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1. Seize the Now

Philippians 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... that he might postpone his dinner tour until after he completed his cancer treatment. But Rayner, having recently lost a friend to a similar cancer, encouraged him to visit these restaurants as soon as possible. As he wrote, “Carpe diem and all that”—which means, “Seize the day.” Hugh wrote back, “OK, carpe diem it is.” He and Anna only got to visit three restaurants in those last couple of months. He passed away in July of that year. But his desire for the simple pleasure of a good meal ...

2. Preparing For An Unknowable Future

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... say to you? Get up close to the glass." As the class leans toward the glass, Williams, in a raspy voice, says, "Carpe diem...carpe diem." Seize the day! Are you making the most of the days God has given you? Someone has noted that the average American disposes of about 40. ... growing over a lifetime. All of us, of every age, let's make maximum use of the time God gives us. Carpe diem. Seize the day. Of course, there are two investments of time that pay the highest dividends. The first is the time we invest in ...

3. The Love of the Harvest

John 4:34-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... that opportunity to give them that living water and to satisfy their thirst for all eternity. Now the only way you will ever get excited about the harvest is if two things happen: 1) You've got to see the possibility of the harvest; and 2) You've got to seize the opportunity of the harvest. With those two thoughts in mind, I'm going to give you three things that ought to fire your heart up hotter than the sun to be a part of the harvest. It includes food, fields, and fruit. I. The Food That Should Activate ...

4. Grabbing the Bull by the Horns

Luke 9:11b-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... be his finest hour.” (6) When is our finest hour? Any moment in which we are sharing God’s love through words or actions. But there is a third principle Jesus is teaching us in the feeding of the 5,000. It is that if you’re ready to seize a God moment and ready to meet a need, then God will provide everything you need to be an effective witness for Him. God will provide--that’s the key. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu often paraphrases the words of St. Augustine on the mission and work of the ...

5. Troubled By A Talking Whirlwind

Job 38:1-7 · Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... in love." So he walked over to Bart's bed, looked down at his son, reached and tousled his hair. "Good night, Son," he whispered. "Good night, Dad," Bart responded. Ed turned, walked to the door, and started to shut it. Then he had to say it, he had to seize the glory, he had to wave. It came out as a husky whisper, "I love you, Bart." He started to pull the door closed, but Bart answered quickly, "I love you too, Dad." He closed the door, but Bart wasn't finished. His words came through the door, under it ...

6. Main Features And Coming Attractions

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... Church," I said. "What I had in mind was 'Three Booths Lutheran Church.'" For how often does the church seek not to seize the moment, but freeze the moment? Typically it is some moment of glory in the congregation's life, some fond memory of ... couldn't have built a better booth himself!" We know a moment of glory when we see one, and when we see one, we want to seize one; and when we seize it we want to freeze it. It's a real no-brainer to figure out the effect that particular booth had on the youth who were ...

7. King By Force

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... me? If so, come join me in my kingdom work. Let's feed the world together." Jesus is king and desires the world to be fed with his spirit and truth. It is the selfish world which resists his kingship. Jesus is already king. He doesn't need to be seized and made king by force. And that is exactly what our sin is. We have told Jesus that we want him to rule and solve the problems of the world our way, not his way. We desire our brand of peace, not his way of peace.

8. The Significance Of An Insignificant Man

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Erskine White

... an important lesson in his story for the living of our own lives. It's true, isn't it, that the burdens we carry in life are often thrust upon us involuntarily. Like Simon of Cyrene, we are passing by through the days of our lives when suddenly, we are seized against our will and given a cross to bear. It happens so often that it's hard to know where to begin listing the examples of the "Simon situations" in life. A young child or a young adult is suddenly struck by a fatal, incurable disease. Now, at a too ...

9. The Present

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... OF COURSE, WHAT IS TRUE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE WE LOVE IS ALSO TRUE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. Time is precious. It gets away quickly. Today is the appointed hour. If we are going to say yes to Christ, it needs to be this moment. We must seize the day. Eternity awaits. There is no time like the present. An unknown author helps us put it all into perspective. He or she writes: To realize the value of “one month", ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of “one ...

10. The Model of Success

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... surprise. He said that before the word got out about what had happened, the steward goes to the clients of his master, those who owe him some money, and he offers to reduce their indebtedness by up to fifty percent. These creditors are thrilled. They seize this opportunity to pay off their debts to the master with a discount. The clients, those who are indebted to the master, think that it is the master who has initiated this generosity. So they rush to his house, surround his house, sing his praises, thank ...

11. Who Is This Man?

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... man. But there he is. He is apparently naked, except for a sheet that is wrapped around his body. Do you see him over there? This is the way that Mark describes him. And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body; and they seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked. Anybody know this man? Well he is there in the picture. People have been asking for two thousand years, who is this man? Does anybody know who this man is? Let's look at the text more carefully. Maybe ...

12. What Would Jesus Say About the Media?

Mark 9:1-9

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to show me a better way. If you want to be a part of expanding our presence in the media, give me your name after this service of worship. We have a task group working on that very issue. What would Jesus say about the media? He would say, “Seize the day, carpe diem, use the moment, seek the lost with it.” What would he say? I think he would say, “Redeem it in every way.” Redeem the Medium We simply cannot allow the Internet to threaten the safety of our children by exposing them to predators and ...

