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2926. Citizens Of Heaven

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... example of your Son, Jesus Christ. Keep us from becoming enemies of our Lord, and fortify us to keep on following in the footsteps of your Son, who lived and died and was resurrected for our salvation. Amen. Offertory Prayer Heavenly Father, the gifts we bring cannot be compared to the great gift you have given us in your Son, Jesus Christ. We bring them, though, as tokens of our love for you, and our determination to work through your Church to bring to the citizens of the world the Good News that they are ...

2927. God's Mercy

Isaiah 55:1-13

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... O Lord, our God, we need to leave our way of life and change our way of thinking. By your mercy and through your Holy Spirit, we turn to you that we may find new life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Offertory Prayer Heavenly Father, we know that no gift of ours would be adequate to compensate for your many blessings and the great love you have shown us through your Son, Jesus Christ. "Love so amazing, so divine demands our lives, our souls, our all." Accept these ...

2928. The New Commandment

John 13:31-38

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... and time again to love as you have taught us. Forgive us, we pray, and by the power of your Holy Spirit make us to be faithful and loving disciples. Amen. Offertory Prayer Blessed Savior, in this time of remembrance our hearts are filled with thanksgiving for your great gift of forgiveness and reconciliation. Accept these gifts, we pray, that others may come to know you and to love one another as you have commanded. Amen. Hymns "The King Of Love My Shepherd Is" "How Can We Name A Love" "Your Love, O God"

2929. The Coming Of The Holy Spirit

Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-13

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... our neighbors with your message of love. May your Spirit give us the courage to break down these barriers so that we may see these people as brothers and sisters to whom we are sent with Good News of salvation and hope. Amen. Offertory Prayer Thank you, God, for the gift of your Holy Spirit that enables us to catch a vision of what the world would be like if people everywhere turned to you. By that same Holy Spirit, empower us to follow these ...

2930. The Promise Of The Holy Spirit

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

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Come, let us worship God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Collect Lord of all creation, we remember with thanksgiving that you sent your Holy Spirit to give power to the disciples who were waiting in Jerusalem for this promised gift. Today, we are a band of your disciples gathered here to worship you and this is our plea: that you will send your Holy Spirit upon us so that the power of the gospel may be renewed in our hearts. With that power enable us with your ...

2931. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

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Phil Thrailkill

... to be thrown out and trodden under foot....” In other words, “If you as my followers don’t remain distinctive, then you deserve to be trampled, and will be.” Either the real deal or road-kill? Which is it? We can’t make ourselves salty; that is Christ’s gift to us. But we are to keep ourselves salty, and that is our task with his help: not to lose or fritter away who he has made us to be as a distinctive and holy people. We cannot make ourselves salty, but we can surely lose it. Our identity in ...

2932. What Is Required of Us?

Matthew 5:17-20

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Phil Thrailkill

... with Jesus will not survive this life. It will not enter the kingdom of heaven. CONCLUSION Jesus’ desire is that we take him and the Holy Scriptures with ultimate seriousness. His plans are for us all to become his dangerous followers, each with our spiritual gifts and various callings contributing to the mix. I spend a lot of time observing people, and here is what I have found. Shallow faith, trivial life. Deep faith, fruitful life. Dusty Bible, dirty life. Ours is not a time when we can afford to be ...

2933. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

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Phil Thrailkill

... day have added violence and addiction as acceptable reasons to end what was designed by God as permanent. Jesus is not in this case offering pastoral care to individuals in tormented marriages; he is shouting at the top of his lungs a warning that marriage and the gift of sexuality that underlies it is not to be casually dismissed; it is too powerful and too good. Christians are to lift up and, by the grace of God, live up to a higher standard. We must win the battle within ourselves, and only the Jesus who ...

2934. Get off the Throne and Learn Wisdom

Matthew 7:1-6

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Phil Thrailkill

... reasons, where fear ceases and love grows, and where people can actually learn what it means to live a holy and a happy life in partnership with Christ and in communion with the saints, all of whom are still in process. Having a critical spirit is not a gift of the Holy Spirit. It comes up from hell rather than down from heaven. A judgmental attitude is acid that eats away at love and the kind of help that actually helps people grow past their sins and out of bad habits. A critical spirit is the mother ...

2935. Encouragement To Witness

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship The Apostle Paul admonished Timothy to keep alive the gift that God gave him. May our time together be an occasion to rekindle the fire of the Holy Spirit within us that fills us ... we bring, O Lord, may seem relatively small and insignificant, but make us ever mindful that each of us can make a difference. Bless these gifts and our small efforts, we pray, that they may be used in the building of your kingdom. Amen. Hymns "Heralds Of Christ" "We've A Story To Tell To The Nations" "Pass It On"

2936. Expressing Thanks

Luke 17:11-19

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... to others. We ask in Jesus' name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, forgive us if we take your blessings for granted. Give us thankful hearts that we may always turn to you with gratitude, for you are indeed the giver of every good gift. Amen. Offertory Prayer Gracious Lord, we bring our gifts this morning so that your Church might be strengthened as it goes out into the world as your Body to serve this present age in your name. Amen. Hymns "Now Thank We All Our God" "We Thank Thee, Lord" "All Praise To Our ...

2937. Humility

Luke 18:9-14

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... prevent us from building ourselves up at the expense of others. May this time of worship be an opportunity for us to renew our faith so that finally the humble will be exalted and the proud brought low. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, we thank you for the gift of your Son and for the example he gave us of true humility in serving others. We must confess, though, that there have been times when we have resisted playing the servant role and felt it was beneath our dignity. Forgive us, we pray, and help us to ...

