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301. God's Will For Us

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Brett Blair

Many speak of looking for God's will for their lives. Scripture is full of "God's will." Enough that we shouldn't go searching in the dark recesses of our imagination to find it. 1. Sanctification is God's will for us Avoiding sexual immorality and impurity is God's will for us - I Thessalonians 4:1-8 Wise living is God's will for us - Ephesians 5:15-21 Non-conformation, transformation, and rene...

302. Going to a Wedding

Matthew 22:1-14

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: We must be appropriately prepared for the great Kingdom party. Props: Outfits for various occasions. For example: A doctor’s outfit, construction worker, swimmer (flippers and a snorkel would be great), and tennis player (or other athletic outfit). The accessories to each outfit would add to the lesson. Adapt this according to your resources. Lesson: Good morning. (response) Have m...

303. Gollum's Riddle

Mk 13:1-8; Lk 21:5-19

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Brett Blair

In the Hobbit by JRR Tolkein Bilbo Baggins has met Gollum for the first time. Bilbo is lost and needs to find his way out of Gollum's cave. Gollum will show him the way out if he can answer a riddle. This thing all things devours, Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stone to meal;| Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. Bilbo is stumped. He doesn't ...

304. Good and Bad

Matthew 25:31-46

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: The separation of the good and bad. Props: A bushel of apples or bag of M&M’s. The night before damage half the apples by cutting them, bruising them, and taking a bite of them. It would be best, if you can find some genuinely bad apples. If you are going to use M&M’s you will need to damage them. Lesson: Good morning? (response) I have a bushel full of...? (apples) Apples that’s r...

305. Good Friday: The Three Crosses

John 18:1-11

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Brett Blair

The Cross. It struck fear in the hearts of the world. It was Rome’s means of controlling the people. According to Roman custom, the penalty of crucifixion was always preceded by scourging; after this preliminary punishment, the condemned person had to carry the cross, or at least the transverse beam of it, to the place of execution, exposed to the jibes and insults of the people. On arrival at the...

306. Good News

Mark 1:14-20

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: To teach that the Kingdom of God is announcing Good News. Props: Sunday morning paper rolled up. Have an older child prepared to drive by the altar on a small bicycle (with training wheels for control and humor) and throw a bible on top of the spread out newspaper. He should loudly and repeatedly yell "Good News" as he enters and leaves. They should be well rehearsed to yell the wo...

307. Good News

Luke 4:14-30

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Brett Blair

The story is told of a Franciscan monk in Australia assigned to be the guide and "gofer" to Mother Teresa when she visited New South Wales. Thrilled and excited at the prospect of being so close to this great woman, he dreamed of how much he would learn from her and what they would talk about. But during her visit, he became frustrated. Although he was constantly near her, the friar never had the ...

308. Good News - Sermon Starter

Luke 4:14-30

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Brett Blair

The story is told of a Franciscan monk in Australia was assigned to be the guide and "gofer" to Mother Teresa when she visited New South Wales. Thrilled and excited at the prospect of being so close to this great woman, he dreamed of how much he would learn from her and what they would talk about. But during her visit, he became frustrated. Although he was constantly near her, the friar never had ...

309. Got Scripture?

1 Peter 2:4-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate the necessity of the Scriptures for our lives. Props: A baby doll and a baby bottle plus foods inappropriate for babies: cookie, slice of pizza, can of cola. You will also need a Bible. Lesson: Hold the baby doll out for everyone to see. Today I've brought a baby doll so that I can talk to you about babies. Have any of you ever held a baby? (response) When you held...

310. Graduation

John 15:1-17

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: Apart from God our lives are aimless and unfruitful. Props: Classified ads of a newspaper. Lesson: Good morning! (response) You know very soon you are going to be graduating. What grade are you going to be graduating from? (response) So, where are you going to be working this summer? (response) What? You’re not going to be working? Don’t you have a job lined up? Unfold the newspape...

311. Great Expectations

Luke 4:14-30

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: Growing up and fulfilling a calling. Props: None. Lesson: Good morning! (response) I am going to ask your parents to help us. Let's turn around and look out at the congregation, and we are going to ask your moms, dads, and grandparents a question. Mom, Dad, what kind of person do you want your child to be when he or she grows up? Please stand up when you answer. Allow all the paren...