13. The Power of a Single Life

2 Corinthians 6:3-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... our hearts. Open-hearted people do not live on the defensive. They have no need to hold back, be on guard, act cautiously. They are free to live and to love, to rejoice and to care, to forgive and renew, to believe and move on. Open-hearted people seize the day. They possess the power to see it through. Edison didn’t give up on the light bulb even though his helpers seriously doubted the thing would ever work. Luther refused to back down when the Church doubled her fist and clenched her teeth in efforts ...

14. L4G Live For God

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... The phrase was made popular by singer Drake, who used "YOLO" in his song "The Motto.” But it is now used in a couple of ways. For some it is the new version of “Carpe Diem,” which is Latin for “Seize Today” or “Seize the Moment.” We someone reaches out to seize the moment, they say or text or tweet “YOLO.” For others it is an invitation to take risks, or to do something that you normally wouldn’t do. For example, someone tweeted this: “Couldn’t find deodorant so used Febreze. #YOLO ...

15. Are You Suffering from FOMO?

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... resuscitation, or CPR. Instead, it would be almost ten years later before CPR was developed as a standard treatment in cases of cardiac arrest. (9) So what are you doing in this very moment? Are you daydreaming about last night’s game or tomorrow’s work? Or are you seizing this very moment to pray, to focus on God, to look for the Creator of the Universe to speak to you and fill you with His love? You only get one go-around. Only one thing matters, it is the better—make that the best—option, and it ...

16. Masks Off!

John 7:25-45 and 8:11-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... me is true. You do not know him, but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When ... know my Father also.” He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come. Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and ...

17. A Tale Of Two Cities

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... deeds on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in their power. They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and take them away; they oppress householder and house, people and their inheritance (2:1-2). It is a sad thing ... when, through government manipulation and financial speculation, inherited land is seized and becomes a mere commodity. It is not only the wealthy who are castigated by Micah, but also the rulers. Hear this, ...

18. A Scholar · Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... all costs, and Caiaphas lost no time in hatching a plot to do it. Not only would his stratagem convince Rome of the council's loyalty, it would also strengthen the council's control over the Jews. All that was needed, he told the Sanhedrin, was to seize and execute Jesus as an enemy of the state. Once the empire saw how quickly the Jewish leaders dealt with any who threatened the interests of their overlords the nation -- and, with it, the council -- would be free of the specter of disaster. (John 11:49-50 ...

19. A Wilderness Prophet · John The Baptist

Jn 1:6-8 · Mt 3:1-12

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... followers began to ply him with questions about Jesus. To the chagrin of those who had joined ranks with John, Jesus was drawing larger crowds than he, exciting their jealousy. It could have been a vexing moment for any man. But not for John. Instead, he seized the situation to undergird the commitments of his followers by apprising them of his place in God's plan, assuring them that all was going according to a heavenly design. After all, was not John the forerunner sent to prepare the way while Jesus was ...

20. Fixing The Fox!

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... same thing happened in Korea. During the days of John F. Kennedy, Russian missiles did not get to Cuba because we were prepared to resist their coming. In more recent times, one of our ships was attacked and seized in the South China Sea. Our Navy went to the rescue and since that time no other ship has been seized on the high seas. Today we Christians need to say, "We will not stand for it! We will not tolerate this situation!" It is high time that we Christians stand up and be counted for righteousness in ...

21. Being Wealthy, Religious and Powerful

Micah 2:1-5

Sermon

... favorable, the condition of others may be ever-so-favorable, but in his eyes it is not favorable. The women and children are outraged by being driven out of their homes (such as they are), and driven into exile. Even their poor excuses for homes are seized by those who already have much more than they can possibly use even in the most profligate of their actions. The outrage is complete. There is no evil they have imagined. There is no evil they have not imagined that they have not done. Having performed ...

22. Opportunism? Or Opportunity?

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

... on our minds" and in our hearts. Not all people will share such an approach. God didn’t promise us they would. But more will share it than we think if we take courage, seize the moment, nerve ourselves for vigorous, decisive living, and draw from the promises of God. Experience tells us that when people seized with a good vision share it, others catch the vision and the "good infection" (to quote C.S. Lewis) that goes with it. Just consider what resulted because one lone individual, Rachel Carson, now ...

23. Inevitabilities and the Last Days

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... infaltrated the neighborhood and strolled near the church. After a police detail of ten men arrested the pastor, the congregation boarded up the church. That accomplished, they sang heartily "Faith of Our Fathers." As they sang, they were surrounded by soldiers, who seized a leading laywoman and shoved her out of the compound. "Through the open gate we saw her go (Awe later recalled), looking so very meek, so very small, between those hulking uniforms. "She went humbly, lost in thought, going presumably to ...

24. The Fruit of One's Doing

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... The prophet maintains that not only are the ways of the faithful superior to those who do not believe, but that God also deals with people according to their ways. That is not always apparent to us at the moment. At times it would appear that those who seize power in the world are the one’s having their way. Every day we read about the struggles for power in the worlds of politics and finance. For the most part, the daily news is about the people who are successful or who fail in dealing with power. Paul ...

25. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... and the church, and I had fought it off.” The man went on to describe how disappointed he was with himself, and how much he regretted letting that special moment pass and then he said, “I promised God that if I ever felt that way again, I would seize that moment and act upon it boldly. I promised God I would do that.” He paused for a moment and then with some embarrassment he said, “It happened again this morning. It happened again, God touched my heart in church this morning, and I’m so ashamed ...

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