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2801. Walking on Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... started sinking. What do you think happened? (response) He cried out, Lord, save me!” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” Then they got back into the boat and the wind and the storm stopped. What do you think this story means? (response) It means whenever we are in a storm we might be a little afraid but we should have faith that God is going to protect us. He will never let the storm destroy us. Let’s Pray: Thank you Lord ...

2802. Encounters With Christ VII (Easter): Jesus & Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... on display in a downtown store window in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, during Holy Week one year. He said the depiction of the blood dripping from the crown of thorns was so real you wanted to reach out and wipe it away. Early one morning a businessman stopped to look at the painting. He was joined by a newspaper boy making his early morning rounds. After a few moments of silence, the man turned to walk away, shaking his head, tears misting his eyes and muttering to himself: “What a pity and what a shame ...

2803. God Sees Us

John 1:43-51

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... what we are thinking or planning to do. He knows everything about you and me. So I want to ask you to do something. The next time you do something good or bad, or the next time you are wondering what you should do or say, I want you to stop and talk to God. Talk to him about it, he'd like to talk to you too. We call that prayer. Let's pray: Lord Jesus we know that you are always near and you see all that we do. Help us when you see us do something wrong and ...

2804. A Bubbling Witness

John 15:18--16:4

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... say anything now. Just wait until you tell the group. By now the “witness” should begin to see the bubbles Why are you looking so strangely? No! Don't say anything. Just remember to tell the children what you saw. Arrange beforehand for the bubble-blower to stop at this point. Are you ready to tell the others what you saw? (response) Tell the other children to open their eyes and turn around It looks like our witness saw something really neat. What did you see when you looked over there? Point away from ...

2805. Friends

Mark 2:1-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... the rope fall to the floor and with the other end make a big circular motion as if you were playing. Keep up the motion as the children respond. What's going on? This isn't very much fun? (response) Why can't I do this by my self? (response) Stop the circular motion but hold onto the rope. So that's what I have been doing wrong. I need some friends to play baseball with me and I need some friends to play football with me. And What do I need in jump rope? (response) Someone else needs to hold ...

2806. A Shepherd Returns

Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... from Jerusalem to Galilee. I came up beside him, and asked if I might not walk with him a little way. He said, 'Of course.' I finally gathered enough courage to tell him I was one of the shepherds who heard the announcement of his birth on the hillside. He stopped dead in his tracks. He turned and looked me fully in the eyes. 'I have never talked to one of the eye-witnesses,' he said. 'I have only heard the story told to me by my mother and father. Why have you not spoken sooner?' I was embarrassed, but he ...

2807. Joseph Ponders

Matthew 1:18-25

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... it be? That all these circumstances took place so that he would be born here? How are we to understand such workings of the Almighty? "Listen! I hear footsteps! Footsteps? At this hour of the morning? Who would be wandering about at this hour? Lord, they have stopped. They are entering the cave! Are they here to harm us, Lord? They look like, they are - shepherds! What would bring them here at this hour? I can hardly make out their forms in this dim light. Who sent them? They evidently mean no harm. Why ...

2808. Reward

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... ! From every corner of the town. He gives alms to everyone in need. Simon: How humble he looks, handing out bread and coins! The beggars practically worship him. See how they kiss his hands and the hem of his garments. Sarah: And then afterwards, when he stops on the street corner to pray out loud. Such eloquence! Such forcefulness! Such fluency! Simon: It brings tears to my eyes! Sarah: And the dedication with which he fasts! I'm so impressed! You can just tell how much he's suffering by the expression on ...

2809. Monologue: Moses' Mother

Exodus 2:1-10

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... taken us out of bondage? I did not have the chance to know my son, Moses. I always hoped that his life would be much better than mine and that I did not make a mistake sending him out in his little boat. I could not visit him after I stopped nursing. Have you ever heard of him? Do you have any idea what kind of life he had or what became of him? I always wanted to know. I wondered if he would become an Egyptian instead of being a God-fearing Hebrew. I still believe in our God, in ...

2810. Monologue: The Other Shepherd Speaks

Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... happen in such a small place? And the angels tell it to shepherds, of all people? When we told the story, the city folk looked down at us as poor beasts of the field, with no more sense then the sheep we take care of. No one listened, and we stopped talking about that night. That was forty years ago. I was a young man then, just married. And what I have seen these forty years: many a sheep and many a long night. I have seen a man named Jesus. I saw him break bread and hand it out. I ...

2811. Drawing Nearer

James 4:8

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... out your pitcher of water and the large bowl. What I'm going to do is pour a steady stream of water into the bowl, Begin to pour a small, steady stream and while the water is pouring I'll make the stream move to one side or the other. Stop pouring. There's only one more thing that I need. Do you know what it is? It's a really good friend of the water named static electricity. And whenever water knows that static electricity is near, it wants to get near it. So the nearer the static gets, the ...

2812. In A Newly Hewn Tomb

Matthew 27:1-10

Drama

Joe Barone

... I didn't dare to hope in Jesus. Do you want to know what changed it all for me? It wasn't what the angel said. For me, it wasn't even that I finally saw him, though I did. I really did. It was my tomb that was empty. Stop and think about that for a minute. It was my tomb that was empty. Can you understand what that meant for me? All my loved ones would be buried there. Me and all my loved ones ... And it was empty. Jesus was the fulfillment of all the promises of God ...

2813. The Butterfly Rock

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Carl Jech

... the same time. To celebrate the Resurrection, to celebrate life, is to be no longer afraid of change and growth! Easter does not mean that now we can calmly accept death. Easter means that we defy death - that God defies death - to stop us from changing, from living, from growing! Easter means that we affirm life, no matter what! Some have criticized Christianity for displaying mere wishful thinking in its doctrine of and belief in resurrection. Surveys have shown, however, that many people would actually ...

