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3051. Motives Matter

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . The “experiment” had a few glitches. The group came back super “high” on their “success,” bragging that even the demons had submitted to them! Hear those words! “Submitted” …to “them!” You can almost hear them saying, “Wow, how cool am I –even the spirits fear me!” Jesus reply? “I have given you power over the realms of sin and evil,” but DO NOT REVEL IN THIS as though you’ve just aced your LSATS all on your own! Your motives matter! Instead, be joyful and assured that ...

3052. Don’t Fall Asleep

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... all we were meant to be! To be awake means to recognize God around us and all Christ has to offer us. To be aware means we stay prepared for God to bless our lives! For faith is the belief, not in fairytales, but in the power of Holy Spirit fire and light and the gifting of a life full of miracles that move mountains and change minds! When you dare to stay alert to the resurrection life that God breathes into you every single day, you will live Life in all its richness, fullness, and abundance in this ...

3053. Eyes Like a Hawk

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... but they were also pealed on the seats of honor, on each other, and on the preferences of their host. A competitive spirit abounded. You could feel it in the room! Quietly, Jesus spoke to them, explaining that true honor did not come from sitting ... closer look at where our focus and our heartstrings lie. Today, I call to all of you in this Sabbath time to look to the Holy Spirit of Christ to guide your heart into a place of extreme empathy for the lives and condition of others. Invite them to your tables, to ...

3054. Investing Our Inheritance

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... Your brother is a teacher. You are an accountant. I have four grandchildren. Your mother and I own a nice house and two cars and this little store. Add it all up, subtract the pants and the shirt, and then you'll have your profit." If we would reflect the spirit of thanksgiving to God that is found in today's scripture, we would begin by asking, "What is our inheritance from God?" Each one of us needs to take inventory and seek to determine: "What do we possess as a result of God's blessing?" For some of us ...

3055. Allowing God To Do A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... drudgery and responsibility? This woman did not. She saw them as representing an opportunity for her to express her love with freedom and creativity. That is the perspective we need in the Church. Each day can be new and uniquely blessed if we allow God's spirit to direct us. There were no doubt people among the Israelites who were not expecting God to do anything new among them. After expressing that God is doing a new thing, this question is asked: "Do you not perceive it?" (Isaiah 43:19). Faith has given ...

3056. A Faith That Overcomes

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... into him and carried him out. It is truly miraculous. The work of God."2 Even in the face of great adversity, God can do miraculous things through those who respond faithfully to his call. If we will follow the compelling heart and the gentle nudgings of God's spirit, we can be effective servants for the kingdom of God. We are unlimited in what we can accomplish for God, but we must seek God's empowerment of us. It is that power that enabled Peter to raise up Tabitha and it is that power that will enable us ...

3057. Great Reversals

Luke 12:13-21; Luke 1:46-56; Luke 4:18-19; Luke 6:20-26; Luke 7:21-22

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Richard A. Jensen

... . A God of great reversals. A God who makes the rich poor and the poor rich. Jesus sings a similar song in his hometown synagogue in Nazareth. During the worship service that day Jesus was given the scroll of Isaiah that he might read it to the congregation. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me," Jesus read, "because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the ...

3058. The Body

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... convinced me. I'd better get it fixed. EARL: That goes for your church, too. You'd better get that fixed. REV. RALPH: That's not so easy. We're dealing with people, not auto parts. EARL: But the Bible says we all have one manufacturer -- the Holy Spirit -- but we all have a different mission. We can all work together to make a smooth running car -- or church. We need the little parts as well as the more impressive ones. The oil pumps and the transmissions are as important as the interior upholstery and the ...

3059. You Are My Witnesses

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... . Now they would be involved in a new way. He would depart from them to be with the Father. Yet he would be present with them in a new and remarkable way. They should remain in Jerusalem to receive from him the gift of the Spirit. To be sure, they had been prompted by the Spirit of God to be in his entourage to begin with. However, now Jesus said the disciples would be "clothed with power from on high." What would happen is that all they had experienced with him and learned from him would become a part of ...

3060. From The Redemption Of A King To A King Of Redemption

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... . Then will I teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you" (Psalm 51:1-2, 4a, 10, 12-13). So, in 2 Samuel 23:1-7 we see the fruits of a redeemed king. In his last words he affirms that it is the "spirit of the Lord" that speaks through him (v. 2). In this last will and testament he affirms his commitment to a being who rules with justice and in the fear of the Lord (v. 3). Then he leaves to his successors an "everlasting covenant" made by God (v. 5). In ...

3061. It's OK To Stir Up God

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Richard Patt

... asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" Yes, even a human father doesn't usually treat his children cruelly. If that's true, think of how much more the heavenly Father desires to bless us all. In other words, Jesus wants us to be convinced that God is unquestionably on our side ...

3062. Flatliners

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... 's great! I'll be the daddy." In our text, the blessings begin. People are healed of diseases; the troubled are cured; the unclean spirits are cast out. People touched Jesus as He went by. I like the text. It says, "All of them knew that He loved them." ... . You're going to be hungry later." The point is: our hunger is only fixed when we have paid attention to the hunger of the spirit and fed that. "Woe to you who are laughing. You're going to cry." Only those who think of others as much as themselves really ...

3063. A Christian With A Conflict Of Interest

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

James McLemore

... that I could receive the fruit of my labor when you served me in my temple. But when it came time to taste the sweetness of your attitude, the kindness of your words, the joy of your spirit, it turned out that you were not very sweet after all. Your attitude was bitter, not sweet, and your words were harsh and not kind. Your spirit was mean and not joyful. You looked like God's people, you even said the words that God's people should say, you sounded like God's people. But when it came time for godly acts ...

