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Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... success will be how willing we are to minister to the least and the lowest in our community. That is the first lesson we as a church learn from this amazing story: Jesus had compassion for the crowd. Here’s the second: it’s never a question of resources. It’s a question of commitment. When Jesus instructed the disciples to feed the crowd of thousands, they only had five loaves of bread and two tiny fish. And yet in the Master’s hands, that was enough. Some of you may know the story of Dorothy Day ...

2. Grace in the Midst of Limited Resources

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... get out of bed? Why were they born into money, while I have to work so hard? God tells us that in this world we have the privilege of knowing the details of exactly one person's story -- our own. I am accountable for the gifts, the resources, and the opportunities that God has uniquely given to me -- and not for what God hasn't given to me. As Paul reminds us, "The gift is acceptable according to what one has -- not according to what one does not have." Finally, being accountable to God means understanding ...

3. What Is a Human Resource?

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Staff

Ed McManus, editor of The Jokesmith newsletter, has put out a booklet of humor about folks in human resources. It's called "What is a Human Resource?" and in it he explains how people get assigned to particular jobs. You leave them in a conference room for four hours. Then, you go back to see what they're doing. If they don't look up when you enter the room, assign them to the Security Department. If ...

4. God’s Resources Are Inexhaustible

Lk 17:1-10

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King Duncan

... with the fear that she would die destitute. Can you imagine such a thing a Rockefeller worried sick about money? Can you imagine a child of God worried sick that he or she will go to God’s well for spiritual resources in a time of need and find that well dry? God’s resources are inexhaustible. Did you know that there are even churches that never venture out to do great works for God because they fear that God may let them down? Unbelievable! Our faith is a gift from God. He gives us faith according ...

5. A Review of Resources

Matthew 6:25-34

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Eric Ritz

... man into the vault, seat him at a table, and place several bags of silver dollars in front of him for him to count. After a while the man would come out and say, "Crops fine; sheep all alive; cattle all back." Why the change? He had simply reviewed his resources and reminded himself of what he had to fall back on. This is what believers must do when the pressure comes. When we feel like complaining and murmuring, let us remember who we are in Him and what He has promised us for times of stress.

6. Pool Our Resources

Humor

Adalai Stevenson once told a story about a young man who approached the father of his beloved to ask approval for their joining in matrimony. The father was skeptical. "I doubt very much," he said, "that you will ever be able to support my daughter. I can barely manage it myself." The young man thought for a moment and replied, "Sir, I believe I have it. You and I could just pool our resources."

7. The following resources were used for John's letters.

1 John 5:13-21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Anderson, Paul N. The Christology of the Fourth Gospel: Its Unity and Disunity in the Light of John 6. Rev. ed. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2009. Barclay, William. The Letters of John and Jude. Daily Study Bible. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1976. Brown, Raymond E. The Community of the Beloved Disciple. New York: Paulist, 1979. ———. The Epistles of John. Anchor Bible. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982. Bruce, F. F. The Epistles of John: Introduction, Exposition, and Notes. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979. Burge, Gary M ...

8. More Than Enough

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... impossible. None of them, alone, could have fed all those people. Jesus agreed with this because he asked for God’s help by giving thanks for the bread and, in doing so, he offered up the bread to God to be used for God’s purposes. Rarely are our resources sufficient, in and of themselves, for the tasks that have been placed before us. Rarely does what we bring to the table fill the need all by itself. We need more. We need God’s help. We understand this when the subject is one of healing. We are all ...

9. Giving Up Control

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... ." That formula works in these stories and our lives. Our instructions for living are found in the Bible. The central theme of the Bible is that by faith we can turn control of our lives over to God. One theme of these two stories in Mark is that given inadequate resources, we sometimes wake up to the need to turn to Jesus, and let God be God. Given a desperate situation we may suddenly realize that our strength is too weak to handle the storm we face and that we need to turn to Jesus and let God be God. It ...

10. We Can't Afford It! Oh, Really?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... What is God calling us to be and to do as God’s people in this time and this place? It’s not a question of resources but a question of faith. Jesus had the people sit down. Then he took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated ... then share it with others? We’re not told. Some scholars think so. All we know is this, when Jesus is around, the problem is not resources, it is faith. It’s commitment. We can always do what he called us to do. St. Paul put it like this in our lesson ...

11. Lessons from the Ordinances

Exodus 21:2-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day you shall give it to me. “You shall be men consecrated to me. That makes it clear doesn’t it? We’re to offer ourselves and our resources - and be persons consecrated to God. If you want it from the N.T., turn to James 2. Listen to verses 15-17. Did you read the story in Reader’s Digest about Momma Hale? She has consecrated herself to the care of babies born to drug-addicted mothers. She ...

12. Proper 20

Psalm 79:1-13, 1 Timothy 2:1-15, Jeremiah 8:4--9:26, Luke 16:1-15

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William E. Keeney

... of the kingdom of God. His disciples are to govern their actions so as to enter and live as though the kingdom is already present. If they so live, then they will be prepared for an eventual appearance of the kingdom in its fullness. Material goods and any resources given are to be held in stewardship for the master and to serve the ends of the kingdom. True wisdom is to know how to use the responsibilities given to us always with the nature of the coming of the kingdom as the guiding principle. 4. The ...

13. Weakness into Strength

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

James McCormick

... ’s good news if we can hear it and take hold of it. The good news is that, no matter how much trouble there is, there is even more grace available to deal with it. No matter how much weakness there is, there is more than enough strength available. Whatever resources we don’t have, God will supply. I believe that! I don’t know what weakness you are experiencing right now. What I do know is that, whatever it is, you and God together are equal to it! I am sure that most of us think of Abraham Lincoln as ...

