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301. Not

Isaiah 50:1-11

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Barbara Brokhoff

... lessons as to "how" we face our pain. Christ Learned From His Suffering - And So Can We Jesus felt that there were lessons to be learned. The Servant said, "The Sovereign Lord has taught me what to say, so that I can strengthen the weary. Every morning he makes me eager to hear what he is going to teach me." I don't like to admit it, but the most of what I have learned about God has been, not in the bright sunlight hours of my life, but in the dark midnight hours of pain. Even Jesus learned this way ...

302. Bristle Unity

Ephesians 4:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A toothbrush and the bristles of a toothbrush. Lesson: eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever noticed how important it is to keep certain things together? Sometimes it is hard to keep a number of things together, but if you don't you only have trouble. ...

303. Proper 15

Mt 15:21-28 · Ex 16:2-15 · Rom 11:13-16, 29-32 · Ps 78

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John R. Brokhoff

... not seem to fit into this portrait. He ignores a woman's cry for help. He addresses his disciples in her presence as though she were not present. He insults her by referring to her and her race as "dogs." At all other times he was the kind, loving, eager-to-help person. Now this! Are we shocked and disillusioned? Do we think less of Jesus than before? How can we explain this strange behavior of the all-loving and caring Jesus? Does it point to his humanity? As a human was he expressing the prejudice of the ...

304. Proper 14

Mt 14:22-33 · Rom 9:1-5 · Ex 14:19-31 · Ps 106:4-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... the deed, and keeps on doing it. Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake. This kind of confidence in God's grace makes us joyful, high-spirited and eager in our relations with God and with all mankind. It is impossible, indeed, to separate works from faith, just as it is impossible to separate heat and light from fire." "I Knew You Would Come!" In the second World War two soldiers were very close friends. While ...

305. A Whale Of A Tale

Jonah 3:1-10

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Erskine White

... words with words of kindness; replace wounded feelings with the healing balm of reconciliation. Lord, make us all more grateful for the rich treasures we have right within our own families. And God, who is the God of Scripture, the God who called Jonah to Nineveh, make us more eager to accept Your call, even when it takes us to places we do not wish to go. When we turn and run away from what we know You would have us do, come after us and bring us back. Do not let us hide behind excuses or selfish interests ...

306. The Gift Of Encouragement

Acts 11:19-30

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Erskine White

... else has deflated your own hopes and dreams with the discouraging word. Let's all of us be people of the Lord's Way in the manner of Barnabas - people who are filled with promise and conviction - God's people who are brimming with grace and eager to share with others that precious, priceless gift of encouragement. Amen Pastoral Prayer Great and Good God, who encourages us daily with words of hope and acts of love, we pray today that we might give to others the precious, priceless gift of encouragement. Help ...

307. Ashamed Of The Gospel

Romans 1:1-17

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Erskine White

... arrest and then he was put to death. It is on the eve of this final, fateful trip that Paul writes: "I long to see you. I ask that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you." And then he says, "I am eager to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome ... [and] I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith." (Romans 1:1 1ff). It surely would have been easy for Paul to feel intimidated and ashamed as he ...

308. Blind Beggars All

Mark 10:46-52

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Erskine White

... Good God, who sent Your Son to walk among us with eyes and ears and healing hands, make us more aware of the Bartimaeus within us. Help us to see ourselves as blind beggars too, that we may never let our pride stand between us and You. Make us more eager to wait by the side of the road, calling out our plea and confessing our need for You. Make us patient for Your reply, that we may gratefully receive Your many good gifts when our faith has made us well. Most Righteous Lord and Judge, who loves justice and ...

309. The Unity Of The Church

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Erskine White

... points of view. This is the great tragedy of the Christian world; it is an offense against Christ which reaches all the way to the heavens. Paul is pleading with us: "Treat each other with all lowliness and meekness, with patience; forbear one another in love, eager to maintain the unity [of the church] in the bond of peace." Mind you, unity does not mean uniformity. It does not mean that everyone will want to worship in the same way or believe the same things. Paul himself points out that there are many ...

