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Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , Borden was given by God a burden for the world's suffering people. Writing home, he said, "I'm going to give my life to prepare for the mission field." When he made that decision, he wrote in the back of his Bible two words: "No reserves." After graduating from Yale, he turned down numerous high-paying jobs and headed to seminary. At that time he entered two more words in his Bible: "No retreats." After completing studies at Princeton Seminary, Borden sailed for China. On the way he stopped in Egypt for ...

2. All You Need To Know About Heaven

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of death, on the Easter side of the cemetery. You are here today because you wanted to hear the people of faith declare, "He is risen!" In addition, I have told you all you need to know about heaven: there is a place for every believer; reservations are required; the route to heaven is clear; and the atmosphere is awesome! Let me close with a true story from a book entitled "Moments for Mothers." The Rogers family was a strong Christian unit. Mr. Rogers took seriously his role as spiritual leader. Often at ...

3. Do I Really Matter To God?

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... St. Paul, “You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.” (I Cor. 6:20) When we respond in faith, so great is God’s love that he not only forgives, saves, and changes us, but he also makes reservations for us in his eternal kingdom. Back in December, my family attended the Autozone-Liberty Bowl. Of course, as a native of the Palmetto State, I like the way the game turned out. Some of my family members were here from South Carolina. Thanks to a mighty good ...

4. The Technicolor Sign

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... hangs above the altar as God’s signature upon his irrevocable covenant. If only we could gather it in, discern the signs as a balm to our souls, and apply our own signature to the matter by surrendering what we so stubbornly hold in reserve. A rich young ruler approached Jesus and inquired as to what he must do to inherit eternal life. Apparently motivated more by curiosity than repentance, he addressed Jesus as "Teacher," not "Lord." Jesus replied to his question by promptly "sweeping it under the couch ...

5. Anyone Feeling Tired?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... a night in which he found it difficult to sleep because of some concerns, his wife added eight words to the sign and put it in the bed while he showered the next morning. When he returned to the bedroom, this was the message he read on that sign: “Reserved for Dr. Ogilvie to sleep trusting the One who never sleeps!” “I got the point!” said Dr. Ogilvie. “I had taken over the Lord’s job description. I was doing God’s work when I should have been sleeping in preparation for a new day. I would ...

6. Great Expectations

1 Peter 1:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... up." If that's your attitude, you're either incredibly arrogant, or incredibly ignorant. Only God's children are allowed in God's house. One thing we are told is this: Once you have become a child of God, you are guaranteed to get in. God honors every reservation made in the name of His Son. I have had the privilege on several occasions to go to Augusta National to see the Masters Tournament. I'm always fascinated by the Masters Badge that you have to have to get in to those sacred grounds. Did you know ...

7. Last Words

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... to prepare for the mission field." When he made this decision, he wrote in the back of his Bible two words: No Reserves. His parents tried to talk him out of it, but to no avail. He graduated from Yale University. Turning down high-paying ... Jesus Christ, "You are forgiven. The past is past. It is gone forever. Today is a new day and you can be a new person. No Reserves. No Retreats. No Regrets. You don't have to live out that old self-defeating script anymore. You are forgiven." Those, then, are the two ...

8. The Last Breath – The Fear of Death

Hebrews 9:27-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... 27, "And as it is appointed for men to die once." (Hebrews 9:27, NKJV) The word "appointed" literally means "to be laid up" or "laid aside". It could be translated, "reserved". When you make a "reservation" at a hotel that means a certain room has been set aside for you to use. Every one of us has a reservation with death. This is one reservation you cannot cancel. People keep this appointment with death every day. 3 people every second 180 every minute 11,000 every hour 260,000 every day 95,000, 000 people ...

9. The Rewards of Waiting

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of praise to our God. Many will see and fear who wait, and put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust. When we make the Lord our trust, our patient waiting is without reservation. But not only do we misunderstand patience by waiting with reservation, we misunderstand it by waiting with resignation, resignation. This is a kind of stoic stance that is void of Christian dynamic; yet, it is the patience that most of us know, a kind of resignation to our fate, whatever will be ...

10. You Shall Be My Witness

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to know. I was half inclined to conceal my faith, to tell no one, and yet it seemed that if I were to take a stand for Christ as my Lord, I had to tell others.” [3] We must overcome our hesitancy to talk about hallowed things. The second reservation that we have about witnessing stems from our feeling that we don’t have anything to share. The comedian Red Skelton tells a story about himself that happened many years ago. “He was a young man at the time and he had a secretary on his staff who had done ...

11. The Spiritual Organ Of Corti

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... of his mind. He kept on asking himself, "Well, what can I do about it? I'm only one person." Gradually his ears were opened and one day he decided to speak. In fear and trepidation, my friend boldly drove his car north to one of the nearby reservations to visit with a local chief. And that was just the beginning of a 25-year ministry to Native American Indians in the area of the country in which he lives. My friend has been very instrumental and active in the planning and implementation of WIRC (Wisconsin ...

12. What Fragrance Are You Leaving?

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... holds nothing back. Each gives, not out of a cold calculating sense of duty, but out of the extravagance of love--the same kind of love which Christ poured out on Calvary. Some people never understand that complete, unrestrained giving of oneself--with no reservations, no limits, no strings. Obviously Judas did not. Maybe here was the heart of Judas' sin--Judas was incapable of unqualified love. When his heart moved him toward saying, "Yes!" his head said, "Maybe we shouldn't rush into this." So, when Jesus ...

