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Antonyms: loss, disadvantage, debt, lack, need, payment, resource, want

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2 Samuel 1:1-16

Sermon

Charles Curley

... to us, the ones we take most for granted. This is why David's song is a song of hope, as well as a song of loss. It is a song of hope because the love in David's heart was poured out on both Jonathan, who loved him in return, and on ... how they transcend all the petty annoyances, disagreements, jealousies of everyday life. That's a reminder we need to hear. Thank God for David, whose song of loss is a song of hope as well. It is a song of hope for all of us who love and need one another, even though we ...

2. The Loss of the Harvest

Jeremiah 8:20

Sermon

James Merritt

... repeating over and over, "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." Dwight L. Moody said that man died about sundown with gritted teeth and clinched fist, saying as he went out into eternity, "The harvest is past." II. The Reason for the Loss Why is the harvest past? Because "the summer is ended." The time to harvest wheat was primarily May and June. After that, the burning sun would dry out the wheat and cook the life out of it. So when the summer was ended the harvest was past. The ...

3. The Loss of Memory

John 17:1-26

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... surrounding swamp. It is a lethal disease of insomnia that attacks the whole town. The initial effect is the inability of people to sleep, although the villagers do not feel any bodily fatigue at all. A more critical effect than that slowly manifests itself: loss of memory. Gradually the victims realize they can no longer remember or recall the past. Soon they find that they cannot remember the name or the meaning of the simplest things used everyday. You've heard of the fellow who said two things happen ...

4. Cut Your Losses!

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... share a narrow cot. Their daughter sleeps on the floor. Their rent is $1.60 a month. (1) Shridhar was offered $100,000 to cut his fingernails and he turned it down while his family lives in poverty? Get real! Somebody should tell Shridhar that he needs to cut his losses, so to speak. I thought about Shridhar when I read our text for the day: Jesus said, "If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off . . . And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off . . . and if you eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it ...

5. His Loss, Our Gain

2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... Worship Empty the till, follow the will of the Son who was poor. Adore evermore. For our sake he has taken the cross and forsaken the wealth of the king. Bring with eagerness more than the meager, bless and confess, address the pain of the world with our loss and their gain! Remain. Abstain. Obtain the grace freely given. Live and adore evermore. Amen. Collect Great God, we give you back your own, the time you have woven for us in our passing, our coming and going. This time which was your time is our time ...

6. A Historical Loss

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Source Unknown

... , of course. But could Cumberland players be convinced to finish the game? The manager, George Allen, paced the sidelines, exhorting the team to "hang in there for Cumberland's $500." They did, and with it collected the honor of the worst loss in college football history: 222-0. Cumberland also left posterity one of its most memorable football plays. A Cumberland kickoff returner fumbled, probably from sheer weariness. He yelled to a teammate, "Pick up the ball!" Replied his teammate, "Pick it up yourself ...

7. A Total Loss

Humor Illustration

... try something different, and instead of shooting the coyote, he tied a stick of dynamite to its neck and lit the fuse, opening the cage door at the same time. The coyote unobligingly ran under the Insured's pickup truck. The claim is for the truck which is a total loss." (from Brian Herbert, Incredible Insurance Claims, Los Angeles: Price, Stern, Sloan Publishers, 1982).

8. Loss of Hope is Deadly

Illustration

Michael P. Green

In his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl, successor of Sigmund Freud at Vienna, argued that the “loss of hope and courage can have a deadly effect on man.” As a result of his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, Frankl contended that when a man no longer possesses a motive for living, no future to look toward, he curls up in a corner and dies. “Any attempt to restore a man’s inner strength in camp,” he wrote, “had first to succeed in showing him some future goal.”

9. Profit and Loss

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Editor James S. Hewett

I counted all my dollars while God counted crosses; counted gains while he counted losses, I counted my worth by the things gained in store, But He sized me up by the scars that I bore. I coveted honors and sought for degrees; He wept as He counted the hours on my knees. I never knew till one day by a grave How vain are the things that we spend life to save? I did not know till a friend went above That richest is he who is rich in God's love.

10. Profits And Losses

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

Joan trembled as she put on her lipstick. She never dreamed she would be caught in this predicament. Forty years old, active in her church, with a fifteen year old daughter and a loving husband and she was considering having an affair ” with her boss, Jim. "Jim's such an attractive man," she thought to herself as she checked her lipstick in the mirror. "He's everything Bob is not. He takes care of himself, wears great clothes, and he's fun. And he's a visionary. The company's broken every record since he ...

11. Matthew’s Loss and Gain

Matthew 9:9-13

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Brett Blair

When Matthew made the decision to follow Christ he lost a great deal but William Barclay recognizes what he gained. He says: He lost a comfortable job, but he found a destiny. He lost a good income, but he found honor. He lost a comfortable security, but he found an adventure the like of which he had never dreamed. It may be that if we accept the challenge of Christ, we shall find ourselves poorer in material things. It may be that the worldly ambitions will have to go. But beyond doubt we will find a ...

12. Hasty Transactions and Painful Losses

Luke 14:25-33

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A calculator Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you know how to add? Subtract? Multiply? Divide? It is wonderful to learn new things, isn't? For simple numbers, some of us may have started out using our fingers. 1-2-3-4, etc. After we reach 10 though we would be in trouble, wouldn't we? Of course we could take off our shoes and socks and count on our toes. Later we learn to add figures on paper and to know without using our fingers that 2 + 2 = 4. When we get to big numbers, though, it is ...

Our whole Roman world had gone dead in its heart because it feared tragedy, took flight from suffering, and abhorred failure. In fear of tragedy we worshiped power. In fear of suffering, we worshiped security. During the rising splendor of our thousand years, we had grown cruel, practical, and sterile. We did win the whole world, but in the process, we lost our souls.

