What do I mean by this? I grew up in a family where you had to fight to sit my grandmother down from doing work, and I now have to do the same with my mother. so big as hunger? But the church leadership Some who have been around at FCPC for a long time Many are in search of great love but are ready to throw their hands in the air because that great love has not been easy to find. you chose a safe money market, CD, or savings account, congratulations, you Proverbs 31:28 is a verse I love. a provocative prayer or someone pointed out a pressing need, and nothing And despite all the obstacles a new ministry was born and thrived. Christ’s return. his slaves with $1.5 million, $600,000, and $300,000. happened. Michael Hydes, but often there will be a guest preacher from… Continue reading So, I say again, do not quit! The prayerful expressions of grief found in Lamentations reflect the pain, despair, and raw emotions of sensitive members of the community of faith during and after the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile. He Starts With the Impossible. Intro:How many of you like magic? She had no resources, she could see no possibility of resources and only God could supply their needs. make a fortune, but might just as well lose everything? After all, God still does the impossible work of changing lives everyday. course Jesus isn’t speaking of just any big chance or impossibility. survival. Sermon Luke 1:35-45 With God Nothing Is Impossible Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children's Sermons Hymn Lists Luke 1:35-45 With God Nothing Is Impossible By The Rev. master’s money, and both of them double what he gave them. Sarah felt that the Lord was restraining her from having a child (Genesis 16:2) which may have actually been true for the sole purpose of teaching us that He can make anything possible. John Edgar Doing the Impossible in their community. Nonetheless they contacted other local youth groups, and at I am one of those people that really do believe dreams are either an insight into the future or a reflection on the past. his slaves with five, two, and one talent respectively. They were told to keep quiet gospel, impossible things do happen? Today’s parable is one of a cluster of teachings that speak directly to how Jesus’ course, there are plenty of times in plenty of congregations when someone said more disconnected from the church than any in recent history. congregations have a story or two about doing the impossible. the next Super Bowl they collect nearly $6000 for hunger relief. Let me say this to you today: do not give up on God! I hope it is a help and blessing to you in your ministry or personal study. Faith makes the impossible possible, we need to not be afraid to do the impossible! When he wants to do the miraculous, he starts with the impossible. Abraham even laughed at the notion that he would become a dad in old age (Genesis 17:17). Impossible Sermon Outlines. We are told that Abraham, at 100 years old, fell to his face in laughter at the very idea that his wife would become a mother and that he would become a father. Patience, I believe, is the hardest thing for us to learn; especially having patience in the Lord. The Souper 1. Many find it hard that the Lord speaks to them or show them anything, but I believe the Lord is in regular communication with us if we pay close attention. Take a look at this: 13 And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? There What do you think God is asking you to do? Over the years, I have learned that the Lord mostly tells us to wait and have faith in what He is doing. I remember the first time a teacher told a student that there had never been a black president or even a woman president and all of us were amazed, at first, but also dumbfounded as to why not. Is God calling you to believe Him for the impossible in your life? Bible Study: When God Asks You to Do the Impossible. Don’t laugh at the notion, don’t give up on your dreams solely because it seems impossible right now. Take care of it until I get back.” What congregations worry about surviving. The Impossible Possibility; Christmas Eve Sermon. this for our day and use a modest annual salary of $20,000, the master entrusts Money, of the lack thereof, often seems an insurmountable obstacle, and James Sledge November 16, 2014. I believe many of you probably participated in this exercise as children, but as a child, I can recall when teachers would ask each individual student in their class, “what do you want to be when you grow up?”  I always wanted to be a baseball player, but many of the other kids would always say, “I want to be the President of the United States”. put it someplace safe, perhaps federally insured? Women, to me, are really great examples of faith in believing God can do the impossible. There’s church into a facility with job training, food pantry, health clinic, and after Her response: “it was God!”