2814. Monologues: Disciples Redeemed

John 20:10-18, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Drama

Raymond I. Keffer

... its sting with the victory of Jesus on the cross. "Being of Greek background, I preached and worked among the Greeks for 20 fruitful years. One day while walking, I came upon a serpent idol worship service. In the name of the cross, I commanded the worship to stop. The dying serpent gave off a gas so powerful that it killed many worshipers, including the king's son. In the name of Jesus, I prayed over the dead son and life was restored to him. The king became a convert, but other followers of the serpent ...

2815. Paul Meets a Celebrity

Acts 25:23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... prophets had said that the Son of God would do when He was born into the world. It was a wonderful sermon. Agrippa was overwhelmed. He knew that Paul expected him to believe. He could hardly keep up with Paul's enthusiasm. Finally he broke in and told Paul to stop. Agrippa said, "You want to make me a Christian in a few moments." Paul told him that he wished that everyone could be as happy as he was except for the chains and being a prisoner. Paul felt that Jesus is the answer for everyone. It does not make ...

2816. Love Is Down to Earth

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... naive theology of glory "for winners only" that we have been warning ourselves against. The absolutely essential thing to notice is that even in John's exalted images of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, The Resurrection and the Life, The Truth, etc., Jesus himself never stops being one of the poor! Jesus is not saying "forget the poor and pay attention to me." He is saying, rather, "quit talking about 'the poor' in general and pay attention to the specific poor, needy person right in front of you!" Just as the ...

2817. Rejoice! It's Lent

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... cut the ripe wheat. Barns will bulge with abundant grain. Wine will flow from the mountains and milk from the hills. A fountain will spring forth in the middle of the house of the Lord and the people will feast and want no more. Joel does not stop here with his prediction of material blessings. He goes on to the heights of spiritual ecstasy. When the Lord comes, he will pour out his Spirit on all flesh. Sons anddaughters will prophesy. Old men will dream dreams and young men will see visions. It is true ...

2818. The Secret of Survival

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... as supreme Lord and Master. He was not just a God who revealed himself in history; he was Lord over all history. He could intervene at any time and alter the course of their lives. He could even change the direction in which history would move. Did you ever stop to consider why it is that you can turn on a faucet in an upstairs bathroom and still have running water? Water appears to flow upward in our homes even though the law of gravity states that water will only flow down hill. If you go out of your ...

2819. The Symphony of God

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... the high priest feared the people. They knew that a word spoken possesses no power in and by itself; but, a word spoken by God and heard by his people - a people who are filled with the Holy Spirit - can change the whole world. And it did! Did you ever stop to think about what the difference is between a grand piano and a pile of junk? Take some wires and pegs, some white keys and some black keys. Then, take some wood and some metal. Throw all of this in a pile, and you have junk. However, if you have ...

2820. The Mystery of God's Mercy

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... , Paul not only points to the good news, he also says something else that is not as clear or as obvious as his sin-and-salvation motif. Paul says to the Jews that, in their ignorance and misunderstanding of the prophets, they fulfilled the will of God. Stop for a moment and consider what Paul is saying. He says that the Jews heard the prophets. The Jews did not understand what they heard. However, in their ignorance, they fulfilled the will of God. What Paul is saying is that God told the people that they ...

2821. Counterfeit Faith

Acts 14:8-20

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... dry and arid country; so Paul stressed in the introduction to his sermon the fact that the God which he represented was the God who sends the refreshing and life-supporting rain. The people listened intently. Then, seeing a man who was crippled from birth, Paul stopped his sermon. In a loud voice he cried out to the crippled man, "Arise, stand on your feet." Immediately, the man leaped to his feet and began to walk. At first, the people were stunned; but, then they suddenly exploded with the excitement of a ...

2822. No Grey Area

Acts 15:1-21

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... are the way to unity and solidarity for all, who would claim to be a part of the Body of Christ. A legend tells us of two knights in armor who were riding down a road. They passed a shield which was hanging from a tree. They both stopped. One said, "Did you see that magnificent white shield hanging from the tree?" "I did," the other knight answered, "but, it was black." "You are color blind," shouted the first knight. "I am certain that it was white." The debate became so heated that they climbed down from ...

2823. Jail House Joy

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... ; there is an attempted suicide which turns into a religious conversion. But, let us start at the beginning. Paul and Silas have attended the church convention which we spoke of in the sermon last Sunday. They are returning to their missionary work. Their first stop is the Roman colony at Philippi. Few Jews lived there; and those who did were not wanted. Anti-semitism ran rampant. Since there was no synagogue in Philippi, Paul and Silas preached to a small group of women at a riverbank prayer meeting. One ...

2824. This is My Son, Listen to Him

Luke 9:28-36

Illustration

James Garrett

... keeping secret for so many years. “Then one day I turned around, and God was there. Apparently, God does things in his own way and at his own hour. “But the important thing is that he was there. He found me. You were right. He found me even after I stopped looking for him.” Tommy learned a universal truth. The surest way to find God is not to make him a private possession or a problem-solver. The surest way is to listen, to open ourselves up to his love and he will find us.”

2825. Worship Leads to our Being Commissioned

Isaiah 6:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... . Amen. Prayer of Confession O Lord, our holy Father, we have come to your house so often. But our presence has been more for observation than for involvement. We confess we are unclean and need to be forgiven. We also confess that too often, we have stopped worshiping once we have felt forgiven. Forgive us for not looking beyond our own sinfulness, for not being sensitive to your call for our witness. Give us a faith strong enough, in spite of the deaf ears, to be willing to go to our community with ...

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