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3026. The Power of God

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Rick Brand

... to change things. The woman is now constantly on the go. She is being invited all over the world to be honored for her act of love. She has flown in airplanes for the first time, stayed in the finest homes, eaten whatever her heart might desire, met governors, mayors, and celebrities who have all wanted her autograph. There is a frightening and awesome power in the power of goodness, in the power of compassion, a power which cannot be grabbed or wanted, for the woman did not give the scholarship money in ...

3027. Thanks Be to God

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Rick Brand

... . We will give as our act of praise and thanksgiving. We will give as our testimony of our faith that God has blessed us in the past and God will continue to bless us in the future. We will give so that others may see the abundance of God and desire to open themselves to that goodness. We will give out of our thanksgiving so that there will be a choir full of praise and thanksgiving from those who receive and those who are blessed by the gifts. But our giving is not caused or in response to the needs of ...

3028. Family Matters

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... them we've culled three rules for dealing with controversial issues, which I offer this morning--not only as a way to resolve conflict in the church, but also in your home, or between any two people or more who have differing views, but who have a desire to be reconciled. And here they are. The first rule is to have humility about what you know. Beware of anyone who claims to have absolute truth: From what I can ascertain, there are only two absolute truths. The first is that God knows everything. And the ...

3029. Have You Got a Prayer?

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... therefore, is distant, stern, righteous, and unchanging. Jesus shocked his society by saying, "God is not like that. Sometimes God is like that, but if you come to God, God will be with you the same way he was with me, a father to a child. God desires to have that relationship with everyone." So he said, when you pray, say, "Abba, Our Father." "Abba" is the most personal address for God in Aramaic. It means, "Daddy." That is the way you would translate it into English. It is the most personal address. Jesus ...

3030. Have You Heard?

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , in simple trust. The third verse, Jesus praying quietly, beside the Sea of Galilee, out of doors. The fourth verse asks God to, "Drop thy still dews of quietness." We are getting quieter and quieter. Then the last verse, Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and thy balm; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm. He seems to call for us to sit quietly in nature, to hear God speak through nature, through "earthquake, wind ...

3031. Reflections on a Bumper Sticker

Mark 2:1-12

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Mark Trotter

... . Even if we have had lousy parents, we can understand what it would mean to have a homecoming, a family reunion. Even if we are estranged from homes that we do not want to return to. Thomas Wolfe said, "You can't go home again." Many of us have no desire at all to go home again, to the homes that we left. But we still know what he is talking about. We know what it should have been like. We know what we wish it had been like. He even spoke of Christian life in terms of family. He looked ...

3032. Stirring Things Up

Mark 13:1-8, Hebrews 10:11-25

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... that because God is holy, God therefore despises that which is unholy and sinful. In order to be forgiven and to approach God, we have to change God's attitude toward us. Some sacrifice must be made to God, some sign of our repentance, of our desire for forgiveness and reconciliation. That is what the Temple was for, that's why it existed, to offer sacrifices to God to reconcile the people to God. Different animals were offered in the sacrifice, from pigeons, which were the cheapest, they were for the poor ...

3033. The Lonesome Valley

Matthew 21:1-11; 26:36-46, 69-27:1,15-26

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Mark Trotter

... he said that each one of us has both deep needs and shallow needs inside of us. The problem he said with most of us is that we elevate the shallow needs to ultimacy, and make them the top priority in our life. The shallow needs are the desire for pleasure, comfort, and security. What's wrong with our life, he said, is that we think those are the most important things in life. In fact, our whole culture conspires to preach that to us day after day, especially through advertising. We get the same message over ...

3034. The Messiah

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... "the glory of the Lord shall be revealed," the bass comes in with the judgment. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts:--Yet once a little while and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come. After the shaking of the foundations of life, after the judgment, then, and only then, will the Messiah come. The Christian gospel is not cheap grace. If we are to be redeemed, we must change. That change may be costly. For us to ...