. You just may. God has never stopped doing the impossible, we simply stopped believing that the impossible could become possible. I don't mean that as a challenge but a genuine question. Why do you think He wants you to do it? She cried out to the God whom she trusted and whom she believed was able to meet their needs. Why do we, the faithful ones, laugh at the notions that come from the Lord? He is My God is the God that makes the impossible possible! Where is he low interest rates, a little income is better than having to tell the boss, “I We will say, “that’s impossible”, and at that very moment we fail all because we could not believe it was possible to succeed. Thoughts on faith, musings on Scripture, sermons from Falls Church Presbyterian Church, plus sermons and postings from "Pastor James," my blog while pastor at Boulevard Presbyterian in Columbus, OH. When facing the impossible God might have another idea. There are many of us who have started a business, but the clients and the money is not so easy to come by and we have thrown our hands in the air. I was the boy that wanted to go outside as soon as I got home from school so that I could play. The rent on the building was well beyond the church’s small But life as It The God of the Impossible Series Outlines 1 Thank youfor downloading this eBook of outlines. When God wants to do something big, he starts with something very small. In the parable a master entrusts Focus 14:22-24 1. God has promised me a number of things that will take HIS doing the IMPOSSIBLE, He is possible, I am possible. I believe dreams to be messages from the Lord. cautious and timid and rarely risk the impossible. failing afflicts many of us, and churches can be particularly paralyzed by this imagine that you had a boss, a harsh and difficult boss, who said to you, Learning to play an instrument takes hours of learning and repetitive practice. Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter. If we do make it beyond the notion stage, many of us will throw our hands in the air if we find the task is not easy. No comments: Post a Comment. Steven Brooks International is an end-time ministry with a focus on local, national, and world evangelism. Sarah could not see the “how” in how she would be able to have a baby at that age and I imagine that many women would react that same way today! (Note to FCPC members: this blog is meant for a wider audience than just FCPC. If Let it begin with each of us. Pastors Steven and Kelly have traveled throughout the world ministering the love of Jesus and they continue to reach multitudes of souls around the world through television, the internet, and Christian meetings. We don’t love when a struggle is required and the task gets hard; we want our blessings, our dreams, to come easily to us with absolutely no struggle. In our day, many The women in my family have always been strong women that I believe could do absolutely anything. We pray that the Lord delivers us our greatest dreams, the desires of our heart, but we give up because of the struggle and the hard work. Posted by James Sledge at 11:53 AM. So the Holy Spirit has been poured out on us to join God in this work of peace he is doing in the world. not all that easy for Jewish Christian in the latter part of the 1. volunteers. Let’s remember this about Abraham:  he is considered a patriarch of faith in the Lord. 4. My dad would always tell me that the Lord answers our prayers with three answers: yes, no, and wait. We believe something is impossible solely based on what we believe we know and this is a great detriment to us in our faith. So, And He said, “No, but you did laugh!” – Genesis 18:15 NKJV. (Exodus 3:7-9) 3. This reminds me of another woman who had the same reaction when she was told that she would bear a child and that woman was Mary. The Email This BlogThis! live by its ways. would you do? Almost every US denomination is Again, we thought a black person could not become President; we thought we’d never see the day because it was impossible. And so it’s likely that every Jewish Christian in Matthew’s December 27, 2018 Sermons. I imagine that Sarah and Abraham had been trying to have a child for a long time very early on in their lives. If you would like more resources including full text messages, underground, to hole up and wait and play it safe. Trouble was, as rabbinical After all, even at today’s Remember, Mary could not understand how she could bear a child as a virgin. Doing The Impossible. congregation who heard this parable would have done exactly what the third Yet, every time I turn on the news, I see a woman doing something she was told she could not do. A seminary intern offered a prayer asking But what they mean by that comes in many shapes and sizes. We believe that there is a race to our blessings but the Lord is going to bless you at His time. and offerings at the Temple. There’s the “Here’s a million dollars of my money. was a terrible time to try to start a church. Many people do not succeed because they cannot see themselves succeeding. Think of your own ministry or difficult situation in life. Most congregations have a story or two about doing the impossible. od specializes in doing the impossible. God gives us the notion, but we give up because struggle and hard work might be required of us. It is a favorite of. Some youth decided they wanted to do General Eisenhower had said that this operation was one in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 ships and many of you would rush out and invest it in some high risk venture that might Judaism became the norm, the Jewish followers of Jesus, who also called the What does God want Moses to do in Exodus 3:10? Pastor Steven is widely known for his ability to teach … 14:22-26 A. of a good investment that will let me double my money fairly quickly? To Matthew’s congregation, and to us, Doing the impossible. You can get free updates in your inbox via your new favorite newsletter and see all my businesses at Impossible X and our philanthropic efforts at Impossible.org Read Exodus 3:1-10. You cannot accomplish anything in this life without the idea. If we want to update Iesha Champs, the single mother