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2476. The Fruits of Good Soilir

Ephesians 5:8-9

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate the fruits of the Spirit Props: Apple, Orange, Banana, a bag in which all three are hidden. Lesson: "Good morning. You know what? Sometimes ... says that we are kind of like trees. A good tree makes good fruit because it has good roots in the good soil. The Bible says that if we have our roots in the Spirit of God, that we will produce the fruit of goodness. In other words when we follow God, we will naturally have lives that are good. So remember today to be a good tree, and ...

2477. The Gift of Peace

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... these words: For (Jesus) is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the divinding wall of hostility ... He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God ... (Ephesians 2:14-19) If we are going to be recipients of the gift of peace, then our world view must ...

2478. A Bubbling Witness

John 15:18--16:4

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... is telling the truth. Were there bubbles over there? Have the bubble-blower blow bubbles one more time, so all of the children can see. So it is true, after all. Application: Before Jesus died on the cross, he promised that God was going to send the Holy Spirit to help us be witnesses for the Lord. Our witness today was brave enough to tell you that someone was blowing bubbles. Some of you believed and some of you didn't believe. That's the way it is when we tell others about Jesus. We know who Jesus ...

2479. Jesus Reflects -- A Dramatic Monologue

Isaiah 9:1-7, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... Nazareth! I cannot explain to you my nature; it is still a mystery to me. I only know that God directs my life, and I am content to follow his direction each day. I would go so far as to say that my Father and I are one, certainly in spirit! I do not look upon my birth as particularly miraculous. In my view all births are miraculous! God is the creator of human life, and apart from him none would exist. He has as well created my life, only in a somewhat different manner. If man could only recognize it ...

2480. All Filled Up

Ephesians 5:18

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... up the balloon and tie it. I guess you are right. Food, money and clothes won't work, but air will. Application: Did you know that it's the same way with our lives? The Apostle Paul told people in a letter that they should be filled with the Holy Spirit of God and not with other things that you can buy. Food, money and clothes are all things that help us to live, Hold up the balloons with pizza, money and the shoe. but they don't give us true life. But when we pray for and depend on God ...

2481. Six Nails of the Cross I: The Nail of Pride

Mark 12:35-40

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... lives of people. Jesus knew the paralyzing effect of pride and the terrible damage it could inflict upon the people's spirits. Of all the deadly sins, pride is perhaps the deadliest. When someone is filled with pride, he cannot experience spiritual growth. ... in his flesh, and we put it there. But hope always abounds for the penitent and humble, and this is the direction that the Spirit of God takes us. Perhaps you would like to reappraise your life as you stand at the foot of the cross. Do you feel like you ...

2482. When God Disappears

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Robert Allen

... and happiness in the hearts of the disciples because they were anticipating his coming again. They were expecting the coming of his Holy Spirit. They believed the promise that Jesus would not leave them alone. I was teaching a Bible class several years ago and a ... Allen, do you believe in the second coming?" "Believe in it?" I said. "I've experienced it! I've experienced the coming of God's spirit and God's love in my life." And the good news of the gospel is that you can experience the coming of God's ...

2483. Winning Isn't the Only Thing ... It's Irrelevant

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Carl Jech

... can corrupt our message. Suppose we alter a phrase: "Sticks and stones may break one's bones, but words can wound the spirit." In the paragraph just before the transfiguration story, Luke has Jesus tell his disciples that the Gospel is not about winning ... Christian by the turn of the century. I seriously wonder if such a numbers-conscious "wave of evangelism" would be in keeping with the spirit of Jesus. It would be more likely to come off as an insensitive hard-sell in a world full of "sales people" of many ...

2484. Will the Real Jesus Christ Arise?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Carl Jech

... places in John's Gospel where Jesus says that it is good for him to go away because if he doesn't go away he cannot send the Spirit or "prepare a place for us." The departure of Jesus - our inability to hold on to him - is not unfortunate. It is the prerequisite for his continuing presence ... death of Jesus make it clear that his reappearance takes a variety of forms. One of those forms is the Holy Spirit who, according to John's Gospel, will take the place of Jesus as our Counselor when Jesus is no longer ...

2485. Jesus Meets Buddha and Confucius

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Carl Jech

... theological journal devoted an entire issue to the topic of "Lutherans in Crisis over Justification by Faith." One of the points made was that the emphasis of the charismatic and pentecostal movements upon the subjective experience of "feeling the spirit" is in danger of transforming Christian faith into a Buddhist-style emphasis on spiritual knowledge, at the expense of the ethical concerns embodied in the doctrine of justification by grace through faith. In other words, Christianity is always tempted ...

2486. Confessional Services

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Bulletin Aid

G. William Genszler

... of all responsibility because I do not want to get involved. Leader: Lord, let me see the folly of my ways. Minister: I see my face in the face of King Herod -- ready to brutalize life for the pleasures of the moment. Congregation: I confess that even though my spirit is willing, and my flesh is weak and that I take the path of least resistance. Leader: Create in me a clean heart, O God. Minister: I see my face in the face of the crowd -- ready to be swept up into majority madness that cries, "Crucify Him ...

2487. Living Passionately

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... youth, he put his hand on my shoulder and said, "I'm glad you did!" Tell me, have you ever blown your cool over your commitment to Christ? Try a little passion in your life for Christ. Passionately carry out that which was the commitment of our Lord: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year ...

2488. Finding Life!

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

... a grown-up man or woman, believing in Christ, "born of God" - how alive? and how infinitely wonderful this life also is! Born once - of the flesh. Born again - of God. Coming alive first to the world of senses and things; coming alive then to the world of spirit. And so is the person complete, so is the person whole. By definition, that is unfinished which is not yet all that it may be. You and I may be children of God - not china dolls, but living children. And, really, we are incomplete until we are. Find ...

