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2776. The Spirit - For Me Too?

Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... other as they practice the Golden Rule. The Spirit causes us to dream of a self which aspires to everything lovely and of good report. In the Spirit, we sing: I would be true, for there are those who trust me. I would be pure, for there are those who care. I would be strong, for there is much to suffer. I would be brave, for there is much to dare. Joel continues with another reason for wanting the Holy Spirit: "Your young men will see visions." This reminds one of an old story of an Indian chief, about to ...

2777. Two Bodies for Two Worlds

Isaiah 26:1-21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... estimated that forty-two percent of the American people take some form of exercise daily. In addition, we are a people who try to make and keep the body beautiful. Who can estimate the amount of time and money we spend on cosmetics, hair care, lotions, baths, and perfumes? Each year we overfed Americans spend $500,000,000 on dieting in order to be slim and attractive. After all of this, the physical body will eventually decline, deteriorate, and die. What then? God has ordained that we cannot live without ...

2778. A Book Which Reads Us

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... not just superficially, but to her very depths. He measured both the poverty and the requirement of her life. The love in his eyes and the concern in his voice emboldened her, dejected and cynical though she must have been, to cry out once more for acceptance and care. She said: "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." Jesus gave her himself. The hopes and fears of all her years were met in the Christ, in that incarnation of God’s love whom she there beheld. Jesus read her ...

2779. Out of the Barnyard

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... the Church say we come up short. Recently, for example, forty-four leading citizens in Hartford, Connecticut, were polled about their perception of the Church’s role in the community. Many of these leaders charged that clergy and lay people "don’t really care very much about the world around them" and are "hesitant to take risks in behalf of what they feel to be morally right." They believed the religious community has "special credibility and authority to bring to public life," but they described the ...

2780. No Partiality

Acts 10:23b-48

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... on the corkboard for each color tack. You know what? You are right. It doesn’t matter the color of the tack. They all hold the paper up just as well. It doesn’t matter what they look like. Application: In the Bible, Peter said that God doesn’t care where people are from or what they look like. He said God is not partial to one person over another. What matters to God is that we follow Jesus and live holy lives. Address the children respectively: Are you better because you are white? (response) Are you ...

2781. Abraham’s Promise Perpetuated

Romans 4:1-25

Drama

Richard F. Bansemer

... your life happier, and the lives of your neighbors fuller. Do not think that keeping them will make me indebted to you. But, I am indebted, too, because I adopted you, for you were a people without a purpose, and a people without a Father. I have promised to care for and love you, no matter how much you grieve me, for I know that my love is stronger than all your selfishness and weakness. Therefore, I, God, give to you this day, my son Jesus, who will show you how to love, teach you what is important, and ...

2782. Solomon’s Search

2 Chronicles 1:1-17

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... come into your mind, and then you remember, the prayers. You haven’t said your prayers. Like sending a letter to your business acquaintance you begin: Dear God. You’re not very sleepy, so the words come automatically at first. "Thank you for a nice day, for taking care of the family, for the food and the house." (And your mind begins to wander.) The house! Got to get a new roof for the house. Payments are too regular and too much. Sure would be nice if we could get a new carpet for the living room ...

2783. Jacob’s Jabbok

Genesis 32:22-32

Drama

Richard F. Bansemer

... swore to get even. To us it is a small thing, but to the men of that time the eldest had the responsibilities and the benefits of representing the family not only toward men, but also to God. Esau really could hardly care less. Jacob could hardly care more. And there were other differences. Esau was bold, hot-tempered, strong, and somewhat controlled by the advantages of the moment. Jacob was sensitive to the unseen and spiritual. He could envision long distant goals and had great determination to reach ...

2784. Doctor Thomas Dooley

Matthew 9:1-8

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... merely to certify refugees for evacuation; instead, he sought to treat their multitudinous ailments. He was disobedient in the name of love. He compounded his disobedience by illegally appropriating United States Navy medical supplies for the refugees, saying of his action: I take care of them, (i.e. the refugees) with the richness and opulence of American Navy supplies.4 He acted illegally - in a technical sense - in the name of love. It is a tribute to the American spirit that not only was Lt. Dooley not ...

2785. Father Damien

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... . Even before physical debilitation began, the unseen disease would sap the energy of its host. The lepers were not lazy; they were lethargic made so by their affliction. Molokai became a synonym for despair. The lepers were ill-fed, ill-housed, ill-clothed, ill-cared for. Robert Louis Stevenson said of Molokai that it was "a pitiful place to visit and a hell to dwell in." It was to this hell in a paradisaical setting that Joseph de Veuster, Father Damien, came, of his own volition in 1873. The road ...

2786. "At Beneficial You’re Good for More"

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... mile to help our wishes come true. The ad is extremely effective and it makes us feel good to know that there are people who care. When we go into the loan office, we will feel important and good. Our expectations will be met. All of these offers come to ... and in that son we have new hope and new peace. The promise is that there is and there always will be an open and caring and trusting relationship with God because of Jesus Christ. In that relationship, you and I can talk to God about anything. We can talk ...

2787. "It’s Time to Send Christmas Cards"

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... last week. God is present in the cards we send to lonely people. It is in the ordinary that God often says, "I love you and I care for you." It’s just a baby boy named Jesus. God lives in a tent to be near us. I like Christmas cards, and when I’m ... the bowl of cards. I look at the pictures of the cards and I open them up and I read the verses. I note the names very carefully. I would ask that you go home and look at your Christmas cards today. As you do that, sit down and ask yourself, "How do I feel ...

