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2501. Second Sunday in Advent

Matthew 3:1-12

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... , we preserve our certificates of baptism as proof of our allegiance to Christ; but our lives do not show that we have turned from our sins. Forgive us for our superficial loyalty which prevents you from inspiring us with the Holy Spirit. Come to our aid; that we may feel your Spirit strengthening us in the life revealed through Christ our Savior; in whose name we pray. Amen. Hymns "Come, Every Soul by Sin Oppressed" "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus" "I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe" "There's a Voice in ...

2502. Death by Water

Matthew 3:13-17

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... ’s one of the gifts of baptism which we have because Jesus became the Suffering Servant who joined us in baptism? When Jesus came up out of the water, John knew that he was right when he had said, "I need to be baptized by you," because the Spirit of God descended like a dove and a voice announced, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased." Both Jesus and John knew they had done the correct thing, and Jesus’ baptism was fully accepted by his Father in heaven. This suggests that every baptism ...

2503. A Faith To Live By John D. Mauney, Jr.

Deuteronomy 4:32-40

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... that God has acted to make us his very own people. According to his plan, Jesus Christ, his Son, came into our world to offer himself on the Cross in atonement for our sins, and to offer all believers the gift of eternal salvation. We must believe that the Holy Spirit has worked through the Word to bring us to faith, and that through baptism she has bound us forever to be her very own. God has done it all! It is ours, therefore, to accept his gift and to believe. For, "The Lord is God in heaven above and on ...

2504. Easter 3

Luke 24:13-35, Acts 2:14a, 36-41, 1 Peter 1:17-23

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... support the church. But the truth is, we are sinners. In religious ritual, we repent; but it fails to speak for the sins we hide in our hearts. Wash us clean with your forgiveness, that our confirmation of Christian baptism may be an honest invitation for your Holy Spirit to be in control of our lives. Hear us for Jesus' sake. Amen. Hymns "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" "Just as I Am, Without One Plea" "How Can a Sinner Know" "Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated" Second Lesson: 1 Peter 1:17-23 Theme ...

2505. Seventh Sunday of Easter

John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

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... commune with you in prayer: Join our hearts together in a praying fellowship; that we may receive the blessing of your Spirit, and find strength to be your church at work. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession We would never ... to the world, when we have been called to transform the world by our likeness to Christ. Make us receptive to the power of your Spirit, that we may be the source of help in our world for which Christ prayed. In his name we pray. Amen. Hymns "God of Grace and God of ...

2506. Proper 9

Matthew 11:25-30, Romans 7:7-25, Exodus 1:1-22

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... "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" "God of Our Life" "Rock of Ages" "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" Second Lesson: Romans 7:14-25a Theme: The conflict of body and soul Call to Worship Pastor: We share with St. Paul, the inner conflict between the Spirit and our human nature. People: We want to do the right, but our human nature makes us sinners. Pastor: Our help is in Jesus Christ who shared our human nature in order to destroy sin. People: We want to be united with Christ, that our lives may be controlled ...

2507. Christmas Vision

Isaiah 9:1-7

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... ? How else do you and I even have the possibility of perceiving, understanding, but vision? There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. (Isaiah 11:1-3, RSV) Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry ...

2508. For Those On The Outside

Luke 8:40-56

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... physical affliction. Are not so many of us like this woman? We exhaust all of our worldly possibilities before we come to God, the true God for help. This woman is simply one example of those individuals who seek healing and happiness in things other than the Spirit of God. Is it not true, that for many of us and those we know, medicine has replaced faith as a source of healing power? We trust physicians more than we trust our God, and yet inevitably there comes a time when doctors are unable to perform ...

2509. The Life We Prize

Luke 9:18-27

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Various Authors

... through loving the child entrusted to them. Their son, named Fred, grew strong in the riches of Christ’s love. When Fred was in his twenties, he learned the identity of his natural father who remained a hateful person. Inner fear and hurt surged into Fred’s spirit as he came to know the man who had been his father. Then Fred learned that his natural father was dying from heart disease. He wanted nothing to do with his father who continued to be spiteful. Yet the son wanted to forgive and to be forgiven ...

