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3101. Death of a Twenty-nine-year-old Athlete

Ephesians 6:1-4

Eulogy

Palmer L. Gedde

... you love them and rejoice for them as much as I do mine. But having them and loving them is one thing. Losing one of them is quite another matter. I must confess that perhaps, like many of you, even though I have thought about how I might react or feel were I to lose one of them, thinking about it and actually facing it are two very different realities. Therefore, I know that regardless of how I say it, regardless of how many times I have been with parents who have lost children in my many years of parish ...

3102. Death of a Nineteen-year-old

Philippians 4:2-9

Eulogy

Louis M. Pratt

... last days, Doug did seem to reject us by his silence, and I know that his silence hurt some people, but the rejection was more apparent than real. People who have worked with the dying tell us that, when they have completely accepted their coming death, and feel they have said all their goodbyes, the dying seldom wish to talk. One day I spent almost an hour with Doug, and I only said about four sentences in that hour - and those sentences were in answer to questions or statements by Doug. At such times, it ...

3103. Teenage Death Due to Drinking and Driving

Job 3:1-26

Eulogy

Carl B. Rife

... now claimed by death, will continue to be a part of our minds and spirits. We also come to express our feelings to those who most deeply mourn. If there were any way we could take on some of your pain, your loss, your suffering, we would do so. There aren't ... many adequate words, if any, to express our feelings. What else can be done in a moment like this but to say and show, "We are with you." And we come to share our faith ...

3104. Death at Christmastime

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Eulogy

Allen Puffenberger

... in my dreams"? The pangs of death are acutely sharp now, for all around you are reminders of the love you shared with Adam, the love you have lost. Any holiday activity may stir remorse, trigger self-pity or unleash anger. You have my sympathy. I know the pain you feel. I buried my father on an icy Christmas Eve. You may be saying, "I can't celebrate Christmas now." You may doubt if you will ever be able to rejoice in this season as you have before. But, I have good news for you. By the grace of God, this ...

3105. Death Where Divorce Has Intruded

Matthew 1:1-17

Eulogy

Arthur H. Kolsti

... of hurt and loss. Knowing that, trusting that, believing that can take away the sense of finality from any situation we encounter. The death of __________ is now part of the experience of this family. Are there words that have been left unspoken? Are there feelings left unresolved? Is there a sense of incompleteness? Yes, for some; no, for others. But whether yes or no, within the providential purpose of God nothing is ever final. He is here in our present. He is in our future. The unspoken words will yet ...

3106. For a Ninety-three-year-old Widow

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Eulogy

Walter A. Schmidt

... -togethers. And, yes, we here at church will greatly miss her. We will miss not only her love and her compassion and warmth, but also her hours of loving, volunteer service to her Lord and his church. No, when I say that I cannot be sorrowful, but that rather I feel like rejoicing, I am paying the highest compliment to Edna, and I believe that is the way she would want it. I say this because those who knew her knew that she regarded every day of life as a gift from God to be lived. She never was bitter or ...

3107. Death Following Extended illness

Romans 8:28-39

Eulogy

Paul Hegele

... . Homer knew that tranquility. He was able to talk about his death and his faith for the future. Nothing separated him from the naturalness of going from this life to the next. If there is a sense of separation in Homer's death it is in the loss that we feel. We feel the separation from him. And so we cry and we talk at length of our memories of him. And both the tears and the memories are good and they are needed. But in a very real sense even we are not totally separated from Homer. We have Saint Paul ...

3108. For a Cancer Victim

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Eulogy

James W. Robinson

... she could relive, with laughter, such different experiences as tumbles in the shopping center and family celebrations. Let me repeat that Mary loved the Lord. Let me say forcefully how much Mary loved each of you. And let me say to one and all that if you feel that you could have done more for Mary, and been kinder to Mary, during her lifetime, you more than made up for your shortcomings at the last. Mary slipped away remembering nothing but your love, and the love of God. We are going to miss Mary, every ...

