Christianity for 2000 years and it is the virus of doubt. If you live long enough, you will catch it. I want you to understand that there is nothing wrong with doubt. Many people think that doubt is the opposite of faith, but it is not. The opposite of ...

2246. Heaven: One Way And One Way Only

John 14:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... station. The nurse on duty looked at him and shook her head and said, "Doctor I am sorry, but you are too late. The boy died about 30 minutes ago. His father is in the chapel if you want to see him. He is awfully upset, because he couldn't understand why you didn't come to help." Doctor Winters walked hurriedly down the hallway and entered into that chapel. Weeping at the altar was a man dressed in a dirty flannel shirt and gray hat, whose eyes were blinded by tears. The boy's father looked up at the doctor ...

2247. Why Believe the Bible?

John 17:17

Sermon

James Merritt

... it is an explosive question. Most of this world denies that it is important at all to believe the Bible or even to understand it as being anything as just another book. Just this past week, the Colorado Supreme Court threw out the sentence of a ... ? How do we really know there was a Jesus, who died on a cross and came out of a tomb three days later? I want you to understand, nobody can prove or disprove what has taken place in the ancient past. All I can do is present the evidence. I can't prove there actually ...

2248. Mary: The Promise Conceived

Luke 1:26-55

Sermon

James Merritt

... what God asked her to do was to risk everything. She was risking her parents, her friends, even her fiancée, because she had no idea how he would respond. If you get serious about God's Will for your life, not only are you not going to always understand what God is doing, but there are going to be people who will misunderstand, misjudge and criticize you. When I left a church of 18 years to start this church, I had to receive and endure some of the meanest, most vicious criticism I've ever received in my ...

2249. God's Christmas Gift

Luke 2:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... The anointed one” and refers to the promised Messiah. This was the heir to David's throne. This is the one that was prophesized, promised and predicted to come to be the permanent King of Israel, all throughout the Old Testament. Whenever a Jew came to understand this and believe it, it was time for celebration. Gentiles could celebrate because a Savior was born. No longer did a Gentile have to become a Jew or to adopt Jewish practice in order to have a relationship with God. Now, Gentiles and Jews alike ...

2250. The Fishing Business

Mark 1:16-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... fish until you find them. It stands to reason, if we are in the following business we have to be in the finding business. Please understand this. The church exists for the fish who have not yet been caught. It is our job to go out and find those fish and ... we were changed by the power of Jesus Christ and we love it. If you are a follower of Jesus I want you to understand that everyday Jesus Christ wants Cross Pointe fishermen to launch out into the sea of humanity and go deep soul fishing, because the church ...

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