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2651. In Praise Of Wisdom

Proverbs 8:1-36

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... Of Confession O God, we thank you for your revelation through the Holy Trinity. Strengthen our faith, we pray, that through our lives we may reveal to others the unity of the Trinity, that they, too, might come to know you as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord, we bring these gifts to you and with them we offer ourselves for your service. Bless these offerings and use them and us to witness to our community and the world that you are indeed Father Almighty, made known to us through ...

2652. Joy in the Journey

119:129-136

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Michael Milton

... love on the way. There is a wonder and wildness to life, and freedom for those who obey. All those who seek it shall find it, a pardon for all who believe. Hope for the hopeless and sight for the blind To all who've been born of the Spirit and who share incarnation with him; who belong to eternity, stranded in time, and weary of struggling with sin. Forget not the hope that's before you, and never stop counting the cost. Remember the hopelessness when you were lost? Are you hopeless and lost? Then obey God ...

2653. Experiencing the Reality of God

Acts 2:1-21

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James L. Killen

... us that God is always trying to get through to us so that each of us can have an experience of the reality of God and live a life shaped by a relationship with God. That active presence of the invisible God is what the Bible calls the Holy Spirit. We can know that experience is there for us because so many other people have gotten in touch with God and told about the experience. Lots of people have gotten in touch with the invisible God by looking at the visible world around us and realizing that it is ...

2654. Free Living Water for All

Exodus 17:1-7

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Arley K. Fadness

... , my soul thirsts for you as in a dry and weary land where there is no water" (Psalm 63:1). Jesus reminds Nicodemus, a leader of the Pharisees, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit" (John 3:5). We are very thirsty creatures. Our thirsts are many and varied. We thirst for true friends; we thirst for success; we thirst for meaning and purpose in our lives. We thirst to be listened to and heard. We thirst for release from addictions and chronic ...

2655. Waiting Together

Acts 1:6-14

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Frank Ramirez

... after the Ascension of their Lord, we are waiting for your returning, praying together, one in heart, one in you, Lord. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Forgiving God, we cannot help but notice that among those gathered in that upper room, waiting for the gift of the Spirit, is one who denied you and family members who doubted you. The past may have consequences for some, but in your fellowship all are welcome, turning and returning. Amen. Hymns "I Know Not Why God's Wondrous Grace" "God Of Our Strength" "Come ...

2656. Ordeal or No Deal

1 Peter 4:12-14, 1 Peter 5:7

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Frank Ramirez

... your anxiety on Jesus Children: Because he cares for you. (Based on 1 Peter 5:7) Collect God of gifts, we give to you this day a measure of your own. In this giving we consecrate our lives to your service. Receive our lives, we pray, in the spirit in which they are lived. Amen. Prayer Of Confession One: Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. All: But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ's sufferings ...

2657. The Reward

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

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James L. Killen

... in? Some of our songwriters have caught the vision. An old spiritual that came to us from a group of people who had nothing at all in this world said, "All around me looks so shine, asked the Lord if all was mine. Every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart, I will pray." Another hymn describes the beauty that surrounds us when "morning has broken" and how that beauty takes on eternal significance. Then it says, "Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with ...

2658. A Name Not Taken in Vain

2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Sermon

William G. Carter

... with unconditional and self-giving love, and always gives us plenty of freedom to respond to such gracious initiatives. Through faithful memory, I recall what was once said to me: "William Glenn Carter, I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." God so claimed me as a lifelong child of the covenant. As I have been instructed by the third commandment of Moses, I shall not take the name of God in vain. I take upon myself the name in single-hearted devotion, and therefore trust in ...

2659. The Paraclete Is Not a Bird

John 14:23-29

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Mark Trotter

... leave it alone. Let it rest. Just use the Greek. Just call it "the Paraclete." Which is consistent with what is being said to us in this passage. What is being said is that when Jesus leaves us, we will not be alone. He will return, or his spirit will return, or some other mysterious presence will be with us. Something like a counselor, or a comforter. So why don't you just call it the Paraclete. Jesus was gone from them now. That was what the Ascension was all about. "He ascended into heaven, and sitteth ...

2660. Until It Dawns on You

Matthew 17:1-9

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Mark Trotter

... , went up into the mountain, and there God appeared to him in an epiphany. When Moses came down his face shone, like a sunburn, because he had seen the glory of God. He got close to God. He came down with Ten Commandments, and the Jews rallied, their spirits renewed, and they went on in their journey. Jesus went up a mountain, with Peter, James, and John, and there he prayed. And as he prayed, the disciples saw a great light, the kind that will give you a sunburn. It surrounded Jesus. That can mean only one ...

2661. Where Do You Abide?

John 15:1-8

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Mark Trotter

... and in the First Letter of John. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, "Abide in me, as I abide in you." In the First Letter of John it says, "By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us his Holy Spirit." If you go back again to the Gospel of John, to the fourteenth chapter, you come to these beautiful words of Jesus, "And I will pray the Father, and he will send you another Counselor, that he may abide with you forever." You won't find that word "abide" in ...

2662. Lent 1

Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 3:1-24, Romans 5:12-21, Matthew 4:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... the Yahwist (J) school of authors. The first part of the pericope gives the setting for the Fall: creation of Adam from dust and spirit, the garden with the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In preparation for the Fall we ... can keep the devil out by following the example of Christ. Outline: How to keep the devil out of your life. a. Be filled with the Spirit - v. 1; cf. Luke 4:1. b. Protect your weakness - v. 2. Satan attacks us in a weak moment. He came to Jesus after forty days ...

