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1. When All Is Said and Done

Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... with God and watching the DVD share all that God might have done with your life if you had let him. Imagine seeing what God might have done with your financial resources if you had generously trusted him. Imagine seeing what God might have done with your talents and gifts if you had stepped out in faith and used them. Imagine seeing what God might have done with your relationships if you had given him room to work. Imagine seeing what God might have done with you if you had confronted sin and yielded to God ...

2. All That From A Little Bit Of Water?

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... dangerous Gospel: On the day of your baptism, you received an automatic "A." You did nothing to deserve it, but it was granted just the same. That is what a sacrament is. It is a means of grace. What you did before with your life is inconsequential. What you have done with your life since is between you and your Maker. But for that one moment in time you were handed an "A." It doesn't mean you are perfect. Far from it. ONE OF THE REASONS WATER IS USED IN THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM IS TO SYMBOLIZE THE TAKING ...

3. DodgeGod

Amos 8:1-14

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Leonard Sweet

... to deliver this message. In fact, one day Amos had to decide himself whether to rise up and be a man of God to the dodgeGod culture of his day. Anyone remember that hymn by William P. Merrill "Rise up, O men of God?" "Rise up, O men of God, Have done with lesser things. Give heart and soul and mind and strength To serve the king of kings." One day Amos had to decide whether he was done with lesser things himself and was willing to call a culture to account for refusing to be done with lesser things. Are you ...

4. Giving It All Up For Jesus And What’s Ahead

Philippians 3:4b-14

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Mark Ellingsen

Take a moment to consider all you have done with your life. Whatever you came up with, Paul says in our lesson that it’s just the past. We ought to look at the past like twentieth-century American poet Paul Eldridge once wrote: “Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.” Get over your successes. ...

5. What More Can He Give?

Colossians 1:15-23

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James McCormick

For 2000 years, the vitality of the Christian Church has been determined by what we have done with Jesus. When Jesus has been the center of our attention and we have sought to follow him as faithful disciples, then the Church has been strong. But when we have misplaced him amidst the clutter of our bureaucracy, or relegated him to a marginal place in our theology, then we ...

6. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

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King Duncan

... OURSELVES WITH THOSE THINGS WHICH WE CAN CONTROL. Some people sit around and speak sadly about what life has done to them. Jesus says to them and to us that on the day of Judgement we will not be asked what life has done to us but what we have done with life! Jesus used the parable of the fig tree and said that if it does not bear fruit, cut it down. He was saying to them and to us that we are responsible for bearing fruit, for making a difference, for taking responsibility for that part of life that ...

7. No Longer Strangers

Ephesians 2:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... hear the invitation clearly. Most of you who in this specific act have accepted Christ as Savior are already members of this church, or some other church. There is only one thing needful now. Very soon, even today if possible, you need to share what you have done with at least one other person. Families can talk about this on the way home, or at lunch - husbands and wives can share together - friends with each other. The Scripture teaches us that we need with our lips as well as with our hearts. So I urge ...

8. Trouble in the Manse

Hosea 1:1-2:1

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David E. Leininger

... of friends as the height of something or other when, all of a sudden, she up and married a preacher, but she did. She packed her belongings and moved into the manse. For a time things seemed to work out all right. She was content to have done with the lifestyle she had left. She was settling into her new role and doing very well. Hosea and Gomer even had a baby. They named him Jezreel. But apparently Gomer began to get tired of the routine. Hosea was never there - he was always off preaching someplace ...

9. Trouble In the Parsonage

Hosea 1:2-10

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David E. Leininger

... of friends as the height of something or other when, all of a sudden, she up and married a preacher, but she did. She packed her belongings and moved into the parsonage. For a time things seemed to work out all right. She was content to have done with the lifestyle she had left. She was settling into her new role and doing very well. Hosea and Gomer even had a baby. They named him Jezreel. But apparently Gomer began to get tired of the routine. Hosea was never there - he was always off preaching someplace ...

10. Journey To The Cross III: Jesus And The Extravagant Woman

Mark 14:1-11

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James W. Moore

... that money is real important. Maybe she reasoned like this: “Which is easier to replace, a husband or $100,000?” That is stingy thinking, materialistic thinking. That is the Judas mind-set. That’s the way Judas thought. “What a waste! Look what we could have done with all the money we could have gotten from selling that perfumed oil. Think of how many poor people we could have fed!” Now, Judas didn’t intend to do that… in fact, it wasn’t even his oil, but it sounded good… and Judas was ...

11. It's O.K. To Be Extravagant

John 12:1-11

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James W. Moore

12. Children of the Heavenly Father

Romans 8:12-25

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Steven E. Albertin

... Paul can still dare to speak so positively and with such hope in the midst of such hurt. God is determined to love us and this world. God will not allow anything or anyone to thwart his love. Even our sin, even his own anger and disappointment with what we have done with this world cannot get in the way. God hears the groans and the cries of pain. God knows that we are children in search of a home. He cannot bear to hear it any longer. He puts himself between us and the grave so that it all doesn't come ...

13. Sometimes You've Got to Shout!

John 12:12-19

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David E. Leininger

... both of us were getting anxious about it. Three-and-a-half years before, our David had been kind enough to make his appearance six days early, so we had hoped that this one would be equally prompt. HA! We were not particularly concerned about it; we just wanted to have done with it! If today WERE the day, both of us would be relieved. "Are you sure it's not false labor?" I asked. Not that I knew anything about false labor, but I had heard that there was such a thing. "No. I don't think so," she answered. "I ...

