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3026. Finishing the Race

2 Timothy 4:19-22, 2 Timothy 4:9-18, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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James Wilson

... God Almighty. Leader: Let our hearts be set on the prize that awaits all who are faithful. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Most wonderful and loving God, in Your mercy and grace You have called us to walk with You all the days of our lives. Help us to be faithful servants, Lord, until we see You face to face. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, so often we have treated our faith as if it were something to be used only when we needed it, but when the way of Christ came between ...

3027. Sin, Judgment, and Faith

Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:1-4

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James Wilson

... turned from their sin? Leader: God will not be mocked nor can sin go on without receiving judgment. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Almighty and just Lord, in Your mercy and grace You have called us to repentance so that we might not experience the wages of sin. Give us the vision and the wisdom to follow Your leading, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, we often act as if somehow we can continue to sin and turn away from Your will for our lives and still not experience ...

3028. Together We Are Christ's Church

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

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James Wilson

... : Yet together in Christ we know a oneness that reflects God's love. People: A oneness that calls us to share a joy about life with all we meet. Leader: Then let our lives proclaim the oneness of Christ for all to see! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O merciful and loving God, through Your Holy Spirit You call us to service and You provide us the gifts to carry out Your call in concert as Your Church. We praise Your gracious wisdom ...

3029. What Makes Us Human?

Isaiah 6:1-13

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Louis H. Valbracht

... face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory." And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and ... a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!" What makes us human beings? Ask that question of the average person, and he will stumble around a bit and then say something ...

3030. Speak From Personal Experience

Matthew 6:25-34

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Robert V. Dodd

... the presence of Jesus does, at times, bring quiet and calm, more often he brings an uproar. At one point in his early ministry our Lord said, You must not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword ... and are experts in the area of Bible scholarship and theology, while I am not. But I am here tonight to tell you about what the Lord has done in my life, and you're going to listen, because I'm the expert on that subject ..." Needless to say, we all sat up ...

3031. The Holy Spirit, Our Intercessor

Romans 8:1-17

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James Wilson

... . Leader: We were once lost and without hope of redemption before God. People: But God heard our cries and sent us the Christ to save and empower us. Leader: And on Pentecost God sent us the Holy Spirit to be with us always. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, we are so grateful for Your Holy Spirit to guide us and to intercede for us even when we do not fully understand life or the world around us. You are truly worthy of our love and praise. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O ...

3032. Holy Trinity Sunday

John 16:12-15

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... reach out in mind and spirit until we feel your timeless heartbeat near our hearts. Let us not be afraid to follow the reasoning of faith when it outreaches the reasoning of our minds. May radiance upon our faces be the sign that we have been with you. O Lord, holy Father, giver of life and health, we beseech you for those near and dear to us who lie on beds of pain. Send them patience and comfort in this time of their great distress, and strengthen them with the consolation of your Holy Spirit. We pray in ...

3033. Proper 23

Matthew 22:1-14

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... of God's wonderful mercy and grace. Leader: And let our voices proclaim the glory of God in song and praise! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O, God, in Your mercy You have invited even the outsiders into Your kingdom if they will but accept Your invitation. We praise You, O Lord. Teach us the ways of Your kingdom. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have let the concerns of life draw us away from You. We have chosen to go in ways that were not Your ways and followed ...

3034. Come From Anywhere

Matthew 15:21-28

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... matter. But the woman does not accept this; she will not believe it; she will not give up. She runs forward, kneels before Jesus, pleading, "Lord, help me." Again (I believe), Jesus looks from the corner of his eye to see what effect all of this is having on those ... away or how close by is not an issue. The only issue of importance is that, in fact, we do come, that we do come to our Lord. And the road by which we come is faith. Wherever it is we start the journey, faith is the road that will lead us all the ...

3035. A Change of Direction

Matthew 21:28-32

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... but shun the work brigade. They profess a willingness they don't demonstrate. They lead us to believe we can count on them, but we'll probably have to count them out. They build up our hopes and then they let us down. And I'm quite sure the Lord has the same problem with these people that we do. During a "revival meeting" in the hills, a local fellow went forward one night and "really got religion," or so he told the visiting evangelist. When the preacher then asked him what local church he wanted to join ...

3036. Time to Get Ready

Luke 12:32-40

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... he would serve them in the kingdom. On many Sundays of the year in congregations using the Lutheran Book of Worship, a new hymn of praise is sung in place of the traditional "Create in me a clean heart, O God" as the Offertory: Let the vineyards be fruitful, Lord, and fill to the brim our cup of blessing. Gather a harvest from the seeds that were sown, that we may be fed with the bread of life. Gather the hopes and dreams of all; unite them with the prayers we offer now Grace our table with your presence ...

3037. Dodging the Thrust

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

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Carveth Mitchell

... It doesn’t matter who they are, where they are or how they got lost. We have one message, to be expressed in quiet words and in compassionate kindness "Jesus cares about you." Who on God’s green earth is going to tell them if we Christians don’t? Dear Lord, bring into our minds today the name of someone who does not know you as Jesus revealed you. Nudge us to do something about it. Keep us restless and disturbed until we do. Remind us that all we need to do is speak the kindly word about Jesus and do ...

3038. Arise, O Church of God, Arise!

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... 's sad cry, her anguish, need. If thou bleed not, thou canst bless not. Despise not thou the servant's p/ace. So came thy Lord in matchless grace. Christ most holy, served the lowly. Thus he taught us. He who sought us, Loved and bought us. This stanza may be ... word from fellow servants and to make music to one another about our victories. We exult to be in the privileged presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, worthy Lamb who was slain and who sits at the throne and who feeds us at the Communion table. This is the ...