3064. The Blind Guiding The Blind

Psalm 92:1-15, Luke 6:46-49, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58, Isaiah 55:1-13, Luke 6:37-42

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... is that we are intimate enough with Jesus to understand fully who and what he was. B. Growing Like the Teacher. The second requirement is that we strive to bring our lives in conformity to Christ's teaching and example with the help of the Holy Spirit. C. Showing the Teacher. The third requirement of discipleship is that we demonstrate to others who the teacher is and point beyond ourselves to Christ. 2. Spiritual Cataracts. (vv. 39-42) Cataracts are a clouding of the lens of the eye so that we do not ...

3065. Prepared Servants

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... when God acts in unexpected ways. They can allow their freedom of choice to select the causal forces of the Holy Spirit to work with the acts of God. That should give direction to their lives and affect the direction of history toward ... teachings and example is true freedom. It is true freedom exactly because it is not forced upon us but freely chosen by the help of the Holy Spirit. It is true freedom because by being a slave to Christ we find his God giving back to us real life. We find a richness in ...

3066. Proper 17

Psalm 81:1-16, Hebrews 13:1-25, Jeremiah 2:1-3:5, Luke 14:1-14

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... we receive them by grace. True humility means that we are ready to serve without having to receive credit for what we do. When we do receive honor it becomes an opportunity to give praise and thanksgiving for the blessings that flow from the Holy Spirit acting through us. 5. Christian Hospitality. Jesus calls us not to seek repayment for our hospitality. We ought to extend it to those who are in such need that they are in no position to reciprocate. This principle of offering our hospitality can be extended ...

3067. Plain Talk

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... as spiritual. Matthew's gospel is an effort to prove Jesus is the Messiah -- God's messenger, sent to save people from their sins. The blessed are those who have the right attitudes. We even call the way he puts it, "The Beatitudes." "Blessed are the poor in spirit," he begins. That would appeal to anyone on a religious quest. It's got a solid ring of piety about it. Luke, on the other hand, is not concerned with some spiritual quest. He is out to prove that Jesus came to do away with all the distinctions ...

3068. The Peace That Invades

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... father stood beside his son and took his hand into his own. Looking up at his father, the little boy said, "It's going to be all right, Father. God is hanging out the stars again." The father claimed that faith was born in him at that moment and his spirit was flooded with peace. He recalled the words of Jesus, "When things are at their worst, look up, for your salvation is at hand."(1) That kind of peace the world can neither give nor promise. It is a peace that can come only from the One who gave his ...

3069. How Good News Spreads!

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... by faith. A vital church community had formed and matured in knowledge, relationships, and ministry skills. It was then that the Holy Spirit spoke, reminding the church that there were others "out there," in other cities, in other nations, on other continents that knew ... out his years in the orderly monastic life of a monk. Yet in 432 A.D., at the age of 45, the Holy Spirit called Patrick to return to Ireland and carry the gospel to his former tormentors. This Patrick did, investing the remainder of his life ...

3070. Miracle Four: Healing A Paralytic

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... proved that she was, indeed, their sister, whom they should have rallied to help. All of us share a common bond. We are all part of humanity, and no one lives apart from all the others in our human race. How much it behooves us, therefore, in the spirit of Christ, to help our fellow human beings whenever a great need arises. Caring About Others · The miracle about the man healed because others brought him to Christ is an example of how we should be concerned about the needs of others and what we can do to ...

3071. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... most resilient of hearts, trying to convince us that we are of little significance. We will not be able to fight fire with fire or see the whirlwind. But we can discover that which our Lord insists is the ultimate truth about our destiny. We can validate our spirit as a child of God. Our ability to see the sweetness, to embrace the gentleness, and to look out on the world with quiet eyes will bring forth light into the shadows of our existence. So be it! 1. See the excellent work by Alexander Maclaren, The ...

3072. Arc Of The Covenant

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... 1 Peter 3:20-21). Just as the ark kept the family safe through the waters to the rainbow on the other side, so God takes his children through the waters of salvation to give them the ever-arching rainbow of the presence of the Holy Spirit. And the Spirit is more than an atmospheric phenomenon! The other sign and wonder is not found under the sun and raindrops, but under the bread and wine. God's faithfulness is demonstrated each time we partake of Holy Communion. What if God only said there would never be ...

3073. Our Defense In A Stone-littered World

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... the grave,Who saw his master in the sky / And called on him to save.Like him, with pardon on his tongue / In midst of mortal pain,He prayed for those who did the wrong / Who follows in his train? A glorious band, the chosen few, / On whom the Spirit came, Twelve valient saints; their hope they knew / And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, / The lion's gory mane; They bowed their necks the death to feel / Who follows in their train? (from "The Son Of God Goes Forth To War ...

3074. Standing and Understanding with the Apostles

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... is turned upside down. So Peter's words to the crowd, which he knows includes many who called for Jesus' crucifixion, are not words of revenge or anger or bitterness. He proclaims to them that God still holds out to them the promise of the gift of the Holy Spirit -- "to you and to your children and to all that are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him." The scripture tells that many were cut to the heart and wanted to know what they could do. "Repent," Peter replies, "turn your lives around ...

3075. There's More To Thanksgiving

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... name "Pentecost," since the Greek word pentacosta means 50. It is the same harvest festival that was taking place when the Holy Spirit came to the disciples and others in the second chapter of the book of Acts. But we're getting ahead of ourselves ... God's deliverance to the people of the past and to us. It is in the record of God's loving acts as Creator, Christ and Spirit that we experience the much wider wealth of God's goodness. In the marvelous history of God's loving action, which is recorded in the ...

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