14. Gratitude and Coping

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Tom Garrison

... are already there, and to begin to act with God's help on the basis of what we have are all within our potential as made in the image of God. The question becomes: How was Jesus able to so cope and find the courage to face problems and see resources and begin to act? I think the secret of it all is found in something to which I have already alluded, and this is the stance of gratitude in which Jesus received all of life. Each one of the gospels tells us that while everyone else was murmuring and wringing ...

15. Forever and Ever

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... with small needs? His care is for everyone no matter how small and unimportant. His providence never runs out. The flour and oil were never depleted. Each day there was an adequate supply. It could go on forever and ever. No one can exhaust God’s infinite resources. It is like the manna God provided for the Israelites when they were in the wilderness. Each day there was a fresh supply. It is significant how God fulfills our needs. The food came out of the very little that the widow had just a handful of ...

16. To Care for the Earth

Leviticus 25:1-7

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... the Lord of the universe. Another is that humanity, made from the dust of the earth, is an integral part of God''s creation. We are completely dependent upon the earth--its soil, water and air. The third is that we are stewards of all the earth''s resources. We are to till the earth, according to the writer of Genesis, and to keep it. The former we have done with diligence. The latter we have regarded with dangerous neglect. INDEED A VERY GOOD CASE CAN BE MADE THAT WE ARE DESTROYING THE VERY LAND, WATER AND ...

17. Read the Directions

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John R. Brokhoff

... to be nailed to the cross so that in the very midst of the thunder and shrieking of divine judgment that was ours he might let us escape it as he died in our place. In our deep crisis of the human condition, we needed resources beyond ourselves. In Greenwood, South Carolina, soon after a physical education teacher sat down to lunch in an elementary school cafeteria, a gunman burst into the cafeteria and opened fire with a .22 caliber revolver on some 100 students and teachers. This particular teacher, Kat ...

18. What's In The Final Exam?

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

George Johnson

... 't be the one who has to tell the sheep from the goats, and you won't either. What is important to remember is that we are accountable. There is a judgment. We will be asked to give an account of how we live our lives, how we use our resources, how we respond to God's will and purpose. In other words, Matthew is telling his readers, his students, there is a final exam in this class. 2. The final exam is simple but not easy. Throughout the gospel, Matthew has been talking about God's righteousness, which may ...

19. What's The Bottom Line?

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

George Johnson

... when we can move back into the sanctuary and listen to our pipe organ once again. There will be room for everyone. But what's the bottom line? If the new building does not help us produce justice and righteousness, the ordering of right relationships and resources, it is all for naught. We have grown in numbers. These past three years our budget has increased. The cash flow is stable and healthy so that we have been able to enlarge our ministry - add staff - give more to benevolence. People are learning to ...

20. Death of the Unchurched For a Recovering Alcoholic

Eulogy

Alan Bacon Bond

... an A.A. group for adolescents. It is out of that context I would like to draw an illustration. Each of you in Bill's family is faced with the singularly most difficult adjustment of your life. The question with which you are now faced is this: On what resource am I going to draw in order that I might survive this ordeal? As a person who helped others with recovery, Bill, even in his death, has left you answers from traditional twelve-step programs: I am sure that today he would want you to remember at least ...

21. You Feed Them!

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... change. 7. You think of a lottery ticket as an investment. 8. You give blood every day . . . just for the orange juice. 9. Sally Struther's sends you food. 10. At communion you go back for seconds. No, we may not feel very rich. But we have more resources than we would like to admit. Tony Campolo is a professor of sociology and a popular speaker. He was once invited to a women's conference where he was to give a major address. These women were being challenged to raise several thousand dollars for a mission ...

22. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... feet” but then – as Ezekiel says – “a Spirit entered in to me and set me on my feet.” We may express this second lesson in this fashion: God does not call us to a ministry or a mission that we can accomplish in our own strength and with our own resources – but only with His divine aid. In that way, we’re kept on our knees, dependent upon Him. Then there is a third lesson and a promise. Listen to it, Ezekiel 3:1-3: “And He said to me, ‘Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll ...

23. What Is That in Your Hand?

Exodus 4:1-17

Sermon

James McCormick

... are too small. In the face of such large problems, what can one person do? Besides, other people can do it far better than I can!” Sound familiar? We sometimes ease our guilt by thinking and talking about what great things we would do if we had greater talent or resources. But that’s not the point, is it? The point is not what you would do if you had this or that. The point is, are you going to be faithful with that which you do have? That’s the point! I remember a poem about it: “It’s not ...

24. Being Open to the Impossible

Mark 6:30-44

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Maxie Dunnam

... you’d be happy to get a “D”, but you’re likely to end up with an “F”. The catalogue is endless. True in so many of life’s situations – and what we have is not enough. II Now a second truth from our scripture lesson. Jesus multiplies our resources when we offer them to Him, believing he can do the impossible. Note the two responses to people’s need in our story. Let’s read verses 35-37: And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the hour is ...

25. Financial Planning

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... ever since.” He closed his talk with a time for questions, and the first hand up was that of a little boy in the front row. “Mister,” he said, “Could you do it now?” (2) Wow! There is the hard question, isn’t it? It’s easy to trust your resources to God when they total $3.54, but it is different when you have millions. Perhaps that is why Jesus so often warned against the danger of wealth. On the basis of disposable income, it ought to be easier to tithe when you make $80,000 a year, than when ...

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