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1. Jogging with Roosevelt

Humor Illustration

... He fired brisk commands at those he wanted to see active: "Get action, do things, be sane, don't fritter your time away, create, act, be somebody." On one occasion, after playing two sets of tennis with the French ambassador, Roosevelt suggested jogging. Following the jogging, the two worked out with a medicine ball. The president, who was not even panting, then slapped the suffering Frenchman on the back and asked heartily, "What would you like to do next?" The ambassador was heard to reply weakly, "If it ...

2. Easter Jogging

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... remains in the garden. We can imagine that a neighbor on the road that morning would have suspected that something was up. Something important was happening. If we saw that much running today we might think that our neighbors were out holiday jogging. If something of this importance would happen in our neighborhood we would hear cars racing, tires screeching, and sirens screaming. All this running, however, was not out of joy and happiness. These disciples were running scared. They were filled with fear ...

3. Easter Day

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... a challenge to the Easter preacher to make Easter more than a celebration of the past but a meaningful experience for the present. Gospel: John 20:1-18 1. No jogging on Easter! (20:1-4) Need: Today millions are jogging for their health. It is not uncommon to see individuals or couples slowly running alongside a street. The first Easter was not a jogging at a slow pace, and there was no interest in personal health. The first Easter was a foot race from the Disciples' home to Jesus' grave. Should we be as ...

4. The Focus of Fitness

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

... enable us to re-discover the joy and the blessing of doing it your way. Amen Has there been a more popular pastime in recent years, than that of "getting in shape"? One magazine called it "America’s Health and Fitness Craze." Everywhere you look, people are jogging, walking, or running. Some prefer to play with a paddle or a racket. Others lift weights or swim at a health club. Some order an apparatus with which you can make your living room into a gymnasium, an exercise machine or a device you can use in ...

5. The Resurrection of Our Lord

Acts 10:23b-48, Exodus 10:1-20, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon Aid

... a challenge to the Easter preacher to make Easter more than a celebration of the past but a meaningful experience for the present. Gospel: John 20:1-18 1. No Jogging on Easter! (20:1-4). Need: Today millions are jogging for their health. It is not uncommon to see individuals or couples slowly running alongside a street. The first Easter was not a jogging at a slow pace, and there was no interest in personal health. The first Easter was a foot race from the Disciples' home to Jesus' grave. Should we be as ...

6. Becoming One of the Beautiful People

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... them. "God will reward you," Jesus said, "for inviting those who can't repay you." A school bus was making its final round of the day. A young boy jumped off just as a man jogged by. "Hey, mister," the boy shouted, "can I jog with you?" The jogger wasn't in a hurry so he nodded and the boy joined in jogging. Within five minutes the boy gave the jogger pretty much his whole life story. His name was Matthew, he was ten years old, precocious and full of life. Abruptly, however, Matthew stopped. "Look at this ...

7. Easter

Acts 10:23b-48, Colossians 3:1-17, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... tomb a. The empty tomb - Gospel. b. The reason for the empty tomb - Lesson 1. c. The believer's empty tomb - Lesson 2. Gospel: John 20:1-18 1. No jogging on Easter! (20:1-14). Need: Today millions are jogging for their health. It is not uncommon to see a man or woman, singly or in pairs, slowly running alongside a street. The first Easter was not a jogging at a slow pace, and there was no interest in personal health. The first Easter was a foot race from the disciples' home to Jesus' grave. Should we be as ...

8. Spiritual Focus and Peripheral Vision

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... - iency the key to that ability is focus. And what is focus? The integration of peripheral vision. Lest you think I am playing word games or mind games with you, consider this example: What tied the movie Forrest Gump together? His jogging. And what do we learn from his jogging, or anyone's jogging? When the body is most in motion, the mind can be most at rest. My mind is never clearer or more focused than when my body is sweating and straining. We are being taught this phenomenon of achieving focus through ...

