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2551. 1,943 Candles on the Birthday Cake!

Acts 2:1-13

Children's Sermon

... who was 1,943 years old? Never? Well, today you are all invited to this party, because we are going to have one right now. Do you remember that I told you last week to bring a special gift for the church with you this Sunday morning and that I would be most pleased if you brought something that you made? Well, the gift that you brought is for our guest of honor, the one who is 1,943 years old. Does anyone want to guess who the guest of honor is? [Let them guess who is 1,943 years old today ...

2552. Prayer

Matthew 20:1-16

Bulletin Aid

... of the stick. If someone else benefits more than me!) I try to play fair Live by the rules And if that means someone has to lose SO BE IT! Lord, forgive me for being so obsessed with fairness That I forget justice Or mercy. Teach me to accept your gifts to me To rejoice at your gifts to others, Giving thanks that you don't give me what I deserve! In Jesus' name. Amen

2553. Father's Day Prayer

Matthew 28:16-20

Bulletin Aid

Father's Day A special day! It's not in the church calendar But it might as well be! (I observe it religiously!) A time to pay tribute to Dad Cards Gifts Special attention Maybe a way to make up For taking him for granted the rest of the year! Give him his own day Complete with commercial hoopla Ads Sales Promotions by stores and manufacturers Dear Old Dad! There's nothing wrong with that! Dad - And everybody else - Deserves some attention ...

2554. The Day of Pentecost

Isaiah 44:1-5

Sermon

... the first chapter of the Gospel of John. A blend of the translations of William Beck and the twentieth century New Testament, brings forth a beautiful phrase which seems appropriate to this ancient situation: "And from all that is in him, have we all received gift after gift of love." (John 1:16) Here Deutero-Isaiah seems to be saying it is out of his love that God has chosen to ignore the disloyalty, stubbornness, and rebellion of his people, and to proceed as if all that had happened were sponged from the ...

2555. Proper 5

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

... - he would be the father of many nations. To the modern person, it seems sadistic beyond measure, even in a test of faith, to ask that this child be sacrificed. We need to recognize the greatest gifts of God can also constitute the most subtle temptations to unfaithfulness a person can face. "Isaac, who was God's gift of a future to Abraham, could so easily become more dear to Abraham than God himself. But this was what God could not permit to happen with Abraham, for, if Abraham let even his beloved child ...

2556. Parable of the Hinge

Isaiah 9:6

Illustration

Staff

... to whom we are indebted. Those who keep the streets usable, those who keep the electric lines supplied, and those who bring the mail. Christmas is a time of appreciation because God's love makes us aware of the many blessings He provides through others. The greatest gift is the gift of love for it makes us aware of all that is good. Some are wise enough to appreciate the things on which life hinges. The boy learned the value of the hinge the hard way. "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given ...

2557. How to Stay Humble in a Haughty World

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , a bit shaken, replied, "Charles the Great, a good and honest man of the earth." "Him I know not," the Bishop said again. "Who comes?" The herald, now completely crushed, responded, "Charles, a lowly sinner, who begs the gift of Christ." To which the Bishop, Christ's representative, responded, "Enter! Receive Christ's gift of life!" Even Charlemagne in all his glory and good works could not assume a position of honor. I am convinced that the more honor is due us the more we should resist it. Does that mean ...

2558. The Confessions of a Younger Brother

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

... in the cup. That person was not me. I did not see this blind man as one of God’s precious creations who needed my love and the gifts of my love. I saw him as a crusty beggar who spent his nights in the doorways and his days on the subways. He was one of ... needs who asks me for a crust of bread or for the listening ear. Whenever anyone who is in need comes to ask me to share the gifts and graces of my life with him/her, God is in that request. God came to the rich man again and again and again in the life ...

2559. Seek Good, Not Evil (That You May Live)

Amos 5:1-17

Sermon

... . He did not make justice bitter but made it richly sweet. What a way God chose to make clear his sense of justice - to give us that which is too good to be true, to give us that which we do not deserve. He has given us the gift of life, that is the gift of himself. That is life to give oneself for the other as he has given himself for us. Or in the words of Amos, to seek the good of others as he has sought our good, to speak the truth to others as he has spoken the ...