of 5, was on the Steve Harvey show the other day and I stopped by the TV to watch her interview. It is that idea of doing the impossible that is before us today as we consider Jesus’ words in the Gospel lesson, a portion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). There is much that works against doing the impossible. We will pray to the Lord and expect that God is going to deliver to us a premade blessing that requires no work to put together on our end. There’s Has God ever shown you something and you laughed at the notion of it coming to fruition? Again, many of us get messed up the notion stage before any action ever gets taken. I also want to declare to you today that my God actually does the impossible regularly! I tell you this, faith without works is dead, and so not having faith in the notion (the idea/dream) immediately leads to the death of a dream. about being careful and playing it safe. synagogue home, found themselves labeled heretics. Believing God For The Impossible Joshua 10:1-15 n June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along 50 miles of heavily-defended French coastline near Normandy to fight the forces of Nazi Germany. of investing with the bankers, but remember, there were no banks as we know Trust in Him! Many of us cannot believe in the impossible solely because of what we think we know. Read through these verses and build your faith in God and His ability to do the impossible … SENT: The Bible will teach us that fear robs us of doing great things for God, faith on the other hand will enable us to do the impossible, so don't be afraid! more than be mindful, but what could a youth group do in the face of a problem Key verse:But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. After all, when he sent his Son to the world, he didn’t send him to New York or Chicago or even to Rome. I believe that many of us miss out on our greater blessings all because we cannot believe in the notion or the idea of what God has shown us. I try to stay a week or so ahead ... Matthew 5:17-48 Fully Alive Imaginations James Sledge                                                                                  ... Audios of sermons and worship available on the FCPC website. is for these Christians that Matthew recalls today’s parable. This laughter is not a sign of mocking the Lord or scoffing at the idea, but more of a laugh in disbelief. Can you remember what you used to believe was impossible or would never happen, for yourself, but is now something you’ve overcome and accomplished or know is now possible? IMPOSSIBLE. God provided for them. Yet, we live in a world today where we know that it is possible for a black person to become President because that impossible has actually happened. Eventually, growing up in the 90s, I just remember coming to the conclusion that no black person, male or female, would ever become President; it was impossible but little did we know back then. Most Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. Of The Facing The Impossible I Kings 17:8-16, 17-24 Luke 7:11-17 Galatians 1:11-24 An Impossible Mission Have you ever faced a situation you thought was impossible? I’m not a big fan of America”s Got Talent but it seems that every time I surf through that channel, (that’s what I do, I surf. interest. I believe having a child had become such a struggle for Sarah that the struggle had become upsetting for her. There are some dreams where the very notion of what I believe the Lord has shown me has made me question, “how will ‘that’ happen?”  I don’t believe I am the only one that has questioned God’s notions like that. I started IMPOSSIBLE to push myself to try to live a life worth writing about by pushing my limits, living an adventure & telling a great story by doing the impossible. When the Impossible Meets God (3 of 4) Series: Strong Faith for Tough Times Pastor Jeff Schreve 2 Kings 4:1-7 Two Nuns were nurses and they would go about helping people in different areas. slave did, the only truly safe thing to do, and hidden the money. Don’t ever let anybody tell you what you can’t do and what you can’t accomplish! may well know some such stories from this congregation that I’ve not heard, and Sermon - He Heard That: A Sermon On Doing the Impossible - New Found Faith We learn, from the time we are children, what is possible and what is impossible. Have you ever tried and struggled with something for so long that you threw your hands in the air and gave up? Maybe a better question: If I too know family members that He will bring to Himself. Is God calling you to believe Him for the impossible in your life? Rabbinical, synagogue Judaism, the movement begun Fear of when we allow the Spirit to work through us, when we risk ourselves for the Maybe you have given up on a dream because it seemed highly improbable to ever come to … Have you ever had an idea, a thought, a vision, or a dream that you feel came from God, but because it was beyond anything you could have ever imagined, you laughed at the notion? It happens when many choose to do what’s necessary and possible. Sarah laughed at the very idea of having a child because she was an old woman (90 to be exact). Whether you’re wanting to pursue your life-long dreams, or you’re struggling to pay your light bill, God doesn’t see either one as impossible. I guess ‘m a kid at heart when it comes to magic. course for Matthew’s congregation, a talent was simply a huge sum of money, about Since 1990 it has collected more than We, without realizing it, have all been trained in believing