3035. The Sin of Being Less

Colossians 3:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... 't doing it. They probably couldn't believe it. They were living the kind of life that they lived when they thought they were in bondage to supernatural powers. They kept doing those things that messed up their lives. Paul lists them: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is also idolatry. The classical way of listing the sins is to put them in two categories: the sins of the flesh and the sins of the spirit. Those are called the sins of the flesh. He is saying to the Colossians, you ...

3036. This Is a Test

Genesis 22:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , and not the gift itself. So if the gift is taken away, the Giver remains. If God gave life to us once, he can do it again. So Abraham called the name of that place, "The Lord Will Provide." Maybe not the way we want. Maybe not the way we desire. But the Lord will provide. The Lord will give life again. Jesus said, "Ask, and it will be given to you." But he also said, "Not as the world gives do I give to you." That means, the Lord will provide, but maybe not in the way that we anticipate ...

3037. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 · Jer 31:7-14 · Eph 1:3-19 · Ps 147

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... for the light is God and God cannot be defeated. 3. Children (v. 12). People are not children of God by virtue of being human. Only believers in the Word receive power to become the sons of God. The children of God do not result from ancestry or physical desire but only from the will of God. This calls for a second birth, a spiritual birth of the Spirit. 4. Flesh (v. 14). This external, divine Word who is God is enfleshed in Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus is the incarnate Word. The Word came in the human body of ...

3038. Epiphany 2

Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-34

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John R. Brokhoff

... he because Jesus baptizes with the Spirit while he baptizes only with water. Out of this personal experience John the Baptist declares that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS 1. The Universality of the Gospel. In Lesson 1 we get a universal view of God's desire to save. It is the will of God that no one at any time or place is lost. The servant of the Lord is to take the light to all nations. It is not enough to bring back only the nation of Israel. This reminds us that the heart ...

3039. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:33-37, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37

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John R. Brokhoff

... love yourself! To love oneself is normal. It is abnormal to hate oneself or to love oneself excessively. We can go to both extremes - either into depression or into pride and arrogance. If we loved our neighbor as ourselves, we would put the neighbor first and would desire for the neighbor only the best things in life. Epistle: 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 1. Foundation (v. 10). If a Christian or a church is compared to a building, Paul says Christ is the foundation. Since there can be no building without a ...

3040. Lent 2

Genesis 12:1-8, Romans 4:1-25, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13, John 3:1-21

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John R. Brokhoff

... . An utter reliance upon God's goodness brings one into a blessed relationship with God. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Three Lessons: Genesis 12:1-4a; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17 1. "Man, What An Offer!" Need: God wants to give us more than we realize or maybe desire. God is rich in promises. He wants his people to have the very best, the fullness of life. Our people need to know this, for many think of God only in terms of God's demands, his laws. The only thing we need to receive the blessings is faith ...

3041. Lent 4

John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34, John 9:1-12, 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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John R. Brokhoff

... God comes to him and asks him why he doesn't do something about Saul. Worry accomplishes nothing. God commands Samuel to anoint a new king from the house of Jesse even though Samuel has to risk his life to do it. Is God saying to us that he desires a change of government when a government does not obey his laws? 2. Heart (v. 7). When God wants a servant, what does he look for? What is the true measure of a potential leader? Because of his physical appearance, Samuel thought Eliab was God's choice, but God ...

3042. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3-13, Psalm 104

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John R. Brokhoff

... , and understand this unusual and exciting experience? Peter explains it as the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy that the Spirit would come. Epistle: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 1. Except (v. 3b). No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. On our own desire and strength we cannot come to or believe in Jesus as Lord. We do not choose Jesus, but through the Spirit he chooses us as disciples. The Spirit calls us to believe and follow Jesus. We are made Christians by the work of the Spirit. To say ...

3043. Proper 10

Genesis 25:19-34, Isaiah 55:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... a fact of reality. The preacher needs to be concerned about making good listeners out of his congregation. 3. All (v. 9). "He who has ears...." Who does not have ears? The truth is proclaimed to all people regardless of condition of life. It reminds us that God desires all to be saved, all to have the good things of God's grace. Christianity is a universal religion, a faith for every person. The responsibility to accept the Word is the hearer's. If one rejects it, it is his own fault. It is not God's will ...