2938. Ask With A Thankful Heart

Philippians 4:2-9

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... praise and prayers of thanksgiving. Collect O God our Father, we bow before you with grateful hearts for your bountiful goodness to us. You have blessed us in so many ways, we cannot begin to count them. Most of all, we thank you for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. His life, his death, his resurrection, and his ascension have shown us the way to eternal life with you. With hearts filled with hope, joy, and thankfulness, we praise your holy name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, with humble and contrite ...

2939. The Bread Of Life

John 6:25-59

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... become resentful if we do not have as much as our neighbors. Remove from us all selfish desires. May we always recognize that you are the giver of every good and perfect gift and you have blessed us far beyond anything we deserve. Amen. Offertory Prayer Heavenly Father, out of our deep concern for those who are without food, we bring these gifts to be used to feed the hungry. May we never lose sight of the need also to help them find the Bread of Life in Christ Jesus. Amen. Hymns "Come, Ye Thankful People ...

2940. The Work Of The Holy Spirit

John 16:5-16

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... of compassion, but we prefer to get even with our oppressors. Forgive us, Lord, and fill us with your Holy Spirit that we may so live that people will be able to tell we are Christians by our deeds of love and mercy. Amen. Offertory Prayer Heavenly Father, accept these gifts, we pray, so that working in unity with your Church throughout the world, we may bear testimony to your love and concern for all your creation. Amen. Hymns "O God In Heaven" "Of All The Spirit's ...

2941. The Boy Samuel

1 Samuel 2:12-26, 1 Samuel 1:21-28, 1 Samuel 2:1-11

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... new opportunities to demonstrate your love through the love and care we give our children. In Jesus' name. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord God, as the parents of Samuel and Jesus regularly brought their offerings to the Temple, so we, too, present our gifts as symbols of our gratitude for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. With these offerings we also present ourselves to be dedicated to your service. Amen. Hymns "O Sing A Song Of Bethlehem" "Sing To The Great Jehovah's Praise" "Angels We Have Heard On High"

2942. The Word Of Life

John 1:1-18

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... us rejoice that God came into the world through Jesus Christ to bring light to a dark world. He is the source of our hope which enables us to face the future unafraid. Come, let us worship Immanuel, God with us! Collect Heavenly Father, we give you thanks for the gift of another year. You have walked with us through all the ups and downs of our days, and we know that you are with us still. May we never forget that you will provide light for our path, and may we never choose to ignore that light and walk in ...

2943. Set Apart For God's Purposes

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... . He even offers Naboth a fair price for the plot of earth. But that square of dirt represents Naboth's share in God's land promised to his covenant people. Naboth inherited it from his family. It was the gift of God to his forbears and to him. It represents Naboth's participation in God's gracious gift of the promised land. Naboth too is a recipient of God's fulfillment of his promise of land to Abraham. So Naboth will not sell the land, not even to the king. And Ahab understands Naboth's reason. After ...

2944. Suffering in Sin

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... But the only thing that makes that possible for us is finally the mercy of God, shown to us in our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ we find forgiveness for our errant lives. Because of him we are condemned not to death for our sin, but are given the gift of eternal life. Finally the action of God toward us sinners is one of over-ruling and undeserved mercy. And the God of the covenant, though he will not be mocked, is above all, the God of love. Surely, such astounding love calls forth our love and obedience in ...

2945. Oh, God!

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The only thing appropriate for that moment was honest reporting. I thought for a long time, and then said quietly, ‘Yes, I can honestly say there was Something down there in the darkness. The mystery of Godness was present. I was given help. No ecstasy. No great energy. Just the gift of endurance-- that was all that met me in the depths of darkness. By the grace of God, somehow I stayed on my feet! I did not blow up in presumptive bitterness; neither did I give up in hopeless despair. I was given the ...

2946. Message from a Cloud

Acts 1:1-11

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King Duncan

... During this time he taught them and he reassured them. The apostles wanted to know if Jesus would now restore the kingdom to Israel, but he told them to leave that to God. He instructed them not to leave Jerusalem until they received a very special gift--the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Receiving the Holy Spirit meant receiving power. The apostles would now be Jesus’ witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. In Christ’s final appearance to them, they stood watching as ...

2947. The Blessed Promise

John 17:20-26

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King Duncan

... is, then God owes an apology to those who have suffered greatly in this world. The only thing that makes their suffering bearable is that on the other side there is no suffering, no heartache, no tears--only eternal peace and joy. Heaven is real. And heaven is a gift. As Mark Twain once put it, “Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.” The scriptures are very clear on this. No one has earned the right to dwell for eternity with God. “All have sinned and ...

2948. Set-Apart People

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

2949. A Time of Grief

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... s mother, smiling broadly, turned to her and said, “Liz hasn’t done any cartwheels since Bob died. He used to love it when she did.” Reflecting upon this, LeShan said: “I tried to understand just what Liz’s message to her father meant. Then I realized that her gift to him was to pick up the threads of her life and to begin to live as fully as she could.” (8) That’s what her father would have wanted. That’s what those who have gone on to heaven always want for those left behind. They want us ...

2950. All Keyed Up

Matthew 28:16-20

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Mark Trotter

... You will read that in all Paul's letters throughout the New Testament. The Church is a body, the body of Christ, made up of many members. Each member has something special to give. God has given each member a gift, a talent, exclusively to that person. A member of the body of Christ is to exercise his or her gift for the good of the whole. If one part of the body just sits, then the whole body languishes. If a certain critical mass of the members of the body just sit, the Church dies. In the first two weeks ...

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