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John 14:15-31

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King Duncan

... courage and comfort. They would be warriors and not worriers. And that is the same promise Christ offers us today. Perhaps you have come to this house of worship today like Jake seeking "the assurance from someone that things are going to be okay." I can give you that assurance. God's Holy Spirit is here to give both courage and comfort. Let ... Simon & Schuster, 1998), p. 168. 4. (Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1995), p. 12. 5. Robert J. Morgan. From This Verse (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998).

2. Look Up and Live

Numbers 21:4-9

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David E. Leininger

... live on a ranch out West, the father John, the sons, Jake and Joe. They never had any use for the church until one day Jake is bitten by a rattlesnake. The doctor is summoned, but the prognosis is not good. Jake is going to die. The younger son is sent to bring ... Technology, 1994) 3. Numbers 11:11-15 4. Num. 11:19-20a 5. Num. 14:2-3 6. Num. 14:11-12 7. Robert Hutchinson, via Ecunet, "Sermonshop 1997 03 09, #73, 3/6/97 8. The Wittenburg Door, #82, Dec 1984/ Jan 1985 quoted by Brian Stoffregen, via Ecunet ...

3. Look Up and Live

Numbers 21:4-9

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David E. Leininger

... story of three men who live on a ranch out west, the father, John, and his sons, Jake and Joe. They never had any use for the church until one day Jake is bitten by a rattlesnake. The doctor is summoned, but the prognosis is not good. Jake is going to die. The younger son is sent to bring the preacher. When he arrives, ... will grow strangely dim In the light of his glory and grace.[2] 1. Robert Hutchinson, via Ecunet,"Sermonshop 1997 03 09," #73, 3/6/97. 2. "Turn Your Eyes," words by Helen H. Lemmel, 1922.

4. Faith In Conflict

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... be paid when we choose wrongly. Several years after inventing radar, Sir Robert Watson Watt was arrested in Canada for speeding--in a radar trap. Afterwards he wrote this poem: Pity Sir Robert Watson Watt, /strange target of his radar plot, And this, with others ... says the bartender. "What else can he do, can he walk?" The man flicks a quarter down to the end of the bar and says, "Hey, Jake. Go get that." The little guy runs down to the end of the bar and picks up the quarter. Then he runs back down and gives ...

5. A Last Appeal

Luke 23:33-43

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... about the life everlasting but he shows them through his own resurrection. This year we gained a new dog friend by the name of Jake. He is a labradoodle, who has a special relationship with his owners Garry and Betty. Adam Hamilton, in his book, Final Words from ... , but as his watchword says: “For the Son of Man came to seek out and save the lost” (19:10). Amen. [1]. Robert Raines, A Time To Live: Seven Tasks of Creative Aging, 187. [2]. William Barclay: The Gospel of Luke: The Daily Bible Study ( ...

6. Climbing the Right Ladder

Genesis 28:10-19a

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J. Howard Olds

How do you define success? I would like to talk about that today. Robert Raines says, “Success is a moving target. Every time I make my mark, somebody paints the wall,” go ... one life has breathed easier because you lived, that is to have succeeded.” We catch up with our Old Testament hero, Jacob, today about 50 miles from home. Tricky Jake, with a little help from his mother, has successfully stolen his brother’s inheritance from their blind father. Now he is running for his life. At this place called ...

7. Wrestling Alone at Night

Genesis 32:22-30

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J. Howard Olds

... was no childhood skirmish on the riverbank of Jabbok. This is the Holy Hulk in hand-to-hand combat with Tricky Jake in a life and death match for eternity. A cartoon I saw once on a church bulletin board advertised “Church Lite,” ... like too much doesn’t it? Don’t you think Jacob had to feel that way that day? It is something like Bobby trying to become Robert, or Marge trying to become Marjorie, or Dick trying to become Richard, or Pat putting on Patricia. Jacob must have felt weird at first to have ...

8. Finding Answers to Family Feuds

Genesis 25: 21-34

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J. Howard Olds

... cried, “Is mine by rights, but I’ll have died Of hunger first. For pity’s sake- My birthright for your lentils, Jake.” “Your birthright?” Jacob murmured. “Sold! Dig in before the stuff gets cold.” That day a deal was made that would ... say you are starving. You just want what you want and you want it now and you will have it no matter the price tag. Robert Fulghum tells the story about turning loose in a tirade on the manager of a resort hotel after a week of accumulated frustration in the ...

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