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1. Kingdom Values According to Jesus (Series: Questioning our Values)

Luke 4:14-30

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J. Howard Olds

... lift us up, not beat us up; elevate us, not depress us; enlarge us, not belittle us; and empower us, not defeat us. The values of Jesus bring LIBERTY AND RELEASE FOR ALL. “He has sent me to proclaim freedom for prisoners, and recovery of sight for the blind, ... ever sing about the amazing grace that saved a wretch like me the same again. Jesus Christ can do that for you and me. The values of Jesus proclaim the year of GOD’S FAVOR FOR ALL. This kind of talk gets Jesus kicked out of town. But let us not be ...

2. What's the Value of Your Life?

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Jacob had no idea that God, in face, was only waiting for him to close his eyes and surrender to sleep before revealing the divine presence and the divine plan to him, the third patriarch. God's promise to Jacob and God's pledge to Jacob's offspring instantly re-values Jacob's life. No longer is he a n'er-do-well son slinking away from a family scandal. With God's pledge of land and promise of offspring more numerous than the dust of the earth, and God's assurance of Jacob's place of honor beside Abraham ...

3. If Your Sense of Purpose Ever Becomes a Burden, Remember Your Value

Matthew 10:40-42

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Mark Ellingsen

... , blossoming lives. Are you valuable to God, do you matter to him? Martin Luther had a wonderful way of describing how much God values you and me. He claimed that we are lords of all, subject to none. In one of his famous treatises written in 1520, ... eternal significance. All I do is marred by sin. But the good news is that you and I are forgiven, have been declared to have value. As a result, God can and does miraculously use at least some of our vain, feeble actions and skills to work good.9 I don ...

4. Family Values

Mark 3:20-35

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Kristin Borsgard Wee

... even more clear when he was an adult and said things like: "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:26). Jesus was not speaking about family values here. He's speaking about what happens to family loyalty when people are asked to put God first. When someone says to Jesus, "Lord, first let me go bury my father" (Luke 9:59), he said, "No." Someone else said, "I will follow you, Lord; but let ...

5. What Are Your Core Values?

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Bob Logan

... it be doing? What makes you angry? What do you get passionate about? How do you invest your time and money? What's your biggest criticism of the church? For what do you want your church to be known? What are the essential functions of the church? Determining your core values: Brainstorm a list of potential core values. Make sure each value is easily translated to action. Group similar statements together. Highlight the ones that are the most important. Write a tentative list of 4-7 ...

6. Framing Values – Part Two

Daniel 1:1-21

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James Merritt

... 91% said - Having a good marriage. In other words, teenagers are telling us they want to grow up in a good family and they want to rear a good family. As we continue our Extreme Home Makeover For Families, I want to share with you how to frame values for your teenagers. We are going to learn today from the greatest teenager ever discussed in the Bible. His name was Daniel. In this chapter, though we do not read about his parents, we see in Daniel the results of his parents upbringing. I was talking to one ...

7. The Fifth Commandment: The Value of Family

Exodus 20:1-21

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Eric Ritz

... stated that his family is his second priority in life, right after his relationship with God. Like any normal male, he feels the pressure to succeed in business at the expense of his wife and children. Our culture doesn''t value family half as much as it values wealth and power. But Malcolm has never regretted choosing family over business obligations. One day a scheduling mix-up forced Malcolm to choose between an important meeting with two clients or a Scouting event he had promised to attend. Malcolm ...

8. Family Values

Mark 3:20-30

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Kristin Borsgard Wee

... Macbeths of Scotland or the Oedipus Rexes of Greece. Rosenblatt's point was that there is no perfect family and that family values have become so generalized they are meaningless. He said what is valuable in families is that they are normal people struggling to ... other, paying attention to other families, and encouraging each other to be fair, honest, and kind. Sounds like a decent list of family values to me, and even a single parent can do those things. Some of us, when we think of family, think of more ...

9. The Revolutionary Values of the Kingdom of God

Luke 18:31-34, Luke 18:18-30, Luke 18:15-17

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R.T. France

... that is probably the sense here: the true members of the kingdom of God are those who are no more self-important than little children. This carries a rebuke to the disciples: their “grown-up” sense of importance puts them out of tune with God’s value scale. 18:18 a certain ruler. This indicates a leading member of society, perhaps a synagogue leader. what must I do to inherit eternal life? Have Jesus’s comments about entering the kingdom of God worried him in view of his much higher place in the ...

10. Valuing Life Without Playing God

John 10:10-15

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... on today. “I have come that you may have life, and have it abundantly," or to the full, to the maximum. In our quest for Christian values, we must do some serious thinking about this thing called life. Who gives it? What's it worth? Who has the right to end it? ... the Lord, I'd like to spend a little extra time and hang on a little longer. This life is something to be treasured and valued and lived. Eternal life is a quality of life here as well as a quantity of life there. I've still got some living to ...

11. Rethinking Our Riches (Series: Questioning Our Values)

Luke 6:17-26

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J. Howard Olds

... money could buy. He also understood the consuming flame and false security that the love of money inspires. You see, money can demand our undivided devotion, and provide a false sense of self- sufficiency that is extremely tempting and ultimately devastating. Money has inflated value. We value people in relation to their income, give people status and honor in relation to how much they have. You are not what you have any more than you are what you do. God loves you for who you are, not what you have. You ...