2510. The Nativity of Our Lord

Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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... dwell with us, the heavens were glad and the earth rejoiced. In hope and love we await your return. Help us to proclaim your glory to those who do not know you, until the whole earth sings a new song to you and the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. THE READINGS Isaiah 9:2-7 This pericope contains one of the loveliest and perhaps most-loved of the prophecies in all of the Old Testament. The reading is most appropriate for Christmas with its declaration, "The people who walked in darkness ...

2511. Proper 24 & Pentecost 22

Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Ruth 1:1-22, Psalm 96:1-13, Isaiah 44:24--45:25

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... consented to dwell with us, the heavens were glad and the earth rejoiced. In hope and love we await your return. Help us to proclaim your glory to those who do not know you, until the whole earth sings a new song to you and the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Psalm 146 (C) Naomi would hardly have been singing this song when she set out for Bethlehem after the death of her husband and her two sons in a little more than a decade of residence in Moab. Though her plight might have led her ...

2512. Pentecost 24

Mal 1:6-14, Lev 2:1-16, Mic 3:1-12, Am 5:18-27, Ru 4:1-1, 1Th 2:1-16, 4:13-5:11, Mt 23 and 25:1-13

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... condemning his support of the war in Southeast Asia? Since I didn't hear or read the sermon, I am not in a position to answer these questions, but the situation points up the necessity for preaching that is faithful to the gospel and hearing the Word in the spirit of prayer and humility. 3. We all need to practice what we preach. All of us are witnesses for Christ in the world, and it is incumbent upon us - clergy and laity - to live out the gospel of our Lord in everything that we say and do. (Jim Bakker ...

2513. Proper 27 & Pentecost 25

Psalm 50:1-23, Psalm 43:1-5, Psalm 63:1-11, Amos 5:18-27, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Matthew 25:14-30

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... of the book by some scholars, the beginning of the second section by others, glorifies wisdom and reveals the secret of attaining it. It takes the shape of an exhortation to seek wisdom, and if not actually written by Solomon, it is certainly of the mind and spirit of Solomon. The message for all people who love and fear God is simply that they seek that "eschatological wisdom," which puts all of life in proper perspective. It is an appropriate reading for this part of Pentecost. Amos 5:18-24 (E), 5:16-24 ...

2514. All Saints' Day

Revelation 7:1-8, Isaiah 26:1-21, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Revelation 21:1-27, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 24:1-10, Psalm 149:1-9, Psalm 34:1-22

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... children of God. 3. Eternal life will really be heavenly. Hunger and thirst will be wiped out, pain, anguish, and uncertainty will be eliminated, and "God will wipe away all tears from their eyes." 4. Heaven, the abode of the saints, is worth waiting for. Sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked by the cross of Christ forever, we can wait for that day with assurance and hope. Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 (L) - "The City Where the Dead Shall Live Again." 1. A city for the living. That is Isaiah's vision of ...

2515. The Rest of the Christmas Story

Isaiah 40:1-31

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... context: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among [all people], with whom He is pleased! (Luke 2:14) And finally, when Jesus is grown and begins His ministry, He goes back to quote Isaiah, and these are the very first words He says: The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has annointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives ... [and] to set at liberty those who are oppressed ... (Luke 4:18) There it is: a consistent message from beginning ...

2516. Some Assembly Required

Malachi 2:17--3:5

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... of sin, as if God has already made them into everything He wants them to be. Whatever God did to change them has already been done, and now they are "blessed" and "saved." But Jesus blesses those who don’t feel that way. Jesus says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit" - blessed are those who feel incomplete and unworthy in the sight of God, for these are the ones He comes to seek! So, how about you? Where does your life need to be changed and re-arranged by God, now that He is here? Is your faith and your ...