2788. Reach Out and Touch Someone

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... the people who surround us; by the faith that we share; by the gifts that we have. When we stop and hear that ad, "Reach out and touch someone," we picture trumpets blowing into a telephone, two middle-aged ladies sharing driving experiences, a person crying because Joey cared enough to call. I would ask that the next time you see those ads, you stop and think for a moment that God continually reaches out and touches us. When somebody puts a hand on our shoulders when we’re having a bad day and says, "I ...

2789. "Two Men in White Suits"

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... Did you feed the hungry, clothe the naked, did you visit the sick, did you make the stranger welcome?" Basically what he is asking us is, how did we relate with each other? How did we relate with our fellow human beings? Were we kind? Were we compassionate? Did we care? Did we reach out? Those are very normal kinds of statements for a Christian to make, so how can it be that a pastor has trouble with a text that asks those kinds of questions; after all, isn’t that what our faith is all about? It’s not ...

2790. An Almost Anonymous Apostle

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

George Bass

... about Matthias is simply that a man who had not played a very important part in the ministry of Jesus was chosen to move out of anonymity and become a trusted apostle of Jesus Christ. That makes him more than a zero, doesn’t it? How careful they must have been in casting those lots for Judas’ successor; his perfidy had led to Christ’s crucifixion and death. They had all been burned once and they didn’t want to be burned again. They could trust Matthias - and that makes him worthy of remembrance ...

2791. Gabriel Speaks to Mary

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

George Bass

... It is proper to call this a festival of Christ - and of God the Father, too - but we do an injustice to God, as well as to Mary, if we down-play or ignore Mary’s response to Gabriel’s astounding announcement to her. God must have been extremely careful in selecting Mary to become the Mother of our Lord. He saw qualities in her which must have commended her to him as most suitable for this important role in his plan. God knew she would be frightened; he could understand that she would be mystified by the ...

2792. What Is Your Mercy Quotient?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... many of their cries go unheard. The noise of the self-oriented machinery of our culture is drowning them out and they are dying. The world needs the merciful. We all need someone who will identify with us. Someone who will hear our cry, listen, have empathy, and care. We all need to have an attitude of mercy and to be the recipients of such an attitude! The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest, It blesseth him that gives, and ...

2793. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... . In Gotham, evil was evil and visible and had a label on it. The "joker," the "Riddler," the "Penguin" all claimed to be evil. The target was clear; you knew whom you had to fight. The Bat Man and Robin came sailing over the buildings of Gotham and took care of the situation. And that was that! Why hasn’t God thought of that? God moves so slowly. He even lets the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest. But have we forgotten that evil in the world gets all mixed up with people, even with you ...

2794. Will My Ship Sink or Float?

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... Heavenly City outshines Rome ... There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness, instead of enforced peace, caring; instead of (faltering) life, eternity." In Christ, in grace, "we have a window in the walls of time which ... very small income. There was no firm foundation for this family. The constant questions were: Where will it come out? Will I be adequate to care for them? What does life mean, anyway? What does my life mean? What is this world all about? How will we ever make it? What ...

2795. Called to Be Saints

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... rather astounding that he would even concern himself with me one way or the other, considering all the monumental things he has to do just to keep all creation going. It simply boggles my imagination to think that God would care about me in any way. Yet, time after time, the Scripture attests to God’s individual care and concern. Did you catch that in the First Lesson of the day? "The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name." (Isaiah 49:1b) Nobody is sure of exactly who ...

2796. The True Nature of Happiness

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... their loved ones. Blessed are those who mourn, for they have the potential of being more sensitive, more open to God, more caring individuals. What about you? What loses have made you more sensitive? Blessed are those who mourn for the children of broken homes ... have yet to deal with the issues that plague their growth. For if you mourn there is still hope for you. It shows that you care about something that is beyond yourself. In the end it is not the mourners who are to be pitied, but rather those who do ...

2797. Journey To The Cross IV: Jesus and Judas

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... not… miss His message of love. Judas heard Jesus when He spoke of the Kingdom and the power and the glory. He evidently was not listening as carefully when Jesus said the road to the Kingdom of God is by way of a cross. He missed the message… and sometimes so do we! II. ... … are the stuff tragedy is made of… the unseized moment of helping someone in need, of listening, of caring, of expressing appreciation, of giving or accepting forgiveness, of commitment. Judas missed his moment and sometimes so do ...

2798. LOVE TAKES SWEAT

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... , drivel. A lot of it is Madison-Avenue hype. It is too often connected to things, as if love is something that can be purchased. Don’t get me wrong, there is a place for candlelight, secluded beaches, special warm feelings, carefully chosen words, a quiet touch, a caring embrace, but Christian love is more often concrete than abstract. It is more real than mysterious. The dynamics of Christian love are produced more often with sweat than with perfume. They must be worked at in a daily world with daily ...

2799. What Are You Going to Do About Death?

Mt 10:28 · Lk 12:4

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... Twenty-one years ago I made a covenant with God. I would rise an hour earlier each morning for prayer. I have done this for twenty-one years, seven days a week. The miracle is that I have not been ill for twenty years ... God takes care of me so that I can take care of others." A famous surgeon lets us in on an interesting and strengthening secret - whatever God calls us to in this life, he supplies the strength, the health, and the ability to fulfill, if we trust him and if we give ourselves to him. Jesus ...

2800. The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies

John 11:1-16

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... Jesus should know only of Lazarus’ illness, for it is not possible that any man should at one and the same time love a friend and desert him.9 The plot begins to thicken. He Whom You Love It is amazing how the gospel is frequently tucked into a carefully turned phrase of the biblical record. Here is a case in point. The message the sisters sent to Jesus was, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." It would seem only natural when approaching a person for a favor to enumerate all the things done for this person ...

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