310. Good Soldiers, Bad Wars

Joshua 11:1-23, Matthew 8:5-13

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Erskine White

... like every other nation on earth in this respect: we find our security in our weapons, not in God. We pay lip service to God but look to ourselves for strength. And just like ancient Israel in the age of the prophets, our nation is not eager to hear what God's servants would faithfully say: Because you have trusted in your chariots,and in the multitude of your warriors,therefore the tumult of war shallarise among your people, and allyour fortresses shall be destroyed.(Hosea 10:13) III. Our nation has it ...

311. A Thankful Heart

Luke 17:11-19

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Erskine White

... God, who continues to pour Your blessings upon us even though we rarely can deserve them, help us to live more fully as persons with thankful hearts. Do not let us be blind to the kindnesses of others, or Your own kindnesses in our lives. Make us eager to give as much or more kindness in return. Do not let us become so familiar with friends and family and loved ones that we take their thoughtfulness for granted. Help us to notice and give thanks each day for the many people who bless our lives. Through ...

312. The Key To Confident Living

Psalm 23:1-6

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Erskine White

... Biblical words, to speak Your eternal promises, and to share Your Divine dream. Strengthen all of us today as people who live that dream, that we may go beyond Jew or Greek, male or female, slave or free - and love one another as children of God. Make us eager for the day when all Your children - black and white, Jew and Gentile, Protestant and Catholic - can all join hands and truly say, "We are free at last." Make us instruments of Your peace today, that we might honor the memory of this great man and be ...

313. Wedding: The Foundation of Faithfulness

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John M. Braaten

... and wonder in life, even unto death. That kind of stalwart faithfulness, and that heartwarming shape of love are possible for you, _________ and ________. But to experience it, you will need to grow in strength, courage, and faith. God, however, is willing and eager to come to your aid, and God is faithful; his steadfast love endures forever. He has promised never to leave you nor forsake you. He has promised that if you confess your sins, he will forgive your sins. He has promised to give you strength ...

314. I've Got a Secret

Mark 7:36

Children's Sermon

... Gospel with your child. Ask him about his secret. Was it difficult to keep? Was he able to get through the entire week without telling anyone? Or did he give in to temptation and tell a friend? Ask for some thoughts on why people seem to be so eager to spread news - especially when it is good news that makes them happy. Can your children imagine how the people in today's Gospel lesson must have felt when they were instructed not to tell anyone the good news about Jesus and what he had done for them? Remind ...

315. Trust and Believe

Mark 10:13-16

Children's Sermon

Object: the children themselves. Lesson: "Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it." Boys and girls, how many of you are eager to grow up? (Let them tell you.) Why would you like to be older than you are now? (They will offer a galaxy of reasons.) Sometimes it seems as though it would be better if we could be different from what we are already. Maybe we would like to be ...

316. Help Us to See

Mark 10:51

Children's Sermon

... it. While you keep your eyes closed, I want to tell you about a man in today's Gospel story. He ran out of time too. He lost his vision and went blind. Since he knew what it was like to see before he lost his eyesight, he was really eager to get it back again, just the way you may feel right now. That's why when Jesus talked to him about being healed, the blind man said, "Teacher, I want to see again." He knew what he was missing. And he knew Jesus could give him back his eyesight ...

317. Epiphany 6

Luke 6:17-26, Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 16:1--17:18, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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George Bass

... be a Christian; in a way, it costs people everything, their whole lives, literally, as well as figuratively, as long as they live. 2. In time, the disciples did understand and they willingly became poor, hungry, "joyless," and hated as disciples of the risen Christ, eagerly doing all that was necessary to align themselves on the side of the Lord to preach and minister to people. They learned that ministry has this nature from the Lord himself! 3. To be rich is to be living with God, trusting him to sustain ...

318. Advent 2

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-20, Philippians 1:1-11

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George Bass

... of the gospel and to inform them about the recovery of their envoy to Paul, Epaphroditus, from a serious, even life-threatening, illness (2:27). It is obvious that he considers this congregation to be growing toward maturity in the faith, but he is eager that they should be completely mature, believing and holding on to the hope that Jesus Christ will soon return, as he promised, and complete the work that he began before his death and resurrection. Once again, the text speaks directly to contemporary ...