2517. Baptism of our Lord

Acts 10:23b-48

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... in royal majesty! People: GOD RULES THE EARTH FOREVER! Leader: May God give us strength! People: MAY GOD BLESS US WITH PEACE! Collect Majestic God, you have sent us a Christ in whom and through whom you worked mighty acts for our salvation. Send now your Holy Spirit upon us: that, anointed and empowered as Jesus was at his baptism, we also may serve you in righteousness to the glory of your coming Reign and the honor of the one who established it. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Merciful God ...

2518. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

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... God loves the family. God loves the world! Pastor: Rejoice, and be glad about that! Ministers: We shall! We are! Amen and amen! Act of Recognizing our Humanness and Receiving New Life Consider this: What does our compassion level look like? Examine it in the Spirit of Christ as we use this hymn as our prayer of confession: "Forgive, O Lord, Our Severing Ways." Following the hymn, ask the people to sit in silence for two minutes. Then, you may want to ask them to pray this prayer together: O Jesus, sometimes ...

2519. A Glory Revealed by Abiding

John 8:31-41

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... , and ... the truth will keep you free."1 - John 8:31f In one of his great hymns, Charles Wesley writes: Long my imprisoned spirit lay, Fast bound in sin and nature’s night. Thine eye diffused a quick’ning ray - I woke; the dungeon blazed with light. ... , but on the Truth sent from heaven. It’s the same for us. We come to be children of God, to be born again by the Spirit of God, only by faith. For example, John’s Gospel says over and over, in many ways, "He who believes in the Son (namely, Jesus) has ...

2520. Success: Ultimate and Unlimited

Revelation 7:9-17

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... and Its Fruits, he says, "Christ loves all his saints in heaven. His love flows out to his whole Church there, and to every individual member of it. And they, with one heart and one soul, unite in love to their common Redeemer." He was a generous and gentle spirit who was far ahead of his time and deserves to be called an ecumenist in his own right. Much of what he had to say transcended the petty religious squabbles of that day. Success as it is being utilized has a final clue. They Have Arrived In today ...

2521. Advance into Europe

Acts 15:36-41

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... press" while Barnabas is relatively unknown. Is this fair? Is life fair? 2. Compare Paul’s vision in the night of the man from Macedonia with the earlier nocturnal vision of Ananias. (Chapter 9:12) Are such visions reliable? Are they messages from the Holy Spirit? How can we know? 3. "In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek ... male nor female," Paul wrote. (Galatians 3:28) How does this relate to the events at Philippi? What does it say for equality among Christians? Compare the status of women in ...

2522. Naming the Divine Baby

Matthew 1:18-25

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Bill Bouknight

... this: This Jesus, born in Bethlehem, is the Son of God who sacrificed his perfect life so that we could be saved. If those two truths cause your heart to beat faster and a tear to occasionally moisten the eye, then you have the real Christmas spirit. Over 100 years ago Father Damien deVeuster, a Belgium priest, began working with lepers on a small Hawaiian island. Father Damien found a source of fresh water in the mountains and developed a system to bring it down to the colony. He built the first sanitation ...

2523. Power to Forgive

John 20:19-23

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Dennis Kastens

... his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." (RSV) When Leonardo da Vinci was painting his masterpiece, "The Last Supper," we are told that he had a quarrel with one of his companions. In revenge for the ...

2524. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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Dennis Kastens

... shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and ...

2525. The Sin of Judging

Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 13:24-30

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Dennis Kastens

... the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5) Because he there was willing to absorb the punishment we all deserved on account of our sins - also those of misjudment - we who repent of our critical spirit can receive full forgiveness and pardon at the hands of a loving God who "condemned sin in the flesh ... not our flesh ... but in the flesh of His only Begotten Son." (Romans 8:3 Phillips Translation) People who have been forgiven much, themselves forgive and ...

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