3109. From Rooftop to Valley and to Heaven Again!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... which sent Jesus Christ into the human family. Sin is that which ruins our lives. Grace is the power of God that helps us live through the consequences of our sin, even as David endured the death of the child born to Bathsheba. Sin makes us, out of our own feeling of guilt, point fingers at each other. Grace lets us point all of our sins to Jesus as he hangs upon the cross. Sin brings us to the pits of the earth. Grace lifts us to heaven again. Jesus, the one who stemmed from the family of David to become ...

3110. Blessed To Be A Blessing

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Justin Tull

... Their primary task in life was not to act as if they were No. 1 but to ensure that even the least of all peoples would feel the showers of God’s blessings. Abram’s mission was more than to father an heir or to claim a territory. His mission was to set ... we are asked to be a blessing. We are not asked by God simply to count our blessings but to share them. Do you feel resistance inside you when I say, “share?” Would you rather hear the promises of our text to us, the promises of blessings and greatness ...

3111. Spirit Full Or Foul?

Isaiah 44:1-5

Sermon

Justin Tull

... is neither a first encounter with the Spirit of God nor the last one. He is promising a special outpouring of the Spirit that will empower his people to flourish and to be a blessing to others. This gift of the Spirit is not to make the people “feel good” or to set them apart as special or elite. The thrust of this passage does not seem to be a private religious experience but an evangelistic outreach that will cause many to call upon the God of Jacob, and many to proclaim that indeed there is only ...

3112. Praise God!

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... may not seem very biblical to say of enemies, "Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see," as the psalmist does in Psalm 69 (v. 23), but that's what the psalmist says. Those who wrote the psalms are very human, and they know what it is to feel strong emotion. They cry in pain. They shout with joy. They praise God with trumpet, lute, and harp. In all of life, they see reason to praise God. We have talked today about our memories of **, and now we praise God for * and for the memories we have of her ...

3113. In The Valley

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... , even in the face of the most obscene evil which we as humans know, God holds us up if we only can see it. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want," the psalmist says; "he makes me lie down in green pastures," and those words might cause mixed feelings here today. How, in the face of violence and terror, can we say of God, "He leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul"? But there's another portion to that psalm. "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for ...

3114. Candle Lighting · all five services

Matthew 3:1-12, Psalm 119:1-176, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, 1 Peter 1:1-12

Bulletin Aid

J. B. Quisenberry

... , the mentally and physically ill, all of those who for one reason or another are socially unacceptable. God's love forces us to see them when it would be much easier to close our eyes and walk away. These people disturb us. Perhaps it is because they make us feel guilty that we do not want to share what we have with them. Perhaps it is because we know that, but for fortune, we could be in their position. Whatever the reason, our first instinct is to turn our backs on them, and to forget about them. God's ...

3115. Erasing Blame

1 Thessalonians 3:13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... used for? (response) Whenever the teacher had to leave the room, she would appoint one of the children in the class to take names of anyone who was talking while she was gone. Does your teacher ever do that? (response) I remember that it was an awful feeling to have one's name put on the board. Because if the teacher saw that name, what would happen? (response) Yes, you would get in trouble. Sometimes we would do different things to try to persuade the monitor to take our name off of the board. Sometimes ...

3116. A Father's Desire

Luke 13:31-35

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... world than for you to grow up to be big and strong like you are now. They loved you so much they did all these things for you. Not just once but over and over because you were their baby. Your mom and dad still feel that way about you. Application: There is someone else who feels that way about you. Someone who wants to gather you in his arms and hold you and tell you how much he cares. Do you know who that is? (response) Your Father in heaven. Did you know that? That your Father in heaven loves you ...

3117. Lost and Found

Luke 15:11-32, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... relieved. If the watch has a special sentimental value, explain why losing the watch would hurt. Have you ever lost anything? (response) What did you lose? (response) How did you feel when you finally found it? (response) That's right; you felt happy and joyful. You felt just as I did when my watch was found. Happy and joyful is how we feel when what was lost is now found. Application: It's easy to lose things like watches and toys. But sometimes even we can get lost. Briefly and with the basic elements ...

