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2701. Never Satisfied

John 14:8-17, (25-27)

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... Yeah,” said Dave. “Two weeks ago, I heard that an old buddy of mine who I hadn’t seen for a long time died and left me $200,000 in his will.” “Oh, my gosh,” said the friend. “I’m sure that must have been a horrible shock, and you feel terrible since it had been so long since you and your friend had seen each other. But, on the other hand, $200,000. That’s a lot of money.” “Yeah, it is.” “So, why so glum? Is there something else?” “Well, yeah. Last week, my great-uncle died and ...

2702. Strength for The Journey

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... keep up. Rather, I’m speaking of the spirits we speak of and accept as not just harmless but benevolent, even good on a near daily basis — spirit in the common, everyday sense. The Cambridge Dictionary tells us that spirit is a particular way of thinking, feeling, or behaving, especially a way that is typical of a particular group of people, an activity, a time, or a place. The spirit of England, say. If you have it, you have a particular way of behaving, of talking, and of approaching life. You enjoy ...

2703. Keep On Moving

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... disciple. It doesn’t mean we diss our families. It doesn’t mean we never hang with friends. It doesn’t mean we don’t feel angry or hurt or worried sometimes. But it does mean that Jesus and his mission of love, peace, and grace takes first place in our ... that nothing will stop us from sowing those seeds of grace in every aspect of our lives. In our culture today, we too feel an urgency –as the Holy Spirit continues to nudge us toward crossing difficult roads in the name of Christ! We are called ...

2704. For Someone Who Will Be Terribly Missed

Isaiah 43:1-5 · Job 19:23-27

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... a blessing health happened to be and how fortunate they were to be free of the infirmities and pains that plagued so many people’s lives. Amy made mention of how, when reading books with her, she’d often cite a character with a problem and ask her feelings towards them, all in an effort to teach the importance of empathy. Tessie also made it a point to enroll Amy and Gail in programs and activities, doing so to expose them to as many things as possible with the hope of making them both a well-rounded ...

2705. Learning to Lean

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... adds to these ritual prayers another kind of prayer –the idea of praying to God, as did King David and others, on a very personal level. For Jesus, God is like a parent to us, and we can and must ask our heavenly parent in prayer for needs that feel urgent and important to us! In this part of Luke’s message, Jesus urges us to seek God’s presence, pray persistently and often for those needs that matter to us, and trust that God will listen and act on our behalf. Jesus first gives examples of how the ...

2706. The Rhythm of Your Heart

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... value. Our actions are the reflections of what (and whom) we love. Our True Treasure according to Jesus lies in the “music that sings deeply in our soul.” When we hear the voice of God and the “call of Christ,” our hearts respond by resonating richly. We feel the authenticity and veracity of who we are and whose we are in Him. When God is near and our soul leaps for joy at God’s presence, we know that our entire being is resonating with the heartbeat of our creator. When we attune our lives and ...

2707. Do We REALLY Know What Time It Is?

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Heather Sugden

... consumerism and busyness. Even with the best of intentions, we can contort the days ahead of us into a limited opportunity to densely pack in as many memories and as much meaning as possible. The result, of course, is stress of such magnitude that we simply feel tired, grumpy, detached from real meaning. We might even just “want to get it over with.” How often our desire is to control time — to bend it to our will — to declare what we want to do — that this is our moment(!) — rather than seeing ...

2708. God Is Like...Bread

Joel 2:23-30 · John 6:25-35

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... never had it. Many times we’re hardly aware of the hunger, but at other times it is so intense, so sharp, that we feel it as physical pain. What does Jesus mean when he says he is the bread of life and that whoever comes to him will ... spiritual hunger in all of us. I believe that he was talking about the mystery of himself and of God. I believe that the inner hunger we feel was put there by God so that we would seek and know and love God. I believe that Augustine was right when he prayed: “Thou hast made ...

2709. God Is Like...a Comforter

2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... painted of how God comforts. When do children need comfort? For a small child it’s when he takes a tumble down the stairs or gets his finger pinched in a cupboard door. For an older child it may be a rough day at school when a classmate hurts her feelings. For a teenager, comfort is needed when an injustice is suffered at the hands of a teacher or a friend. Fathers can give comfort too, of course, but Isaiah chose the image of God as a mother comforting her child. Take a moment and picture it in your mind ...

2710. God Is Like...a Friend

2 Corinthians 5:16-20

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... . Implanted within us is a longing to have this friendship too. I said at the outset that thinking of God as friend may imply only closeness, not distance. But in all human friendships that last for a period of time, there are times when we do not feel close to our friends. They may be busy with other matters, they may move to another location, they may distance themselves for any number of reasons. Human friendships often wax and wane, like the phases of the moon. In our friendship with God, we will also ...

2711. A Place at the Table

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Jill J. Duffield

... the sanctuary, seated beside each other, passing the silver trays of tiny cubes of bread and juggling the bulky ones with the little cups of juice? Don’t you wish we could be at the feast of our Lord and the banquet of God together today? I feel something in this longing that I can only describe as homesickness. I miss looking out and seeing you in your respective pews and hugging you in the narthex and catching up over a plate of mac and cheese and that congealed salad that only appears in the fellowship ...

2712. Eyes Like a Hawk

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... pealed on the seats of honor, on each other, and on the preferences of their host. A competitive spirit abounded. You could feel it in the room! Quietly, Jesus spoke to them, explaining that true honor did not come from sitting at the right place or ... place of extreme empathy for the lives and condition of others. Invite them to your tables, to your church, to your gatherings, and you will feel the eyes of God smiling upon you. In Numbers 6:24-26, we find a blessing that God tells Aaron and his sons to employ ...

