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2651. Homesick For a Future: New Life for the New Millenium

Genesis 12:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... we all? And in good tradition. Listen to the record of one of the persons who sought to be faithful to God’s call. “Now the Lord said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” (Gen. 12:1 ... made me sick, but now it became the most beautiful fragrance to me. I reveled in what had been repulsive just a moment ago. The Lord seemed to say to me in that instant, “Jim, if you and your wife have any value to me, if you have any purpose in my ...

2652. God Outwits Us

Psalm 31:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... root as our word “provide.” The Christian view of reality asserts there is a power greater than our powers and that power is baptized in love. God’s providence is flavored by God’s grace. So, the Psalmist could be confident: “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” And the apostle Paul could testify of his contentment no matter what his circumstances were. In the midst of plenty or want, whether hungry or well-fed, he affirmed, “I can do everything through ...

2653. Power For Christian Living: Am I On My Own?

Romans 3:3-5

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Maxie Dunnam

... I, who had preached so often to the people in Bloemendaal the need to forgive, kept my hand at my side. Even as the angry, vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him. I tried to smile. I struggled to raise my hand. I could not. I felt nothing, not the slightest spark of warmth or charity. And so again I breathed a silent prayer. Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me ...

2654. Paul Piper's Funeral

Proverbs 1:8-19

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Maxie Dunnam

... greatest wealth.” Paul knew that – and he testified to it in the way he lived. Paul was a successful businessman, an amazing, imaginative entrepreneur. The art of the deal was almost a game with him. He made a lot of money, but he would say, “The Lord’s blessing is our greatest wealth.” And that’s the way he would like to be remembered, not for his business genius, not for his success, but as a Christian, who loved and helped people, especially the underprivileged. He sought to be a blessing to ...

2655. Peter Heals Dorcas

Acts 9:32-43

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... ; have mercy upon us. Help us to heed your call as you seek us out, that we may return to your fold. In the name of the Good Shepherd, we pray, even Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord, we know that we are not the only sheep in your care, and that you have other sheep who are not of this flock. May these gifts we bring be used to further the unity of all those who follow you regardless of their nationality. We pray in Jesus' name. ...

2656. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

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Phil Thrailkill

... had a choice."1 That is what we are after! That is what is means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ and to have the Lord’s wisdom go deeper in your soul than any of the meanness of this world. Not forgiveness and reconciliation as an occasional choice but as a ... go get right; feel the burden lift, and bring us back a story to set the church on fire. And if you don’t obey the Lord in this matter, then be sure to read verses 25 through 26 because they preview the misery of the prison in which you will be ...

2657. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

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Phil Thrailkill

... in the worship of his people in the synagogue and temple. He was not against formal, liturgical prayer. What we call the Lord’s Prayer is Jewish through and through; every word has parallels in written Jewish prayers of the day. Jesus knew them by ... image. The primary purpose of the church and thus of it own politics is to continue pointing to God first. The first concern of the Lord’s Prayer is not our needs, pressing as they are, but God’s glory. That God’s name as Father be worshiped as holy, that ...

2658. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

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Phil Thrailkill

... his righteousness, and all these things (meaning whatever we need to do what God has called us to do) will be yours as well.” Put God in the front room, and supplies will march in the back door. It is a law of the kingdom of God. Love the Lord God; follow Jesus with his people; listen for the voice of the Spirit. In whatever your station in life, and in whatever job, let truth-telling and service and love be your goals. Persevere in hard times because help is on the way. Take God into your confidence in ...

2659. Comfortable Christianity Is a Big, Fat Lie

Matthew 7:15-23

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Phil Thrailkill

... distraction. I have been through quite enough rounds of this silly cycle, and want nothing to do with them. On these matters it is wisdom to say I don’t know, and until Jesus shows up there is work to be done. True prophets encourage fear of the Lord, not fear of historical circumstances. Don’t get ready; stay ready. Do right today; leave the rest to God. If you choose and then stay on the narrow and hard way, you will arrive at the right destination, no matter what happens in the in between. Beware of ...

2660. Traveling to the Mountain

Isaiah 2:1-5

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... . And the nations, in our text, have realized that true wisdom about how to think and believe and act comes not from human beings, but from God alone. We need the revelation of God’s will in order to live properly — that will which is revealed by the Lord God alone. (Again, one is reminded of Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 2:6-13.) Not only does God teach, according to our passage, but he also acts as a judge and arbiter between nations (cf. Psalm 76:9; 96:13; 98:9), to settle the inevitable disputes ...

2661. A Reassuring Prophecy

Isaiah 7:10-16

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... yoke through most of the following seventh century B.C. Ahaz was given a sign, a sign of a baby named Immanuel. And we too are given the same sign in the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem. “This shall be a sign for you,” proclaimed the angel of the Lord in Luke’s Christmas story. “You will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And Joseph in Matthew’s account is told by an angel in a dream to name that child Emmanuel (Matthew 1:23-24). Thus, Jesus Christ comes to us, not ...

2662. The Seeing Eye

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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Bill Mosley

... and selected another (15:26-28). Saul turns out to be one of those people who must control people around him. Power corrupts even the best of people. Everybody is afraid of Saul. Even Samuel fears Saul. At their previous meeting, Samuel conveyed a curse of the Lord to Saul, for Saul's failure to obey God and attempt to cover it up. Samuel journeys outside of Saul's main territory to Bethlehem. Now this is unusual. As the last judge and well-known prophet, Samuel is too important to go south to Bethlehem for ...