2489. The Sermon on the Level

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

... the applause meter. The vision is the vision of what was, the vision of what might be, and the vision of what shall be. And this last, the vision of what shall be, is the one that hangs us on thin threads of faith as we grow onward in the Spirit, from what was to what can be, before the dawn of glory breaks in all its brightness. All Saints’ Day is the vision of the new Jerusalem, "Coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband," and the voice from the throne, "Behold, the ...

2490. Heaven Can’t Wait

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

... not wait. The Portrait and the Profile Watch, then, as the Master paints the portrait and draws the profile of the saints who are to be his workmanship, exhibits what his grace will accomplish in them, and makes the future present in his people. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Your lifestyle will no longer be determined by what you have or do not have, but by what you are. You have received life as the gift of God. You will use it in the service of his glory. You will ...

2491. Of Preachers and Preaching

Micah 1:8-16

Sermon

... his audience and that of the audience to which Micah spoke. Jesus told the ten lepers what to do in order to be cured of their affliction. They obeyed his instructions because their self-interest was involved. Only one however, had the sensitivity of spirit to respond with a show of gratitude. Let us make note in the very beginning, therefore, that the spiritual condition of the audience can have a powerful influence on preachers and their preaching. This is especially true in today’s situation, where the ...

2492. You Can Trust God

Galatians 5:16-26

Children's Sermon

... we do not think that we can do it all alone. We like to brag that we can do the job or overcome the pain or problem without anyone's help. But God says that that kind of bragging, or being conceited, is foolish. We should depend on God's Spirit to help us just like my friend, who had the broken leg, leaned and depended on Kerry. There are other times when we can't see what is going to happen if we try something that God is asking of us and so we are afraid to do it. God ...

2493. New Help on an Old Question

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

... the wake of the death of Jesus his followers seemed to "die" with despair and again God sent the Spirit of life. Paul, filled with this spirit, wrote to the church at Rome: "If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life ... to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit which dwells in you." (Romans 8:11) In our own journeys we have experienced the God of life. That’s ...

2494. Ascension Day

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

... the lesson from Acts, "You shall be my witnesses ... to the end of the earth." In other words, the Gospel to which we bear witness is not simply an event in the past; it is a redeeming word for our world. The risen Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit, is present here and now to make a difference in our lives and in the lives of those to whom we witness. That is why we sing: Christ is alive! No longer bound To distant years in Palestine, He comes to claim the here and now And conquer every place ...

2495. Tempter and Tempted

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... day with airy oblivion to the dark forces that swirl around us. On this first Sunday in Lent, behold the man! See him locked in mortal struggle with Satan whose face we never can see but whose work of destruction we can see. He is the one who sends his Spirit to keep guard over our hearts, and to do for us what we can never do for ourselves: secure our hearts. He is a Lord who knows temptation, yet without sinning. In our time of testing, in any hour when despair threatens us, let us draw near his throne of ...

2496. The Promise and the Task

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... We must learn with the disciples. Some doubted. Some worshiped Jesus. Our learning from Christ cannot be with selecting this truth but crossing another out. We really are not spectators. This is not the option for disciples. The Ascension has taken place! And the result is the empowering Spirit of Christ upon us to cause us to lift up our heads to him. He is with us in his words and with the water, the wine and bread. By way of them he is present and gives of himself and his gifts. And there are still more ...

2497. The Big Advantage

John 16:5-16

Children's Sermon

... go back to heaven to be with his Father. In today's lesson he not only told us that he wanted to go back, but also that it would be to our advantage if he went. He said that when he went back to heaven he would send the Holy Spirit, the Counsellor, to us. What advantage do we have with Jesus in heaven and the Holy Spirit here that we would not have if Jesus were here? There are a lot of things that are better, but a couple of them are these: Jesus said that the Holy ...

2498. Advent 4

Lk 1:39-55 · Heb 10:5-10 · Mic 5:1-4

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... God's forgiving love to sinners. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Three Lessons: Micah 5:2-5a; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55 Will God Make It To Earth? Need: Never was there a greater feat than the infinite God almighty's, whose nature is spirit, coming to earth. How can the Spirit become material, the infinite become an infant, the holy become sin? Here we have the mystery and miracle of Christmas. Our Lessons tell us how God managed to become a human. Outline: How God became a human - A. The Person: Mary who bears ...

2499. Epiphany 8

Lk 6:39-49 · 1 Cor 15:51-58 · Jer 7:1-7 · Isa 55:10-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... end of the world comes? Even Jesus did not answer these questions; he only assured us that he was going to prepare a place for us after we die. Where does Paul get his knowledge of the life after death? We can assume that he was speaking by the Holy Spirit. Now it is no mystery: At Christ's return the living and dead will be changed and death will be no more. That is all we really need to know. 2. Sting (v. 56). A "sting" is the cause of death. Paul says that sin is the cause of death ...

2500. Advent 2

Mt 3:1-12 · Rom 15:4-13 · Is 11:1-10 · Ps 72

Bulletin Aid

Staff

... we may acknowledge God's sovereignty in our lives. People: We accept with gladness the righteous judgment of Christ our Lord, and the sovereign rule of God our Father. Collect Almighty God, whose Son, Jesus, fulfills the ancient hope of a Messiah empowered by your Spirit: Make us responsive to his advent in our lives; that we may learn to acknowledge you as our God and Father, and enjoy the blessedness of your kingdom. In our Savior's name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Heavenly Father, our hope is in ...

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