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2651. An Overwhelming Promise

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... power of a loving God, we’re not saying we shouldn’t hurt. Instead, we’re saying, “You can trust in God. God keeps his promises, and that’s the message of the Bible.” We can’t fully understand. Of course, we can’t. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,” God told the people through Isaiah, “Neither are my ways your ways.” But even when it doesn’t seem like it, God is faithful and he does what he says he will do. “For as the rain and the snow came down from the heaven ...” to ...

2652. Led By The Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Jesus' resurrection. It is ours when we embrace Jesus in faith (Romans 6:2; 1 Peter 1:3). Being led by him is simply a matter of using, of living the life we already have been given. The next time that you have a decision to make, give it some thought. Think about it; give Jesus a chance to lead you. How does he want to lead you? If we asked Jesus that question, I believe he would answer in something like the words that Martin Luther once put in his mouth (in another sermon about Jesus as the Good Shepherd ...

2653. Focus Your Faith

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... that I could find God on my own, and as for the church - who needs it? Perhaps some of you have never felt quite as strongly as I did. Perhaps you never reached the point where you thought that Christianity was just another religion. Just the same, however, have you ever wondered whether the church is really worth all the effort? Have you ever wondered whether we really need the Bible? Have you ever felt that you could find God on your own? Be honest, now: Recall, we ...

2654. The Meeting Of Marriage Partners At The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... expect him to do. A final word: Recall that every first century Jewish hearer of this story would, at the beginning of the story, have expected Jesus to marry this woman, to marry us. For when Jewish boy met foreign girl at a well, a wedding was thought soon to follow. Yet God always confounds our expectations. He did not marry the woman. Or did he? Does he not usually carry out his promises, but just not in the way that we would expect? John claims that after Jesus had confronted the woman with information ...

2655. Believing The Living Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... This sermon on Isaiah 55:10-13 was outlined about six months before it was preached. On the morning of June 14, a sermon manuscript on this text was begun. In relationship to Harry, the Word seemed untrue that morning. As I wrote the sermon on this text I thought, "If the Word does not return empty after visiting the earth, then why is Harry still outside the church? Will he ever find new life in Christ?" That was the morning of June 14, 1989. On the evening of June 14, I received a phone call from Chicago ...

2656. Singing Along The Way

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... option. "An operator will come on the line if you don't have a touch-tone phone," the automatic machine said. I finally got the department I thought I needed, but the person I talked to couldn't help me. She put me on hold. I was doing a slow burn. This was a long ... a cold which made me even more irritated. I was at the end of my rope - angry, disgusted, and stressed to what I thought was the limit. I was beginning to forget the reason I had phoned. Suddenly out of the background from the "hold" position of ...

2657. The Road To Nazareth

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... there and what happened when he arrived. Immediately after his baptism and his time in the wilderness the first thing Jesus did was to head for home, the town of Nazareth. Oh, you remember Nazareth. It was a two-bit kind of town. It was a town no one really thought much of. It was a town where you would not really want to live. And people often said, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Jesus did. He came out of Nazareth and now he is on his way back on the road to Nazareth - headed back there at the ...

2658. Wedding: Be a Happy Family

Sermon Aid

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... there is deceit, the bloom of marriage begins to fade. Live one life together and make that an open book which you both share. Being honest means also listening to each other. You may not always agree, but each should respect the other’s right to their own thoughts. Hear what the other person is trying to say. We need to talk to each other, but we also need to listen to each other. We grow in an honest relationship not only by being truthful ourselves, but also by letting the other person be truthful. Don ...

2659. Wedding: Once Upon a Time is Today

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon Aid

Glenn L. Borreson

... heart. It was a matter of love. It was a matter of being big enough to say “I love you” or “I’m sorry” or “Let’s do something that’ll please us both.” Where people live that way, no place is ever small. Let others call it small, they thought; we know far better! They knew that often life is found not in what you see, but in how you see. And where they went, they would find beauty and goodness in the lives of people, just as they had found beauty and goodness and delight in each other. Some ...

