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3026. Self-serving Versus Self-giving

Mark 12:35-40, Mark 12:41-44

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... I Go Lord, Our God, With Praise We Come Take My Life, That I May Be Prayer for Mark 12:38-44 We are in your house, Lord. We have come with our burdens and pain, our hopes and dreams. Your word has touched our hearts, and our spirits have been refreshed. Our burdens and pain have been given over to you, and our hopes and dreams have been rekindled. Now it is time to give you thanks. But how can we possibly thank you? The widow had such great trust, she gave everything she had! Just think of it! What trust ...

3027. First Sunday of Lent: Prayers

Genesis 9:1-17, Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:14-20

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... the Risen Christ, having received the submission of angels; without our baptism we could not come before you in good conscience. Without the death of Christ for our sins, we would be condemned. We are among the unjust for whom the just Christ willingly suffered. Our only hope of salvation is in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who was put to death in the body and brought to life in the spirit. Were it not for that Good News we too would be imprisoned by our sin and guilt. Grant us continuing repentance and ...

3028. Proper 8

Mark 5:21-43

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

3029. A Continuing Presence

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Larry Powell

... just to grasp my hand, smile that beaming smile and say, "Hello, Doctor Powell." "I'm not a doctor of anything, Herb," I would tell him. "Well, you're a doctor to me," he insisted. It was always "Doctor Powell." I loved that. I would go to meetings just hoping he would be there. He was a good man. A Christian man, exceedingly kind, and spoke only good of all whom he would meet. We wish that kind would live forever, but they don't. Herb suffered a heart attack and died five years later. Recently, I preached ...

3030. Tears And Ointment

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Larry Powell

... , "Your faith has saved you." So the question is not, "Did she have faith?" She did. The question is not "What is faith?" That question is as broad as it is long. The letter to the Hebrews explains that faith means we areconfident of what we hope for and convinced of what we do not see. John Dewey, seeking to be helpful, said, "Faith is the tendency toward action, the matrix of all formulated creed and the inspiration of endeavor." Walter Rathenau said, "Faith creates the mood in which events are determined ...

3031. Eric Eraser

Luke 9:24

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... . Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about one of the teachings of Jesus that changed the world. It changed the way that people think and act. I brought along a little friend of mine to help me show you how important that teaching is. I hope that it will help you to think and act as Jesus taught us to. My friend's name is Eric. His whole name is Eric Eraser. How many of you have a friend who looks just like my friend Eric? (Let them answer.) Take a close look at Eric and ...

3032. Hoe Jesus' Row

Luke 9:62

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... . Today we are going to learn something about farming or having a garden, and while we are doing this, we hope to learn something about the kingdom of God. Let's see if we can do this. I brought a hoe with ... group who believed in Jesus, but that they also wanted things to be like they used to be for them. In other words, they liked what Jesus said and did, and hoped that it would happen to them, but they did not want to give up some of their sins. They always wanted to be able to go back and do the things ...

3033. The Constitution of Our Faith

Matthew 5:1-12

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... any words that are more important, because these tell me exactly what a Christian is supposed to be like, according to Jesus. I am not going to read the words to you today, but I am going to tell you where you can find them in the Bible, and I hope your mother and father will sit down with you today and go over them. Each of the words that Jesus used was carefully chosen, and it teaches us the importance of love and how we are to use the love that God gives to us. It tells us how to ...

3034. Ten Broken Pencils

Luke 17:17-18

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... grateful it was for what I had done for it. You know the story of my pencils is not original. Jesus told a similar story about something even more important. He told about healing ten men, only one of whom thanked God for what happened. I hope that you remember the story, but I hope even more that you remember to thank God every day for the wonderful things that he does for you. That is one of the most important parts of our life - to be grateful to God, and to praise him for all of the glorious things that ...

3035. A Light Bulb and God

John 13:31

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the way Jesus, and the person whom we call God, are the same. Sometimes this is a very hard thing to explain, but I hope I can make it somewhat easier with the object that I have brought with me this morning. How many of you think that Jesus was ... Jesus, but when Jesus went back to God, they were the same again. I know that this is a very hard thing to understand, but I also hope that the next time you see a light, it will help you to remember that there is only one light, even though there is one bulb and ...

3036. A Good Custom

Luke 4:16

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... a custom when we fold our hands like this, and then bow our heads in this way. (Demonstrate the posture of prayer.) It is a custom, and a wonderful custom, and it has been done by people and families for thousands of years. If you don't do it, I hope you will begin today. Jesus prayed. It was a custom of Jesus to pray, and he also had other customs which I would like to share with you. The one custom that the Bible tells us about this morning is the custom that Jesus had of going to church on ...

3037. The Politics Of Love

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... rather than let me eat them. "I was thirsty and you continued to let the acid rain kill the fish in the lakes, and allowed river water to become unfit to drink. "I was a stranger without a home and you wiped out the subsidies which were my only hope for a decent place to live. "I was naked and you cut my welfare check so much that I could not buy clothes, you wiped out the community service agencies that were helping me, the job-training programs that gave me some chance of supporting myself, the day care ...

3038. God's Leader

Romans 8:14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of trout fishing is something called a trout fly. You tie the fly on the end of your fishing line and cast it in the water. When it drops in the water, it looks like a beautiful insect to the fish. The fish begin to follow this leader with the hope that it will be something good to eat. The trout fly leads the fish to the fisher. The fish will not follow any old fly. The trout fly must be beautiful and exciting to get the attention of the fish. Beautiful and exciting trout flies make good leaders. If the ...

