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1. A Change of Direction

Matthew 21:28-32

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... and when it is done it is done. We cannot go back to "X" point and rewrite the story. But here is the glorious truth, here is our glorious hope: Anywhere along the way, we can turn around. Anytime, and from wherever we are, we can go forth in any direction we may choose. Any juncture may be a turning-point, any time may be a turning-time. Thanks be to God, life is amendable: thanks be to God, the Great Interceptor comes! A dreary "no" can be changed into a glorious "yes." And if we have refused the Father's ...

2. A Long Obedience In The Same Direction

Matthew 3:13-17

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Mark Radecke

... hits mid-life and slows down a bit, so will our society. But I doubt that the pace of life is likely to return to the comparatively leisurely rhythms of life only a few generations ago. The question for Christians, then, becomes: Given the pace and direction of modern life, how are we to lead our lives as followers of the crucified and risen Lord, Jesus Christ? There are, as you might well imagine, a number of answers to that question. One group of Christians answers the question by withdrawing from what ...

3. In Which Direction Do You Travel?

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Harold Warlick

... . The man begged Jesus to let him go with him. But Jesus refused him and said, "Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." So often we all want to run off in all directions in a personal crusade against immorality. Yet Jesus came down hard on this wish to boast to others. Jesus said, "The best way you can help me is to go home to your friends." Again, the issue of dependability leaps at us. Jesus knew the tremendous impact on others that ...

4. A Long Obedience In The Same Direction

Luke 22:39-46

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Maxie Dunnam

... , "that at any instant in the day, God may be present in us as the living Christ." That's what we have to believe -- that's the promise we have to lay hold of. That's the source of our power -- to sustain a long obedience in the same direction. I close with this. My friend, Don Shelby, tells that "On Christmas Day, someone who must have been an E.T.C. seasonal visitor (you know, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas) wrote on the back of one of our pledge cards in the pews the following note to another visitor ...

5. Read the Directions

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John R. Brokhoff

... we might look away from human need and toward our own desires. With “a bountiful eye” we look at human need, respond and are “blessed.” James said, “Faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.” Copy The Model Along with the sheet of directions for the assembly of a shipped product usually come a diagram of the finished product and sketches of each step in assembling it. This simplifies the assembly by permitting one to copy the model. In Christ the world has its model of what God intended life ...

6. When Life Seems to Be Going in the Wrong Direction

Philippians 1:1-11

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Eric Ritz

... supposed to be going?" The colors we choose to paint the picture of our lives in those moments when we are unsure of our direction determine whether we will be a victim or a victor. The colors we choose determine whether we will quit when the first roadblock and ... ." Paul knew his eyes in that prison cell should not be focused in on the cell wall but on Jesus Christ. Yes, when life''s direction seems to be wrong, remember: 1) Do not become bitter, but do get better! 2) Be a victor, not a victim! 3) Don''t let ...

7. Headed in the Right Direction

Romans 15:4-13

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John N. Brittain

... whole season of Advent, with its emphasis on the past, present, and future advents of Jesus Christ, is a reminder of our need as Christians to live lives that are informed by the past, enlivened by the presence of the living Christ in our midst, and directed toward the consummation of God's will. In other words, our lives as Christians and as Christian communities need to embody the totality of God's grace. Paul does this in today's lesson not just by emphasizing past, present, and future but by joining two ...

8. Follow the Directions

Psalm 119:9, 18, 89

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James Merritt

... Simply put, you obey it. You do what it tells you to do. I guarantee you when you take these three steps, when you personalize the Bible, memorize the Bible and actualize the Bible it will revolutionize your life. You actualize the Bible with the third step. III. Direction #3: Apply The Bible Psalm 119 verse 9 stuck with me as a teenager. “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.” (Psalm 119:9, NIV) I’ve put great emphasis on reading your Bible, but it is not enough to ...

