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2451. When We Are Uncertain about The Future

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... to subdue it.” The next time you’re afraid, try “hugging the monster,” says author Steve Goodier. “Face that fear head‑on, whatever it is, and embrace it. You may be surprised at how quickly it slips away and at how confident you begin to feel. Like . . . Eleanor Roosevelt once said, ‘You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.’” (8) That’s the first way of conquering your fear: face it. The second is, fall back on your faith ...

2452. Give It Up

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ” for Lent. It is much harder to give up the safety zones we build around ourselves, and our lives. But if we feel Lent in our hearts and confess Lent with our mouths, that is exactly what we are challenged to engage. Lent is both ... this Lent: Give it up and count your blessings. Give it up and practice random acts of kindness. Give it up and savor life Give it up and feel the joy of family and friends and strangers Give it up and forgive someone Give it up and show your family how much you love them Give it ...

2453. Are You Part of the Scandal?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... not a son but is nothing more than a “slave,” and disdainfully disowns his younger brother by identifying him as “this son of yours.” The older brother is fed up. He wants no part of a relationship with either his father or his brother. He feels fully justified to judge severely the behavior of both his father and his brother. The compassion the father extended to the younger son is now also served up to the elder. Instead of returning the vitriol that his elder son has dished out, the father offers ...

2454. But First...

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... his sympathy, he learned that the young man’s father had not died, but that this was just an expression meaning that his father was getting up in years and he felt responsible for him. (3) Some of you can identify with that. Your parents, too, are aging. You feel responsible for them. “As long as my Mom and Dad depend on me,” this man is saying, “I better stay home.” The third man makes a request that is just as reasonable, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my ...

2455. Grow Up!

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... is by providing instruction and resources. To make disciples we have to dig deep into God’s Word. We have to step outside of our comfort zones and serve others in Jesus’ name. The danger is when we reach a point in our spiritual lives when we feel we no longer need to grow. That was the point Paul was trying to make to the Corinthians. The people stopped growing and were in effect stuck in infancy for far too long. They should have been eating solid food but were still only drinking milk. They should ...

2456. Spirit-Direct

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... a Gentile into the community of faith or is God converting Peter to seeing new possibilities for mission? Actually the answer is both. There are people we come in to contact with every day who do not have the slightest understanding of the Christian faith yet feel God’s tug on their heart. Cornelius felt God’s presence but needed Peter’s direction. He and the others needed Peter to welcome them with open arms into the community of faith. Who are the people who will need our guidance as they come to ...

2457. Powerless People

Judges 4:1-24

Sermon

Argile Smith

... were near him. Like Fred came to realize for himself, powerless people live all around us, and hopefully they go to church with us. In the fellowship of other believers, they shouldn’t have to be afraid of someone hurting them. At church they should feel safe. Who would be on your list of powerless people today? Like Sample indicated in his book, people who are illiterate or functionally illiterate make their way to the list. Some of them can’t read and write at all. Others can read and write enough ...

2458. The Healing Power of Faith

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... . There was a woman who was in despair in the final stages of a terminal illness. A kind visitor from the church would come to see her from time to time. One day, the ill woman stood in front of her living room window and said, “It feels like God is completely shut out from my life.” And, in symbolic nature, she slammed the curtains closed. Her friend kindly responded, “Just because you closed the curtains, doesn’t mean that the sun isn’t still shining.” Just because we do not experience God’s ...

2459. He Ascended Into Heaven

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

David O. Bales

... weep. Of course they don’t cry long. Last event like this I saw, the kid turned to the parent, started pounding with his fist and saying, “Buy me another one. Buy me another one.” It’s not like that with Jesus’ apostles. They don’t feel abandoned. They hurry off to Jerusalem’s temple to give thanks to God. Under Jesus’ blessing hands this small group of Christians who see Jesus ascend to heaven is the nucleus of God’s worshiping church, a nucleus as strong and powerful as the nucleus of ...

2460. When We No Longer Recognize Ourselves

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... law? Just as all of us who give in to sin deserve to die, according to the letter of the law. But, thankfully, God does not rule according to the letter of the law. God rules by grace. God does not demand King David’s life. But David no longer feels God’s favor as he once did. And he and his family suffer one tragedy after another, starting with the little boy who was born of his union with Bathsheba. And that’s when King David falls prostrate on the floor. For seven days, he fasts and prays for the ...

2461. God Will Provide the Resources

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... day. The night before he is to spend his “blind” day, his eyes are bandaged, and he awakens blind and seemingly helpless. He is completely dependent on others to guide him through the day. The students do not need to ask, “What does it feel like to be blind . . . what does it feel like to be deaf, or lame, or unable to speak?” They know. They have been there. They have experienced it for themselves. In the same way the Son of God learned what it is to be human. He entered our world and experienced ...

2462. The Knot: Bound

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... were not allowed to remove the rope until they had consummated the marriage. The problem is sometimes the strands of that rope get tangled. Many times the rope becomes frayed and too often, the knot gets untied. I can imagine there are few things worse than feeling like you are trapped in an unhappy marriage. Some of us have heard of the comedian, Jerry Lewis. He said the best wedding gift he ever got was a video recording of his entire wedding ceremony. He said when things really get bad in his marriage ...

2463. That's Not Fair

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... understand the question, but we who have been watching the movie understand it completely. He is asking her, ‘Tell me that my life has been worth saving. Tell me that I have fulfilled the purpose for which the captain gave his life.’” (6) That’s how many of us feel about our lives. We know that God’s grace is free. We know that we did nothing to deserve it. But we also know it cost Christ his life. And we hunger in our hearts to think that our lives lived in response to his act of self-giving love ...