2663. Lent 3

Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-11, John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... question. In this sermon we will give the right and wrong ways to find the answer. Outline: Is God with us or not? a. The wrong way of testing God: Demand for proof of God's presence. b. The right way of trusting God: God is with us - word, sacraments, spirit, answered prayer. Epistle: Romans 5:1-11 1. The Joy Of Lent (5:1-11). Need: Joy of Lent? Is it not a time of solemnity and a sharing of the sorrows of Jesus as he goes through the Passion? In this passage Paul deals with the cross and yet ...

2664. Proper 20

Exodus 16:1-36, Isaiah 55:1-13, Jonah 3:1-10, Jonah 4:1-11, Philippians 1:12-30, Matthew 20:1-16

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John R. Brokhoff

... "partnership in the gospel." He exhorts them to continue "striving side by side for the faith." Outline: A church is a working partnership. a. Pastor works - vv. 22. So work that the people will glory in Christ - v. 26. b. People work - v. 27. Work with one mind and one spirit - v. 27. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm of the Day: Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 - "O give thanks to the Lord" (v. 1); Psalm 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 - "The Lord is gracious and merciful" (v. 8). Prayer of the Day: "Lord God, you call us to work in ...

2665. Jesus Breaks Our Chains

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... more importantly the deadness that exists inside each one of us in different ways. Jesus says "I am the resurrection and the life." If anyone believes in Jesus, that one will never be without hope. If anyone believes in the Lord that one will never die without the Spirit. Jesus wants Martha, Mary, and all those present, and you and I as well, to know that his presence is not so much to raise us from physical death but to restore hope to all and unchain us from all that holds us back from being the fullness ...

2666. How to Love God

Matthew 22:34-46

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Stephen M. Crotts

... already seen that God made us in his own image. And part of what that means is that we are tripartite creatures. We have a spirit, a physical body, and a soul (emotion, will, and intellect). All of this is what God is calling us to love him with! Just look ... the power of God I can love! In Romans 5:5 Paul wrote, "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us." My daughter once showed me a sticker from her grade school collection. It was a gray butterfly, one of ...

2667. Go to Heaven?

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... gave them the hope to carry on. You were being a peacemaker, Stephen." And I will bow my head and worship Jesus! "Lord, I didn't know what you were doing through me. Blessed art thou, O God! And blessed art people through your Word and Spirit in ministry through your servants!" For those who are empty, Jesus is our fullness. And for those around us, we are conduits - God pours out his blessings through us. What we receive we pass along - mercy and peace and love. Conclusion The sheep and the goats. Those ...

2668. Yellow Lights

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... was a message not to be second-guessed, added to, or reshaped to fit conveniently a new situation. Paul's testimony - his teachings of God's enduring love, of Christ's sacrifice for the sins of the world, of divinely gifted grace, of Christ's ongoing spirit - wasn't a message-for-a-moment. Paul taught the eternal truths of the gospel, never to be doubted, never to be rescinded. While you may have never made the profound error of ordering scrapple for breakfast, sweetbreads for lunch, or listened to a little ...

2669. Keep on Praying

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in cargo cult religion is the engines that can power the planes into the air to ride the wind. All the persistence in the world doesn't pay off without the engines of prayer to power our lives, to make our hopes and dreams soar in the Spirit. This is one of the greatest problems in our churches today: we're another cargo cult religion. We're copying programs, crafting planes, building hangers, and landing strips galore. But unless these programs and planes are powered by prayer, and the winds of God's ...

2670. A Sourdough Sprirituality

Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... needed to achieve the results they desire. Communities striving to bring a sourdough spirituality to spongy, tangy, ripeness must depend upon other than their own resources. To bring about the perfect mixing needed to fully leaven the members of the body of Christ, Jesus left behind the Holy Spirit, that "leaven of heaven." The gift of the Spirit enables the kingdom of God to be there, here and still not yet – all at the same time. But how do you make a favorable environment, one that invites the Holy ...

2671. Let's Dance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... divine in our own faith relationships with God. As children of God we experience God the Father; as redeemed believers in Jesus Christ as Savior we receive the Son; as members of the Body of Christ we're gifted with the presence of the Holy Spirit. The baptism Jesus describes to his disciples on that mountain-top is an invitation for us to join in the movement and mystery of the triune God. Although this divine dance has existed eternally, it's only with the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ that ...

2672. Dare to Be Different, Not Just Better

Matthew 3:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... , or add to them. The fire completely alters the kernels' form; it completely redefines their purpose. The fire TRANSFORMS the corn into popcorn. In today's gospel text John the Baptist describes the coming baptism that the Messiah will offer as being with the Holy Spirit and fire. John had baptized all who came to him with water a traditional washing ritual that symbolized a fresh start for those who were truly repentant. But John the Baptist was God's prophet, not God's Messiah. He could not offer the ...

2673. Set in the Dark Places

John 3:1-21

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Leonard Sweet

... stop focusing on preserving the light and protecting the light from the dark and wind rather than lighting the darkness and blowing in the wind. Maybe what we're really afraid of is the fact that the wind that's blowing may be the Spirit, and instead of blowing it out, the Spirit will blow that fire out of control. Maybe our image of the church is one more of firefighter than fire starter. Are we spending more time trying to put out fires than start them? I learned another song in Sunday School. It wasn't ...

2674. All God's Children Can Dance

Psalm 30:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... joy. You can't whirl with your partner without holding onto joy. You can't keep going without the endurance of joy. Joy is the music of the soul, a music so overwhelming, so infectious, that our toes start tapping, our fingers get drumming, and our whole mind/body/spirit can't help jumping up to dance. Just as David leapt and danced with joy before the Lord, we too must move when the joy of the Lord overflows every cell in our body. So why are some of us so sedentary? Chris Hughes reminds us that the Bible ...

2675. Not What We Expected

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... words than those of Isaiah 11which foretells the coming of Christ. Here is part of what Isaiah had to say: “A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. “The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. “He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears ...

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