3039. The Violence Within, The Violence Without

Zephaniah 3:1-20

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... , of inquiring of him?" Is it not the violence of indifference and privatism that brings on a crude kind of violence? The violence of "religion is only a private affair" often begets or permits the public disregard of the neighbor. There is fraud when the Living Lord is not present. There is fraud when compassion is not present. There is fraud when the cross of Christ is not present. More stringent than all the stringency of the text is that of 1 Corinthians 13: "If I had the tongues of men and of angels ...

3040. Christ's Passion Portraits

Isaiah 50:1-11

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Paul Hegele

... they're intimidating for those who see them as a model for our lives. But the Holy Week drama reminds us there are dark expanses of life which cannot be faced by smiles or the spirit of "gentle Jesus, meek and mild." Having more than one dimension allowed our Lord to respond to all the coming week could throw at him. Having more than one dimension does no less for us "little Christs." Ecclesiastes said it best. "For everything there is a season. . .a time to break down and a time to build up; a time to weep ...

3041. Believing Is Seeing

John 20:24-31

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Dean Lueking

... whom: they have not heard? And how shall they preach unless they are sent ... so then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:14-18) This is how we have been brought to faith: by hearing the Word of the crucified and risen Lord. What a great mystery and marvel that is. God’s Spirit is pleased to draw us to Christ by something as apparently inconsequential as a spoken message. Yet God puts all his redeeming love and purpose for us into a word that can be spoken, a word that comes ...

3042. Easter 2

Acts 5:17-42, Revelation 1:4-8, Revelation 1:9-20, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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... mit their doubt because they fear it proves a lack of faith. They need to know that doubt is normal and can be a good thing. Sermon: Thomas is known as the doubter in the New Testament. He demands evidence before he is willing to believe in the risen Lord. Jesus answers this need for him, but immediately points out that it is a greater thing to believe without any evidence. For Thomas and for us, doubt can be a good thing: a. Doubt makes us seek the truth. b. In seeking the truth, we gain deeper insights. c ...

3043. SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

Deuteronomy 30:11-20, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 5:21-26

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... demonstrate obedience to God's law. Collect Gracious God, you have saved us by grace in spite of our disobedience to your will; that our lives may become an offering of thanksgiving for your grace. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession We pride ourselves, Lord, on being children of grace instead of slaves of the law. But often our lives do not reflect the wholeness to which you have saved us. Forgive us when we think only of your grace, and ignore our discipleship. Help us to choose to live in ...

3044. Walk in Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

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... need the light of God’s Word and the spark of God’s Law if we are to walk in anything but darkness. Left to ourselves, we are not prone to the plowshare or the pruning hook, but to the sword and the spear. We need instruction from the Lord to walk in his paths. We need God’s light. Earlier in his prophecy, Isaiah threw light on God as a loving father displeased with his children. "Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth ... I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me ... I ...

3045. Who are these Kings?

Isaiah 60:1-22

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... , five hundred years after Isaiah’s prophecy, he remembered what the prophet had said. He believed that Jesus was the brightest light God would ever send to the earth. Matthew brought to his Gospel story the same theme that Isaiah had woven in his prophecy: The Lord God of Israel would break away the clouds of doom and the storms of despair that shrouded all peoples. Only Matthew reports the story of the Magi from the east. They are crucial to the theme of his entire Gospel: In Jesus God has been revealed ...

3046. Micah’s Orders

Micah 6:1-8

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... hunger and thirst after justice." Where the altar once stood were choir benches, with the pulpit front and center. On the back wall of the chancel was stretched a mural of a black man in a large wheat field with the bold words: "My strength is in the Lord." None of this, though, struck me as much as the brass plaque in the undercroft honoring the former pastors: Only three names are there, but under their names is written, "Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God." (Micah 6:8) What a tribute, I ...

3047. Fifth Sunday of Easter

John 14:1-14, Acts 7:55-60, 1 Peter 2:2-10

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... Fortress Is Our God" "Faith Of Our Fathers" Second Lesson: 1 Peter 2:2-10 Theme: Rid yourselves of evil and be God's people Call to Worship Pastor: Consider the sins that remain a part of your life-style, and get rid of them! People: We have experienced the Lord's kindness, and need to grow in Christian living. Pastor: Let God use you to establish his kingdom on earth, that others who do not know God's mercy may receive it. People: We are God's people whom he has called out of sin to proclaim his good news ...

3048. God’s Safety Net

Matthew 25:31-46

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D. Wayne Burkette

... expect to be there) and maybe the absence of some whom everybody assumed would be first in line. Among those surprises will be our Lord, the Shepherd King, saying, "Come close to me, you who have loved me; for you fed me and clothed me and consoled me; you ... up for me when no one would listen; you offered yourself for me in your prayers." And the faithful will say, "You must be mistaken, Lord. As much as we might wish we had, we simply never did all that. How could we feed or clothe or console you? You are ...

3049. For Those On The Outside

Luke 8:40-56

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... soul which is buried in stone. If we seek Christ in even a small way, then we will feel the chisel and mallet of the Lord God beginning to set us free, so that we may be healed of our afflictions and thus made whole and happy and free. This anonymous ... health and happiness. But in the end, only faith will heal us. Let our prayer this day be that we may place our trust in the Lord, so that we may come to trust the power and grace of God that can make us whole, and happy and free. Benediction: Father, your name ...

3050. The Sermon in the Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Edward Chinn

... . This wheat had to pass through the adversities of winter. It had to be put under pressure and ground beneath a millstone. It had to go through fire before it became bread. Think about the wine you sip when you come to church to receive the Lord’s Supper. This wine was made from many grapes. To become wine, those grapes, too, suffered, as it were, by having their life crushed from them. It is because the elements of bread and wine endure such rigors that they symbolize for us the Passion and sufferings ...

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