Sermon and Worship Resources

Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on

Showing 1 to 25 of 302 results

1. Casting Aside His Garment

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't embarrass them, but they were unsuccessful. He cried out, "Have mercy on me, thou Son of David." Jesus was moved by his simple plea, and he called for Bartimaeus. When Bartimaeus knew that Jesus was calling back to him, he jumped to his feet, cast aside his garment, and started toward the master. The garment was probably a blanket or loose piece of cloth that beggars carried to protect them from inclement weather. But he didn't want anything to hinder him from coming into the master's presence, so he ...

2. All Is New in Christ

John 11:4-6, Philippians 3:4-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... to leave the past behind and press forward to the reward of Jesus. Christ is the one and only prize which has any significance for Paul. It should be the same for us! Lent is a time for the Christian community, personally and communally, to be transformed, to cast aside the past, to move out from the shadows of darkness and seek the light which only Jesus can bring. We need to put away the old and bring in the new. We need to be transformed in Christ. First, we must seek transformation in our attitudes. Too ...

3. Eliphaz's Second Speech to Job

Job 15:1-35

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... nothing to eat. The NIV has followed those who read ʾayyeh instead as ʾayyah, “vulture” (see Clines, Job 1–20, p. 341). Others read the verb (ndd) as “cast out,” in which case the meaning would be that the wicked is fearful of being cast aside as food for a vulture. The image of darkness returns in this probable reference to the coming of death. Two synonyms begin verse 24: Distress and anguish. These also terrify the wicked and overwhelm him. Anticipation is as bad as the reality, as these two ...

4. Preparing the Way

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... the gospels, is a theological thing. It has to do with insight as well as vision. To have our eyes opened by Christ is to see the world and each other and ourselves without illusions, “warts and all” as the saying goes. Illusion and delusion are cast aside and reality is now the real benchmark by which we measure the authenticity of our lives. It works that way in marriages, doesn’t it? So often we come into our marriages blinded by love, overwhelmed by the heat and sweetness of it. But remember the ...

5. Week Two Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... , young or old, rich or poor, famous or unknown, have been given a certain amount of responsibility. How are we doing in properly exercising the authority which has been delegated to us? In the family, responsibilities differ, but they are present for each member. Do we cast aside the person, the object, the task as did Joseph's brothers? Do we consider it our right to do what we want in a manner of our own choosing? Do we have a sense of what our responsibility asks of us? In business the responsibilities ...

6. Strengthened For Life

John 15:1-17

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... his life and then came to the end of his life with joy and peace and said, ‘Yes, life has been beautiful. My years have been worth living, and I am grateful for all the goodness of life?’ " Do you know of a husband or wife who has cast aside as nonsense the laws of God and has gone from one partner to another, from one experience of free love to another, and then came to old age contented and at peace with God and man? Broken, human wrecks have separated themselves from God by their own actions. Without ...

7. Cut Down And Lifted Up

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Lee Griess

... noble Bamboo. Year after year, Bamboo grew yet more beautiful and lovely. Bamboo was conscious of the master's love, and yet he was still modest and in all things gentle. Often the Wind would come and play a tune in the garden and Bamboo would cast aside his dignity and sway and dance merrily, tossing to and fro in wonderful abandon. And when he danced, the master who looked on was delighted and filled with joy. One day the master came to the garden and approached Bamboo. Bamboo bowed his head and greeted ...

8. Supper's Ready!

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... one plea, but that Thy blood was shed for me, and that Thou bid'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come!" "I'm Good Enough Already!" Supper's ready! And, oh! Is it ever ready! The question is: Are you? Are you willing to cast aside your excuses and accept God's magnificent invitation to eat with him? One of the most common excuses for not living faithfully to the claims of Christ is, "I'm good enough already. I'm as good as, or better than, any of those people who go to church!" Dear ...

9. Luke 14:25-33

Luke 14:25-35

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... When a disciple genuinely puts a relationship with Jesus before all else, the materialistic “stuff” of this world no longer has the power to “possess” and addict. Earthly attachments, whether to things, or people, or power, must all be cast aside in order to follow the forward path of discipleship. But this casting aside will not be a burden or a duty but a joy. As Helen H. Lemmel wrote in 1922 in a once famous hymn, Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face, And the things of earth ...

10. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... love continues and continues. We are like a tea cup trying to contain a rushing mountain stream. You must have been within the prophet Hosea when he went to the slave market to buy back his wife who had become a prostitute. She had lost her beauty and had been cast aside. She had become a slave. A nothing. But Hosea took her back, not as a nothing, but as his wife. Just so the father took back his faithless son, not as a hired hand, as the son requested, but as his flesh and blood. Just so the shepherd went ...

11. Unwrapping Christmas

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... flagging spirits and lightens the burden of our hearts. It brings light in the darkness. God offers us the greatest gift ever given. The manger is the gift all wrapped with ribbon and pretty bow. The cross is wadded up wrapping paper, crushed and broken and cast aside. And the empty tomb is the package in which the true gift came. It is empty because the true gift lives on in our hearts and souls and spirits. It is the gift of salvation, grace, new life, forgiveness, hope, and redemption embodied in Christ ...

12. The Witch of Endor

1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... , did needlepoint, and sang alto at First Church, she would be approved and popular. But she is weird, an erratic and erotic gnome who keeps pornographic pictures and visits X-rated book stores. What are we to do with her? How justified are we in casting aside those who differ? What of the Christian concept of healing and reconciliation? COMPASSION Let us take a final look in the cave. As Saul collapsed, the Witch moved forward, "... let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have ...

