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Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... many Americans, and especially church members, pray daily? One Gallup poll revealed that 75 percent of Americans pray daily and that 95 percent of them report having had prayers answered. But another Gallup poll showed that in a typical day the average ... alcohol problems and lost both of the stores he owned. He died early, leaving her to raise the boys in near poverty. Mrs. Grant loved Jesus dearly and was a mighty prayer warrior. The boys recall coming in at night and many times tripping Over their mother' ...

2. Heroines of the Faith

Mark 1:29.39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... up only 8% of legislatures.[2] Does all this gender shift make any real difference? Many voters seem to think so. A Gallup poll in Latin America a few years ago found that 62% of people believed that women would do better than men at ... blue, they caught a mermaid who begged to be set free in return for granting each of them a wish. Now one of the guys just doesn’t believe it, and said, “Okay, if you can really grant wishes, then double my IQ.” The mermaid said, “Done.” Suddenly, the guy started ...

3. How God Guides

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... they would often trip over their mother's feet as she knelt in prayer. And they knew she was praying for them. All three of Mrs. Grant's boys became clergymen. Who are the people on your spiritual honor-roll who have guided you on God's behalf? God guides through people of ... Lord. When people of faith turn to the Lord in prayer, the table is set for God's powerful intervention. George Gallup reports that 90 percent of Americans pray; 75 percent of us every day! More Americans pray than drink coffee, drive a ...

4. Epiphany 5

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... effect in securing God's aid. They mistakenly thought that their ritual acts would obligate God to grant their wishes. Their religion was centered on ritual to the exclusion of relationships. Religion means, literally, that ... reason is that most people cannot make the connection between Christian faith and daily life and the churches are not equipped to help them. Gallup holds up the prospect of some significant membership growth in the 90s if we can help people integrate faith and life. Lesson 2: 1 ...

5. The Ten Commandments: One God, Only One

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... miserable read. Still, no one could agree on a new number one, nor, for that matter, any substitute list either. About all anyone would grant is that Americans do love lists. In fact, the Arizona Republic went so far as to compile a list of lists, the 50 Best ... shall have no other gods before me." In other words, "I am to be your only God!" That seems clear enough. No problem. The Gallup polls indicate that 95% of Americans believe in a god or a supreme being, but they do not indicate that we believe in lots ...

6. When Compassion Overcomes Irritation

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... by giving away love is our own love replenished. As the familiar prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assissi puts it so eloquently: “O Divine Master., grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; not so much to be loved, as to love. For it is in ... are latching onto this or that straw to save them (and their world) from drowning. A short while back, George Gallup, whose polls periodically take the pulse of society, says that there are four trends which undermine the effectiveness of the ...

7. The Family That Prays Together Stays Together

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... : Newsweek magazine discovered that a surprisingly large percentage of Americans believe deeply in the efficacy of prayer. According to a Gallup poll they commissioned, 78% of Americans prayed once a week, and 57% prayed at least once a day. 91% of ... ." In other words, this judge was saying: "If I don't get rid of this woman, she is going to ruin my reputation." So he grants her request. Now there is a lesson here about prayer that Jesus wants us to learn, and the lesson is this: The prayer that prevails ...

8. Do You See What I See?

Mark 10:46-52

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Steven E. Albertin

... in power controls the truth. Our world is a world in which we live and die by the polls. Who needs God? We've got Gallup! In this kind of world the words of Bartimaeus seem all the more incredible. "Do you see what I see? Do you see that Jesus ... love of God for him. And that faith was not in vain. What Bartimaeus "saw" in Jesus by faith and not by sight, Jesus finally granted to him by sight and not just by faith. Bartimaeus was healed of his blindness. Bartimaeus lives among us now. Bartimaeus is here now ...

9. Wrinkled Wrappings

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... t you?" And that is about the way it is with many of us. No wonder we cannot see the Messiah in Jesus. Inspired People Granted, we are not talking about anything easy. After all, this baby was only 40 days old, and all babies look very much alike. Is ... Vesper services. Apparently even many Christians do not see Christ in Jesus because they do not react with worship. According to a Gallup poll, about 40 percent of church members go to church in America. This means 60 percent of our nominal Christians are not ...

10. Surprised By Joy

Matthew 13:31-35, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... of hope now more than ever? A newspaper carried an article with this headline: "Poll Shows Americans Are Deeply Pessimistic." This Gallup poll revealed some interesting information. It shows that two out of three Americans believe that the United States is in a ... enjoyed the finer things of life -- beautiful homes, servants, everything that money could buy. Ms. MacKinney says that she took it for granted that she deserved all this. The family motto was "All is ours. We have the money, we have the name, we ...

11. Ordinary 32

Lk 20:27-38 · Zech 7:1-10 · 2 Thess 2:13--3:5 · 1 Chron 29:10-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... be spread around the world. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Luke 20:27-38 1. After Death - Anything? Need: According to a recent Gallup poll, 69 percent of the American people believe there is life after death. While the figure is encouraging, it says ... his providence - v. 12 2. What God Deserves. 20:10-13. Need: This sermon is needed because many take God and his blessings for granted. We seem to think that it is God's business to love, care for, and forgive us. Consequently, we take our blessings as our ...

12. How to do Extraordinary Things

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Sunday, Jesus once fed 10,000 people with only five loaves of barley bread and two little fish. In a recent Gallup poll, 82 percent of Americans agreed with the following statement: "Even today, miracles are performed by the power of God." A ... to God. That's not the way we usually pray. We usually present our "wish list" to God and blame him if one of them is not granted. But Jesus just committed what he had to God, asking only that it glorify God. Just imagine if in our business affairs, we were to pray ...