13. First Things First

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... heart wasn’t in it. He kept dreaming of helping other Native American people build their own homes. Finally, Robert Young sold his business and opened the Red Feather Development Group, an organization that designs and builds low-cost housing on Native American reservations.(5) Robert Young did this out of compassion for these desperately poor people, but do you understand that he also did it for himself? He could not go back to the old life of boredom and meaninglessness. Now he has a purpose, something ...

14. If We Had Known It Was You

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

James McCormick

... -by? Then we see their chagrin when they discover that the offended party is the school principal, or a policeman, or a parent. The morality is clear, is it not? Knocking hats off people with snowballs is okay, unless it is somebody important. The people for whom we reserve our best behavior are often those who have power or authority over us, or they are those who can do something for us, or they are those we admire or respect, or they are people we like. We are careful how we treat such people. We can be ...

15. Heaven: The Home of a Godly Family

John 14:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... wants to go to a place that's perfect? That would be just plain boring."3 (At this point, I don't believe Ted Turner is in any danger of being bored after he dies.) There are three things that I want to say unashamedly without equivocation, hesitation, or reservation: (1) I believe in heaven; (2) I want to go to heaven; (3) I am going to heaven because of the Lord Jesus Christ. I hope you can say, after this message is over, these same three things. God's home is called heaven 550 times. There are several ...

16. The Surety of Security

Jude 1:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... ." Here it is translated "preserved." It literally means "carefully watched" or "strongly guarded." It is the same word used in 1 Pet. 1:4 where we are told that we have "an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you." When Jesus makes a reservation in heaven for you, no one can cancel it! When you get on the Good Ship Grace you may fall on the ship, but you won't fall off the ship. If you stumble over the rock of temptation, Jesus will lift you up ...

17. No Excuses

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

James Merritt

... he spent three years at Princeton Seminary. While he was in college he anonymously gave away over $70,000 to the cause of missions. As he graduated from the seminary and prepared to go to the mission field, he wrote two words in the back of his Bible—No Reserves. He had made up his mind to live by faith, trust God for his power, and that there would be nothing held back in his Christian life. After he graduated he was offered many outstanding jobs. He turned all of them down and wrote two more words in ...

18. Face the Music

Hebrews 9:27-28

Sermon

James Merritt

... as it is appointed for men to die once…" (v.27a) The word "appointed" in the Greek language literally means "to be laid up" or "to be laid aside." It could be translated "reserved." When you make a "reservation" at a hotel, that means a certain room is set aside for you to use. Well, every person has a reservation with death. People keep their appointment everyday; three people every second; 180 every minute; 11,000 every hour; 260,000 every day; 95 million people a year keep their appointment with death ...

19. The Darkness We Create

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... for him. After both men had died, Moses asked God about them. God told him the bum was sitting next to God in heaven, while the Jew was in hell. Moses felt God had lied to him. God explained that the respective places had been reserved for each of the men. But the Jew had grown complacent and slid into hell, while the bum had repented and grown close to God. God’s punch line to Moses: “Just because you spend a lot of time with me, doesn’t mean you know me at all.” (Parables: ...

20. RSVP—By Invitation Only

Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... you up I will. If you will ask me to allow you to feast at my table, you can sit and eat. Remember, the table is reserved in your name, and all you have to do is accept the gift that I offer to you. Astonished, I fell at his feet and said, " ... forget. He said, "Son, do you see these empty tables?" I said, "Yes, Lord, I see them. What do they mean?" He said, "These are reserved tables, but the individuals whose names are on these place-cards have not accepted their invitation yet. Would you be so kind as to ...

21. The Gift of Comfort

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... were the one who gave the Doll House. That's what we're call to be like. We're call to Share This Gift of Comfort you and I have been given through Christ with anyone and everyone we can. And we're called to do it like Rick, without reservation. Conclusion Mary's parents came down over Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday and to be at our grandson Nathan's baptism last Sunday. Last Monday, it fell to me to take Mom and Dad Kimmons to the airport. So, Mary and I swapped vehicles. I drove here car and she ...

22. Up Close & Personal: Drawing Near

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

James Merritt

... ways that I guarantee you, if you practice them, you will hear God speak to you as you have never heard Him before. You will see God guide you as He has never guided you before and you will be closer to God than you have ever been before. I. Reserve A Time And Place If you really want to connect with someone and communicate with someone, environment is a key. An environment is affected by two things: time and place. For example, if I want to have a romantic meal with my wife, I don’t take her to the ...

23. A Happy Ending

Joshua 5:9-12

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... . Copyright 1927 by E. P. Dutton, p. 102, renewed copyright 1955 by A. A. Milne. Used by permission of Dutton Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc. All rights reserved. 2. Reginald Mallet, Sermons by the Lake (Franklin, Tennessee: Providence House Publishers, 2001), p. 26. 3. J. Wallace Hamilton, What About Tomorrow? (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1972), p. 42. 4. Barbara K. Lundblad, Transforming the Stone: Preaching ...

24. About Face!

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... work. He worried all the time if his adopted grandmother was safe and warm and had all she needed. That summer, Robert, Anita and a handful of friends traveled back to South Dakota to build a house for Katherine. As news of their project spread on the reservation, Katherine’s family and friends showed up to help, and they had a big celebration when the home was complete. Now Robert could relax and get back to his ambitious and successful life, right? You know better than that. God had put a new vision in ...

25. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

Sermon

Russell Conwell

... its foaming crest, never to rise in this life again. When that old guide had told me that very sad story, he stopped the camel I was riding and went back to fix the baggage on one of the other camels, and I remember thinking to myself, "Why did he reserve that for his particular friends?" There seemed to be no beginning, middle or end -- nothing to it. That was the first story I ever heard told or read in which the hero was killed in the first chapter. I had but one chapter of that story and the hero was ...

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