2464. Faith’s First Impressions

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Sommers got bad news as a 45 year old cancer patient. Her liver cancer was progressive and terminal. Worse news, she was a single parent with an eight year old son, Wesley. Then one day she met a nurse, a nurse whom Trisha immediately identified as feeling like a “warm blanket.” She felt nurtured and comforted just by the presence of this nurse. As she was preparing to check out, Trisha Sommers suddenly asked her nurse, also a Trisha (Trisha Siemans): “Can you take my son. Will you raise him if I die ...

2465. Why Christmas Is So Dangerous

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the Son of God in your heart, you’ll be shouting and singing too! Cause Christmas goes to your head. It’s a downright heady experience. Proverbs 23:7 says, “As you think in your heart, so you are.” No wonder Christians can’t help feeling the vibrations of joy when Christmas approaches. Paul calls it “being of the mind of Christ.” When your mind is in tune with Christ, you start to resonate with that heavenly orchestra. Those who are in Christ think differently than other people. Those who are ...

2466. Prescription on a Pole

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... 21:4-9; Ephesians 2:1-10. “A Good, Healthy Appetite.” “I just don’t have much of an appetite.” I have heard that lament countless times when visiting parishioners in the hospital. “I know that I need to eat,” they say, “but I just don’t feel like it.” That’s a bad sign, for a good, healthy appetite is a sign of good health, and regaining an appetite is often an indication that someone who had been sick is getting better. On the other hand, not all appetites are good and healthy. The ...

2467. I'll Never Forget That Night

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... inextricable metaphors and motifs by which we know him and ourselves — the good shepherd, the light of the world, the resurrection and the life, the vine, and so on. Some of the conversations Jesus has with others are recorded in a manner that makes us feel we were the only ones they were penned for and we are always sitting next to Jesus again when we read them. Even our Christian theology and worldview has been so shaped by themes from this document over the centuries, that we cannot separate it from ...

2468. Je Suis Jesus

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ’s another tension. Anybody remember this old praise song that Jim Reeves made famous: This world is not my home I'm just a‑passing through My treasures are laid up Somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me From heaven's open door And I can't feel at home In this world anymore. Yet that is half of our heritage. That’s a profound half-truth. And the problem with ever half-truth is the other half. In the abbreviations of texting, oh. Other half. The other half sings, This is my Father’s world ...

2469. What Are You Waiting On?

John 11:1-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... everything else the one thing everybody hates to do. In fact, there is nothing that we do that is more frustrating, aggravating, irritating and feels like more of a waste of time than doing this. Can you guess what it is? It’s waiting. An hour every day we ... choose to believe God even when everything tells you not to, when you choose to trust God even when you can’t see Him, feel Him, or hear Him, God is glorified. Now listen to His prayer. “So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes ...

2470. Planting Your Feet

Psalm 32:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... Key Take Away: You will only act forgiven when you accept the forgiveness that God has applied. There is a reason why some of you in this room have confessed things you have done wrong and repented of them and have truly asked for forgiveness, but you still don’t feel forgiven. You struggle with guilt and I know why. I hear it all the time, “I still can’t forgive myself.” I am going to show you how to do that today once and for all. I. Recognize Your Sin Even though this is a song about a fault and ...

2471. When the Golden Rule Isn't Enough - Mother's Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... I love God,” Mark Buchanan writes, “I’ll love what [God] loves. I’ll love [God’s] children, all of them . . . Or else, break [God’s] heart.” (6) Think about that for a moment. It makes you angry when someone threatens to hurt one of your children. Do you feel that same anger when children are hurt . . . any place in the world? If not, then you still have some growing to do spiritually. We are to remain in Christ’s love and we are to love others as Christ has loved us. Let me say it again: We ...

2472. Waiting Is So Hard to Do

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... on the driveway in the hot late afternoon sun as I normally do.” (1) Things to do while you’re waiting in line. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? Times when we’ve had to wait. Dr. Stanley Sneeringer writes about the impatience we feel while waiting for an elevator to arrive. Manufacturers such as Otis Elevator have this down to a science. They know that a good waiting time for an elevator is in the neighborhood of 15 seconds, because at around 40 seconds people start to get visibly upset. “When ...

2473. It Was a Dark and Stormy Evening! Father's Day

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... you care that my child is sick? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that my marriage is falling apart? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that my friends have deserted me? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that I have no money? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that I feel so alone? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that I want to give up? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that my husband has died? “Lord Jesus, don’t you care that I lost my job? “We have all asked [these questions] in a million ways a million times ...

2474. Are You a Polar Bear?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

... of the world to be holy and blameless in God’s sight. Oops! You knew it, didn’t you? There’s a catch. “Chosen before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight.” The last thing I want to do today is to make you feel guilty--too much talk about being holy and blameless has a tendency to do that. But think this through for a minute. Why do you think God created you? From the teachings of Jesus, I believe God created us to be happy and healthy and to be whole human beings ...

2475. About Getting Drunk

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... worship, can be a wonderful way of expressing the joy we associate with our experience of Christ. The dominant theme of anyone under the influence of Christ or the Holy Spirit ought to be one of joy. We sing because our hearts are filled with joy and we feel better when we sing. The psalmist writes, “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations” (Psalm 89:1). I’m not going to ask how many of you sometimes put a CD of your ...

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