13. Old Favorite

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... from too much attention, too much favoritism, so do some of our Scriptures get spoiled. They are so familiar they get taken for granted and rush past us. We repeat the Lord’s Prayer or the Ten Commandments with hardly a second thought. At funerals the preacher ... decrease as incomes increase. That has always been a strange fact of life. Even today it remains a truth. A Gallup Poll produced profiles of the most and least generous Americans according to income, family status, and region. It concluded that, “ ...

14. Blessed Be The Title That Binds

Deuteronomy 14:22-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... - a dollar, two dollars, a hundred - no matter what proportion of income the amount represents. And that is why, according to the Gallup folks, 17% of church members say they tithe. Unfortunately, lots of those good people are wrong. The word tithe comes from the ... income - figure that is ten-dollars for each thousand - then add the two together for your commitment in the coming year. Granted, until your total reaches ten percent of annual income, you are still falling short, but at least you are moving in ...

15. Frustrated By Their Lack Of Faith

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... of faith? Our founding fathers faced the same type of frustration. The Declaration of Independence was not entirely popular. If Gallup had taken a poll back then, it would have shown that a fairly sizeable number of the early fathers and ... own family." How true that is. One definition of an expert is that you have to be more than 200 miles from home. How we take for granted those persons closest to us. But notice, please, verse 5: "And he could do no mighty work, save that he laid hands upon a few sick folk ...

16. Grace in the Midst of Hopelessness

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... hope? At the beginning of the twenty-first century the world is waiting for an answer to that question. Opinion guru George Gallup has concluded, "People in many nations appear to be searching with a new intensity for spiritual moorings. One of the key factors ... living" because it connects us to a living Savior. Because of the mercy of God and the life of Jesus, Christians are granted an altogether hopeful picture of the future. It's called heaven. That's what Peter describes in the very next verse: "... an ...

17. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... men and women who have been sent here by the people of Kansas, and who have been ordained by You, to govern this great state. Grant them your wisdom to rule, and may their decisions direct us to the center of Your will. I ask it in the name of Your ... to all Christians generally, we are never to be like reeds, shaken by the wind, bowing down before whatever way a Gallup Poll may be blowing. We need to be lighthouses standing firm against the storms of criticism, liberalism, humanism, and relativism, saying ...

18. Proper 23

Job 23:1--24:25, Hebrews 4:1-13, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, Mark 10:17-31

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... good to the extent that he has the good God in his heart. 3. Know (v. 19). How did Jesus know the man knew the commandment? Could it be assumed that everyone in Jesus' day was taught the commands of God? It could not be taken for granted in today's America. A Gallup poll revealed that only 40 percent of American Protestants can give five of the 10 commandments. How can the laws be obeyed if they are not known? If they are not known, there is no guarantee that they will be obeyed. Home and church should see ...

19. All By Myself: The Fear of Loneliness

2 Timothy 4:9-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... rest. I have no need for all this. Help me Lord." [2] Twenty-two percent of all Americans ate dinner alone last night. A Gallup poll recently stated that 3 out of 10 Americans are lonely. The novelist, Thomas Wolfe, once said, "The whole conviction of my life ... One of the ways that God uses loneliness in your life is to force you to focus on the only one who is with you. Amy Grant used to sing a song that said, "I love a lonely day because it forces me to focus on You." Prayer and praise are powerful ...

20. Framing Values – Part Two

Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... like teenagers - to talk to teenagers. For just a moment, I want you to look into the heart of a teenager with me. Gallup recently surveyed 500 teenagers and asked them, "What one thing would you rate as the most important thing in your life?" More important ... are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king." (Daniel 1:10, NASB) If what Daniel was asking for was granted, not only could the eunuch die, but Daniel could also die. To refuse to eat at the king's table was an insult to the ...

21. Hotline to Heaven

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... he yells "Have I been put on hold for the rest of my life?" I found it very interesting to discover that according to a Gallup poll, 78% of Americans pray once a week, and 57% of Americans pray at least once a day; 91% of women and 85% of men ... time we pray. He tells us literally how to get on the hotline to heaven. I. As You Pray, Pray Secretly The Lord Jesus takes it for granted that His people will pray. In verse 5 He said, "when you pray," not "if you pray." Again He says in verse 6, "when you pray," not ...

22. Where Is Your Pebble?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... is to turn the world upside down or better right side up. You and I have a tendency to take the church of Jesus Christ for granted. We see the church as a mere institution as a club, as a place where we can make friends or business contacts. What we fail ... What is the pebble you have to offer? For you see the crisis of the church today is not one of belief. The Gallup survey shows that most American Christians still believe pretty much the same things they believed several years ago. The crisis of the church ...

23. Going For the Gold

Philippians 3:4-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the American church is concerned, because we live in a free nation with no hindrance to participation, we are tempted to take religion for granted. To borrow a phrase from the US Army, would you like to "be all that you can be" as a Christian? It really is not ... is one of those good news/bad news stories. Actually, it is no story at all; it is a finding from those regular Gallup polls that measure America's religious attitudes and beliefs. The good news is that about 85% of adults in this nation believe that ...

24. A Matter of Trust

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... think Wall Street does more harm than good, a new record. (2) Who do you trust? How about the press? A recent Gallup Public Confidence poll revealed that only 29 percent of Americans express a great deal of confidence in newspapers. That’s down from ... where forgiveness does take place, the study found a link between forgiveness and better health. The more prone a person is to grant forgiveness, the less likely he or she will suffer from any stress‑related illnesses.” (5) The New Testament church had the ...

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