Sermons About Sacrifice
When Others Care About My Problems
Biblical joy is happiness, an emotion that is experienced by all people—Christian an non. What makes Christian joy different, though, isn’t that it’s not a feeling. Christian joy is the positive, emotional response to the reality that has dawned with the resurrection of Jesus. Jesus’ life and death proves that God loves the world and that he has acted to bring in a new reality that perseveres in the midst of any circumstance. THAT can produce happiness in anyone, no matter what.
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The Cost of Freedom: Sacrifice
Caleb was one of only two who proclaimed that God could bring His people into the promised land despite the strength of the people already there. Still, he had to wait 40 years, while the unbelieving generation wandered in the wilderness, before he could receive his reward.
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Can You See Him...in your marriage?
In week two of our series we will look at a very familiar passage in the Bible. You may have heard this passage recently at a wedding or read it in a greeting card. It is so common and so much a part of our culture that we often skim over it and miss the very powerful truth it teaches. This week we will slow down and examine this passage in the context of marriage and find the key that may transform your relationship.
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Independance Through Christ
True Independance comes from relying on the strenght of Christ, not our own. We can no do anything and TRULY succeed without walking and experiance Christ Jesus in His strength.
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Sunday Sermon for Week 27-09
A story of chances and second chances, Manasseh did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He followed the detestable practices of the Nations that the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, but when Manasseh finally sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself before the Lord, God restored Manasseh to his kingdom. God will forgive and give a second chance even to a man as evil as Manasseh.
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Esther
Biography: Esther Reconnect – June 28, 2009 Text: Esther 4:1-17; John 16:33 Key Thought: Esther shows us that remembering who we are and whose we are is the key to having the courage to risk living out God’s love. Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I am willing to die.” So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him. (Esther 4:13-17, NLT)
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Be A Praying Dad
There is a special dad here at Oak. Many years ago he watched as his son went off to Viet Nam. He prayerfully surrendered the care of his son into the hands of the God he loves. This special dad’s son fell in the field of battle and now he waits for the day when he too goes to be with his son and Jesus. Fatherhood is a gift that is easily overlooked. Moments alarm us to its precious value and as we grow older our children increase in value, even if they have broken our hearts. Jesus met a dad who had such a moment. He may have been a good dad before, but after his moment, nothing was the same.
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Are Rituals useful today?
Rituals in the Old Testament can they have value today in 21st Century worship/
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Jephthah
Biography: Jephthah Reconnect – June 21, 2009 Text: Judges 11:29-40; Mark 8:36 Key Thought: Jephthah “shows” us that the more we experience God as our Father, the better fathers (and mothers) we will be. At that time the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and led an army against the Ammonites. And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will give to the LORD the first thing coming out of my house to greet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.” So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave him victory. He thoroughly defeated the Ammonites from Aroer to an area near Minnith – twenty towns – and as far away as Abel-keramim. Thus Israel subdued the Ammonites. When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter – his only child – ran out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “My daughter!” he cried out. “My heart is breaking! What a tragedy that you came out to greet me. For I have made a vow to the LORD and cannot take it back.” And she said, “Father, you have made a promise to the LORD. You must do to me what you have promised, for the LORD has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites. But first let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.” “You may go,” Jephthah said. And he let her go away for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children. When she returned home, her father kept his vow, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter. (Judges 11:29-40, NLT)
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Abraham and Isaac - Faithful Obedience
Genesis 22:1-19 It is hard enough for children to obey simple commands, but as they grow, they will learn to obey much more complex commands. Have you learned to follow commands? Even those that don't make sense? Did your training stop when you became an adult, or are you a good and obedient child to your heavenly Father? Tonight Pastor Tyson teaches from Genesis chapter 22 about the faithful obedience of Abraham. We see that Abraham demonstrated immediate, complete, and joyful obedience. But, this event had far deeper meaning than the faithfulness of one of God's servant's, it is a story of redemption, substitution, and salvation. It is a forshadowing of the faithful obedience of Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, as our Holy sacrifice. These verses in Genesis demonstrate five characteristics of faithful obedience. Our obedience must be: 1. immediate (v. 3) 2. enduring (vv. 4-8) 3. complete (v. 9) 4. dependant (v. 13) and 5. your obedience will be rewarded (vv. 16-19) Although obedience doesn't come easy, it is easier than disobedience because the cost is much greater. May we all experience the extreme and wonderful blessings that come with joyful obedience to the Lord!
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