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1. Keep Going, Today, Tomorrow and the Next

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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Leonard Sweet

... disillusionment and destruction and wasted lives. No one said of Jesus, "Who is he kidding?" Jesus set his face firmly towards Jerusalem, even though he knew it would kill its prophets. And when warned of Herod's threat, Jesus kept walking straight towards his future with these words: "I must keep going today, and tomorrow, and the next day." Will you keep kidding yourself with brain bluffs? Will you face and outface your reality bites? Jesus wants to show you how to ...

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John R. Bodo

... little and your parents first pointed out to you the man with the white cane and the gentle dog, how did you react? Did you make believe for a few seconds that you were blind, too? Did you try to walk with your eyes closed? Did you keep going long enough to feel that sickening insecurity? I have always wondered whether it is more merciful to be born blind and never really to know the glory of seeing or to have something to remember, even though living in darkness. The question may be unrealistic. If there ...

3. Ignite: Fire Extinguishers

Acts 15:1-21

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James Merritt

... going to find in this chapter are “Fire Extinguishers”. You are going to see why churches fight, why churches die, why people don’t go to church, why people who used to go to church quit going to church and why a lot of people who keep going to church don’t enjoy it. Nothing will kill the heart, the spirit, the mission, the passion, or the effectiveness of the church greater than fire extinguishers. Key Take Away: Make sure your Christian faith is fuel for the fire - not water on the fire. We find ...

4. Stop the PANIC!

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

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Lori Wagner

... the Israelites couldn’t trust that God would keep on doing it. It was that they got so lost in their infighting, their blaming, their fear of the future, their discomfort in feeling out of control of their destination, that they lost their ability to keep going in the direction they chose. They got so caught going “in circles” that they couldn’t bring themselves to trust Moses to lead them through to their destination. What did he know anyway? they thought. He doesn’t know what we’ll find there ...

5. Refusing to Quit

2 Timothy 4:5-8

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James McCormick

... reads: “He played four years on the scrubs – he never quit!” It occurs to me that that is one of the highest tributes that could be paid to anyone – that he didn’t quit. Anyone can continue when he is in the spotlight, encouraged by applause. Anyone can keep going as long as he meets with success after success. But for a person to give of his best when the hours are long, the going is tough, the applause is weak, and the chance of success is small, that is a sign of greatness. I can’t think of ...

6. The Journey

Mark 8:27-36

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Will Willimon

... some disciplines for the journey. I have found, when I am going on any long trip, it is very important on a journey to be sure to eat right, to get enough sleep, and to structure your life so that you have the energy you need to keep going. It is the same way with the journey of discipleship. What are some of the disciplines of the journey? I think of the importance of regular Bible study, the value of beginning each day with some meditation. These habits can be ways of keeping you focused, of developing ...

7. Until He Comes

2 Timothy 4:7-8

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James Merritt

... all agree on everything, but we agree on far more than we disagree on and I exhort us not only to finish well but to finish well together. We are running to Him; He is coming for us. But until He comes, let's keep moving onward. Let's keep going forward. Let's keep looking upward. In 1973 a horse named Secretariat became a legend for all time. Thirty years later the efforts of that horse are still gauged as the benchmark for greatness. You see, not only did Secretariat win the Triple Crown, but he did it ...

8. Jesus' No-Nonsense Guide to Being Rich

Mark 10:17-31

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April Yamasaki

... own end up owning us? That can be a problem for any of us even if we're not especially well off. Maybe you struggle to pay the bills, maybe you're in serious debt, maybe you haven't had a raise in years even though the cost of living keeps going up. Yet on a global scale, you and I still have a lot of possessions, and sometimes our attachment to those things -- or our longing for more -- can get in the way of following Jesus. Our text today presents us with a challenging question: What do we need to let ...