3039. The Key Ring That Unites Us

Romans 6:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... to us. I have been thinking about a lot of things recently and one of them is the idea that we are sharing a promise that was given to Jesus. Do you remember when Jesus died? (Let them answer.) I remember that also. You and I will also die. We hope that we will not have to die in the same way that Jesus did, but we know that we must still all die sometime. We stop breathing, we stop running or walking, we stop eating and all of the other things that we do now, and we die. The same ...

3040. How Ralph Ribbon Changed

Philippians 2:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... ribbons were sitting around talking about the kind of life that they were intended to have, there came a man with some scissors. Each ribbon stretched out as far as it could stretch waiting to be chosen. The gray ribbon and the brown ribbon had almost given up hope. It seemed that no one ever wanted them. But Ralph was red and beautiful, and he knew that one day he would be chosen for the biggest package ever made. He heard the man with the scissors say to someone else that the ribbon chosen today would ...

3041. Jumping With Help

Romans 4:2

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... or rope. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to have a lot of fun and I hope that we are also going to learn something. I brought along a piece of rope and I want to ... our winner did it all by herself. She jumped from here to there without any help. That means a lot, and she is allowed to brag. Now I want to show her something I hope will help her learn something else. She jumped from the line to this place without any help, but let's see how far she can jump with a little bit of help. (Let her ...

3042. Right When the World is Wrong

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... could not know, namely, that just as Jeremiah was right the first time about the destruction, he was right the second time about the restoration. And, because we, from where we stand, know that, we take, as the theme of this text, not as we might, "words of hope in hopeless times" but a theme far more in keeping with the Gospel's on how God delivers. Because Jeremiah's words came true. As insanely impossible as they sounded, they came true. He even had put a time line on it, seventy years to the restoration ...

3043. The Conversion of Saul

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... of faith, I say, 'the mind cannot accept what cannot be proven.' I think you are wrong in your confidence in Christ now and in your hope for heaven later. What do you say to that?" I responded, "You are right about this one thing; I can't prove it. Faith is a ... , even if I am wrong - and I'm sure I'm not - and you are right, I have more to smile about than you. I have hope even when things seem hopeless, and I am not shattered at the thought of death, for I look to a brighter future. The fact is, right ...

3044. The Ascension Announces a Triumph

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... Wright were able to keep their hand-built airplane in the air for 59 seconds. This was a moment that changed history. In their excitement, they immediately sent a telegram to their sister back in Dayton, Ohio. It read: "Sustained flight today for 59 seconds. Hope to be home by Christmas." Their sister was so excited by the staggering good news that she took the telegram with its big, history-making words, to the editor of the local newspaper. The next morning, to her surprise, the sister read the bold ...

3045. The Problem With A Promise

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... Mrs. Franklin, how long have you been Mrs. Franklin?" "Why, ever since I was married," she replied. "And how did you become Mrs. Franklin?" he asked. "When the minister said, 'Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband,' I just said 'Yes.' " "Didn't you say, 'I hope so,' or, 'I guess so,' or 'I'll try to'?" asked the minister. "No," she said, "I just said, "I will." Then the evengelist pointed to God's Word and said, "God is asking you if you will accept his Son. What will you say to that?" Her face ...

3046. God Is Fair

Acts 10:34

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... "treat people fair"? (Let them answer.) Most of us think that being fair means to treat everyone the same. How many of you think that God is fair? (Let them answer.) All of you think that God is fair. I have a shirt and a whistle this morning that I hope you know something about. (Show them the shirt.) What do we call this kind of a shirt? Who wears it? (Let them answer.) That's right, a referee. What does a referee do? (Let them answer.) He makes sure that the game is played fair. Does he have a favorite ...

3047. A New Look

Ephesians 4:23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... important to a lot of people. The Bible teaches us that people are even more important than houses. Sometimes a person can look like an old, run-down house. Sometimes those people feel on the inside just like they look on the outside. They are run down and have no hope. But St. Paul taught us that we can be brand new when we believe in Jesus' love for us, and live the way he teaches us to live. When people like you and me love Jesus and love each other, we are more wonderful inside than we even look on ...

3048. Jesus Is the Head and We Are the Body

Ephesians 5:23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... kids that will be our very best friends before the school year is over. How do you like your new teachers? (Let them answer.) Teachers can be some pretty nice people, especially at the beginning of the year. I brought some things along with me this morning that I hope you will learn a lesson from. (Take out the golf club, the match and the nail.) I have a riddle for you. What is the same about this match, this nail and this golf club? (Let them answer.) All of them have something that we call the same name ...

3049. Anger Doesn't Work!

James 1:20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A pitcher of water, a strainer, and an empty bucket. Good morning, boys and girls. Today I have a small experiment for you, and I hope that by doing it, we will learn something about the ways of God and the ways of people. I brought along with me this pitcher of water and an empty bucket. I need to ... joyful way. Then people are sure to listen, and when they listen and are not afraid, they will learn. That's what St. Paul said, and I believe that he is right. I hope you do too. God bless you. Amen.

3050. Jesus Our Brother

Hebrews 2:11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... as his brothers and sisters. What a wonderful plan God had to send Jesus to us and let him be our brother. The next time you take a look at a bunch of pens, or you see a special pen that is a little different from the ordinary pen, I hope that you will remember this story about how Jesus came to live with us and called himself our brother. I know that I will, and I ...

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