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226. Demon-Possessed Child

Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

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Dallas A. Brauninger

... his time of wondering how he was to continue. Asker: You believe you may have been sent to nourish Jesus' soul at a difficult time. Then this story carries meaning beyond the healing of your child. Woman: I was thinking only about stories of Jesus' compassion and my daughter's need. Later, I remembered the story about our Zarephath widow. I believe now that my faith in Jesus' capacity to heal my child was also a sign to him of the willingness of foreigners, pagans, to believe. Sometimes our actions have ...

227. Wedding: Garments Of Marriage (for a formal wedding)

Colossians 3:1-17

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Derl G. Keefer

... things require a kind of self-forgetting that we are not inclined to practice very often. So, he says, we need to wrap all these attitudes and action in love. Your love for each other, (Bride) and (Groom), will give you the energy and desire to show compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, and forgiveness to one another. But your love alone won't make this happen. Human love has a way of fading in and out, unless it finds its Source. And the Source of all love is God. Let God be your unseen ...

228. You Can Be Well Fed

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Michael B. Brown

... back-breaking burden of resentment (Consult pp. 20-21 of the Simons' book.) Their work is a beautiful reminder that to become like Jesus, to find the "life abundant" he talked about, we are called to focus on peace. Part of Jesus' steady diet was also Compassion -- a willingness to empathize with other people, to hurt for them and to give something of himself in an effort to help. Experience teaches that the most miserable people in the world are always the ones who worry about how much is going to be done ...

229. Christ The King

Ephesians 1:15-23, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46

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Russell F. Anderson

... did it to the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me" (v. 40). The service of their king was not an affair of the head, but of the heart. They responded to the needs of those around them instinctively. It was not that compassion was a function of their genes, but they had been transformed from within by the love of God. The danger of doing nothing. The verdict of guilty was pronounced by the king not on the basis of what they had done but, rather, on what they hadn't done. "As ...

230. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:1-17, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

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Russell F. Anderson

... process. It isn't wrong; it's just there and we have to deal with it; otherwise, it will fester within our souls. This is the same question that went through Christ's mind from the cross. "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" The compassion of Christ. When Jesus witnessed the sorrow surrounding the death of Lazarus and the pain evinced in Mary and Martha, the text says more than once that he was deeply moved, profoundly disturbed. It also states that Jesus wept. The Greek stoics believed that to show ...

231. Preaching the Miracles of Jesus

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John R. Brokhoff

... healed persons, "Tell no man (Mark 1:44)." Since the Father gave the power to perform miracles to Jesus, the glory should be given to God alone. 2. To meet human need. - Jesus performed miracles to relieve human suffering. He was motivated by compassion. When he saw a hungry multitude, out of compassion, he performed the miracle of the fish and loaves. When he saw a widow's only son on the way to a cemetery, he raised the young man because he felt sorry for the youth's mother. At Lazarus' grave, Jesus wept ...

232. Preaching the Miracles of Jesus

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John R. Brokhoff

233. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... vv. 6-9 3. This Miracle is for you (2:1-11). This first miracle of Jesus is one for you. It applies to your life. It can make your life a miracle. Consider the nature of this miracle. A. Miracle of generosity - 180 gallons - v. 6 B. Miracle of compassion - "Fill the jars" - v. 7 C. Miracle of quality - "the good wine" - v. 10 4. The Key to Getting a Miracle (2:1-11). The key to the Cana miracle was obedience. If the servants had not obeyed Jesus' command, there would have been no miracle. Obedience can: A ...

234. Proper 20

Luke 16:1-15, Psalm 113:1-9, Psalm 130:1-8, Amos 8:1-14, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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George Bass

... the dust to share your very being. May the children of God always bless your name from the rising of the sun to its going down, for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever." Psalm 130 (LBW) - "God of might and compassion, you sent your Word into the world as a watchman to announce the dawn of salvation. Do not leave us in the depths of our sins, but listen to your church pleading for the fullness of your redeeming grace; through Jesus Christ our Lord." THE READINGS Amos 8 ...

235. What's In The Final Exam?

Matthew 25:31-46

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George Johnson

... from guilt, but rather in how did all these worthwhile goals help us participate in righteousness and justice. A focus on the end always helps us keep our balance and make corrections when we go astray. Jesus tells us this story so that we will have a compass, a perspective, that will guide our decisions. We would be wise to come back again and again to this text to get refocused as individuals and as a church. Finally, we apply this text to the household of God as we celebrate the grace of God. Listening ...

236. What Is God Like?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

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Robert Beringer

... Lord .. ." wrote Isaiah, and later in this same passage, he refers to "the abundance of God's steadfast love." Somebody once pointed out the difference between generosity and compassion. Generosity is when you bake two pies for the annual church bazaar, and compassion is when you buy those same pies back after they failed to sell! Compassion is a truly wonderful quality, but the steadfast love of which Isaiah speaks is something that goes far beyond ordinary human kindness and love. Steadfast love is a love ...

237. Step Nine - Discipline

Mt 5:21-26 · Eph 4:25-32 · Num 5:5-10

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John A. Terry

... . Do not nurse our anger, just in case it tries to go away. Again, Paul gives very practical advice. The day of your anger should be the day of your reconciliation. To be human is to get angry. To be humans created in the image of God is to have compassion and give the anger to God before we sin. Ours is the gospel of reconciliation. Paul assures us that we are guilty of such things. We do not throw away people who have done wrong. If we threw away everyone here who had ever gotten angry, there would be no ...

238. How Much Is Enough?

Matthew 14:13-21

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Johnny Dean

... him everywhere he goes. Instead of solitude, Jesus is confronted with still more people in need of healing. And you know what a soft touch he is. Jesus cannot observe human suffering and do nothing. He has to help, he has to heal, because he feels such great compassion for the people. In fact, he was so determined to heal as many people as he could that day that he lost track of time. His disciples come and offer a helpful reminder. "Jesus, it’s way past dinner time, and there’s not a McDonald’s or ...

