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2626. Love Over Logic

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Carl Jech

... here and now? Christianity does not teach that we are put on this earth merely to earn a heavenly reward. We are here to celebrate life, love, creativity, faith and hope. We are here to celebrate what has been marvelously described as "the Eternal Now!" Some don't care for her brand of comedy, but in her book, Enter Talking, Joan Rivers shares some profound insights. She writes: "The only way you can go into show business is to expect no reward at all ... The paradox is: If you are not in it for the rewards ...

2627. Becoming What You Are

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Carl Jech

... of life. All kinds of things go on at churches - baptisms, weddings, potlucks, many types of meetings, day care, choir rehearsals, funerals, worship services, confirmations. Churches are associated with life in all its variety and splendor, in ... put abstract notions of perfection behind us, relax, and concentrate on simply becoming as fully human as possible. God will take care of the big picture. The ultimate, "abstract," questions having to do with justice, salvation, perfection and the like can only be ...

2628. Jesus Meets Buddha and Confucius

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Carl Jech

... doctrine of the "Middle Path," which advises us to find ourselves somewhere between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-denial. Many people who come for pastoral counseling need more than anything else to become engaged with the world outside of themselves - to care about someone else, to get a job or make a commitment that gives them less time to worry about their personal problems and hang-ups. My grandmother understood this. She had many problems of her own, but she surmounted them by helping others ...

2629. Praise God For Adversity

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... a new way in the wilderness, a new river in the desert - all this God is about to accomplish in the process of fulfilling his promise to the people he has created and chosen. A new rescue, a new act of liberation, a new demonstration of God's continuing care for his people is about to surprise and to startle the whole of creation. Even the wild beasts and jackals and ostriches will bow down and give praise to the Lord. This message from Isaiah is appropriate as we observe the last Sunday in Lent, and as we ...

2630. An Easter-Life

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... not, at the same time, give us the power to achieve. The living Lord is alive in you. He will enlighten and enliven you to proclaim his Gospel to the world. In the novel, Green Street, the story is told of a lady who spent most of her youth taking care of her father. She was in love with a sea captain. Again and again, when he asked her to marry him, she would have to refuse because of the responsibility she had looking after her father. Then, one day the captain told her that he was about to change his ...

2631. Trust in God, Not in Man

Jeremiah 17:5

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... that know no measure. People: We desire the blessing God offers to those who trust in him, and commit ourselves to his care. Collect Almighty God, who daily refreshes your children who put their trust in you: Bend us from our natural inclination of putting ... our trust in the dramatic power of mankind, to planting ourselves firmly in the oasis of your loving care; that we may enjoy the blessings of your providence even into eternity. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of ...

2632. Believers Know Who Jesus Is

John 10:22-42

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... of not being a part of his flock by not listening to him. Forgive us for any unbelief which has kept us from hearing, recognizing, or following our Lord's voice. Replace our unbelief with a firm conviction of his unity with you, and of his love and care for us. Grant us such security with Christ, that we may never be taken from him. In his name we pray. Amen. Hymns “All the Way My Savior Leads Me” “God Calling Yet! Shall I Not Hear” “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” “Shepherd of Eager Youth"

2633. The Lesson of the Fig Tree

Luke 13:1-9

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call to Worship Leader: Come, let our hearts be turned with praise toward the Lord. People: But the cares and concerns of life have drawn us away from the Lord. Leader: The Lord our God is merciful and with love calls us to return home. ... us away from our commitment to serve in whatever way You would use us. Forgive us, Lord, and give us the courage to return to Your loving care and guidance. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Give Your Best To The Master" "Make Me A Blessing" "I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go"

2634. The Freedom of God's Love

Galatians 5:1-15

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... in wonderful song and praise to God! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Your infinite wisdom You gave us freedom so that we might truly know Your love and share it with others. Help us use our freedom wisely, Lord, to help and care for our neighbors. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession O God, too often we have not remembered the price You paid for our freedom. At times we have so taken our freedom for granted that we have sought only the desires of our hearts and we have ...

2635. What is a Good Neighbor? (The Good Samaritan)

Luke 10:25-37

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Christ as we serve the Lord with gladness! Leader: Let all we do for others bring glory and honor to Christ's name! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Most loving and merciful God, in Your wonderful love You have called us to love and care for others just as we would love ourselves. Give us the strength, Lord, to keep Your charge. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, so often we have allowed ourselves to focus mainly on our own desires, and we pass by those who desperately need our ...

2636. The Dearly Beloved in the Eyes of God

Luke 6:17-26

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Almighty God? Leader: All who love God and who hear the cries of the poor and the needy are welcome. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Most loving and merciful God, in Christ You called all who would be Your saints to be about the work of caring for the sick and helping the poor and needy. Guide us daily to serve You, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, so often we have believed more in our personal comfort than in Your Word or the way You lived Your life. We have allowed ...

2637. Sandy Bread or Fertile Harvest

Joshua 5:12

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... this kind of life point to the fruit bowl? (response) What made the difference was obedience. They finally did what God wanted them to do and they were allowed to go into the Promised Land. Remember throughout your lives it is better to obey God than disobey him. God takes care of us when we are in need, but he leads us to better things when we obey. Let's pray: Thank you God for taking ...

2638. After A Lost Election, Field Of Dreams

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

James Angell

... for every soul on the day of the Lord Jesus. Every day commit all these human souls from the worst and weakest of hands, namely your own, into the best and strongest of hands. Then you will be able to carry on your ministry not only without care but also with joy overflowing and joyful hope.- Friedreich von Bodelschwingh There are many among my best memories of that first parish. In a church school class the Bible reading was the story of the Good Samaritan, and about the priest and Levite who, prior to the ...