2660. Wedding: The Most Excellent Way

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon Aid

Joel W. Kreger

... move the highest mountains. But that faith and wisdom, without the love of God directed, is but nothing:a void of empty lonely thought. In the marriage covenant,the most excellent way is the way of love. In your marriage covenant, let your wisdom and your ... other:faithfulness, devotion, and love. Look to the future together and what do you see it to be? The things of our doing, our thoughts and our wisdoms, our deeds and our ways, these are the things which cannot help but pass away. But the way of our Lord ...

2661. Where You Go — I Will Go.

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

Robert A. Kramer

... share in the public celebration of this union of ____ and ____. Each of you is fortunate to receive one who shares your faith, hope, and love. Be gentle to each other. May I close with this word collage of love which I share with you from my thoughts: Love is a gift! When we respond to it sensitively ...it rises within us like the dawn or declines with the dusk to grant rest. It may enhance our best, or make us smug in possessiveness — Unless it is shared and watered, it will wither and crumble ... Most ...

2662. Light For Our Darkness

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... hated Christmas. It was Christmas Eve, but in spite of his wife's pleas, he would not accompany her to church. The whole crazy idea of God becoming a human being made no sense to his logical mind. He stood watching the heavy snow from his picture window. He thought of the birds and wondered if they would find the seeds he had put out for them. It was snowing so hard that the seed holders were quickly covered. He turned on the backyard lights, but both the birds and the seed were lost in the swirling snow ...

2663. Time's Up

Matthew 24:36-51

Illustration

John Jamison

... body. And it was kind of fun to try and guess just what it was that he was hammering and sawing on. First, it was a deck for the yard, then a greenhouse for the roses, then a garage. By now they were betting on a very BIG greenhouse, but thought there really should be more windows. And no one could understand why he built it to look so dog-gone much like a boat, until someone remembered that his hometown had been over on the river and that it must bring back some pleasant memories for him. But it was ...

2664. A Second-place Finish

John 1:29-34

Sermon

John Jamison

... One. The Messiah. John's replacement. Number one to John's number two. I wonder if he was tempted? I really wonder if the thought went through John's mind to just keep his head down, keep sending the line through, and not let on that he recognized him ... God gave me a wonderful wife was to keep me happy and see that I want for nothing. Sometimes I forget and get the strange thought that the reason Jesus Christ invited me to follow him was so that he could make my world more comfortable and keep me away from ...

2665. The Man In The River

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... several from Jerusalem. That's when I saw you. Remember, we kind of waved a little wave and nodded. Then I saw him. My first thought was that he was a mousy sort of guy. I mean he looked mousy, or really, I guess it was ratty. He looked like a ... robes I had seen in the temple courtyard. They seemed to have gotten the baptizer's attention. One of the priests stepped foward, like he thought it was his turn, and the river rat let it fly. "You bunch of snakes! Who told you to come down here and run from ...

2666. Christmas Questions

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

John Jamison

... 've tried to do good," Glen said one morning, "but I just don't see why God would do this to me. This isn't what I expected at all. Maybe I've been wasting my time." After traveling alongside him for nearly 90 years, Glen was now having second thoughts about who this Jesus really was. He expected better treatment from a Messiah. Most of us do, don't we? We get this comforting idea that if we follow the Messiah life will somehow be smoother, or at least all fit together in some "good" way. Then we run smack ...

2667. Philip · A Friend to Talk With

John 6:5-7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... came straight across the lake while the people had to run or walk around it. It takes a lot longer to walk around a lake than it does to just sail across it, especially if you have a good wind. Well, when Jesus saw them coming, the first thing he thought about was the fact that the people had come so far that they probably had not had any rest or anything to eat. "Now, Philip," Jesus said, "how are we going to buy enough bread so that all of the people who are coming will have something to eat?" That ...

