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3101. Wedding: A Marriage Made in Heaven

Isaiah 54:1-17, John 17:20-26

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Craig Erickson

... never had a disagreement, never had a stressful moment, never had a flash of anger or conflict for lo these many years. Maybe my experience is limited, but I’ve never known a marriage like that. As a matter of fact, I’m not so sure that I want to know a marriage like that; such a marriage may suffer from something even worse than conflict:boredom. My theory is that a marriage ‘‘made in heaven” is one that is close to the love of God in Christ. Placing Christ at the center of your marriage will ...

3102. Forgiving the Bully

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

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John Jamison

... soldier stops you and asks you to carry their bag one mile, carry it two miles!" He had their attention. "And the next time one of them wants you to give them your coat, give it to them. Then take off your shirt and hand that to them, too. It will drive them nuts!" ... no intention of giving back. He says that it is well and good to like those people who like you, and do things the way you want them done, but the real test of what you're made of is if you can like those people who just aren't likable, who do ...

3103. Philip · A Friend to Talk With

John 6:5-7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... who had been sick for a long time. Some of the people who ran the town were kind of upset that Jesus did this on the Sabbath and they told him so. But the other people, the ones like you were really thrilled about what Jesus had done and they wanted to see more. Sure enough, as Jesus was talking to his friend Philip, a large crowd was seen in the distance. Now Jesus and the disciples had come by boat and they came straight across the lake while the people had to run or walk around it. It takes a ...

3104. Wounded Glory

John 20:24-31

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Erskine White

... Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI, 1977), pp. 163-165. children's lesson Why The Holy Spirit? Text: John 20:18-23 He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." (John 20:22) Suppose you had a hundred dollar bill in your hand, and you announced that you wanted to give it away. You'd be pretty popular, wouldn't you! You'd probably get visited by every friend you ever had, and even some friends you didn't know you had. They would all come by to see you once they heard you had a hundred dollars ...

3105. For One Who Came to Faith While Dying

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Palmer L. Gedde

... , grant us your peace. We pray in Jesus' Name. Amen God has a word for you today, dear friends. It is a word of promise. I want to share it with you now. The gracious word is from the Gospel of John, chapter 14, verse 6, and it reads as follows: "I am ... fair in the process. I could go on. There are many more definitions of God similar to those I have mentioned. But the primary point I want to make at this time is this: for many of us, God is a god of our own making. God is our creation, a creation based ...

3106. Recollections of Enoch, A Jewish Captive In Babylon

Isaiah 12:1-6

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... young. Did you ever hear such a beautiful promise? This is Yahweh, our God, who is coming to us not as a judge, but coming as a gentle, tender shepherd, coming to guide and lead and care for us, coming to take us home! Is it any wonder I have wanted to tell you about all these things? Is it any wonder the heart of this old man is warm at last, and full of hope where there had been only cold guilt, empty loneliness, and bleak despair? This young man, this second Isaiah, seems to sense - Yahweh has given him ...

3107. Many Members, One Body

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... people help others a lot. But we are still part of the same church. All of you have something that you can do for the church. No matter what it is you can do, it is important. So I want you to think about what God wants you to do for the church. And remember to help others when they are doing what God wants them to do. Because the body is one and has many members. Let's Pray: Thank you, God, for giving us the church. Thank you that you have given us different gifts to share with the church and ...

3108. Great Expectations

Luke 4:14-30

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... he knew it was now time to fulfill his Father's desires. One day you will grow up and I pray you will try with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength to fulfill your parents' desires. Will you try to do that? (response) When you grow up I want you remember this day and the promise you made right here on these steps. Let's Pray: Oh God, help these children to remember all their lives the promises that they make while they are young. Strengthen them to do good deeds and accomplish great things for you. Amen ...