what is possible and what is not possible. Jesse Duplantis (January-07-2021) Watch Sermon: It's Fun Doing The Impossible, Vol 3 Pt 2. Boys are told by their friends that they can never be with “that” girl because she is “out of his league”. God has already delivered something to you that you thought was impossible, why would you believe He won’t do it again for you? people are worried, and congregations worried about survival tend to get A) In our day and age, I see and believe that Christians now days do not believe or have the faith that they can be healed from any sickness or disease..They go to the doctors and get a bad report and take pills and fade away. With examples from the bible and in my life! Sermon: Doing the Impossible Matthew 25:14-30. Back then, I would think that doing all of that “homework stuff” would take forever. congregation for whom Matthew writes his gospel was surely worried about Many sermons are given by Rev. about Jesus if they wanted to remain members of the synagogue, and they did school tutoring. do, please speak with me right after the service.) You may not realize it but there are many things you thought you would never do, or overcome, but you have done or overcome and now you no longer think about it. Maybe you have given up on a dream because it seemed highly improbable to ever come to pass. the famous story of the youth group at Spring Valley Presbyterian in Columbia, I thought it would be impossible to get outside and play before the sun went down, but my parents would always reassure me that “outside wasn’t going anywhere”. Happy to read of your family member being brought to … And they speak to The next time you feel yourself feeling confident, challenge yourself to do the impossible. Sarah simply gave up and thought that it was impossible for her to have children after being so unsuccessful. Sermon video: Doing the Impossible Audios of sermons and worship available on the FCPC website. Why did God ask Moses to do that? In 1912, two Irish music hall players were spending an afternoon in … Again, focusing on our key verse (Genesis 18:15), Sarah thought it was impossible for her to bear a child solely based on what she thought she knew. And one day they were called to the countryside to help a person who was bed ridden and so they went and ministered to him. The seemingly impossible occurs when an entire orchestra strikes harmonious notes that converge into Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. There was a point in time where women were seen only as child bearers. Those that have no faith are certainly going to laugh at the notion of God showing anybody something, but why do we laugh at the notion of what the Lord has in store for us? In our key verse today, we see Sarah, the wife of Abraham, laughing at the notion of conceiving a child. fear. In today's sermon, I declare to you, my God does the impossible regularly and He will do the impossible for you if you believe! No, the struggle is a test of your faith and the very act of giving up will cause your faith in that dream to go dead. Genesis 18: 1-15 (NLT). Here, Jesus calls on his followers – you and me – to turn the other cheek, to go the extra mile, to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. The impossible is possible to him that believes not only in God but in ones-self if you truly believe you can do something its not impossible! We can do absolutely anything through our Lord. May 14, 2018 by Reverend Leo H. McCrary II. loss of the Temple put an end to priestly form of Judaism focused on sacrifices You will recall that Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham so that he could have an heir through Hagar bearing a son (Genesis 16:1-2). There is nothing that is impossible for our God! Have you ever been in an impossible situation and you were brou… Sermon from the Sunday Morning Worship Service 6/18/17 11AM Dr. Liam Goligher, Senior Minister, preaching: “Doing the Impossible” based on Hebrews… Faith, Works, and an Advent Swallowed by Christmas, Sermon video: On Being Children and Saints. congregation formed in the midst of the Great Depression, when everyone said it The struggle is all part of the impossible becoming a possible! At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”. $100,000,000 for hunger, including over $8,000,000 this year alone. Michael Hydes Sermons at The Village MCC Sermons at MCC are in a variety of formats, from traditional teachings to interviews, poetry and song. Women, for example, in our society have always been told what they can and cannot do by, in my opinion, a certain group of men. When my grandmother and her children were refugees coming out of Russia, there was a day when they had no food. My mom and dad, after school, would make me do either my homework or my “time-tables” when I was learning multiplication. I loved this message of yours.. experiencing significant numerical decline, and the millennial generation is Abraham did this at a time when mankind was in constant rebellion against God after the Great Flood. chose the same thing as the slave with the one talent. I grew up knowing that girls could play ball with the boys and beat boys in foot races. These were Jews who followed the Jewish Messiah, Jesus. There are legions of people with unchallenged genius potential. Sometimes we give up and quit before our appointed time. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be sons and daughters of God. 2. them today. Dr. James D. Kegel The angel said
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