13. Eager For The Journey

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... asks Jesus to leave. Apparently, Peter thinks to himself, this is a very holy man. But Jesus has other plans. They will continue to fish but the tackle will be adapted. Boat’s will be shored for sandals. The open waters replaced by the open road. Net’s will be cast aside for the Word. And fish will no longer be the goal. From now on, said Jesus, you will fishers of men. Amen.

14. Proper 12

Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · Gen 29:15-28 · Ps 105:1-11, 45b

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... nature of the treasure in a box as opposed to the unitary nature of the pearl. The third parable would particularly speak to the disciples who were fishermen. They no doubt had often sat on the shore of Galilee and sorted out their catch of fish. They would cast aside the fish which were considered unclean by the Levitical law. This parable is very similar to the parable of the weeds in the wheat in that the good and the bad were mixed together, the weeds in the field of wheat and the good and bad fish in ...

15. The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... that she could not go on as she had been. What had worked for her would no longer work now that she had met the Lord. The hour is coming for spirit (the inward gift Jesus was offering) and truth (the knowledge that Jesus gave). Only those who cast aside their pretenses at spirit and truth and receive that which God gives can worship him truly. For the first time she displayed an innocent openness. "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called the Christ); when he comes he will show us all things ...

16. A Tale to be Told

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

George Bass

... . If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." Could it not be that heaven for them was obeying God’s laws on earth and protecting their sacred customs and traditions? But haven’t we even gone farther today, casting aside the Word - the good news about Christ - in favor of "getting all we can out of life" because "you only go around once" and no more? Haven’t we tended to ground the gospel into a resource that will show us how to live successfully, while avoiding - or ...

17. Running a Marathon

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to body bulk or flabby flesh Having two extra pounds on a 150 pound frame may not seer important, but if you have to carry those extra pounds 26 miles it could make a difference. In the context of spiritual matters, the author is calling us to cast aside any weight or encumbrance that would interfere with our Christian mission and ministry. A good example is having too many irons in the fire. If you are on ten different committees plus working a full-time job, you're not going to do any single thing as ...

18. A Guide for Growth

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , no unclean person, nor coveteous man, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ.” It may be, in fact this is my assessment of the solution - we are adrift as we are in our nation and in the world today because we’ve not been able to cast aside a rigid, narrow, straightjacket approach to Christianity which repulsed most of us, and yet keep a sense of responsibility and the moral demands that are part and parcel of the gospel. This means that we must deal with the fact of sin in our lives, and God ...

19. Bold Faith

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... authorities taught people that if you were “struck” with blindness, deafness, muteness, or another kind of disease, then you (or your family) were essentially cursed by some sort of “sin” that you or another may have committed. The ill and infirm were cast aside to fend many times for themselves –on the streets or in the marketplaces. Doesn’t sound very nice does it? So Bartimaeus not only would have been removed from his family but shunned by friends, synagogue, the Temple, and treated like an ...

20. Christ's Life The Vine and the Branches

John 15:1-17

Bulletin Aid

... fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. Congregation: May we never dwell apart from you, Lord. Leader: If anyone doesn’t abide in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are cast into the fire and burned. Congregation: May we not be cast aside, Lord. Leader: This is my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. Congregation: May we always glorify your Father, Lord.

21. It’s Hard to Eat While Lying

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... specifically picked him out for the precise purpose of betraying Jesus. In other words, Judas was programmed to be the bad apple in the lot from the start. God used Judas as a pawn on the chessboard of life, and when God was through with him, he was cast aside. I must confess that I have some problems with that point of view. That doesn’t sound like the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ to me. John’s Gospel says simply “Satan entered into him.” (13:27) That was an ancient way of explaining the ...

22. Radical Surgery

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... must be performed, is a most useful way to understand this Scripture. Most of us today would accept the notion that the whole body is worth more than any of its individual parts, and when we develop a cancerous tumor on eye, hand, or foot, we cast aside “the offending member”—with regret, of course; but we operate on the assumption that it is better to enter life without the diseased organ than not to live at all. If a troublesome organ hampers our life or threatens our very existence we eliminate it ...

23. Beneath The Shadow Of The Cross

Mark 15:16-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 't really sure who was comforting who as they both stood there on that ugly hill. They both wept openly as they watched Jesus dying on a cross like a common criminal. It was hard to believe, the Messiah, the Son of God, had been broken and cast aside like so much garbage upon the town dump, known as the place of the skull, Golgotha, Calvary. The sound of the hammer striking those nails still echoed in John's ears. The anguished grunt from deep within Jesus' soul that accompanied each strike of the hammer ...

24. Follow the Light

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Matthew 2:1-12, Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of God that breaks through every dark place. As you get ready tonight for Watchnight, the eve before the New Year, remember that Light, that divine Light, and allow Jesus to come into your life. Make this new year, the time in your life when all doubt is cast aside, when you stop listening to those self-defeating voices, and when you allow Jesus to cast His light into the darkest recesses of your soul. That’s the beauty and joy of Jesus. We don’t have to be strong on our own. Jesus is our strength. We ...

25. Beneath The Shadow Of The Cross

Mark 14:1--15:47

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... wasn't really sure who was comforting who as they both stood there on that ugly hill. They both wept openly as they watched Jesus dying on a cross like a common criminal. It was hard to believe, the Messiah, the Son of God, broken and cast aside like so much garbage upon the town dump, the place of the skull, Golgotha, Calvary. The sound of the hammer striking those nails still echoed in John's ears. The anguished grunt from deep within Jesus' soul that accompanied each strike of the hammer still tortured ...

Showing results