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1. If You Can't Stand the Heat

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to finish it?" You notice, he doesn't ask, "How do you feel about this?" He doesn't ask, "Are you comfortable with this?" He turns to the multitude that had been following him and he says something like, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." This is serious business, discipleship. It demands something of you. "Now large crowds accompanied him." I suppose whenever large crowds follow him, you can assume that he was teaching them comfortable words. But when you ask the crowd to give, that ...

2. Jesus the Healer

Luke 6:19

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... had to cure people came from God, and I guess you could call it a kind of healing love. God gave Jesus a special power to make people who were sick well again. But people could feel the power coming through Jesus, just like you and I can feel the heat coming through the heating pad. Maybe the next time you use a heating pad, you will think of the power that comes from the electricity, and when you do that, you will also remember the special power that God gave to Jesus to heal people who were sick.

3. Slow Burn

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ability to serve as a catalyst for the oven. At that time, the slab of salt would be removed and discarded (to be trampled underfoot). It was no longer useful. It no longer had any of the properties of its former self. It had lost its fidelity to create heat and light. Ever wonder why Jesus mentions salt and light in the same paragraph? Salt was used in the incense and in the lamps in Jesus’ time to keep them lit longer. In fact, even today, if you put salt into candle wax, it will make the candle burn ...

4. Changing in the Spirit

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... something had to be wrong. After your mother gave you medicine she might have asked you if you would like the heating pad. The best part of the heating pad is the little switch that comes with it. Sometimes you put the pad on your cold feet and sometimes you ... little bit so that you are becoming more like him every day. Isn't that great? We are changing by degrees. Do you remember the heating pad and how you would push the switch and you would never know when it got a little cooler or a little hotter but it ...

5. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... coast. But fetch the wine, Arrange the board and brim the glass; Bring in great logs and let them lie, To make a solid core of heat; Be cheerful-minded, talk and treat Of all things ev’n as he were by; We keep the day. With festal cheer, With books and ... attributes of woe Like glories, move his course, and show That life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter’d with the shocks of doom To shape and use. Arise ...

6. How To Deal With Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Erskine White

... your shade from the summer sun. Let Him be your oasis, your cool, refreshing spring when the desert is hot and dry. A season of suffering is really a season to shine, a chance to draw closer to Christ in obedience to His will. So, even in the haze and heat of life's most uncomfortable seasons, when spirits are frazzled and the suffering sets in, let Christ shine within You. Let Him bring out the best in you so that you can give it to others and you can be a blessing when everyone else is burdened. In Jesus ...

7. Desert Springs

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

... so hot you could see the shoreline shrinking in front of you, as the sun drew the water into the air. On the far side of this dwindling lake, cattle sought shelter in caves. Only the flamingos feeding on pink larvae in the water stood untouched by the burning heat of the day. Being in that desert was really a life threatening situation. I could not stay in that sunlight very long. Like the cattle, I too had to seek a cave for shelter or the shade of a divi-divi tree. As I drove through that wilderness, wild ...

8. Building A World

Acts 2:1-13

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... I wait for the corn to start popping. (Pause and pretend to listen) I don't hear anything. Do you hear the popcorn in there? I wonder why it's not working. Is there something I didn't do? Oh, you can't make popcorn without heat, can you? I need a stove or a fire or some other form of heat. The popcorn kernels will sit in there all day and not a single one will pop until I heat them up. But if I put this popcorn popper on the stove (or plugged it in, depending on your model), then the ...

9. God's Prescription for a Healthy Christian

Jude 1:17-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... We are to be praying in the Holy Spirit." Now Bible study and prayer must go together. If you read your Bible, but you don't pray, you'll have light but no heat. If you pray, but don't read your Bible, you'll have heat, and no light. Now light and no heat makes for a cold Christian; heat and no light makes for a confused Christian. But heat and light will produce a committed Christian. We are to pray in the Holy Spirit. He is the key to our prayer. Did you know the Bible teaches two wonderful things about ...

10. Why Every Christian Should Be an Optimist

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... just a single bolt of lightning. Did you know that the lightning flash you see across the horizon is caused by the lightning bolt heating the air molecules in its path to 30,000 degrees Celsius, five times the temperature of the sun's surface? That bolt is only ... light of the sun and the night light of the moon, the Lord is our shade and our shield that protects us from both heat and hurt. God takes care of his own. Paul Harvey tells one of the most remarkably fascinating true stories I have ever heard. It ...

11. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... to a past in which everyone recognized his wisdom and he could anticipate a long and fruitful life enlivened by the life-giving water of God. Additional Notes 29:19 Although the dew in Israel is short-lived and quickly burns off in the heat of the early morning, its presence during the night and pre-dawn hours provides significant moisture to sustain and enliven plants. Longing for Community Influence Job concludes this chapter, and his longing backward glance, with a lament for the loss of influence in his ...