2560. The Third Sunday in Lent

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

... that follow during Lent we are helped to see how Christ's facing of temptation equipped him to help others find the joy of knowing they are daughters and sons of God. The woman at the well in today's Gospel could be each of us, as we seek the gift of faith or its renewal in the approaching Easter celebration. We don't have to go to the wilderness, to the desert, to be alone. It doesn't take the burning heat of the sun, the glistening green of the cactus, the buffalo roaming, and the deer and the antelope ...

2561. Ascension Day

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

... cause their own hurt and do not understand. In the face of all the world's grief and sorrow and need, it seems a hopeless task. On our own, it would be. But we have the promise of the Father, and in a few days we will be celebrating that gift of the power from on high. It is a power made possible by the risen and ascended Lord. From our perspective, the task, indeed, seems large. The good news of this Ascension festival is that Christ sees the whole scene and he has overcome the world, which he calls us ...

2562. Practicing and Preaching

Acts 7:54--8:1a

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... per capita giving to the poor, to dead last. Aiding the poor is another job only laypeople can do well. Youth work is still another ministry best done by laypeople. It takes special gifts of talent, patience, and even charisma to lead youth into Christian living. The law of averages says those gifts will fall more upon some of the laypeople of the church than upon its pastors. Evangelism, stewardship, worship and music, aiding society, youth work - these are your ministries, ministries which laypeople can ...

2563. Why Look To Heaven?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

... to this metamorphosis was the new purpose for living which Jesus gave his followers that day. "You will be my witnesses. . . to the ends of the earth." These students-turned-teachers had been given history's greatest gift - a personal knowledge and relationship with Christ. Their task now was to spread that gift. "Why look to heaven?" asked the angels. Start looking at people. Why stay on this mountain of ascension? Go now "to the ends of the earth." So the early apostles fanned out from Jerusalem to preach ...

2564. Let God Be God

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... to worship the living God. He welcomes us. He knows us by name. He invites us to know him by name. These are all wondrous and momentous gifts. Just to be able to know God and to proclaim the truth of his being here among us and his being for us is the first privilege ... an uplifted Cross for the redemption of the world. Through the mystery of the Spirit, this truth comes alive in all who receive the gift of grace and respond in faith. One God, Three Ways of His Coming to Us The one God comes to us three fold in ...

2565. Wellspring for the Soul

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... where we are and what is offered to us in the Son of God who loved us and gave himself for us. The water of life he brings us is salvation. It is the blessing of his cross and the power of his resurrection. That Gospel is the renewing, empowering gift of Christ who dug so deeply into the soil of our dry souls to touch the final stratum of our need. What refreshment there is in grace for sinners! Where Life-Giving Waters Flow In my own life I keep finding that the wellspring of the Gospel comes through to ...

2566. Birthday Binoculars

Illustration

... . One son said, "What are these for? I don't go boating or to the opera. Why didn't you get me something I could use?" The other son said, "Maybe I could use them watching football games." The father said, "I brought them to you as a gift. All I ask is that you look at your troubles out of one end and you view your joys out of the other." "How can we do that?" asked the first son. "Let's try it and see," said the second son. Both did as their father asked. One lived ...

2567. L’Chaim!

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... had given him his eyesight! With the grievous conflict in mind, then, Jesus points to the blind man who had received the gift of sight as an example of the healing and redeeming work God accomplishes through his Son - who came that they might have ... apply that rhetoric to reality than in prison reform. Shame on us for our misplaced priorities, our self-serving, our ingratitude for the gift of life, our contempt for it, our neglect of it! Witness to the Abundant Life Blessed are those who gently and quietly ...

