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301. God's Gift of Love

Ephesians 2:1-10

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... it wasn't a gift. Oh, I see. Well, how about this? Pull out the wrapped box. Someone special gave me this the other day. I didn't even know that I was going to get it. When I opened it up, look what I found. Show them the "I love you" heart inside the box. That was really nice to get something like that. Now was that a gift? (response) It's much more special to get gifts than to get something that you have earned. When we get gifts from someone, it tells us that we are special. Application ...

302. Love Is Down to Earth

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... Hair has within it a most provocative song called "Easy To Be Hard." The gist of the song is that it is easy to "care about the bleeding crowd" while yet totally ignoring "a needy friend." A little joke you may have heard makes the same point: "I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!" Jesus does not set himself apart from the poor. He simply points out that he himself, as one of the specific poor, has needs - and that Mary has been sensitive to those needs. By contrast, Judas pretends to be concerned ...

303. Growing in God's Love

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... this day in proclaiming the Good News of Christ! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Your infinite wisdom You call us to love one another so we might know the joy in life You intended for us to receive. Fill our hearts daily, Lord, with Your loving presence. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession O God, again and again You have called us to love one another so that we might know Your blessings, but we have turned away each to our own ways. Too often, Lord, we have even focused our ...

304. Christian Values True Love

1 John 3:11-24

Bulletin Aid

... : In our weakness, we tend to hate those who are strong. Father, remind us that you will carry us to better deeds and we need not envy those who are farther along. Leader: This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. Congregation: Teach us to lay down our whole lives as Christ did. He didn’t just die for us, he lived a life that constantly sacrificed to help ...

305. LOVE TAKES SWEAT

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... more often with sweat than with perfume. They must be worked at in a daily world with daily problems that are devoid of candlelight and secluded beaches. Dynamics of Christian love are not so much the tingling stuff that champagne is made of but rather the Tums that makes many an upset stomach feel better again. When the Bible says that God loves us, that doesn’t mean that God gets all gooey inside when he thinks about us. When God considered his wayward world standing up to its nostrils in the muck ...

306. The Shepherd Who Loved His Sheep

John 10:1-21

Sermon

George Bass

... precious life, giving it for others, (the sheep), and that this was the gracious will and plan of the Father. And for that action alone - his intentional sacrifice to set us free from fear and guilt and death - we know him and call him Lord and Savior. We love the wonderful things he said and the stories he told while he was alive; and we revere and study most carefully what he taught and preached. We wonder about the miracles that he performed to heal and cure people of all sorts of maladies, and we are ...

307. Measuring Love

Romans 13:8-14

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

... ? What I like to make is a chocolate cake. What if I gave you this empty measuring cup and said, "I want you to put as much love in this cup as you think your dad needs today"? Could you do that? Of course not. You can’t put love in a measuring cup. Even though we can’t measure love, we still can give it. What are some ways to show other people that you love them? You can smile at them and talk to them. You can listen to what they want to say to you. Listening is an important thing to ...

308. The Love of a Father (Father's Day)

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... elder Fonda, "he was perfect!" Now of course Fonda was not perfect. No one is. But his father saw him that way. You and I are not perfect either. BUT THAT IS THE WAY THE FATHER SEES US. That is what it means to live under grace. The Father's love does not protect us from the problems. Neither are our problems God's punishment for our sins. III. We Never Fall Beyond the Watchful Eye of the Father. Sparrows do fall from the sky. That is not because they have been good sparrows or badif sparrows can be good or ...

309. A Celebration of Love

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... gift." I said nothing more than a muttered thanks. With Erik in my arms, I ran for the car. My husband was wondering why I was crying and holding Erik so tightly, and why I was saying, "My God, my God, forgive me." I had just witnessed complete and unconditional love shown through the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin, who made no judgment; a child who saw a soul, and a mother who saw a suit of clothes. I was a Christian who was blind, holding a child who was not. I felt it was God asking ...

310. "Do You Love Me?"

John 21:1-19

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... you. Leader: Then Jesus said, "Follow me!" People: Yes, Lord, where you lead us we will follow. Amen. Collect O God, by the resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, you have overcome death and shown us that you are with us always. We now know, too, that your love extends to people of all nations and races. You have called us to be your Church, your Body on earth. We gladly respond to the call to follow you, and pray that in this time of worship you will make clear to us your will. Send us forth with ...

311. Am I Loved?

2 Timothy 1:5

Illustration

Paul Sweet

... perfect parents." I believed that until mid-life, when I saw several nearly perfect parents who had terrible children. But the concept is generally true--we learn to love because we were loved first. We love, according to the Bible, because God loved us first. We all need to be loved. And we grow up testing whether we are indeed loved. One of the basic questions of our youth is, "Am I loved?" It is asked in the back seat of a car. It is asked at a party. It is asked with defiance at home. It is asked with ...

312. Love Still Asks the Question

Matthew 25:31-46

Illustration

Edward F. Markquart

... of these, my brothers and sisters," this does not contradict the grace of God, that salvation is a pure gift. Let me illustrate this by means of an analogy. I love my children too much. Do any of you have that problem? Do any of you love your children too much? That you love your children immensely? That you love your children unconditionally? That you love your children graciously? That is just the way it is! But I still ask my children the question and so do you, "Have you done your work today? Have you ...

313. The Truth of Love

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... cleverly worded ideology. Truth is a person Jesus Christ. As a person, this truth only comes to fulfillment in relationship to others. In the community of the church, in the relationship between Christ and his body, we receive the gift of a Savior who offers us love as the ultimate law. There is good reason to ask ourselves why the church has become such a marginal force in our culture. One accusing reason may be because the church doesn't seem to have anything enduring to say. We have been reluctant to say ...