12. We Need Another Miracle

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and regulated by a single ocean, and we are pushing that life support system to its very limits through heating, deoxygenation and acidification.” This all comes from a report which was written by more than 100 international experts and ... ... We’re sure sea levels are rising. Scientists are also sure that greenhouse gases — notably carbon dioxide — are trapping heat on the planet, downpours are getting more intense, and rising temperatures are driving increasingly extreme Western wildfires.[9] But ...

13. Time to Light the Fire

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . And the Holy Spirit is all about change –changing not only our environment, our culture, our church, our traditions, but changing….us! Fire burns away resistance. Light reveals truth. You can’t hide in the midst of fire. You can’t get “cold feet” in the heat of the Spirit. No, we know enough about fire to know what it can do. And we in the Church know enough about the fire of the Holy Spirit to know that once it touches down, everything, including you, will change. Is it no wonder that ...

14. Lord, Send The Wind

Jeremiah 4:5-31

Sermon

James McLemore

... they were not together. Neither one wanted to leave; neither one wanted to stay. Money problems, family problems, and employment problems had heated up an already hot relationship. The man looked up from the Holy Bible open on the table before him and reached his ... saw that God was preparing once again to send the wind upon his people. But this wind was not a cool breeze to drive away the heat; it was a hot blast of God's anger. This wind would not be followed by the rain to wash away the filth and the grime ...

15. Weather Signs

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... that it was only a pretense and not reality. Holy hypocrisy still exists and needs to be unmasked. 3. Where is the Fire? Christians in North America do not often face the open flames of the fire of direct persecution. It is more like a smoldering heat that is not very visible. Still the fire lies below the surface and only the wisps of smoke make it visible. The secularism of the age seems to manifest a broad and easy tolerance. Underneath the surface is a subtle opposition to anyone with strong commitments ...

16. Faithful People in a Fiery Furnace

Daniel 3:1-30

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . Where can you be sure that Jesus will show up? In the next fire. How do I know? Because Isaiah the prophet declared, "When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned." (Isaiah 43:02) Jesus always shows up when his children dare to take some heat for his glory. Here is the fourth and final life-lesson: After the Fiery Furnace, A Disciple is Better. An athlete is better after he or she has been in some high-pressure games. A soldier is better after he has endured combat. A Christian is better after ...

17. You Can Take It to the Bank

2 Peter 3:1-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... bang, but it's going out with one. Now notice carefully how Peter describes this in v.10: "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up." Now that is absolutely one of the most fascinating verses you will read in all of the Bible, and I want to show you why. There are a number of fascinating words in this tremendous prophecy ...

18. Shaped By The Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... hands, dexterity and concentration. And while the piece is marked, the pattern is done by memory, whether it is one of the flat cuts or one of the wedge cuts. The actual cutting is done with a cutting wheel. And because that cutting generates so much heat that the crystal would shatter, the wheel is constantly cooled with water. The water acts as both a lubricant and as part of the cutting process. Each piece, though created to look like each other are in fact, unique. No two Glass Cutters hold the piece ...

19. Shaped By The Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

20. Shaped By the Fire

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

21. Bildad's Second Speech to Job

Job 18:1-21

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... claims. Anger can also sometimes be a response of fear. When someone gets too close to our hidden truths, our response is sometimes to push them away with a burst of anger so that our inner turmoil is not brought out into the open. Perhaps Bildad’s heat here is a way of cloaking the insecurity he is feeling as Job’s critique of the wisdom worldview chips away at the foundational beliefs Bildad and the other friends had depended on for so long. Rather than allow Job’s perceptions to reorder their world ...

22. A Tree Well Watered

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... comes" (v. 6), and we shall perish in the parched salt land of our self-sufficiency. Those who trust in the Lord stand in stark contrast to this picture. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and does not cease to bear fruit (v. 8). This image of the faithful as a well-watered tree does not suggest that trust in God means a privileged life free from trial ...

23. Sharing The Warmth

1 John 4:21

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... us who are lonely and hurting and cold, and we could make a big difference in their lives if we would share the warmth we have inside. If we let our warmth and our love come through, we can chase away the cold and the chill that others feel. Radiators heat up and spread the warmth around the room so everyone can enjoy it. We can be like radiators if we will let the warmth and the love of Jesus come through us so that others can feel it. Be like a radiator this week, sharing the warmth inside you with ...

24. Made New By Getting Lost

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... 1940s, waiting to receive word concerning what the communists were going to do with him, his wife, and two children. They said, "You can only take 200 pounds with you." The family went home and began arguing about what to take. The conversation got heated around typewriters, vases, and toys. Finally they worked it all out and packed 200 pounds on the nose. The army men came for them and asked if they were ready. "Yes, we are," they replied. "Did you weigh everything?" They answered affirmatively. Then the ...

25. Inner Warmth

1 John 4:7-21

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... and it begins to inflate the balloon. Practice to see how long it takes before the balloon begins to show signs of being inflated. Try to use a warm bottle. Lesson: This morning I want to show you what happens when the air in this bottle is heated. Watch the balloon. The heat will cause the air to expand and you will see that expanded air enter the balloon. In a way, this represents the Christian life. We are like the bottle. God's love, which is warm and wonderful, is like the flame. When God's love comes ...

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