Verde Valley Christian Church
Dec 10, 2023
Sermon Series: Christmas Gift Giving Guide
Sermon Title: "Gifts of Inconvenience"
Speaker: Jim Hammond
WAYS TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
1. Pay the PRICE of SACRIFICE
2 Samuel 24:24
But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.
WAYS TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
2. The inconvenient gift of SERVING
Luke 1:38
"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May your word to me be fulfilled." Then the angel left her.
WAYS TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
3. The inconvenient gift of RESPONSIBILITY
WAYS TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
4. The inconvenient gift of FORGIVENESS
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Luke 23:33-34
When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
2 Corinthians 5:15
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
Sermon Title: "Gifts of Inconvenience"
Speaker: Jim Hammond
WAYS TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
1. Pay the PRICE of SACRIFICE
2 Samuel 24:24
But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.
WAYS TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
2. The inconvenient gift of SERVING
Luke 1:38
"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May your word to me be fulfilled." Then the angel left her.
WAYS TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
3. The inconvenient gift of RESPONSIBILITY
WAYS TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY
4. The inconvenient gift of FORGIVENESS
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Luke 23:33-34
When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
2 Corinthians 5:15
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
Unbroken - Louis Zaporini on life raft for 47 days. Then became a POW. Freed and then addicted. Went to a Billy Grahm event and became a Christian. He returned to POW camp to discover that his captor had committed suicide. He now felt compassion and forgiveness to that captor.
Matthew 25:40
"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
Matthew 25:40
"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
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