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Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... their faces, the gratitude in their hearts, and we feel good, knowing we’ve done a good thing, have made someone else smile. But Jesus is also telling us, this goes for prayer too. And we don’t often think of prayer this way, do we? How can prayer be secret? We most often think of prayer as something WE ask God to do! Think of the way most of us pray. It’s a shopping list of things we want. Now sometimes, our prayers are for others too. We call that intercessory prayer. But most of the time, we are ...

2. Knowing the Secret

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Thomas Long

... . The authorities mistake him for a troublemaker; the people confuse him with the prophet Elijah among others; even his disciples are blind to the full truth of who he is. Ironically, in the middle of the story only the demons he has come to destroy recognize the secret that Jesus is the Son of God. The thing is, he doesn’t look like the Son of God. Like the genius Einstein dragging the heavy suitcases of a wealthy woman up the steps of a hotel, Jesus does not look like who he really is. That’s part ...

3. The Secret Of Effective Living

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

Robert Allen

... infallibility, but it is restful to be sure of one man’s integrity.” Moral integrity is needed by those who would discover the secret of effective living. We can never make this discovery as long as we allow ourselves to be blown to and fro by the ... $50 to clear his conscience and to make things right. I have no idea who that man is, but I believe that he discovered the secret of effective living. It is a wise person who knows that moral integrity is essential if we are going to live with any kind of ...

4. The Secret of Living Is Giving

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... he say? But despite the tumult that welled up inside her heart, Mary's response to the angel Gabriel's message is straightforward: "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word" (Luke 1:38). In these words, Mary discovered the "secret" of living. It is giving! Mary offered up herself, all of her, to God's mysterious will and way. I can think of no better way to observe this fourth Sunday of Advent than to celebrate those in our communities who, like Mary, have discovered the ...

5. The Secret Man

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again” (8:31). This is what the disciples needed to know. This is what we need to know. After this, there is no reason for the Messianic Secret, because Jesus will be turning his eyes toward Jerusalem. Before the world all will see that he will undergo great suffering, rejection, torment, and death. All will see that he will rise from the dead.” And not only Jesus. Make no mistake. Jesus told not only ...

6. The Secret: Christ In You

Colossians 1:24--2:5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... which up till now has been hidden in every age and every generation, but which is now as clear as daylight to those who love God. They are those to whom God has planned to give a vision of the full wonder and splendor of his secret plan for the sons of men. And the secret is simply this: Christ in you! Yes, Christ in you bringing with him the hope of all the glorious things to come. "So, naturally, we proclaim Christ! We warn everyone we meet, and we teach everyone we can, all that we know about him, so ...

7. Secret Revealed

Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... appear. He is among us and the heavens shout their approval. Praises be to God the Father for his Son, Jesus the Christ! For those of us living it is a preeminent privilege to know the event happened once and for all. The "only wise God" reveals his secret at precisely the right moment he has chosen. It is not one of generalities but one of the decidedly particular. All wisdom that matters resides in him and is dispensed as he deems fit. What greater security can there be? We have hope in someone far bigger ...

8. God Can’t Keep a Good Secret!

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... land; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and I have done it, says the Lord." Some people simply cannot keep a secret! The moment you swear them to secrecy, they must tell it or burst! If they manage not to tell it outright, then they are compelled ... of self-examination, of beginning the Via Dolorosa pilgrimmage - but here we are, just two-thirds of the way there - and God can contain his secret no longer. We may be sinful, we may be lost, we may be a bunch of dead, dry bones, but he is going to ...

9. Secret Sauce

John 13:31-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ingredients into a unique and beautiful harmony. Great ones endure. Superb ones last. Integrity means that no matter how many times you try it, it tastes as good as the very first time. It’s no mistake that the Coca Cola company keeps it’s secret recipe locked away in a sealed vault for all eternity. The inventors of the soft drink discovered a mixture that doesn’t endure just for the ecstatic experience of one single sitting but remains consistently tasty day after day, year after year. The success ...

10. Secret Swerve

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... they would need to perform a very careful dance. After singing and dancing praises to God, Mary left Elisabeth, who carried her own child –John who would be called the Baptist and the messenger of the Messiah—and she returned to Nazareth to let Joseph in on the “secret.” At first it didn’t go well. Joseph was not up for the dance. But he was also not up for the scandal. Although he was a pious man, he felt skeptical about Mary’s encounter with the Holy Spirit. Wouldn’t you? But he was also a ...

11. Three Secrets of A Life Well Lived

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Brett Blair

... victory is not achievable, that the fight is in vain, or the race is over. Far from it! So what are we to do? Here is the secret. Here is how you handle those times when you have been abandoned. Listen to the words of Paul once again and then I want to break it ... , at sea, and around all men both Jew and Gentile. Now, why does Paul look back on such a life as a success? Here is his secret. He succeeded because he kept the faith. It is easy to lose your faith in the bad times, but it is just as easy to lose ...

12. A Secret Is Finally Revealed

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... born. We were not going to make it. But God adopted us, paid for us with God’s only child, and gave us all there is to have. Like the strangers to each other in section 108 in the Greensboro Coliseum years ago, we know a secret not everyone knows. Someone has tapped us on the shoulder and whispered, “God has adopted the world. We are God’s children. Through the death and resurrection of Christ, we have been bought. Those strangers around us are our brothers and sisters.” We participate equally in ...