3044. Proper 12

1 Kings 3:1-15, Matthew 13:47-52, Matthew 13:44-46, Genesis 29:15-30

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John R. Brokhoff

... in times of trouble. Since all of us have our "downs," the sermon can be of assurance and hope for the comfort of the troubled. Outline: Everything's going to work out fine, because - a. "God works for good" - a good God works for our good. God desires our welfare at all times. He is a God who knows our condition and cares what happens to us. b. "In everything." There is an overruling providence that turns our failures, sorrows, and disap-pointments into our good. c. "With those who love him." This is not ...

3045. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 8:28-39, Romans 9:1-29, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32

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John R. Brokhoff

... power to make so much of so little, the partnership of the disciples, and the oversupply of food. Psalm of the Day Psalm 17:1-7, 15 (C) - "I shall behold your face in righteousness" (v. 15). Psalm 145:8-9, 15-18 (RC) - "You open your hand, satisfying the desire of every living thing" (v. 16). Psalm 78:1-29 (E) - "We will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord" (v. 4). Prayer of the Day "Gracious Father, your blessed Son came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the ...

3046. Proper 15

Genesis 45:1-28, Isaiah 56:1-8, Romans 11:11-24, Romans 11:25-32, Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

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John R. Brokhoff

... toward them. Later, he sent a message to his father to come to him that he might take care of him and his family in Egypt. It reminds us of Jesus' invitation, "Come to me...." Old Testament: Isaiah 56:1 (2-5) 6-7 1. Everyone (v. 6). Though God desires everyone to enter the kingdom, not all will enter. God makes a universal appeal. His will is for all people to be saved. This is not universalism, the teaching that in the end all will be saved and none shall go to hell. For the Jews of Isaiah's time ...

3047. Proper 20

Exodus 16:1-36, Isaiah 55:1-13, Jonah 3:1-10, Jonah 4:1-11, Philippians 1:12-30, Matthew 20:1-16

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John R. Brokhoff

... experience, an encounter with God. The very first step toward that experience is openness. This is expressed in seeking for God. It is not a matter that God is lost, for we are lost. It points out the psychological fact that we will not experience God unless we have a desire and feel a need for God. To seek God is to call on him. God is not far away as might be suggested by the text, "while he is near." God is always near us, but our lack of faith and vision place God in the distance. God does not ...

3048. Lessons for Year A Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... swear they "will" serve Yahweh faithfully. On the basis of their determination they renew their covenant made on Mount Sinai, a covenant in which God was their God and the people were God's people. Old Testament: Amos 5:18-24 1. Woe (v. 18). Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord! Why not? When God comes, it means victory over our enemies and glory for us. But, the day is also a day of judgment, a day of darkness, for the wicked will experience the wrath of God. For those in Christ, for the spiritually ...

3049. All Saints Day

Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... life on earth is nothing compared with the life to come in heaven. This gives us hope and patience in our tribulation. With Paul we can say "to die is gain." Outline: The better life to come - a. Comfort for those who mourn now - v. 4. b. Fulfillment of the desire for goodness - v. 6. c. Mercy for those who are merciful now - v. 7. d. A vision of God for the pure in heart - v. 8. Lesson 1: Revelation 7:2-4 9-17 1. If You Were In Heaven Now (7:9-17). Need: People are curious about heaven ...

3050. Christ the King

Psalm 100:1-5, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Matthew 25:31-46, Ezekiel 34:1-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... with donors' names on each gift to the church. In this sermon we want to encourage people to be Christians Anonymous. Outline: How to be a Christian Anonymous – a. Have the mind and heart of Jesus. b. Have compassion for the hurting people of the world. c. Have a desire to fulfill a need. Old Testament: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 1. Is The Lord Your Shepherd? (34:11-16, 20-24). Need: "The Lord is my shepherd" - is he really? In this passage, God says he is our shepherd. Have we allowed him to be our shepherd ...

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