239. Just Who Do You Think You Are?

Matthew 15:21-28

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Johnny Dean

... with YOUR kind of people, not me. That’s not my job." I’ll be honest with you. Every time I read this passage of scripture, the hair on the back of my neck begins to prickle! This is so out of character for Jesus, so harsh and empty of compassion. It reminds me of the story of the church member who stopped by to visit his pastor on a hot summer afternoon and found the minister drinking a cold beer on the patio. He was shocked, and he said so. The pastor replied that he couldn’t understand what the ...

240. Which Jesus Do You See?

John 12:20-36

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Brett Blair

... to Israel to become a guru to the Jews. The most famous of modern Hindus, Gandhi, was drawn to Jesus' virtues of compassion and nonviolence. But this is about as far as Hindus go in revering Jesus. Jesus is nothing more than, as we ... faith. The threat to that young boy's life was real! It was God who provided the sacrifice, at the last moment, by an act of grace and compassion, which spared his life. And that is the story foretold in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. The God of Jesus and the God of that young ...

241. Encounters With Christ II: Jesus and Mary and Martha

Luke 10:38-42

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James W. Moore

... knows her loves her and respects her and appreciates her and admires her because of her unwavering kindness. The point is clear: What we send out comes back! If we send out unkindness, it comes back to haunt us. If we send out grace and love and compassion, those come back to bless us. In the Mary and Martha story, Jesus is teaching us a great lesson about our inner attitudes and He is saying… Beware of resentment, beware of narrowness and beware of unkindness. Choose instead the way of grace and love and ...

242. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

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Robert Allen

... Love is not vicious or hostile. Love does not try to compound the guilt. Love doesn't try to rub salt in the wounds of shame. When we learn to love after the pattern of Jesus, we learn to show care. We learn to show understanding. We learn to show compassion to those who are hurting. II. A Second Thing We See In The Example Of Jesus Is That Love Is Forgiving. Peter must have been hurting on the inside. After all, look what he had done. He had denied even knowing Jesus. He had shamed himself by cursing those ...

243. Wash One Another's Feet

John 13:1-17

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Lee Griess

... that the whole thing could have exploded, and we'd have both been burned up!" Jack told him that he felt that he just couldn't leave him. Many years before, Jack had been treated compassionately by the nurse, and because of that experience, he could now show that same compassion to another. Receiving grace enabled him to give grace. Jesus said, "Now that I, your Lord and Teacher have washed your feet, you should wash one another's feet."

244. What Jesus Saw In Martha

Luke 10:38-42

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James W. Moore

245. The Day You Were Healed

Luke 17:11-19

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... hoard the gifts of God while others hunger. We cannot turn aside when someone hurts. The burden of an agonized humanity is on our hearts, and we respond with prayers and gifts, with dollars for research, with bread for hungry children, and with our presence in compassion at the side of someone close to us in trial. We can never give up hope. But sometimes there is one last hope - hope discovered not in looking forward to a wonder cure, but in turning backward to the one who heals. When an anxious family ...

246. One Nation, Under Mercy

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... opened!" • to the handicapped, "Arise, take up your bed and walk." • to the dying thief, "Today you will be with me in paradise." • and to these lepers, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." When the Lord saw all this agony and fear and helplessness, he had compassion - not a passive pity, but an active love. And as they went, they were healed. The story is familiar now. We teach it to the beginner class in Sunday School so that they will learn to be polite and say their thank you’s. We act enraged ...

247. The Nearest Hand

Luke 10:25-37

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Carveth Mitchell

... for themselves. The old principal is still the modern principal, and is relevant to our day, our society and our religion: when God touches people, he takes the nearest willing hand and uses that. When your heart’s need is touched by the compassion, forgiveness or encouragement of another person; when your life is strengthened by the spiritual, mental or physical support of someone else, this is God, taking the nearest willing hand - or lips or purse - to express his love, his mercy, his concern for you ...

248. A Crippling Spirit

Luke 13:10-17

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Brett Blair

... is so disturbing about the synagogue ruler. He was so insensitive to this woman’s plight. Sure, he had the truth on his side. Healing is work and it should not be done on the Sabbath. But, Jesus had a greater principle on his side—compassion. Compassion trumps ritualistic rules, even the Sabbath commandment. For this reason Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue: You hypocrite. Do you not take care of your animals on the Sabbath? Isn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham, a daughter of the covenant ...

249. The Confessions of a Younger Brother

Luke 16:19-31

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... ?" She replied, "Because she needs it most. If I didn’t love her, nobody would." In the attitude of this young girl we see a part of the secret in this parable. God is in the lives of those who cry out to us for our love and compassion. These signs, signals and revelations are all around us; we can’t miss them unless we choose to miss them. William Croswell Doone says it so perfectly in this poem, The Preacher’s Mistake: The Parish Priest of austerity, Climbed up in a high church steeple To be nearer ...

250. Ordinary 32

Lk 20:27-38 · Zech 7:1-10 · 2 Thess 2:13--3:5 · 1 Chron 29:10-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... of the people of Bethel is before us today: Shall we fast as was done in the past? Outline: In defense of true fasting - A. Fasting expresses contrition for sin. B. Fasting is self-discipline. C. Fasting places the spirit above the flesh. D. Fasting arouses compassion for the needy. Lesson 1: 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 1. PTL Christians. 29:10-13. Need: A certain religious broadcaster is known for his "PTL Club" - "Praise the Lord." David was the first to join this club: "Praise thy glorious name." (v. 13) All ...

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