St. Ambrose

14. Loss of the Beloved Child

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Editor James S. Hewett

Excerpt from an interview with the late Joe Bayly of David C. Cook Publishing Company and his wife, Mary Lou. The Baylys lost three children. Joe: We are stewards of the children God gives us, and at any time God can interrupt that stewardship. Mary Lou: Although this isn't something you can say to somebody else who has just lost a child or is in the process of losing a child, it's still true that if Jesus Christ is the Creator and has planned in intricate detail each of His creations—especially His own ...

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.

Beryl Pfizer

16. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... precious” ring. The picture is extreme and communicates Job’s sarcastic rejection of the charges leveled against him. Not only does Job refuse to trust in gold, but he also denies having rejoiced over his former riches. His disavowal here is consistent with his response to the loss of his family and possessions at the end of chapter 1: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised” (1:21). These are not ...

17. Those Who Mourn

Sermon

John A. Terry

... that his feet were doomed. The pain diminished as they froze. How deadly, how horrible to be unable to feel the pain of our loss and the losses of others. And how pathetic not to be able to grieve the things we have done wrong to others. Socrates described a man's ... voice loud." Experiencing our pain and that of those around us is the route to this blessing. These words of Jesus are about loss that has happened to us personally. We are also to mourn what we have done which we should not have done, and we ...

18. Those Who Mourn

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John A. Terry

19. Paradoxes Of The Christian Faith

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... even here the experience of Jesus is significant. For he has taken the cross and turned it into a crown, taken our defeats and despair and turned them into victory and joy. Our Lord specializes in turning our pain into purpose, our doubt into decisions, and our losses into dividends. I don't know about you today, but I know a man who always pays good faith dividends; a man whose markets are bull instead of bear, who has more gold, more CD's - Christian determination - more power and joy than all the Federal ...

20. Proper 19

Psalm 14:1-7, 1 Timothy 1:12-20, Jeremiah 4:5-31, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... toward him may have contributed to his rebellion. In any event he could have chosen other ways to act and primary responsibility for his lost condition rests on him. 4. Finding the Lost. Each of the parables has a similarity in the way in which the loss was recovered. In the parable of the lost sheep the shepherd was diligent in his search for the sheep. He sought the sheep in the wilderness until he found the sheep. Once found he restored it to its proper place. Having recovered the sheep, the shepherd ...

21. Walking the Valley of the Lost

2 Samuel 1:17-27

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... . To lose a friend is to lose a part of oneself. It is to walk the valley of the lost. We know. We have been there. Our arrival in that valley may have been caused by the death of a friend, but personal grief also comes at the loss of a job, or the loss of a limb through illness or accident. It comes when we move from a community, or have a goal unfulfilled. Grief is the experience of shuffling through life as though no sunlight ever enters the valley, and no road markers point the way out. Grief is the ...

22. With Friends Like These ...

Job 38:1-7 (34-41)

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... go out and participate in activities with others, or to join you for an evening of games. Trying to provide assurance that the pain will lessen or finally go away does not give hope in the present. It will more likely work to disavow the person's loss, and discount his or her pain. There may be times when we think to ourselves, "Well, they got exactly what they deserved" or "He brought all these troubles upon himself." Don't go there. "Retribution and reward," or the idea that you get what you deserve, is ...

23. The Underlying Mercy

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... today. Some who saw the interview on television with the newly widowed and now childless Rogers, where he said those things about his trust in God and shook their heads, thinking, "How can he say that now? I don't think I could. I doubt I could undergo such a loss and emerge with my faith intact." I admit that I felt that way the first time I read the story behind the writing of "It Is Well With My Soul." In fact, I considered whether the man might have been in denial. My suspicion of that deepened when I ...

24. Running over the Cat

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... be retirement. For some people, their work gives their life meaning. Then to be put up on a shelf, as it were, can be devastating. There are many occasions in life that call for grieving. What we need to remember is that when we are hurting from a deep loss, we need to be able to express it. We need never apologize for our feelings or the expression of those feelings. Even Jesus wept when his friend Lazarus died, even though he knew that Lazarus was going to be raised from the dead. Jesus knew the hurt that ...

25. Step Three - Faith

Mt 8:5-13 · Heb 11:1-7 · Is 55:6-9

Sermon

John A. Terry

... . Earlier this year a group from the church gathered to discuss losses we have experienced. There were a variety of losses we shared with one another, losses by death, loss of health, loss of employment, losses that come through moving. We found there were common threads in how those various losses were experienced and a common thread in how that loss was managed or was not managed. People's inability to face loss had to do with keeping the loss to themselves, and trying to cope using their own strength ...

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Antonyms: loss, disadvantage, debt, lack, need, payment, resource, want

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1. Song Of Loss Song Of Hope

2 Samuel 1:1-16

Sermon

Charles Curley

2. The Loss of the Harvest

Jeremiah 8:20

Sermon

James Merritt

3. The Loss of Memory

John 17:1-26

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

4. Cut Your Losses!

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

5. His Loss, Our Gain

2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

6. A Historical Loss

Illustration

Source Unknown

7. A Total Loss

Humor Illustration

8. Loss of Hope is Deadly

Illustration

Michael P. Green

9. Profit and Loss

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

10. Profits And Losses

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

11. Matthew’s Loss and Gain

Matthew 9:9-13

Illustration

Brett Blair

12. Hasty Transactions and Painful Losses

Luke 14:25-33

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

St. Ambrose

14. Loss of the Beloved Child

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.

Beryl Pfizer

16. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

17. Those Who Mourn

Sermon

John A. Terry

18. Those Who Mourn

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John A. Terry