2713. Words and Deeds

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Will Willimon

... me when I say that there are some things in this life, often the most important things, which cannot be known except in the doing? You can't know the dance by hearing a lecture, even a very good lecture, on the tango. You must join the dance, feel the moves, let the rhythm take over your body, find yourself a good partner, and know your partner so well that the two of you move as one. Here is my daughter in high school, reading Shakespeare's "King Lear" for an English literature assignment. The teacher told ...

2714. No Excuses

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... you get closer to that temptation and if you give in to that temptation it becomes sin. Just like the iron when it is warm it feels good at first, but then it gets hotter and hotter and you end up getting hurt. In the same way sin always leads to hurt. Not ... stays with you for a long time just as a burn does. When you get a burn you put something cool on it to make it feel better. When you sin the only thing that will make it better is the forgiveness we have through Jesus. He can forgive us of our sins ...

2715. Choice, Chance, or the Hand of God?

Genesis 50:15-21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... thinking that it's all up to us. If the fate of the world, the outcome of the future is solely of my doing, or even yours, then -- a good Freshman course in the history of Western Civilization should convince us that we are without hope. No wonder we feel frail and fearful before the bomb, AIDS, the ecological crisis, thinning ozone, or even exams -- it's all choice or chance. But Joseph, at the end of the story, is able to look back on al 1 the twists and turns of plot and to proclaim, “Fear not”! You ...

2716. Becoming A Faithful Witness

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... we hold back from offering the encouragement that can be so meaningful? We are conditioned by our culture to be selfish. We look out for number one. We think first of our rights and what we think other people owe to us. We are desensitized to what others may feel or need. Isaiah points away from a self-serving agenda. He addressed the people of Israel and he pointed them to God. He told the people to listen for God's message and then he pointed them to each other. He told them to sustain the ones among them ...

2717. A Living Memorial

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... , the referees call the game so tightly that no infraction can occur without a whistle. This causes the game to move at a slow pace and it makes it difficult for the players to get into a rhythm. At the beginning of each game there is a kind of feeling-out period as the players seek to determine if the game is going to be called loosely or tightly. The players can adjust either way once they have determined the nature of that particular game and the bent of the referees for that night. The one thing that ...

2718. Transforming Love

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... before they told people. They were getting closer to that point when all would be okay. But then problems developed. There was nothing that could be done. They lost the baby. Their older son, Christopher, was five. He was old enough to understand and to feel the pain they felt. As time allowed for healing, the father and his son decided to get something special for Michelle. They wanted something to help ease the pain, something to help her experience joy again. They surprised her one day by bringing her a ...

2719. "No Contest"

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... live in a time when every "ism," sect, and religion which comes down the pike offers a "new God" to us. Some people feel they must sample them all. So we have the Eastern religions, new age, humanism, secularism, and a plethora of strange sects, all promoting ... my own. It leaves me lots of options and plenty of leeway, it makes no demands and carries no judgment, and best of all, it feels good. What do you think of that?" The truth is that she is not a lot different from what everyone else does who opts for ...

2720. Naaman Is My Name!

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... we say, "I thought" -- but our ideas are as useless as his. We entertain ideas like the New Age movement which suggests we pray to the God inside of us, or the God all around us, or to the trees, or whatever, and then we'll like ourselves more and feel lots better. Or another idea: "God is too good and loving to let me die. He didn't really mean that 'the wages of sin is death.' " Or another thought: "Maybe we can make enough brownie points with our good works and clean living that God will forget about our ...

2721. Unusual, To Say The Least!

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... them for social injustice. A recent cartoon shows a couple leaving the church after worship, with the man saying to the minister at the door, "I liked your sermon -- except for the parts that made me feel guilty." We never like the preacher too much when he begins to make us feel uncomfortable. A timid minister, who often straddled the fence, was told by one member of his congregation to preach the "old-fashioned gospel," and was instructed by another to be "broad-minded." The result of his struggle ...

2722. Then There Was One

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

J. Will Ormond

... It may be that since this one is a Samaritan he is not as concerned about following the letter of the rituals as are his Jewish companions. Since he is considered a heretic would he go to the same priests as do the others? Perhaps he does not feel himself as bound by the law as do his friends. Perhaps he is of a freer spirit than are they. In any case, his joy and gratitude overwhelm his strict obedience to Jesus' command. While the others are rushing to the priests, the Samaritan is eagerly retracing his ...

2723. When Self-esteem Gets Out Of Hand

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

J. Will Ormond

... his chest as a sign of remorse. He was one of those people whose self-esteem was out of hand in a far different direction than that of the Pharisee. This man's sense of self-worth had hit rock bottom. He had good reason to feel miserable about himself, for he was a tax collector with all the disreputable baggage that weighed down the position. But he looked at himself honestly and made no excuses for his numerous misdeeds. He prayed briefly, earnestly, sincerely. He made no pretense of giving thanks. He ...

2724. Paths Of Desperation

1 John 5:1-12

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... Dick loved his mom very much. She was a warm and loving mother who really seemed to understand a teenage boy. And Dick was right. His mother was proud of him. She told him so as she drove him home from church that night. Dick went to bed feeling pretty darn good about himself. When he woke up the next morning, however, his world turned quickly upside down. His mother was gone. She had hemorrhaged during the night and his dad had taken her to the hospital. When his dad returned from the hospital with the bad ...

2725. Gospel Grandmothers

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... that the English language was introduced into her congregation of immigrants. I heard many stories of her faith." "I can't explain it but I have always felt that my call to the ministry was a call to fulfill my grandmother's legacy. In some mysterious way I feel that her vision of Christian service has been passed along to me. She is, in a very special way, my 'gospel grandmother.' I'll bet many people here tonight can name a 'gospel grandmother' who has helped to lead you to faith. I thank God, we should ...

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