9. When God Speaks You Better Listen

Jonah 1:1-17

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James Merritt

... got out of his squad car and stopped him and said, "Son, you keep riding around this same block over and over, what are you doing?" The little boy said, "I'm running away from home." The officer said, "Running away from home? How can you be running away and keep going around the same block?" The little boy said, "Because my Mommy told me I couldn't cross the street!" In a real sense, we are all like that little boy. You may think you can run from God, but you really cannot. When God speaks and tells you to ...

10. Just When We Think We're Safest, There's a Sunset Touch

Mark 6:30-44

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Maxie Dunnam

... it: today has been one interruption after another. Norman Cousins once described his work as editor of The Saturday Review as “presiding over interruptions.” Do you feel like that - that you spend your life presiding over, trying to manage, trying to keep going in a primary direction, when you’re pulled hither and yon by interruptions? This is one of the most troublesome flies in the ointment of life. These interruptions don’t announce themselves. The seriousness of them is dependent upon the nature ...

11. All God's Children Can Dance

Psalm 30:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... as long as they have access to the one necessary attribute. Joy. You can't dance without joy. You can't move without feeling joy. You can't stay in rhythm without hearing joy. You can't whirl with your partner without holding onto joy. You can't keep going without the endurance of joy. Joy is the music of the soul, a music so overwhelming, so infectious, that our toes start tapping, our fingers get drumming, and our whole mind/body/spirit can't help jumping up to dance. Just as David leapt and danced with ...

12. Your Faith is Your Fuel

Matthew 25:1-13

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Lori Wagner

... us up and keeps us going when things get tough, our vision gets murky, and life gets rough. It keeps us steady. It gives us clarity. It provides us assurance. It allows us to keep seeing ahead through the muck and the mire, so that we can keep going, even when others stop. Without it, we are always driving on half empty. Jesus understood this about the human condition. We see this in his parable of the ten bridesmaids. Jesus knew that many would get excited about their faith initially, would maybe like the ...

13. The Paralysis of Analysis – The Fear of Failure

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

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James Merritt

... in verses 8 and 9, "We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going." (II Corinthians 4:8-9, NLT) Paul fell and Paul failed, but he did not fall to the fear of failure. This is so very important. In America we hate losers and we love winners. We want to succeed at all costs, because failure is considered the unpardonable sin ...

14. What’s Going on at Your House?

Mark 3:31-35

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Charles R. Leary

... up experiencing his dream fulfilled to take his friend back home. When asked back home why he did it, he said, “I promised him. I had to keep my word.” My wife, who is a nurse, asked a ninety-three-year-old lady how she managed to keep going with all her afflictions. She replied, “I just keep my eye on the horizon of God’s promises and keep putting one foot in front of the other.” One way to work through your explosive happenings is to have well-defined, achieveable, goals. But the most important ...

15. Seeing Just Enough of God

Exodus 33:12-23

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Charles L. Aaron

... lives, and in the mission of the church, we aren't promised that everything will go the way we want. We face challenges, surprises, pain, and difficulties. We can face tasks that seem too great for us to accomplish. We may say, along with Moses, that if we have to keep going, we want to know that God is with us. If life is painful, and we can't make deals with God to avoid the pain, we at least want to have the assurance that God is there. This peculiar little story, with God hiding Moses in the rock and ...

16. It’s Humble or the Umbles

Ephesians 6:10-20

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Leonard Sweet

... again. There is a big difference between striving just not to die, and doing all you can to live life full. There are freeways, and factories, and families full of people who are just trying not to die. These people keep going to work, keep going on. But they don’t know why. Weekends and vacations become blurry, frantic “festivals” — parties devoted to trying to celebrate something other than the mere survival of another week, another season, another year. For Christians who feel the (enlightening ...

17. When The Going Gets Tough

Romans 8:18-25

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King Duncan

... 's a pretty good formula: worship, work, and wait. The going gets tough for all of us at times. Yet our lives are easy compared to St. Paul's. He never lost his enthusiasm, though, or his zeal. A great faith allowed him to keep going and to be victorious over the obstacles that confronted him. Patience, persistence, perspective, prayer, perspiration; worship, work and wait; just keep hanging in there. And keep in mind the promise that sustained St. Paul: "I consider that the sufferings of the present time ...

