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1. Some Healing Is Up To You

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the resurrection we’ll enter a new Kingdom, and that’s a miracle – a miracle that God wants to give. So the stance of faith is to receive any miracle God wants to give – whether that’s a miracle of an instant cure, the miracle of God’s undertaking, God’s guidance to a particular cure for our malady, the sufficiency of God’s grace, or that ultimate miracle of a triumphant crossing. III Now the final truth. There is some healing that is up to you. Go back to our scripture lesson. This man had ...

2. Clouds and Son-Shine

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers ..." (2 Corinthians 11:24 ff RSV) - and on and on. Now is that the kind of task you rejoice in doing? It is the kind of task most of us would shun! Yet it is plain that Paul undertakes the task with great enthusiasm, even though he knows very well what a toll it will exact from him. "To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men ...

3. The Post Launch Slump

2 Cor 8:10-11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , and so little thought. He mounts scaffolding, pulleys and tackle, gathers all the tools in the neighbourhood with labour, with noise, demonstration, precept, abuse, and sets three bricks.4 "You made a good beginning last year both in the work you did and in your willingness to undertake it. Now I want you to go on and finish it: be as eager to complete the scheme as you were to adopt it ..." Why be as eager to complete the scheme as we were to adopt it? Many words come rushing forward in answer to that ...

4. Forever His

Romans 14:1--15:13

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Raymond Gibson

... ’s vision in which he authenticates Paul’s words from our text and Jesus’ promises. The dead in Christ are not in the grave. Dead Christians do not stay in their physical bodies buried in some cemetery. To be sure, this is hard for many of us to believe. The undertakers do a marvelous job of trying to make the bodies of our loved ones look natural, for our comfort and peace of mind. But in reality it is all a waste of time and money. The Bible tells us that our bodies are dust and unto dust we shall ...

5. An Old Plan For New People

Genesis 17:1-27

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Larry Powell

... the record show that God can use us where we are. 2. God Has A Better Plan Abraham proposed that God work his wonder through Ishmael. Ishmael was born of a slave girl, but he was still Abraham’s own son. Let us take notice that God was undertaking to do a "new" thing. Abram received a new name, Sarai received a new name, and the covenant was to be consumated through a new son, Isaac. And you shall call his name Isaac ... I will establish my covenant with him. (17:19) The word "covenant" appears thirteen ...

6. Such a Little Thing

Mark 4:26-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... care. One voice can speak with wisdom, One heart can know what’s true. One life can make the difference, And may that one be you, and me, too! (5) Little things can make a big contribution to achieving a successful outcome in any undertaking. There was an interesting story on the ESPN website about the late Hall of Fame basketball coach at UCLA, John Wooden. Some of you are probably aware that Wooden was a stickler for getting little things right. For example, according to this story, players gathering ...

7. The Meeting Of Marriage Partners At The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... , have they not? The woman's reaction was a lot like our characteristic reactions when our Lord and his church ask us to undertake a new task. "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" she said to Jesus. Is that not the ... sort of thing we usually say when Jesus calls us? "Oh God," we say, "I am not worthy to undertake this task. Find someone else more qualified or with more time." Jesus' response to the woman is his Word to us. He shatters all our ...

8. A Mission and a Message

Luke 10:1-24

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... a spy who had infiltrated the little group, and Susanna. People followed the Christ, but they couldn’t have followed him as he criss-crossed the lake during his Galilean campaign. Just how did he suddenly have seventy others men, I suppose - whom he could appoint to undertake a mission for him? There has to be something that we don’t know, don’t you think? Jesus couldn’t simply conjure up a group of that size out of nowhere. Even he couldn’t clone the twelve and turn them into seventy, or more ...

9. A Renewed Call

Isaiah 49:1-7

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... . The discouragement of too many demands and not enough energy saps enthusiasm and vitality. And the question rears its head: "Is it of any value?" Is it of any value? That's the servant's question about his call to mission and his seeking to undertake that mission. However, that is not all the servant reflects upon in our text. He also is confident that Yahweh God will accept his efforts and not forget him. And then, surprise! Surprise! God renews the call and, in that renewing, the mission is neither ...

10. Half-Price Crosses

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... in the world, and the persecution is intensifying. Crosses are not cheap everywhere. Jesus said, "If anyone wants to be my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross dally, and follow me." In that context, a cross refers to some suffering or sacrifice that you undertake voluntarily out of love for Christ and concern for other people. Carrying a cross will not earn you a ticket to heaven. Those tickets are free gifts from God, paid for by Christ on a cross. But if you have received that free gift of ...

11. Living Free

Haggai 2:1-9

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Mark Ellingsen

... of something else that has gone wrong in American society. Some Old Testament scholars have noted that although Haggai sees a connection between the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem and the Day of the Lord, there is no direct identification of this political undertaking (rebuilding the Temple) and the Kingdom of God.8 Americans may not have been sufficiently sensitive to that insight. Too often you and I act like our favorite socio-political agenda is God’s one-and-only way, the way of realizing his ...

12. Power Praying

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... these repeated times of prayer, the men felt led to sponsor an evangelistic meeting in the city. In the summer of 1933, they purchased a small tent and set it up for gospel services. This effort was so encouraging that the men decided to undertake a much larger crusade the following year. The Reverend Mordecai Ham was invited to preach. Many difficulties were encountered in getting ready for the meeting, and several times it seemed as if it would never materialize, but the men persisted in their prayers and ...