314. The Obligation to Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Illustration

Cecil G. Osborne

... all those relationships which rest on community of mental tastes." Kagawa then designates a still higher level of love based upon conscience. "If one is walking along the road with an enemy on his right hand, and as inner on his left, and if he can walk with them without accusing them, or if he can halt his progress to help them, then he has risen to the plane of conscientious love. Such was the love which Jesus manifested, and to which He summoned his followers, bidding them to do good to those who hated ...

315. The Loving Friend

John 4:1-15

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... know What I am walling in or walling out And to whom I am like to give an offense For something there is that doesn't love a wall That wants it down. Friends come in when the rest of the world is going out. And this day Jesus stopped to befriend the ... in when the world is going out. They ask “How are you?" and wait for an answer. They are the people who know us best and love us most. Do you know Jesus Christ as a friend? Are you thirsty for living water? Do you feel empty today? Could you use a filling ...

316. Reconciliation: The Heart of Love

Hosea 2:14-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... his wife: "And I will take you for my wife for ever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy. I will take you for my wife in faithfulness; and you shall know the Lord" (Hosea 2:19-20). In a very ... with any of us? What would we do if we felt that God was selective in his forgiveness and reconciliation? God's message of love and reconciliation goes out to all people for all times. If we are to be followers of Jesus, then our attitude and actions must emulate ...

317. Symbols of Love

Luke 2:1-20

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... me. It is a Christmas star. It symbolizes the star that hovered above the stable in which Jesus was born-- the star the wise men followed to find the new born King. Why do I say that it is a symbol of love? It symbolizes God's love, doesn't it? "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son..." We have been talking about pride the last three Sundays--about the danger of thinking that we are better than other people. All children are God's children. But there is another side to this. Christmas ...

318. “Within Your Temple, O God, We Meditate on Your Unfailing Love”

Psalm 48:1-14

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... political chaos and collapse by one thing only, and that is worship. For to worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open up the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God.13 The glory of God is awesome. Church History: In John Calvin’s commentary on the Psalms, he comments on Psalm 48:4: It is related of Caesar in ancient times, that when speaking of the ease with which ...

319. The Question of Sin and the Commandment to Love

1 John 1:5--2:14, 1 John 2:15-17

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... is from the beginning”; and to the youth he writes because they are strong and indwelt by the word of God, and because they have overcome the evil one (2:14). The repetition and the parallel references add emphasis to his affirming message: “Do not love the world or anything in the world” (2:15). Rather than spell out particular sins, however, the elder is content to leave the sins of worldliness general: the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and pride in wealth (2:16) cover the territory ...

320. Let Us Love One Another

2 John 1:1-13

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... Her Children: The greeting of this letter compliments the chosen lady and her children, and the elder not only expresses his love for her in the truth but also emphasizes that all who know the truth do so as well (v. 1). He ... s Son” is bestowed on his audience in truth and love (v. 3). In that sense, the elder’s greeting extends lovingly not only to a fellow leader within the Johannine situation but also to her congregation. 4–6 · Let Us Love One Another: The elder expresses his joy at finding “some ...

321. Feasting on Love

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , separated from the Jewish community, outcast, or isolated, he invites them back into community. He heals them so that they can again be in relationship with others, restored not only to themselves and to God but into society, and into a place of acceptance and love. And then….he asks them to be in relationship with him, to be disciples, followers, to come into relationship with God in a new and intimate way. Jesus knows that this is ultimately what they need. And as disciples, they too will feed, heal ...

322. The Love Of God

John 15:13

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... song today. It is one of the first songs I ever learned, and it is a song that I believe everybody in this congregation knows. Do you know what song we're going to sing together? (Responses -- Many may be good and/or familiar, but when you get "Jesus Loves Me"...) That's the one! (Sing the song together.) Do you know that we rarely sing that song in a church worship service? Because it's a simple little song known by everyone and sung by children in Sunday School, I guess we have come to think of ourselves ...

323. A Crown of Love

Mark 1:14-20

Children's Sermon

... . You could have them pre-cut or let the children each design their own crown. The base of the crown needs to be wide enough to print words for God's rule of love on it. You may want to print it before the children arrive or let the children print their own depending on their ages. The words you print could be: LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS, LOVE YOURSELF. Cut and tape crowns to fit and send home. Talk about the Lord's Prayer and the meanings of "Thy Kingdom come". Refer to the children's message. The word kingdom ...

324. You Shall Know They Are Mothers By Their Love

John 13:31-38

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... hugs me. Does your mom hug you? (response) What does she say to you when she hugs you? (response) How does she show her love for you? (response) Application: Do you know what a disciple is? (no) A disciple is a follower of Jesus. Quickly hold up each item ... ) How do you know a Christian? (response) Listen to this: Jesus said, "You will know they are disciples by their love for one another." Application For Mother's Day: Do you know what today is? (Mother's Day) Yes, this is mom's special day. She deserves a special ...

325. God's Forgiving Love

Luke 15:11-32

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... . We see the attractions of the world, and find ourselves with the prodigal son. We taste a little bit of religion, and find ourselves with the elder son. Forgive us for concentrating on ourselves, without understanding we need you to be our Father. We feel your love winning us back, and we want to share in the celebration of the lost being found. Receive us in the name of your Son, our Savior. Amen. Hymns “I Am Coming to the Cross” “Jesus is Tenderly Calling” “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian ...

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