3109. On Your Lips

Romans 10:8-10

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... . Good job! You are balancing the penny. Okay, let's make it a little harder. Can you balance it on your index finger? Demonstrate by placing the penny on the tip of your finger. Good job! You can do that too. Okay, here's the hardest one. Now I want you to be very quiet for this one. Can you all close your mouths really tight? Can you balance the penny on your ... lips? Do like this. Demonstrate, and encourage the children to do it. Once they have it, begin to talk to them again. Keep balancing them. Don ...

3110. A Blanket of Specialness

Acts 11:1-18

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... mints in the dish. Don't you think it's pretty? (response) Don't you think it's special? (response) Now do the same with the china. Make sure that you include the question, "Don't you think it's special?" I said that there are three items that I wanted to lay on the blanket to show you because they are very special to me. Why is this first dish special? (response) Yes, because it's pretty and shiny. And why is this piece of china special? (response) Right, because it is pretty, too. Now let me show you the ...

3111. Serving With Water: The Washing

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... their feet. Some of the disciples merely submitted. They didn't fully understand, but they let Jesus go ahead anyway. He washed their feet, which he then wiped on his towel, on himself. But not with Peter. For once, Peter knew exactly what was happening and he wanted no part of it. Peter knew who Jesus was. But fully as important, Peter knew who he himself was. This Peter was the fisherman who once had tried walking on water. It only partly worked, but Peter knew how special it was even to have tried. When ...

3112. Water Without Price

Revelation 20:1-7

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... that someone will tell you how to be "thirsty." Immediately, we are right back at "giving this, doing that, accepting this or believing whatever." We are all thirsty. We are all search~ ers for God, whether or not we make our search public through public worship.Still, we want to do something; something that will make God have to take care of us and ours. Obviously, there are many things we can do, should do and will do out of love for God, but there is nothing we can do to save ourselves or our loved ones ...

3113. Step Ten - Perseverance

Lk 12:35-48 · 1 Cor 10:1-13 · Ps 15:1-5

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John A. Terry

... events in Israel's history foreshadow and are similar to the final victory through Christ. The past has lessons. Years ago my mother had me read these words: "Alas, times are not what they used to be. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone wants to write a book about it." That was written in Egypt, about 2000 B.C. The types of events that happened before happen today. Paul was using these lessons to speak to some church folk in Corinth who thought themselves protected by their baptism and ...

3114. Step Two - Hope

Mk 10:46-52 · 2 Cor 12:7-10 · Is 12:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... thing under control." "One last fling, then I'll be faithful." or "Let me just walk over one more person, and I'll be where I want to be in this company and I'll stop treating people this way." The longer we accept our excuses, the harder it becomes, because we have ... perspective of faith. Crises come to everyone. We think our job is to manage the crisis. "I am unsatisfied with my job. I do not want to do it any more. I will quit and find the job I can manage." We call on every reserve of strength we have. ...

3115. The Golden Rule

Luke 6:27-36

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... to untie my shoes. Why did you do that? (response) But I told you not to untie my shoes. (response) Application: [It is hoped by this point the children are arguing against your inconsistencies. Use it as the transition.] Oh, I see. I should treat you the same way I want you to treat me. Do you know what that is called? (response) That's called the Golden Rule and Jesus is the one who said it. He said, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." Do you know that if we would follow that one little ...

3116. Gentiles 'R Us

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... an easier number to keep up with than seven times seventy? Do we HAVE TO forgive everyone who sins against us, no matter what? Even people like Timothy McVeigh or Saddam Hussein or Slobodan Milosevic? How can we do that? Let’s try an experiment. I want each of you to think of the absolute worst thing anyone has ever done to you. You shouldn’t have any trouble remembering that – the big fat lie somebody told about you; the time you were unjustly punished for something someone else actually did; the car ...

3117. When You Least Expect It...

Luke 24:13-35

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Johnny Dean

... wrong – seminary was a tremendously rewarding experience, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. But there were many occasions when I just wanted to pull my hair out and scream, "Don’t any of these people know how to write something ordinary people like me can ... we hear footsteps behind us. A stranger is on OUR road, intruding into our grief. Oh, please – not now! We don’t want to talk to anybody right now! And we discover, to our utter amazement, that this stranger doesn’t even know what has ...