2568. The Miracle Of an Opened Mind

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... the intellect, and obedience in putting our brains to work on the hard questions that vex, challenge, and interest people in our time. The church must outthink the secular world. To do so, minds must be open and responsive as good stewards of the Creator’s gifts. Too often the church is seen otherwise, as the haven of escape from hard questions. The Gospel we proclaim, to be sure, is simple and straight-forward. It must always be powerful because it is clear, whether to a tiny child or a Nobel laureate ...

2569. The Promise and the Task

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... 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 tangible ways in which Jesus makes himself known to us as the ascended one. By word and sacrament we are made alive and energized. This life and energy are not just intended to spin us around and around inside ourselves. Jesus makes himself known ...

2570. The Will of God

John 21:15-25

Children's Sermon

... pencil, money. Good morning, boys and girls. Did everyone have a tremendous Christmas Day worshipping God and giving gifts to one another? How many of you remembered that it was Jesus' birthday and that this was the ... was the will of God and that means that Jesus wanted it that way and that nothing else could change it. Our time on earth is given to us as a special gift by the will of God, and he gives us a will to use while we are here. God uses his will always for our good. Now you know what it means when ...

2571. Trinity Sunday

Jn 16:12-15 · Rom 5:1-5 · Prov 8:22-31

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... us about the results of our justification. Being reconciled we have peace with God the Father because of our faith in God the Son. Thus, we rejoice in the hope of sharing God's glory and in our suffering. Moreover, we experience the love of God through the gift of God, the Holy Spirit. In the experience of salvation, the three persons of the Trinity are involved. John 16:12-15 The Spirit glorifies the Son who shares all with the Father. God the Father and God the Son possess the one truth. When Jesus was on ...

2572. Proper 10

Lk 10:25-37 · Col 1:1-20 · 2 Ki 2:1, 6-14 · Deut 30:9-14

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Naomi. One is reminded of Jesus' asking Peter three times, "Do you love me?" There is a beautiful example of faithfulness and loyalty to another human being. 2. Ask (v. 9). Since Elisha would not leave Elijah, the latter asked Elisha what he could give him as a parting gift. Elisha is in the same position Solomon was when God asked him what he wanted. Elijah was not going to give him what he thought he needed. To ask is to indicate that you want it and will receive it. If we are given something we did not ...

2573. Proper 18

Lk 14:25-33 · Eze 33:1-11 · Phm 1-20 · Prov 9:8-12

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... and disciple, but he would not do it without Philemon's consent. Paul did not want any favor given by "compulsion." When a favor or gift is given, it is not of any merit unless it is freely and cheerfully given on one's own accord. 3. Brother (v. 16). ... secures us in an uncertain universe 2. We can know more and more by God's grace a. God's revelation continues day by day b. The gift of our God-given intelligence opens new knowledge and wisdom to us as we explore the universe B. We know we don't need to know ...

2574. Proper 21

Lk 16:19-31 · 1 Tim 6:6-19 · Joel 2:23-30 · Am 6:1-7

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... us two important truths about the Spirit our people need to hear. But for some the day may not yet have come. Let today be the day the promise is fulfilled. Outline: What you need to know about the Spirit - A. It is a gift - "I will pour out my spirit." B. It is a gift for all - "upon all flesh." Lesson 1: Amos 6:1-7 1. Eat, Drink, and Be Sorry! Need: This lesson speaks to America's condition today. Like Israel of the eighth century B.C. , America is a people of ease, comfort, luxury, and affluence. It ...

2575. Proper 23

Lk 17:11-19 · 2 Tim 2:8-15 · 2 Ki 5:14-17 · Mic 1:2, 2:1-10 · Ru 1:1-19a

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... 14-17 How Much Can You Pay? Need: We receive benefits each day, some of which we fail to recognize as blessings from God. To take the second step, beyond receiving the benefit, to give good thanks, is often one we forget. A. Nothing 1. We cannot repay the good gift of life and health 2. Naaman tried repaying Elisha: he discovered there was no proper price tag on his new health 3. God cannot be "bought out" by us, whether in gratitude or because of a bargaining spirit on our part B. Everything 1. While God's ...

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