18. A Faith that Does Not Quit

Luke 18:1-8

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King Duncan

... you’re going through right now in your life. I don’t know what dreads or dreams you are currently nurturing. I don’t know what frustrations, failures or fears. But oftentimes God’s simple message to us is simply “Hang in there. Don’t give up. Keep going. You’re going to make it.” Often the secret to successful living is, “Don’t give up.” Jesus told a story once about an unjust judge. This judge, said Jesus, had no fear of God and cared even less about what other people might think of ...

19. One-Fired Up Preacher!

2 Kings 2:1-18

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... of making ready for the future God intended. One night a friend of mine was driving a new widow home from the nursing home where her husband had just died. As they came off a side street onto a major thoroughfare, the widow said, “The traffic just keeps going as though nothing has happened.” It was a natural comment for a widow to make in that setting. Her world had stalled for a minute. Life would be different from now on. Yet, she was facing the fact that the world keeps on going. That is never ...

20. The Ultimate Soul Food

John 6:24-35

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Leonard Sweet

... Seven First Words of the Christian" "I can do all things through Christ" a yeasty spirit thinks "YES." "Energize." Why is it that the Energizer Bunny that keeps going and going is always going somewhere else the night the lights go out and you dig out your flashlight?! Unlike batteries, however, a properly maintained yeast colony can keep going and going and going. Ever make sourdough bread using "sourdough starter"? "Starter" is really a combination of yeast cultures, water and flour. You dip out what you ...

21. Weakness into Strength

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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James McCormick

... . He said, “Son, how far is it to Boston?” The boy replied, “Well, if you keep on going the way you’re headed, it’s about 25,000 miles. But, if you’ll just turn around and go the other way, it’s about 46 miles.” If we keep going the way we’re going, many of us will never arrive at strength. We will never be equal to the difficulties life throws at us. Our imagined strength will always be weakness. Our only hope is to turn around, acknowledge our need, and allow God to turn our weakness ...

22. No Shame

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 (29-31)

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William G. Carter

... 's not a bad idea once in a while. All of us can get stuck in our little enclaves and rarely venture out of our comfortable circles. This was a person who has done great things to advance the gospel. He has his flaws. He has his troubles. But he keeps going. And he is effective. I asked him, "What's your secret? How do you keep doing what you do?" He smiled. He took out a piece of paper from his wallet, unfolded it a few times, and gave it to me. This is what it said: * I am a member ...

23. A Change of Direction

Matthew 21:28-32

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... by which it will remain at rest, or in uniform motion in the same straight line or direction unless acted upon by some external force." Putting it another way, whatever is at standstill tends to remain that way and whatever is in motion in any direction tends to keep going. In our human life it would appear that some principle of inertia is also at work. If, in the ventures of living, we are sitting still, we tend to keep on sitting still, and it usually takes some powerful force to get us up and get us ...

24. Passing and Failing

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

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Charles L. Aaron

... : "the great and terrible wilderness, an arid wasteland with poisonous snakes and scorpions" (8:15). What would this time of deprivation do to the Israelites? Could they keep their faith in the desert? Would they give up and pack it in? Would they keep going and fulfill their destiny? Keeping in mind our conviction that not every bad thing that happens is directly caused by God to test us, we know that life has its share of wilderness experiences. Grief is a wilderness experience. Business problems are a ...

25. Fixing The Fox!

Luke 13:31-35

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John R. Brokhoff

... thing that God gave him to do. And he is not going to stop until he completes his work on the third day. When we face opposition to what we are doing, are we inclined to stop? This is not what a Christian does in face of the enemy. He keeps going on. Do you remember when you were a child and had a wrestling match with a friend? You got into a seemingly impossible clench and your opponent said over and over to you, "Do you give up?" You would not say, "I give up." You kept trying and trying to ...

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