9. Reverse Direction

Mark 1:1-8

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Paul E. Flesner

... of us! Christmas is a holy day because God began a journey toward a cross and an empty tomb to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves! Christmas is a holy day because the invisible God of the universe became visible in a way that we could see directly! If Christmas is merely a "holiday," then it is understandable to see Advent as a time when we try to get into the holiday spirit. However, since Christmas is a holy day, Advent is a time for us to prepare for an encounter with the Holy One. You might not ...

10. Faithquest: Directions For The Journey Of Life

1 John 3:16-24

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... in paperback, hard back or leather bound. What I'm talking about is the Bible. Scripture is the chief resource in our Faithquest. Listening to what God has to say to us through Scripture and Prayer is very important. And today John, in his first letter, gives us two simple Directions For This Journey Of Life. 1 John 3:16-24 (NRSV) [16] We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. [17] How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's ...

11. Getting Directions

Acts 16:9-15

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David E. Leininger

... allow them; so, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas." — Acts 16:6-8 (NRSV) Did you note that? "Forbidden by the Holy Spirit ... the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them...." Yes, the Spirit offers the needed word of peace, but also the Spirit provides directions. Has that ever happened to you? It happens all the time. It happened to me right at the beginning of my ministry as I got an unexpected call to "come over and help us" from a little congregation way out in the boonies — Liberty Hill, South ...

12. When It’s Time to Seek Direction

Matthew 2:1-12

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J. Howard Olds

... the Gospel of Matthew for our scripture lesson says, “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem asking “where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?” That sure sounds like direction seeking to me. And on this weekend when the world has put Christmas back in a box for another year, we pause in the Church to celebrate the season of Epiphany—the celebration of Christ as the light of the world, even a light for strangers from ...

13. Spirit-Direct

Acts 10:23b-48

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Timothy J. Smith

... he had always accepted and believed. Sometimes our faith requires that we stretch in new ways often pushing us out of our comfort zones. So what did Peter do? One night Peter had a vivid dream, a powerful vision that would forever change the direction of his ministry. “He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down, being lowered to the ground by its four corners.” Further God instructed him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat.” Peter protests, “By no means, Lord.” Peter was not ...

14. God Made Me Do It!

Genesis 45:1-28

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Barbara Brokhoff

... when we feel self-righteous and abused and innocent. But we may as well face it. That’s the way life is, even the God-directed life sometimes. What can we expect? It also happened to Jesus, the New Testament Joseph. Jesus came to teach us and we would have none ... years later that Pharaoh had a dream and the whole thing began to work out. Have you noticed how willing we are to let God direct our lives so long as we can set the schedule, so long as he does things in the time we allot him? We say: "God, ...

15. Angry Hands

Psalm 26:1-12

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... good out of it, to hold us in his hand so that we can overcome that evil. It is misdirected anger if our anger is directed toward our God. However, some anger is good. Some anger is proper and right. Some anger is natural. If we didn't release some of ... The fig tree did not produce as God created it to do. There is even righteous anger among you and me today when we rightly direct our vengeance of our wrath against that which is truly wrong, against the sin and not against those things that have no part nor ...

16. The Eureka Experience

Genesis 12:1-8

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Edward Inabinet

... over the grave in order that we might have fresh starts and new beginnings. As a pastor, one of the greatest joys that I have is to sit down with someone who is at the end of their rope, someone whom life has treated badly, someone who finds that every direction they turn is a dead end, someone who feels that they are a failure in life and there is no hope, and say to them, "Dear one, with Jesus Christ there is always a fresh start and a new beginning." Jesus said in Revelation 21, "Behold I make all things ...

17. Stop the PANIC!

Luke 15:1-32 · Exodux 15:1-27--16:36 · Psalm 23

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Lori Wagner

... to following Him again. God is a patient God, and most of the time, God waits for us to figure things out, to follow His direction, to allow Him to lead us once again forward into the land of milk and honey, by the still waters, to the green grass, where ... turn to the House of the Lord for our comfort, to the nephesh for the restoration of our breath, to Jesus for our direction. Repentance is often more a process than a flash decision, and sometimes a foot-dragging, hair-pulling process in which God is ...