2663. Filling Moses’ Shoes

Joshua 3:7-17

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Charles L. Aaron

... people be even more anxious, and so more prone to idolatry now that Moses has died? They still have to make it across the Jordan River. Can Joshua gain their confidence, see them through, and get the job done? According to the narrator, Joshua didn't get much choice. The Lord announced the obvious, that Moses was dead, and then told Joshua to get going. He was to be the new leader. For his part, Joshua is a man of few words. He doesn't protest and try to pass the job on to someone else as the great Moses ...

2664. Swords into Plowshares

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9

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Frank Ramirez

... the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. All: O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord! Collect Lord, we are glad to have been called to your house. Let us pray for the peace of your people, here and around the world. May all prosper who love you. May your bounty touch those who have not yet heard. Come ...

2665. A Refuge of Strength

Matthew 7:21-29

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Frank Ramirez

... : God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns. One: The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. All: The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. One: Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what desolations he has brought on the earth. All: He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. One: "Be still, and know that ...

2666. I Love to Tell the Story

Luke 2:1-20

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Frank Ramirez

... . You will judge the world with righteousness and truth, and the whole of creation, the heavens, the earth, the sea, the fields, the trees of the forest, and the people of all nations will bend their knee and praise your name. Let it all come to pass, Lord, even as you promise. We as your faithful approach you with awe and wonder. Once more we hear your angels speaking peace and justice to all the world. Amen and Amen. (based on Psalm 96) Prayer Of Confession We are not afraid. We come with haste glorifying ...

2667. King of the Mountain

1 Peter 3:13-22

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Richard W. Ferris

... though he believed he was saved by Jesus' death on the cross, he knew that each day was a new day and that there were other lords in the world fighting for the throne in his heart. And so it is with us. Though the battle was fought years ago on that ... of Nazareth when he became the "King of the mountain" once and for all, the little skirmishes still go on in our lives each day. Other lords still fight the fight for our souls and try to push Jesus off the mountain of our lives. There's an old story about two ...

2668. How about Something Different?

Luke 17:11-19

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Mark Trotter

... Which is not the cry of a leper, but the cry of a penitent. Their cry, as a matter of fact, is the Kyrie Eleison, "Lord have mercy." It is the prayer of the Church. It has been the prayer of the Church for two thousand years. We sang it ... It's called "Old 100," because it was in the old psalter of the Scottish Presbyterian Church. The second and third verses go like this: Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without out aid he did us make; We are his folk, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. O ...

2669. The Big Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

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Mark Trotter

... good news is that because of the Resurrection we can put our past behind us, and we can get on with living the life that God has given to us. That is what Sundays are for. Sundays are reminders of the victory that has been given to us by our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore they are excluded from the season of Lent to remind us that we confess our sins as those who know they are already forgiven. The story of The Temptations comes in the 4th chapter of Matthew, just after his baptism and at the beginning of his ...

2670. Two Women

Luke 1:39-45

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Mark Trotter

... says that every fifty years there is to be a Jubilee, when all debts are to be forgiven. Land that is being held as collateral for loans to the poor is to be given back. All people held in indentured servitude are to be released. Because the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof. It belongs to God. It doesn't belong to us. God's intention in the creation is that all his children would enjoy the riches that this earth yields. But the way the world is arranged, it is available just to a few. So the ...

2671. Uses of the Past

Philippians 3:4b-16

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Mark Trotter

... . And what's more, he says, he is proud of his Jewishness. He is not going to give it up because it was something less than satisfying to him. It was enormously satisfying to him. But he has given it up for the "surpassing worth of knowing Jesus Christ as Lord." What he writes next must be conditioned by what he is going through. It must be on his mind that he is approaching the end of his life, because he writes, "I want to know Christ now and the power of his resurrection." That's what he is focused on ...

2672. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3-13, Psalm 104

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John R. Brokhoff

... 20:19-23 On Easter day the risen Christ gives the Spirit to the disciples. On the evening of Easter day, the risen Lord comes to the disciples huddled together in fear. This is John's account of Pentecost in comparison with Luke's account in Lesson ... 1, 24, 29-31, 34 - "When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created" (v. 30a). Prayer of the Day: "God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, as you sent upon the disciples the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, look upon your church and open our hearts to ...

2673. Proper 4

Genesis 6:1-8:22, Deuteronomy 11:1-32, Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29, Romans 3:21-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... truly good the motive for doing it must be good also. Outline: If a deed is good in God's sight - a. The doer says more than "Lord, Lord" - v. 22. b. Mighty works are done in the proper use of Jesus' name - v. 22. c. It is done from a good motive - v. 23. 3 ... 1); Psalm 31:2-4, 17, 25 - "Be thou a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me" (v. 2b). Prayer of the Day: "Lord God of all nations, you have revealed your will to your people and promised your help to us all. Help us to hear and do what you ...

2674. Christ the King

Psalm 100:1-5, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Matthew 25:31-46, Ezekiel 34:1-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... is he really? In this passage, God says he is our shepherd. Have we allowed him to be our shepherd? To have God as our shepherd, we commit ourselves to a relationship with him. This sermon is designed to help people examine this relationship. Outline: Is the Lord your shepherd? a. Is there a relationship of dependence? - v. 14. b. Is there a relationship of protection? - v. 15. c. Is there a relationship of trust? - v. 24. 2. What God Can Do For You (34:16). Need: The emphasis in this pericope is on what ...

2675. The Ultimate Happy Meal

Matthew 14:13-21

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Leonard Sweet

... those who sought to harm, was an occasion for fellowship. Jesus knew and taught that the first taste of truth and love we might offer another may well be found in a simple loaf of bread, a broiled fish, or a glass of wine. Taste and see that the Lord is good. George Herbert's poem "Love" was described by Simone Weil as the most mystical poem in any language. In this poem, Love insists on serving the guest: Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me ...

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