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3 Barriers to Restoring A Heart – sermon outline
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3 BARRIERS TO RESTORING A HEART
By Eddie Lawrence
I actually got this idea from an entry on my wife Mikki's blog (read it for background to this sermon outline). I took the idea and thought it would make a powerful sermon for people to hear and meditate upon.
TEXT: John 4:15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.” 19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
Here we have a story where Jesus shows us how to reach out to someone who has been checked off most people's list.
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Tiger Woods Lesson… – Guest Article
Posted by: | CommentsTiger Wood’s Lesson: Exploration of Shame and Forgiveness
By: Daryl Green
Introduction
In the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, author Nathaniel Hawthorne takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster with a moral-laden saga. In a 17th-century Puritan settlement, Hester Prynne bears a scarlet letter "A" on her breast for her apparent adultery. Despite the public humiliation, Hester never reveals her accomplice, Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale. Therefore, she lives her life in public shame.
Tiger Woods may feel like he’s bearing his own scarlet letter. It is unthinkable to many individuals that any reasonable person could forgive the alleged transgressions of Tiger. This reality bears out in the court of public opinion. According to a Gallup poll, his unfavorable rating surged up to 57%, compared to only 8% four years ago. Yet, it’s easy to speculate about a situation as we watch the unraveling of someone else’s life. This article explores how to deal biblically with shame and embarrassment in order to move forward.
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In the Face of Shame — free online bible study
Posted by: | CommentsThe following is a post from my wife’s blog. I thought it contains a lot of material that will enable you to minister to your people concerning an issue with which every human being will struggle at one time or another.
In the Face of Shame
by Mikki Lawrence
Have you ever felt ashamed of something you did? Have you ever been embarrassed to look people in the eyes?
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God is Still God — free sermon outline
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Wineskinology 101 (pt.4) Sermon Series
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Review of Pt. 3
THE PURPOSE OF THE WINE
Matthew 9:17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
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Power Principles for God’s People
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Power Principles for God’s People
Acts 3–4:4 (selected verses)
This looks at the occasion when Peter and John experience God’s power at the Gate called Beautiful where a lame man was healed.
1.THEY DID NOT ALLOW THEIR WORSHIP TO REPLACE THEIR WITNESS. “LOOK ON US”
They realized they had been given access to a power that hurting people desperately needed.
The two commandments deal with worship (love God) and witness (love people). Through the
Holy Spirit we are able to touch people with God’s love and power.
2.WHAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE DID NOT KEEP THEM FROM SHARING WHAT THEY DID HAVE.
They did not have silver and gold. So they focused on what they did have. The man needed
healing but he had probably given up long ago. Money could not buy what he really needed and
it still can’t buy what people need most.
3. IN GOD’S ECONOMY GOD USES WHAT WE CAN DO TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE CANNOT DO. "Such as I have I give to you."
When we begin to look at what people need that we already have, we can see miracles. Each of you
believers have the greatest counselor and most powerful person there is living in you!
When you make what you have available God will use it. It is not your ability; it is His.
As we have all heard–It is our availability that God is looking for. God will use YOU!
We must be sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit if we would see God move powerfully.
Those little nudges may lead you to explosive results.
4. IN GOD’S ECONOMY 2+1=5000
Your obedience to touch the one may result in reaching the multitude.
Many churches have used the EACH ONE REACH ONE strategy. This is very biblical.
If we look at the multitudes, we can become overwhelmed but you can touch one.
Let God’s math kick into your life. Peter and John touched one and reached 5000.
Think of someone you could team with to touch an individual. Jesus sent them out by 2.
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Seven Gifts You Get When You Team Up With Jesus!
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Seven Gifts You Get When You Team Up With Jesus!
1 Timothy 1: 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
When you read the above passage you discover that:
1. He gives us strength (Are you discouraged by how weak you are?)
2. He considers us faithful (Do you need someone who sees potential in you?)
3. He appoints us to his service (Do you struggle with a sense of purpose?)
4. He shows us mercy (Does your heart yearn to be released from guilt?)
5. He pours grace upon us (Do you need God’s power to do His will?)
6. He pours faith upon us (Could you use help in believing what you need to believe?)
7. He pours love upon us (Could you use a push in the love direction toward those who have hurt you?)
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Living The Thanks Filled Life!
Posted by: | CommentsThanksgiving is just around the corner so these thoughts could be used for a stand alone message for Thanksgiving as well as the third message in the three part series the last three posts have referenced. Let’s jump in and I’ll give you some bullet points to mull over for inclusion in the sermon idea Living the Thanks Filled Life.
- Illustration of a water balloon. If you gouge it, what pops out? WATER of course. When someone gouges you, what pops out? Is it thanksgiving? Paul said in everything give thanks….1 Thess. 5:18
- We give thanks in every circumstance not necessarily for every circumstance.
- True thanksgiving is really thanksliving.
- Think of one person you looked in the eye today and really expressed thanks to them for something they did or have done. Can you think of someone? If so, good for you. If not, ……
- Being thankful is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
- An attitude of gratitude is a sign of humility.
- Never being thankful is a sign of pride.
- A pig eating acorns in the pigpen never thinks about looking up at the tree where the acorns came from.
- Challenge your people to try the thanksgiving test. Wherever they work, or with their family, or at school, etc., encourage them to purposely express thanksgiving to three people tomorrow and see how it affects the atmosphere (office, home school,etc.).
- Think of the most under-appreciated person at your job and go to them and plant some seeds of appreciation in their lives.
- Let’s take the second mile thanksgiving test—Think of something bad that has happened to you, now try really hard on this one, think of what there is that you can thank God for in that circumstance.
- Some questions for you to ponder as you work on this message….What is it about giving thanks that so affects us? What does giving thanks change? What dos it do in our relationship with God?
- The Bible says the plowing of the wicked is sin. Could it be because that person is using God,s dirt, rain, seed, and sunshine and never says “Thanks”?
- In the Old Testament they gave “Thanks” offerings. What could we do to make our giving more meaningful?
A simple outline I suggest to you is:
I. The Sphere of Thanksgiving (In everything….)
II. The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving (give thanks… It is a gift we give. It acknowledges we have received something and we appreciate it. It demonstrates our dependence on another)
III. The Seriousness of Thanksgiving (It is God’s will)
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