13. The Secret Ingredient Of Success

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... are saying is that they gave maximum effort in the area of their lives where they have natural ability. That's it. That's the secret of success ” find what we're naturally good at and give it our best. A person who can't carry a tune will never sing ... could wish, but I thought, with pains, that I could arrive at writing as well as my natural defects allowed." Somerset Maugham discovered the secret of genius. The point is that life does not ask us to become what we are not. The fig tree was only required to ...

14. The Secret of Survival

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... God is not that big, then, he is not the God of the Israelites - nor the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joshua. Either your God is Lord of all, or he is not Lord at all. The second insight that our text gives to us concerning the secret of Israel's survival is that they not only believed in an almighty God who could do the impossible; they also constantly remembered and celebrated God's mighty acts in history. The people of Israel never forgot the impossible things that God had done for them. When it ...

15. The Secret to Happiness

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... about happiness to follow. To some people, happiness means having the perfect family life, or an enviable career, or a big bank account, or a list of accomplishments, or the respect of others. And the list could go on. But here’s my question: has anyone found the secret to happiness in this life? Has anyone cracked the code? Let’s be honest—most of us are exhausted by the hunt. We do a good job of hiding it. We would rather confess to almost any sin or failing than this one: we are deeply unhappy and ...

16. The Secret Of Champions

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Christianity occurred because someone had the courage to refuse to face facts. (3) We face faith. We look to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. We draw our strength from him and then we set our face to finishing the race. That is the ultimate secret of champions. We know where we are going and we know that we will be triumphant because we know he is with us. One of the world ™s most famous runners through life is Donald Trump, also one of the world ™s wealthiest persons. He said recently ...

17. Elephants in the Room: Abuse – I Have a Secret

Matthew 11:28

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... been happening to me in my marriage for the last 15 years—my husband beats me. I have been so afraid to tell anyone because of what he would do to me, but I just cannot take it anymore.” She was rare. Most battered spouses keep it a secret. #3: Occasionally, his parents would bring him to Sunday School. He was very quiet. Kept to himself. To get him to participate teachers would often ask him easy questions. But he always had the same answer, “I don’t know.” One day one of his teachers took him ...

18. The Secret Of Happy Marriages

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... today will, on average, have forty-eight years of married life, that's asking a lot. The fact that our divorce rate is so high testifies that many people are disappointed in marriage. Some things are better about marriage today. Some things are more challenging. THE SECRET OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE IS THE SAME TODAY AS IT WAS IN PAUL'S DAY: A GENUINE COMMITMENT TO LOVE AND RESPECT ONE ANOTHER UNTIL DEATH US DO PART. A commitment to love and respect....A reporter asked the French diplomat Robert Schuman why he had ...

19. The Not-So-Secret Service

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... is 5' 11". For female spies, the upper limit is 5' 8". All the actors who have played James Bond in the movies have been 6' or taller. By MI5's current standards, none of them would have been qualified to serve as real domestic spies. A secret agent can't exactly keep his secret status if he stands out too much. (1) Who would have thought? James Bond was too tall, as well as too flamboyant to be a real spy. I doubt that Jesus chose his disciples on the basis of their height, do you? As he sent them out ...

20. Secrets Shared for the Journey of Life

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... is our Identity and Goal for Life''s Sacred Journey. Chapter Four - That Jesus Christ Supplies Every Good Thought and Need for us to Live the Christian Life. I believe that in Philippians 4:10-13 all four of these "secrets" shared for the journey of life are operative. It was because of these four secrets or insights being operative in Paul''s life that prison bars did not imprison him or his mission in life but in reality became a launching pad for future activity. I want to share three insights on how we ...

21. The World's Best Kept Secret

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... an inordinate amount of space and time to the former vices of our people. There is, indeed, this rather curious notion that wickedness is interesting while goodness is dull. It's almost like being good and the excitement of goodness is the world's best kept secret. Jesus Christ showed the world that the most fascinating pursuit in the world is that of being good. The finest adventure upon which a person can enter is the quest for goodness and for God. Whatever one might or might not believe about Jesus, one ...

22. The Secret Story of Gabriel

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

... because it was so badly faded and worn. In addition, some ancient homemaker had used part of it to make out a shopping list. But now, at long last, the Bethlehem manuscript is available in English. I am pleased to share with you the unofficial story - the secret story of Gabriel. It seems that God had a problem. He had given His law and sent His prophets; but it wasn’t enough. People were still lost in darkness and despair. Violence and corruption filled the earth while justice and mercy were on the run ...

23. Report of a Secret Meeting

John 3:1-21

Sermon

George Bass

Nicodemus should have stayed home and gone to bed early that night long ago, but instead he secretly made his way to where Jesus was staying in Jerusalem and became a part of whatever was happening there. Something prompted him to address Jesus as "Teacher" a divinely appointed teacher who worked miracles in the name of God. Only one sent by God could do the things that Jesus ...

24. The Secret Of Winning

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

What is the secret of winning in life? It is to be willing to do Whatever Is Necessary. Win -- whatever is necessary. General George Patton was a 29-year-old colonel commanding tanks in World War I. The principle assignment of these tanks was to protect against machine gun fire and artillery while crossing ...

25. The Secrets Of His Success

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... It was not you who sent me here, but God." What more needs to be said? Here was an extraordinary man who made an enormous success of his life against all odds - from slave to second in command in the greatest empire of its time. What was his secret? It was not his intelligence or his talent or any special skills. It was his character, his commitment, his confidence in God. There are few stories in all of literature more important for our lives than this one. Why? Because following his example, we can live ...

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