18. Practicing the Presence

Acts 8:26-40

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Leonard Sweet

... our abilities and skills? And yet that is exactly what we practice daily in our trusting in programs, plans, processes, technology, maps. Instead we are being invited in today’s text to live like Philip, not trusting in our own ability to program and plan, to design and direct, but trusting in the Spirit. In the words of Zechariah 4:6: “Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord.” Not by might, not by power, not by programs, not by processes, but by God’s spirit. It is time the Holy ...

19. Wilderness Work

Luke 3:1-6

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Susan R. Andrews

... — after we honor this call to accountability — then we can receive God, as God recreates us in holy image. This is the work of Advent. This is the work of preparation. This is the work of repentance. This is the work of turning around to face the direction of God. And the result? Exquisite freedom and abundant life! There is a medieval legend, adapted from a story told by Thomas Troeger, about a man who was decadent and irresponsible in many ways but who had enough grace in him to want to be good. He ...

20. Who's the Real Leader?

Joshua 3:1-4:24

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Argile Smith

... -gift, the kind that he would place on his shelf and chuckle over every time he saw it. They searched far and wide and finally found the perfect gift for Ben. It was a cap that had two bills sewn onto it instead of one. Both bills faced in opposite directions. A curious caption had been printed around the cap. Bill read it out loud when he took the cap out of the gift bag. He read, “I’m the leader; which way did they go?” Although the cap was meant to be a joke, it expressed the challenge Ben faced ...

21. God's GPS

Genesis 28:10-22

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Lori Wagner

... the Shepherd’s GPS not only helps Shepherds find the right “way,” over the nighttime terrain, but the Shepherd’s GPS also points to God, to God’s presence in unexpected places, and to the living “Way” that God wants us to follow. It was God’s direction that urged Moses to use his Shepherd’s staff (with a snake on top), not only to lead the people forward through the wilderness terrain, but to lead them out of the lost and wandering places of their souls, and to guide them back to God. The ...

22. Stop Talking and Start Walking

Luke 24:13-35, Luke 24:36-49

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Lori Wagner

... master of my fate: I am the Captain of my soul.” Some of us love that poem. And boy do we love being in “charge.” And like anyone in charge, we do the talking. Or as with our navigators, we do the commanding; we do the programming; we set the direction for our destination. And we want NO surprises! That’s one of the things we hate most I think about the power of the Holy Spirit, isn’t it? Because I’ll tell you a little secret: God is FULL of surprises! If there’s anything we know about God ...

23. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

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Richard Hoefler

... Lenski and William Hendriksen2 are certain that he did. The accounts are not clear at this point. In Matthew, Jesus went only in the direction of the foreign country. In Mark, it might be assumed that Jesus entered into Gentile territory when he writes, "He went into a ... her away - raised sufficient hope in her and gave her the courage to persist. Scraps for the Puppy Dog Then Jesus looks directly at her. "Is it right to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs?" Ever since Origen, interpreters of ...

24. When God Leads

Joshua 3:7-17

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... Jehovah God is a God who reaches out to us. Who communicates with us. Each time in the Bible that God speaks to us, it is to guide us back into a relationship with Him. In these verses from Joshua 3, God provides a promise, a reassurance, and a direction that empowered the people of Israel, and that can empower our life today. The promise of God that is a consistent theme from Genesis to Revelation is, “I am with you.” I did not form you in My image and breathe the breath of life into you and declare ...

25. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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Maxie Dunnam

... hands on and pray for me. He knew my story – we had shared together during the week. As I knelt, he asked me the probing question: “Do you want to be whole? Do you want to be holy?” That was a signal sanctifying experience in my life, changing forever the direction of my ministry. Through the years since I have constantly asked myself: Do I want to be holy? and I have constantly reminded myself that I am as holy as I want to be. I want you to keep that tucked away in the back of your mind as I ...

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