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Psalm 139:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

Most of you remember the story of the Trojan horse. The Greeks, under Odysseus, sailed over to Troy and made a huge wooden horse. They then climbed into the horse and were hidden away there. Cassandra warned the Trojans not to take the horse into the city. However, a Greek prisoner, Simon, persuaded them that the horse was sacred and would bring the protection of the gods so the pulled the horse ...

2. God, Elvis, and O.J. Simpson

Psalm 139

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James Merritt

Without question, two of the most fascinating and famous (and at least in one case, infamous) figures of the 20th Century are Elvis Presley and O. J. Simpson. Until a couple of years ago no one would have said that O. J. Simpson had, or ever would achieve, the stature of Elvis Presley. But all of that was changed Friday, June 17, 1994, when an entire nation was transfixed by a television scene th...

3. Nervous Hands

Psalm 139:1-24

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All of us at some point have been so nervous that it was obvious to everyone - our knees shook, our hands trembled. It's happened to every one of us. I remember one incident in particular in my own life. It was the first time I ever assisted with Communion. I was a Lay Minister. It was my installation, and I was to assist in distributing Communion. My hands shook so badly in trying to pass out the...

4. You Can Be In Heaven Or Hell

Psalm 139:1-24

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Michael B. Brown

Heaven and hell are real. Anyone who has ever been married is aware of that because in marriage one experiences a little bit of both. On the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary, Billy and Ruth Graham were interviewed from their home in Montreat, North Carolina. The interviewer was Joan Lunden of the television show Good Morning, America. Ms. Lunden asked Mrs. Graham: "In all your 50 years t...

5. Song of a Philosopher

Psalm 139:1-24

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Gordon Pratt Baker

The author of the One hundred and thirty-ninth Psalm is a philosopher who, like Socrates, dares to examine his own inner life. Nor does he do so without benefiting thereby. For the more he probes the labyrinths of his mind the closer to God he finds himself. Awesome as the experience is for him, however, it never conjures up fear in him. Instead, it brings him a deep sense of peace. Amazing Grace...

6. Our God Is an Awesome God

Psalm 139:1-18

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James Merritt

Robert Wells wrote a book entitled: Is A Blue Whale The Biggest Thing There Is? It is a children's book to help little ones see just how big the universe really is. The largest animal on earth is the blue whale. Just the flippers on its tail are bigger than most animals on earth. But a blue whale isn't anywhere near as big as a mountain. If you could put one hundred blue whales inside of a huge j...

7. Do I Really Matter To God?

Psalm 139:1-24

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Bill Bouknight

Sometimes people in great distress come to pastors, and that is certainly appropriate. Though we do not always have precise solutions for their dilemmas, we certainly can provide a safe and confidential place to share troubles, and we can connect them with our loving, all-wise, all-powerful God. Often these folks coming to my office feel lower than a whale’s belly. They sometimes make statements ...

8. Why You Should Come Clean With God

Psalm 139:23-24

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James Merritt

I want to begin by asking you a question. Who is sitting in your seat? Now I know you think I’ve lost my mind because you just said “I am.” Well, let me ask you a follow-up question: Which “you” is sitting in your seat? You say, “What do you mean?” Well, there are actually three people in your seat. There is the person that you think you are, there is the person others think you are, and there is ...

9. That's What Jesus Does for Me

Psalm 139:7-12

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James W. Moore

Her name is Pascale. She is five years old. She is a very important part of our church family. She is here in the 8:30 service most every Sunday morning. One evening recently, Pascale was watching television with her mom and dad. Suddenly, a news flash showed President Bush walking to a meeting. The President was surrounded by a group of men in dark suits. Pascale asked her parents: “Who are tho...

10. God's Gift Of Life

Psalm 139:1-24

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Erskine White

For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb. (Psalm 139:13) Fathers in earlier generations usually weren't allowed to do this, but I have had the splendid privilege of watching and helping as two of my children were born. The first time, the experience was new and overwhelming. I felt I had witnessed God's hands at work in the world and when our baby was ...

11. Engaging the Master Designer

Psalm 139: 1-18

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J. Howard Olds

In the academic mecca of Athens, the Apostle Paul sat down one day to discuss with pagan philosophers the nature of the Unknown God to whom the town had built a monument. This is what he said: “The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn’t live in custom-made shrines or need the human race to run errands for him. He makes the creatures, the creatures don’t m...

12. The Circus and My Faith

Ps 139 · Mt 22:37

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Robert Noblett

The Bible admonishes us to love God, but it also embellishes on the point. It admonishes us to love God with all the heart that we have, all the soul that we have and all the mind that we have. Our intent in these pages is to land on the third dimension of our love for God, our willingness to love God with our minds. That may strike some as a bit unusual - loving someone with our mind (we usually ...

13. Are You Still Frightened of the Dark?

Genesis 1:1-5 · John 1:4-5 · Psalm 139:11-12

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Robert Noblett

Children go through a period when they are frightened of the dark. They are convinced that there is a robber inside their clothes closet. They are sure there is some kind of ethereal character lurking about in the basement. Beyond a doubt, they are of the conviction that there is a ghost-like essence biding time beneath their bed. Children usually outgrow that stage, but occasionally you find thos...

14. Step Four - Courage

Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6

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John A. Terry

Step four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. The psalmist talks of the God before whom such a searching and fearless moral inventory is both possible and necessary. Ours is a God who, in traditional language, is omniscience and omnipresent, a God who knows all and is everywhere. This Psalm is sometimes called the Psalm of the unavoidable God. We believe that before our ...

15. Vengeance: Human and Divine

Matthew 13:1-9 · Isaiah 44:6-8 · Psalm 1-12, 17-18, 23-24

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Will Willimon

We began this service of worship by reciting Psalm 139. Well, not really. For we only recited part of Psalm 139, the nice part. Our hymnal leaves out the last part of this psalm, the part that isn't so nice. After speaking of the Spirit of God, the wings of the morning, the precious thoughts of God, there is a jolt: O that thou wouldst slay the wicked....Do I not hate them that hate thee,... do I ...

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