3118. The Elders

Drama

William Grimbol

... God warns of having excessive pride (both resume laughing; back slapping ensues). RACHEL: You two! Just finish. We want to enjoy conversation without the sounds of your incessant chewing. RUTH: Yes. Please hurry. DAVID: (Gobbling remaining food) ... 'm not hungry. DAVID: (Now alone with NATHAN) Don't say a word about what we were talking about. NATHAN: I can't believe you want to hear him speak ... and that you ... actually were quite impressed. You sure didn't sound impressed earlier. DAVID: If I did, she'd be ...

3119. I'm Afraid

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... at night when you go to sleep and you're in bed and you hear noises outside and in the house? Do you get scared then? (response) What do you do? (response) It's O.K. to be scared but there is a way to get over your fears. I want to tell you what to do at night when you’re scared but first let me tell you a little story. Does everyone remember Joseph and Mary? (response) Who are they? (response) That's right they are Jesus' mom and dad. Well, after Jesus was born everything was so wonderful ...

3120. "Oh Yeah, Thanks a Lot" -The Grateful Leper

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... to thank him ... What's his name?" "His name is Jesus," I said. "Yeah, tell Jesus, 'Thanks a lot from all of us.' " "Don't you want to tell him yourself?" I asked. "Yes, but ..." "Aren't you grateful?" I asked again. "Of course, but he didn't do any more for ... who needs to have someone tell her over and over how beautiful she is or how well she cooks. He doesn't need our compliments. Jesus wanted all ten of us to return to him and give praise to God, not for his sake, but for ours. He knew, and I was ...

3121. Tears on Easter?

John 20:10-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... to take hold of Jesus, the truth, and not let go. When Eisenhower was president, he summoned Billy Graham to his farm-retreat at Gettysburg. In the course of their four-hour discussion, President Eisenhower, longing to know the truth, said, "Billy, I want you to tell me why you believe in heaven, and why you believe in the afterlife." Getting to know the truth is reason for rejoicing. When the Jews returned to Jerusalem from Babylon, Nehemiah, the governor, ordered Ezra, the scribe, to read the Word to the ...

3122. Erasers are for Mistakes

John 20:19-23

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... do I have in my hand? (response) That's right and what do we do with erasers? (response) I'm going to let you do some erasing this morning. Give the eraser to one of the children. But first we need to write some things on the board. I want to write something down that I did wrong time for confession--come up with a legitimate wrong doing you can publicly admit and write it down (one word) leaving room for the kids confessions. Can you think of something you did wrong that we can write down? (response) When ...

3123. My Sheep Hear My Voice

John 10:1-21

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... the parent's and the order of the recordings. Lesson: Good Morning! (response) Hold up the tape recorder. What is this? (response) That's right; it is a tape recorder. And look there is a tape in it. I wonder if there is anything on the tape. (response) You want me to press it and see if there is anything on it? (response) OK. First parents voice: "It's time to brush your teeth and go to bed." Who was that? (response) If no child responds then ask, Whose voice was that? (response) Rewind the tape an play it ...

3124. The Hope of His Calling

Ephesians 1:15-23

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... friends. One friend was named Trusty and the other was named Sly. Now Trusty and Sly both liked Earl and Earl liked Trusty and Sly. Often, when Earl would be at home, he would hear one of his friends call him." "Sometimes, Trusty would call and ask him if he wanted a piece of candy. Make Trusty act as though he is calling, and Earl act as though he hears. Earl would race over to Trusty's house humorously have Earl race around the children to go to Trusty's house and sure enough, Trusty would have not just a ...

3125. Be of One Mind

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... with you today. Would you like to play? (response) The way we play is that we all stand up. Allow time for the children to do as you say Now take one another's hands so that everyone is holding hands with someone. Okay on the count of three, I want the group to all walk someplace together. Okay one, two, three, go! Of course, the children will either stand still or go in different directions, as you have not given direction on where they are to go. Whoa! What happened? How come you didn't all go to the same ...

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