3118. No More Tears

Revelation 7:17

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... before. When you cried, did your mom or dad ever use these? Hold up the tissues. (response) What did they do with these? (response) Why did they wipe away your tears? (response) That's right, because they didn't want to see you cry, and they wanted to make you feel better. Application: Do you know what the Bible says about heaven? It says that in heaven God will wipe away every tear from our eyes. Hold a tissue to a child's face and gently touch it to the cheek. Why do you think that God will wipe our tears ...

3119. Wine from Water: The Wedding

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... and me. If we try to do God's will, Jesus calls ~us his brother and sister and mother. That's really exciting. That makes us feel pretty good. But how do you suppose Mary and her family felt on that day so long ago? it must have hurt something awful. Children ... the more public they are, the harder it is. Before the '76 election a reporter asked one of Gerald Ford's children how he would feel if his father won that election - or lost it. His reply was, "If he wins, good for him; if he loses, good for us." ...

3120. God Works Good

Romans 8:18-27

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... , God did let his only Son die so that we might know that some things are worse than death. God was faithful. Christ was raised up, just as God promised.If ___________ could speak now, what would she say? If she is watching this moment, what does she see and feel? Is it not something like happiness? Does she not know how much love we have for her, and would she not rejoice in it? Does she not know our grief, though heavy, is a mere feather compared to the deep joy coming?For many years I believed that God ...

3121. Christmas Eve at the Candy Cane Inn

Drama

Edward Long

... an uneventful trip, but a pretty one, as they admire the landscape; and in less than two hours are home, where they spend Christmas Day in the best of spirits. So happy are they to be a family again and to have, for reasons they can't explain, a persistent feeling of hope - hope by which we all live. We find them now the day after Christmas, having slept in late. (Lights up.) HENRY: Now that we're all up, how about if I make eggs and toast the way we like them? JOHNNY and SUZY: (Together.) Yes. FREDA: Here ...

3122. Step Four - Courage

Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... . He was going to push all of them at once, say "All is known," then step outside to see how many people jump. What would you feel like doing if all was known? We have a rule with our boys: If you tell the truth you do not get spanked. If you lie, ... not live. Ours is a God who knows all about us, forgives all about us and loves us regardless. A mentor of mine talked about his feelings when he got married. He said that he thought his wife would love him and stay with him until she found out what he was really ...

3123. Step Five - Integrity

Jn 4:16-24 · 1 Jo 1:5-10 · Is 6:1-8

Sermon

John A. Terry

... which we ought to have done." The wife turns to the husband and says, "I think we finally found a church where we fit in." There are folks who choose to deceive themselves. You may have heard the little verse which goes like this: At three I had a feeling of Ambivalence toward my brothers, And so it follows naturally, I poisoned all my lovers. But now I'm happy, I have learned The lesson this has taught; That everything I do that's wrong Is someone else's fault. Living in the midst of people of unclean lips ...

3124. Magic Prayers

Luke 11:1-13

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... : What happened? (response) There's no money in here. Now address the children. What happened? Why didn't I get any money? (response) Your guess is as good as mine as to what the children will answer -- be on your toes. And I don't feel any stronger. Feel your arm. Why didn't God give me bigger muscles? (response) Does my hair look any better? (response) Why is that? (response) Application: [Affirm one of the correct responses:] That's right. You know that I'm teasing you, don't you? (response) We really ...

3125. Strangers at the Manger

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

... had been searching the heavens for signs of significant world events when they saw that star – one star, shining more brightly than any other star in the night sky. They followed the star and found the child. And when they found him, they didn’t feel threatened by his presence. They recognized him for who he was, these strangers who came to the manger. These who have come to be known as the wise men worshiped Jesus and presented him with expensive gifts – gold and frankincense and myrrh. Why do you ...

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