13. Straight Backs And Rekindled Dreams

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... was transported outside the prison walls and buried. The woman waited hopefully, anxiously, but no one came to dig her up. Finally, she decided to light a match and look around her. It was then she discovered that the dead body lying beneath her was that of the old undertaker. (1) There is a picture of complete hopelessness. My admonition to you this day is that unless you are in a situation that is as hopeless as that woman's, it's time to begin looking at the positive side of life. It's time to look to ...

14. Some Healing Is Up To You

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... are at least five miracles of healing which God gives us. He named those as: One, the miracle of instant cure, when a person is immediately healed through faith and prayer. Two, the miracle of God’s undertaking – God bestowing upon us the natural capacity to be healed, undertaking through nature, through doctors, nurses, and medical science to facilitate the healing process; Three, the miracle of God’s guidance to a remedy; He talked about it in terms of God’s guidance, possibly being guided to ...

15. Explore the Evidence

Acts 1:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... who explains that they can ship the body home, but it will cost $5,000 or they can bury her in the Holy Land for $150. The son-in-law says, "Let's just go ahead and ship her home." The undertaker said, "Are you sure? That is an awfully big expense and I can assure you we do a very nice burial here." The son-in-law said, "Look, two-thousand years ago they buried a guy here and three days later, he rose from the dead. I just can't ...

16. Wonderful Opportunities for Mission

Matthew 9:35-10:8 (9-23)

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Mark Ellingsen

... not want to see what we have as belonging to God, as belonging to the hotel in which we are staying. What I have is mine! And since you and I have more than the poor, there is a subtle despising and patronizing we feel toward them, even as we undertake or contribute to some project on their behalf. That's what "charity" is; it is not mission. Charity is selfish love. It is selfish because it is giving to the poor on our own terms, giving them what you and I think is really ours. John Calvin's observations ...

17. Responsible Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... word ‘grave.’” Another newsman asks, “How do you think you’ll feel when you leave earth and pass on into space?” José says, “Please don’t use those words ‘pass on.’” Another asks, “Do you have any fear about this undertaking?” José answers, “Please don’t use the word ‘undertaking.’” José was not really excited about his job as an astronaut. If we had a job like that, we might be a bit reluctant, too. Who among us would not rather escape from, rather than face up to our ...

18. Next Man Up

John 17:20-26

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King Duncan

... prayers and our availability will decide how much impact we will have for the Kingdom of God. Why was Christ’s last prayer for his disciples and for us? Obviously, it was because there is more work to be done and you and I are an integral part of that undertaking. This is to say that you and I have been entrusted with the work of the Savior, and God will give us what we need to succeed in His service. You and I--we have been entrusted to carry on the work of the Messiah. The Deliverer. God in the ...

19. The Fork in the Path

Matthew 10:24-39

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and harm. In each episode, there comes a moment of reckoning, in which the tables could turn either way. He could be defeated. Or he could prevail. Of course, in the series, he always prevails. That is the hope of any mission. Otherwise, why undertake it? In our scripture for today, Jesus is preparing his disciples up for a similar kind of mission, a challenging mission, a dangerous mission. He is not pulling any punches. He tells is straight as it is. If they accept this mission, they will encounter ...

20. Risky Business

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... is that important! Jesus’ sacrifice and promise of hearts changed, a world transformed, and a future life promised is that important! God’s mission is so important that Jesus spent three years training people whom he believes will have the courage to undertake it. He didn’t simply put out a sign saying: “Wanted: 60 able people willing to risk their lives for faith and community.” No, he chose his disciples carefully. He cultivated them, taught them, discipled them, nurtured them, motivated their ...

21. The Spice of Death

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... overlooked is the manner in which our Lord was buried. We do take note with considerable concern and care the manner in which friends and dear ones are buried. It is rather striking that, with the wave of criticism that was aimed at the practices of the undertaking profession a number of years ago, people continue to spend as much as they ever have for the burial of their dear ones. The reason, of course, is that people want to pay the highest respect they can for loved ones. Or sometimes it is guilt that ...

22. Last But Yet First

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... fair example, of course. There is such a thing as fairness and taking turns, egalitarianism and democracy, and all that. But think of the greatest of all greatness, what God has done for us. Here Jesus spells out again for his disciples what he is about to undertake in order to let us go first. All of us pushy types ... Some of us putting on meek masks of grand-motherliness ... All of us wearing out our welcome day after day ... And yet, always being welcomed again. Only the mind and the mercy of God can ...

23. Homecoming

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... Luther called it the great exchange. Jesus takes on our sins and gives us his holiness; he gives us his glory and takes on our lowliness. This was expressed poetically by Nicolaus Herman in his hymn "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen" ("Let All Together Praise Our God"): He undertakes a great exchange, Puts on our human frame, And in return gives us his realm, His glory, and his name, His glory, and his name.When we look at where we have come from and where God wants us to be, the contrast is overwhelming. There is ...

24. Extreme Measures

1 Kings 21:1-29

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... on behalf of the innocent. They are unafraid of the repercussions of power, but possess the strength and resolve to be advocates for human justice. Such persons put their lives on the line for love, truth and freedom. They know the hazards of the undertaking, but they speak for God and claim his promises for victory. They are men and women who do not shirk the awesome task of exacting justice and speaking truth to the powerful. Elijah was courageous in his confrontation of King Ahab. He prophesied that ...

25. Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide

1 Kings 9:1-9

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... find him fleeing for his life to Mount Horeb. See him now cowering in a cave hewn in the mountain's side, depressed and weary, afraid for his life. Elijah now realizes the magnitude and implications of the things he has done. That one man could undertake such enormous responsibility has caused him to take inventory of himself, his relationship with God, and the deeper meaning of his own life. The prophet has done a magnificent thing, but now he must hide out in the cave for reprieve and solace, for comfort ...

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