319. Proper 8

Luke 9:57-62, Galatians 5:16-26, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 16:1-11, Luke 9:51-56

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George Bass

... time. There was a touch of "not yet, Lord," in what she said, something of the Elisha "delay" in her reason for postponing her answer to Jesus' call. Many of us are like that, I'm afraid, when he calls us to serve him. 1. Jesus, now as then, is eager to enlist ministers who feel called and are qualified to become pastors/preachers/leaders of the church. This is one of the crucial problems of the church in this day, as well as in Jesus' day. How can the church obtain enough pastors to do the work of Jesus ...

320. Proper 11

Colossians 1:15-23, Luke 10:38-42, Genesis 18:16-33, Colossians 1:24--2:5, Psalm 15:1-5

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George Bass

... depth, I realized that these women were in church almost every Sunday, and it would have been grossly unfair to call or brand them as "Marthas." And the fair thing would be to call their helping society - if it were to be renamed - the "Mary-Martha Auxiliary." These people eagerly and openly listened to the word of the Lord, and then they went out of church and served him in the world they lived in, as well as in the kitchen of the church. Could it not be that Martha was not all in the wrong, nor that Mary ...

321. Proper 12

Luke 11:1-13, Psalm 138:1-8, Genesis 18:16-33, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Colossians 2:6-23

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George Bass

... A Sad Day For Sin Cities." Some years ago, my wife and I traveled to Naples, Italy, and met our son and daughter-in-law when we disembarked. We immediately drove out of Naples to nearby Pompeii (my son was driving and obviously he and his wife were eager to see the ruins of that once-splendid city). The National Geographic some years later ran an article on the destruction of Pompeii, and all of the sights that we saw there came back. And, of course, we drove past Vesuvius, the volcano that hurled "fire and ...

322. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

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Wayne B. Keller

... Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129. Stewardship Challenge Suggestion: The Stewardship of Death and Life: Remind people that "amen" is not a finale; it is a beginning. It is the sure spirit that sets out to do the prayer, the action. It has an eager spirit. Charge to the Congregation Suggestion: You may want to build it around these ideas: Yes, the church, you and I, has made many mistakes; committed atrocities on occasions; manipulated, mutilated the helpless. Yet, it has dared to take risks, dared to ...

323. The Problem With Finding The Kingdom

Matthew 13:44-46

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William J. Carl

... talks about his own conversion which he titled Surprised by Joy. “The word ‘joy’ is used by him in a special way and is not the same as happiness, gladness or pleasure. In fact, for Lewis it includes a measure of agony and grief, but if once experienced it is eagerly sought for again and again (Kerr, Mulder, p. 199).” The trouble is not all of us are sure that we are really ready for this kind of joy and that’s part of the problem with finding the kingdom: It asks too much of us. It has too much ...

324. What Is Servant Leadership?

Matthew 23:1-39

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George Johnson

... to-face with the woman I'd overheard. "Excuse me," I ventured. "I believe I overheard a conversation you were having regarding a sermon you heard. I'm interested in what you were saying, and wonder if you would care to talk about it. Do you have time?" Responding eagerly to my request, she began, "Oh yes, I was talking about a sermon I heard last Sunday. Not at this church; we're members here. It was at another church. The pastor said it's okay to be homosexual. Can you imagine? It was Easter Sunday and the ...

325. How Does One Prepare For The Unknown?

Matthew 25:1-13

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George Johnson

... cometh. The Moment Of Decision Another type of encounter that we need to be ready for is the leadership of true and false prophets. The Bible is constantly talking about false prophets and people with itching ears. Most of us have had people knock on our doors, eager to teach us the truth, ready and trained to lead us with the right questions and pointing to certain Bible verses. As they talk, we may feel cheated by our tradition, our church, for not making it clear to us. Some people are swept off their ...

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