12. A Higher Value than Freedom

Matthew 3:13-17

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Johnny Dean

... and woe be unto those who threaten it in any way. We’re even willing to go to war to defend freedom, whether it’s ours or someone else’s. We are the world’s self-appointed watchdogs of freedom. But Jesus says there’s a higher value than freedom. The first words the writer of the Gospel of Matthew has Jesus speak are not about freedom, but about obedience to the will of God. That’s what righteousness is all about, according to the gospel writer. Matthew uses the word righteousness seven times in ...

13. Our Value in God's Eyes

Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30

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... . He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen ...

14. A Whole New Set of Values

Luke 9:51-62

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Scott Hoezee

... self-denying sacrifice that seems so offensive to some outside the church. It looks as though the only way you will ever see this self-denial as a source of comfort is if you die and are reborn. You need to kill off ordinary ways of defining value and bring to life a whole new set of values. The place to start is by admitting that without God, you are lost in sin's wilderness and unable to find your own way out. Once you know that, you are wide open to the call of the one who hopefully says, "Follow me."

15. A Higher Value than Freedom

Matthew 3:13-17

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Johnny Dean

... freedom, and woe be unto those who threaten it in any way. We're even willing to go to war to defend freedom, whether it's ours or someone else's. We are the world's self-appointed watchdogs of freedom. But Jesus says there's a higher value than freedom. The first words the writer of the Gospel of Matthew has Jesus speak are not about freedom, but about obedience to the will of God. That's what righteousness is all about, according to the gospel writer. Matthew uses the word righteousness seven times in his ...

16. The Value of the Job - Motherhood

2 Timothy 1:5

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... Among the jobs the stay-at-home moms reported to Salary.com were day-care center teacher, van driver, housekeeper, cook, chief executive officer, computer operator, nurse and general maintenance worker. These are all jobs that are fairly easy to appoint a dollar value but like those MasterCard advertisements there are many "priceless" aspects to the job: the hug that comes at just the right time, the crust cut off the sandwich in just the right way, the reassuring laugh that reminds us not to take ourselves ...

17. Our Deepest Values

Luke 4:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... God. No question about it at all." (Dr. Norman Neaves, "Have You Come to a Fork in the Road?", April 8, 1990.) What had happened with that woman was that way back, long before this experience, she had come to terms with who she was and what were her deepest values. That is essential for us. Because at the forks of the roads of our life, we will be tempted to give attention to our physical needs and disregard the spiritual.

18. Reassessing Our Laughter (Series: Questioning Our Values)

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.” Even in the early moments of this world tragedy,” says the priest, “I wondered how these words of Christ could ever be true.” Questioning our values – that’s what we’ve been talking about these Lenten Sundays. Today, we approach the question of laughing and weeping. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.” What could be the ...

19. Reviewing Our Hungers (Series: Questioning Our Values)

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... join with that father in the New Testament who exclaims, “I believe, Lord, help my unbelief.” 4. Live the Life– Let the Holy Spirit help you become what you were created to be. May the Spirit of the Living fall afresh on you and me until we take on the values of Jesus and the lifestyle of a disciple. Blessed are those who hunger now, for they will be satisfied. That is God’s promise to you. God never promises what he cannot fulfill. Brought to you by FaithBreaks.org

20. Reduced In Value

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Staff

... exactly," he continued. "We get soiled by gazing at a vulgar picture, reading a course book, or allowing ourselves a little indulgence in dishonest or lustful thoughts; and so when the time comes for our character to be appraised, we are greatly reduced in value. Our purity, our strength is gone. We are just part and parcel of the general, shopworn stock of the world." Yes, continual slight deviations from the path of right may greatly reduce our usefulness to God and to our fellowman. In fact, these little ...

21. Suffering Has Value

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Michael P. Green

... said something that perfectly expresses what “rejoicing in suffering” means to a Christian: “I never would have chosen one of the trials that I’ve gone through, but I wouldn’t have missed any of them for the world!” This man had an awareness that his suffering was something of value. He wouldn’t have missed it! He wouldn’t have chosen it either! That is rejoicing in suffering.

22. The Value Of A Smile

John 15:1-17

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Smiley face stickers or pins (It would be helpful to have a large yellow "Happy Face" visual aid prepared beforehand.) Lesson: That my joy might be in you. Happy is he who trusts in the Lord. Good morning, boys and girls. (Show "Happy Face.") Does everybody here know what we call this symbol that we now see everywhere these days? (Response -- A happy face.) And do you know what happens to this happy face if I turn it upside down? It becomes a grumpy face, doesn't it? (Demonstrate.) Let's see how ...

23. Parable of the Value of an Apple Pie

Psalm 34:1-22

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"Here's a little something for your supper," the lady said. "Thank you very much," said Jim. On arrival home, he opened the package and told his brother, "Isn't that marvelous, a delicious apple pie!" "What's so wonderful about that?" said Dick. "You can get one bigger than that at the bakery for 75 cents." "I know, but this was for nothing, and it was baked especially for me. It makes me happy all over. It's wonderful to me." "Well, I can't see anything so wonderful about a little pie." "That's it," said ...

24. Christian Values On Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

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Leader: "You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment Anyone who has contempt for his brother or calls him, ‘Fool,’ will be subject to the judgment." Congregation: Remind us, Lord Jesus, that you died for those we scorn as much as you died for those we love. Leader: "If you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your ...

25. Christian Values

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Call to Worship Leader: Now I will show you the most excellent way. Congregation: "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, without love I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, without love I am nothing. If I give all my possessions and even die for my beliefs, without love I gain nothing. Women: "Love is patient and kind. It does not boast or act proudly. It is not rude, self- ...

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