2668. When God Has Enough

Zephaniah 1:4-13, Zephaniah 1:14--2:3

Sermon

Sims Robert

... of the Lord would be bitter (Zephaniah 1:14).” As we struggle with the brokenness of this world, let us remember that war and bitterness are never the last words in the life of one who loves God and trusts in Christ Jesus. Zephaniah concluded his work with the thought, “On that day they will say to Jerusalem, do not fear, oh Zion, do not let your hands hang limp. The Lord your God is with you. He is mighty to save you. He will take great delight in you. He will quiet you with his love. He will rejoice ...

2669. The Spontaneous Routine

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... who love him." It is the confidence in God's providential presence, not the balance sheet of our accumulated blessings, that forms and feeds the root of gratitude. Moreover, gratitude and commitment go "hand in hand." Gratitude leads to acts of thanksgiving - the first thought and the first response - and thanksgiving leads to submission to God's will. None of us can fail to recall the stirring story of the day Isaiah "went to church." Suddenly he was confronted with the presence of God and he feared for ...

2670. The Boy Who Ran Away

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

Erskine White

... the corner and told me to go back downstairs. A few minutes later, Judas came running down the stairs and bolted out the door. I thought it was odd that he hadn't been more careful before going out into the street, but he looked like a mad man. His face ... t mind telling you I was scared. When I finally got home, my heart was pounding and I started shaking all over. The more I thought about how close I had come to getting arrested with Jesus, the more my body shook uncontrollably. It was a night I shall never ...

2671. When Thomas Doubted

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... the apostles left him because of pressing duties. He made his way to some loyal women in the company of believers. They were surprised at his questions, but like Dorcas, they were busy in labors for the Master and let him know they didn’t have time for such thoughts as these. At last, it dawned on Thomas that it was because they were so occupied in the work of the Lord that they were free from the doubt that seemed to be torturing him. He took the hint. He went to Parthia and flung himself into preaching ...

2672. For a Nineteen-year-old Who Died of Cancer

Mark 15:1-15

Eulogy

Arthur H. Kolsti

... planned and prepared?" Very quickly he had me into a conversation on sermon preparation. I began to warm up to the subject. Suddenly I thought to myself, "Why, he's got me talking." Scott had that facility. The element of surprise was part of him. But, I want to ... present for the moment. I want to jump back into the past. It is not a disconnected jump. The reflections I have just offered lead my thoughts. I have a text. I told Scott I always have to have a text. So, I know he expects it. It is a text that ...

2673. For One Who Worked With Disturbed Children

2 Corinthians 12:11-21

Eulogy

William Luoma

... saying, "Dear God ... A, B, C, D, E, F, G ..." She continued on through the alphabet while her mother listened politely. After the prayer, mother asked her why she prayed like that. The little girl said, "My teacher said that God knows our thoughts and tonight I just didn't know what to say, so I just thought I would give God all the letters and let him put them together." There are times when you and I don't know exactly what to say or how to say it. Today is one of those times. But we remember that God's ...

2674. Our Time Will Come!

1 Samuel 16:14-23

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... toll. It happened to Saul. His personality changed. Many people have offered psychological explanations, but the Bible gives us only a theological one. The Lord took his Spirit from Saul, and sent an evil spirit in its place. In early days, all abnormal psychology was thought to be under the influence of spirits; the writer sees God as being in control of all spirits, the evil as well as the good. We have some biblical information that might explain what produced this change in Saul. For it, we need to look ...

2675. A House! a House! and a House!

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... to build a temple as a place for God to live. It was to house the Ark of the Covenant. "Yes," said Nathan the prophet, "God bless you!" He was as eager as we are to encourage someone on a big project, especially for God. But God gave him second thoughts. It may have taken some clearing of his throat the next morning to explain the change of mind to the king, but it came out loud and clear: "You will not be building a House for God!" The reasons for not encouraging David to build are varied in Scripture. We ...

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