14. In The Beginning God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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William L. Self

... will inquire, "What have you done with yourself?" We will have to give ourselves back to God just as surely as we have to repay the money we have borrowed from the bank or property we have borrowed from our neighbor. We will be judged by what we have done with what he has given us. He will ask, "What have you done with your body, your gifts, your calling, your family, your wife and children, your friends, and the church I gave you along the way?" There are no excuses. The creative process takes away all the ...

15. When Extravagance Is Beautiful, and When It Is Not

John 12:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... days later. But the story doesn’t end there. After doing this beautiful thing, Mary is criticized and ridiculed and rebuked harshly by Judas… because Judas disagrees with what she has done. “What a waste!” he complains. “How foolish! How stupid! Look what we could have done with all the money we could have gotten from selling that perfumed oil. Think of how many poor people we could have fed!” Now, let me hurry to point out that Judas had no intention of doing that at all. It wasn’t even his ...

16. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 1

Matthew 28:1-10

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Esther R. Russ

... last time that I loved him, and now - now I could not even anoint his body. Suddenly, two angels appeared there by me. Together in a sweet-sounding voice they asked me why I was crying. "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know what they have done with him," I answered. Then I ran from the tomb. Had I really seen two angels? In the garden I felt as if someone else were there. I whirled around to see. I heard that question again, "Woman, why are you crying? Whom do you seek?" Was I sick in my ...

17. One Commandment is Enough!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

... God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother ... cannot love God." (1 John 4:20) The judgment day will find a lot of us standing in the merciless light of God's condemnation and wrath as to what we have done with the stranger, the sick, the prisoner, the poor, the hungry, the disadvantaged. Jesus will say, "As ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." (Matthew 25:40) One Commandment is Enough! When you look at the ten words given by ...

18. Talented People

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... , sharpness of mind, eloquence of speech, or wide-ranging influence. Our gifts are not the same but to focus on the differences may only smother initiative. The final reckoning is not based on how much we started out with, but on what we have done with what we had. Our responsibility is proportionate to our gifts. All of us have received something. Another thing this parable appears to encourage is risk-taking. The fellow in the story who received one talent to invest hid it, made nothing of it, returned ...

19. Heroes of Faith

Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... . There was something in what she said and did that touched me deeply. In my mind and in my heart she will always be a true hero. You see we all have heroes, those people who have influenced us on a deeper level either with their lives or what they have done with their lives. There is a part of them that lives in us and drives who we are. Their story has become part of our story. I'll bet you can't name the last five lottery winners but I'll bet you can tell me the names of five teachers ...

20. Put To Death The Old; Put On The New

Colossians 3:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... in Washington. Paul makes his call to put off the old nature and put on the new even more emphatic as he lists again some of the things that have to go from our lives. "but now you yourselves must lay aside all anger, passion, malice, cursing, filthy talk -- have done with them" (v. 8, NEB). This is a vivid demand which is hard to take. Paul is calling for radical surgery. He is saying that we are to put to death every part of our being which is against God, and which prevents us from doing God's will. He ...

21. Our Task: Acceptance and Challenge

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Gary L. Carver

... what he said to his own father as his father lay dying. Sam had flown out to be with his father at this time, and one afternoon just the two of them were together in the hospital room. Sam said, "I don't know how you feel about everything you have done with your life, but I want you to know that as a parent, I think you have been a huge success. As far back as I can remember," Sam continued, "you never once let any of us children down at a crucial junction of our lives, and what is more, you ...

22. Winners Losers

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... is Lord over life. We are then promised that we shall know the Truth. How do we know truth? Certainly we will not know the truth of mathematics, physics, biology. What we will come to know is the truth of ourselves. We will be able to contrast what we have done with our lives by following Jesus with what we would have done if left to our own will and way. By knowing this difference and being able to profit from it, we know the truth of ourselves which is perhaps the most important truth we can ever know. It ...

23. Epilogue

Job 42:7-17

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... Bible: “do x with y,” where y is a person or entity and x is the behavior or concept, such as “loving-kindness,” or “a morally reprehensible act” (Hebrew nebalah). Earlier, for example, Job has uttered, literally, “life and loving-kindness you have done with me” (10:12). God, in Job 42:8, literally says, “[I will] not do with you all a morally reprehensible act.” (2) The behavior or concept here in Job 42:8, nebalah, many times throughout the Hebrew Bible refers to morally repugnant ...

24. A Vision Vanished

Philippians 3:4-14

Sermon

Larry Lange

... out the garage. He repaired the siding. He sold the Nova. He stopped smoking. He went with his wife to town to Home Depot to pick out some new cupboards for the kitchen and a new sink and a countertop. And the new hardware she liked even though they could have done with the old stuff. But other than letting it slip at the bar, Arnold had not ventured to tell anyone else the story about how Jesus had saved his life. On his way home from work there was a church, and every day he drove by it, it seemed to be ...

25. Who Cares?

Matthew 25:31-46

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David G. Rogne

... Jesus, and he heard Jesus ask each of them one question: "Well, what did you make out of what was given to you?" Such a question would be a challenge to any of us. However, the prospect of having to give an accounting of what we have done with the gifts God has given can have a positive impact on our conduct. One morning in 1888, Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, the man who spent his lifetime amassing a fortune from the manufacture and sale of weapons of destruction, awoke to read his own obituary ...

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