9. Making God Proud

Luke 14:1-14

Illustration

King Duncan

A school bus was making its final round of the day. A young boy jumped off just as a man jogged by. "Hey, mister," the boy shouted, "can I jog with you?" The jogger wasn't in a hurry so he nodded and the boy joined in jogging. Within five minutes the boy gave the jogger pretty much his whole life story. His name was Matthew, he was ten years old, precocious and full of life. Abruptly, however, Matthew stopped. "Look at this," he ordered as he showed the jogger an 81/2 by 11 inch piece of ...

10. They are Cheering You On!

Hebrews 12:1

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ) A basketball? Okay, you were right. Bring out the basketball. Who likes playing basketball? (response) Repeat this with the ballet slippers, the tennis ball and the jogging shoes, naming each item incorrectly. This will make the children laugh and keep their attention. Okay, we have a basketball, ballet slippers, a tennis ball, and jogging shoes. What do these things have in common? (used in sports) Are any of these your favorites? (response) Which sport do you like the best? (response) Application ...

11. Swoosh

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Drama

Dave Marsh

... hat, your shirt, your coat, the bag, your shorts, your socks, and your shoes! Jim: (fidgety) Yeah. Heh. Look at that. Weird. Sarah: Whatever. C’mon let’s go. You can leave the bag. Jim: No, I’ll bring it with. Sarah: Come on, we’re going for a jog, not a workout. Jim: Yeah, all the same, I’ll bring it along. Sarah: (suspicious) What’s in the bag Jim? Jim: Nothing. Sarah: Give me the bag. Jim: No. Sarah: Put the bag down slowly, Jim, and walk away. Jim: Stay back! Sarah: (she grabs the bag and ...

12. In The Kingdom Now

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 40 miles an hour. They froze in their tracks, knowing that the wind was to their backs, and if not already, the bear would soon catch their scent. What would they do? Immediately, without a word, one hiker took some jogging shoes from his knapsack, almost tore off his hiking boots and put on his jogging shoes. “What good is that going to do?” his friend asked, “You can’t outrun that bear.” “I don’t have to outrun him,” the friend said, “I just need to outrun you.” Now, now that’s the ...

13. The Bent-over Woman

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... . Day by day, the weight of the guilt accumulated until now the burden bends her over. Maybe some other problem weighs heavily on her. A minister friend reports of attending a convention in a distant city. He left the hotel for a very early morning jog around the downtown. As he jogged down one street he passed a long line of the homeless waiting for a local liquor store to open. At 10:30 that night as he walked back to the hotel, he passed some of those same men. They were passed out drunk on the sidewalk ...

14. The Resolution to End All Resolutions

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... hours (or minutes?), the year is a perfect reflection of your best self. But January 1 is followed inevitably by January 2 and January 3. Someday soon you will opt for staying in a cozy bed a few more minutes rather than plunging out into the cold on that jog. Pretty soon candy wrappers will start appearing in your desk drawer again. By the 4th or 5th, you will surely have been aggravated enough at a bad driver or a dropped glass or a stubbed toe to have let loose a blue streak of bad words or unsanctified ...

15. The Narrow Door

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... times to catch his breath, huffing and puffing. “Just imagine a big, fat guy,” he writes, “gasping for air, barely able to jog around the block, who claims that he will be the heavyweight champion of the world again! I looked ridiculous to everyone who ... feel like quitting. Run daily, even if you don’t feel it’s doing you any good. “One day,” she continues, “as I jogged along on my training run, it came to me that daily practice-training was what my spiritual life needed. Do you know what I ...

16. The Condemning Heart

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... end of anything from him,” Ken admits. A few days passed, and it was almost time for another group meeting. The entire group could not wait to see what fireworks might occur between Joel and his enemy. The day before the group meeting, Joel and Ken were jogging in the park together. They were circling the lake, and Ken asked Joel, “So have you decided how you are going to deal with that guy?” “Yes, I sure have,” Joel replied. Ken waited for Joel to continue. “I have decided (and then he paused ...