2639. Make Way For Poets Of The Heart

Sermon

James Angell

... that. I can only hope for some balance by the willingness to share what has flowed into my inner world from so many sources - their passion, hallowed imaginations, knowledge of the world, their books, their poetry, their ability to move life forward, to teach and to care, to finish in their own way the prayer "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace." Preachers, of course, do not preach to be honored or even remembered. And even to suggest such a "Royalty of the Pulpit" sounds silly, and at odds with the ...

2640. Dollar Signs and Life Symbols

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Rev. Donald R. Shank

... , technological society to implant the dollar sign as the symbol, the estimator of the value of our lives. As Christians we need to carefully examine our life style and create a symbol that shall be expressive of what we intend for our lives as 20th century men ... it any wonder it's an emotional part of us? Jesus had a lot to say about wealth because he knew that if you weren't careful, money would not only be a part of you, but could even become all of you. A dollar sign could become your life symbol. It ...

2641. What Makes Us Human?

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... cell. And so we worship. We may think, too, that this, somehow, is man's distinctive, his own distinctive activity. We may think, likewise, that it is directed toward man's own well-being or edification or improvement. The person who says to me, "I don't care about going to church, because I don't get anything out of it," has given himself away. He has proven that he doesn't know what worship is and that he has never been to worship. Much of our Protestant, so-called worship, is man-centered, an experience ...

2642. The Rich Man and Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... antiseptic nevertheless. Solo 2: The one real comfort he had, the dogs trying to heal his sores. Solo 1: At least someone cared. Jesus: Finally the beggar died and was carried by the angels to be with Abraham in the place of the righteous dead. Solo 2: Poor Lazarus! Solo 3 ... : Perhaps he was better off. Solo 1: It's a cinch no one really cared here on earth. Solo 4: It was better for him in heaven. Jesus: The rich man also died and was buried and his soul went ...

2643. Jesus and the Women in His Life

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Thomas Blowers

... a man's world. And women made their way in it as best they could given the place they had been assigned. Well, I don't care how slow you are to comprehend, it doesn't take much to figure out that Jesus was establishing new ground rules. Mary Magdalene joined Jesus and ... Jesus saw her gesture for what it was an act of human kindness. And he told us that for her spontaneous act of caring during times that tried even himself, her act would be remembered. Well, we thought about that later how we had been so ...

2644. Give Them Good News...

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... the egg!" The point that I am trying to make is that people are hungry for a kind word - just to know that someone cares. One summer while I was working as a counselor at a junior high church camp, there was a boy in my group who could ... responded, "That's not what I expected you to say!" And for the rest of the week he was a changed person, simply because someone had cared enough to really listen to him and to communicate loving concern for him. I haven't seen him since that week, but I firmly believe that ...

2645. The Blind Leading the Blind

Luke 6:39

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... trusted. Jesus told us the parable about the blind leading the blind. He told it because He wanted us to know how important it was for us to know that we could trust Him. Jesus is the perfect leader. He knows everything, can see the problems ahead, and will always care orus first. Jesus is not blind to anything concerning us. When Jesus takes us by the hand it doesn't matter where we are going or what we want to do, we know that we are doing it in complete safety. It is important to choose the right kind of ...

2646. The Mote and the Beam

Matthew 7:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... remove the board from my eye. Do you understand what Jesus was trying to teach us? He said that before we complain about all of the things that bug us about the other buy, we first have to take care of our own mistakes. Our own mistakes are so big that we can't help anybody else until we have first taken care of ourself. No one is perfect. We all make mistakes and we are all sorry about the mistakes that we make. We have to understand that the other people, the ones who bug us, are also children of God ...

2647. When The Cheering Stopped

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... in the form of the burning bush. But Moses initially resists that call. Do you know what happens next? God tries to kill Moses. Read the text and see if that is not true. The message is that that burning bush can burn you if you are not careful. Why did the cheering stop? Because on Palm Sunday, Jesus began to talk more and more about commitment and secondly because he opened the doors of the church to everyone. It angered some people then, and let me tell you, it will anger some people today. III Finally ...

2648. Love Does Not Compound Guilt

John 21:1-14

Illustration

Robert Allen

... Smithsonian, the halls of Congress and the Lincoln Memorial. There is something about standing in the Lincoln Memorial and reading the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address which gives you goose bumps. One line in the Second Inaugural reminds you what a caring and compassionate man Lincoln was. He was speaking about the coming end of the War and he said: "With malice toward none; With charity for all." Lincoln put this idea into practice on the day that news arrived in Washington that the war ...

2649. Managing Disappointment

Romans 5:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Clement E. Lewis

... feelings of having been deserted. Help those we pray, who have such feelings, that they may find relief from their sorrows and disappointments. Cause all who should, to visit, to genuinely care, and to relieve the heartaches of the lonely, the disabled, and the neglected. Bless, O Lord, the care-givers in all such situations, including family members, friends, nurses, physicians, and ministers, that they shall love and comfort those who experience serious disappointments and feel separation from persons and ...

2650. The Role of the Father (Father's Day)

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

... formation of that child’s understanding of God. If the father is overly critical then that child grows to see God as judgmental. If a father is neglectful then the child concludes that God does not care. If, on the other hand, dad is supportive, loving, and attentive then the child grows to see God as their intimate and caring Heavenly Father. How is that father’s play such a huge role, whether they are willing or not, in the development of a child? I believe it is by design. In one of her humor columns ...

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