17. The Baby or the Window?

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... have a billion dollars in the bank, but, if you don’t have good health--as well as someone to enjoy it with you--what good would it do you? Not much, would it? Now some people are really conscious of their health. You see them out running or jogging or simply walking briskly for hours each week. You see them at the gym on the exercise machines. At the check-out at the supermarket you see their cart filled with only healthy choices in foods. They visit their doctor on a regular basis and they enjoy none of ...

18. An Awesome Homecoming

Sermon

Tony Everett

Many people enjoy jogging early in the morning, when the mist still clings to the trees and tall grass that line the roadside. Cardinals and Carolina wrens have just begun singing their wake-up calls to the sun. A family of deer gathers at the edge of the woods lining the pasture. God is ...

19. The Winning Team

Revelation 21:27

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , you would practice very hard, wouldn't you? (Let them answer.) What would you have to do to get yourself ready for the basketball team? (Let them answer.) Yes. You would practice making baskets and you would try to become very quick on your feet. Do you think that jogging every day would help you get ready for the team? (Let them answer.) Yes. It would. Would you have to watch what you eat and drink so that you wouldn't be too fat? (Let them respond.) You sure would! You would have to eat good foods that ...

20. Come As You Are

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

Summertime is nearly upon us, and some of the wonderful signs of summer are being seen all around. People are out jogging more. Convertibles go around with the tops down. Children go off to school wearing shorts. Golf leagues and softball leagues are getting started. For many of us, summertime is a more relaxed, casual, and playful time of year. One thing that is especially characteristic of the days of summer is ...

21. Equipped To Play

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... equipment and play are escalating quicker than the price of a back-up quarterback in the NFL. However, I'm not too concerned about the costs. They'll come down as the game's popularity mimics the growth and decline graphs of tennis, racketball, jogging, and so on. Indeed, I feel a little sorry for course owners, pro shops, manufacturers, and retailers whose price-gouging makes divorce lawyers blush. What goes around comes around and it's coming around for the golf industry right now according to the latest ...

22. Running Around The Empty Tomb

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Thomas Long

... responded by jumping up and letting their feet fly. Whatever it meant that the tomb was astonishingly empty, it surely meant they could not sit still, so they ran. But that does not explain why Peter and the beloved disciple suddenly turned their jog into a track meet. If one pressed them a bit, they might sheepishly confess that they were running not only because they were excited and awestruck but also because they were -- might as well admit it -- rivals. They started running out of exhilaration ...

23. Whispering The Lyrics

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Thomas Long

... will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth ..." (John 14:15-17). The primary task, then, of the Holy Spirit is reminding the faithful of the truth, jogging the memories of the followers of Jesus about all of his commandments so that they can keep them in love, whispering the lyrics of the never-ending hymn of faithful obedience in their ears. It may surprise us to think of the Holy Spirit in this way, as ...

24. Pain And Promise In The Heart Of God

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... the only prophet who preached to the Northern Kingdom of Israel who was actually born and brought up there. There is no greater pain and promise than preaching to your own people about suffering and hope. To be certain, outside intervention is often necessary to jog a recalcitrant people into action. But it is also less risky and much less intense to deal with other people. We can always tell other people how they should respond to their children and their domestic problems much more easily than we can gain ...

25. Plan Your Leisure - Jesus Did His!

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... of their return. Jesus greeted the Twelve with another one of his innovative strategies: “Come,” he said, “to an out-of-the-way place and rest a little.” Leisure do you plan your leisure? Do you block out spots on your calendar for your walk, your jog, your golf outing, the movie, just like your dental appointments? If you don’t, it is less than what we call planned. Planned leisure is chosen leisure. Let’s take a look at how Jesus encouraged the Twelve to choose a plan of leisure: Return and ...

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