312. Great Is Your Faith

Matthew 15:21-28

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Brett Blair

What would you think if I told you that on your tombstone would be inscribed a four-word epitaph? Well, you might respond, it would depend on who would write this epitaph an enemy or a loved one. It might also depend, you might say, on how well this person knew and understood you. If a newspaper critic wrote of a concert pianist the four words: "He was a failure," you could always say: That was hi...

313. Great Is Your Faith - Sermon Starter

Matthew 15:21-28

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Brett Blair

314. Great Men Are Often Broken by Their High Ideals

Matthew 21:1-11

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Brett Blair

Some years ago a book was written by a noted American historian entitled "When The Cheering Stopped." It was the story of President Woodrow Wilson and the events leading up to and following WWI. When that war was over Wilson was an international hero, There was a great spirit of optimism abroad, and people actually believed that the last war had been fought and the world had been made safe for dem...

315. Greater Than A Pinky Promise

Genesis 15:1-18

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: God has made the greatest promise of all. Props: None. Lesson: I have a question for you this morning. What is a promise? (response) That’s right. A promise is when you say you are going to do something and you really mean you are going to do it no matter what. How many of you have ever made a promise? (response) When you made your promise did you do anything extend your hand as ...

316. Greeks Seek Wisdom Not A Savior

John 12:20-36

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Brett Blair

There seems to be little connection between the Greek's request and Jesus' response until you begin to speculate about why this leap in logic. Something appears to be missing. Why does Jesus seemingly ignore the Greeks request for an audience with him? Two possible reasons are put forth here. 1. Jesus knows that the Greeks "Seek Wisdom" and are only interested in debate and dialogue on theologica...

317. Haiti

Job 1:6-22

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Brett Blair

On Tuesday of this week just before sunset a powerful 7 magnitude earthquake rocked the island country of Haiti. You have seen the images of suffering and the aftermath on the internet and TV. There horrible irony is that this is considered by many to be the poorest country in the western hemisphere. They had no direction to go but up. And now this. Already at the bottom economically and now they ...

318. Happiness

Matthew 5:1-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: Happiness comes from a life emptied and humble before God and not from a life full and easy. Props: Several dollar bills or a hand full of coins, a toy that laughs, some kind of food, and a toy sword like a light saber or any object to represent conflict. Also a box or big glass jar. Optional humorous prop: A football or some sports object that is presently in season. If there is...

319. Happy Meal or Holy Meal

John 6:25-59

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: Conveying the difference between natural bread and wine and the Bread and Wine used in communion. Props: A McDonald’s Happy Meal with a soft drink and the elements of Bread and Wine as your tradition uses them. Lesson: Good Morning. (response) Place the Happy Meal before the kids. Hide the elements of Communion, if you can. Guess what we are going to have today. (a happy meal) No, ...

320. Hatching a Plan

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Brett Blair

Charles Kettering, who was an inventor and head of General Motors for 27 years, said it's a popular conception that to make rapid fundamental progress it is only necessary to concentrate large quantities of men and money on a problem. Years before his tenure at GM, Kettering was developing the first electrically operated cash register. His boss was going to Europe and wanted the job finished befo...

321. Help Me See

John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate that sometimes we can't see what we are doing wrong. Props: Tray, glass of milk (a glass with a wide bottom to prevent an accident), powdered chocolate mix (preferably Nestles Quick), a spoon, and a blind fold. Lesson: As the children are coming sit down and place the blind fold on yourself, make sure it is secure. Place the tray in a place where it can be easily m...

322. He's The Clumsy One

Mark 2:1-12

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Brett Blair

Perhaps you have heard about the father who introduced his children: "This is Pete. He's the clumsy one of the lot." "That's Kathy coming in with mud on her shoes. She's the sloppy one." "As always, Mike's last. He'll be late for his own funeral, I promise you." That dad did a thorough job of labeling his children with their faults and mistakes. People do it to us and to those we love all the ...

323. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

We have made some new additions. Note: This sermon is basically complete. We will be doing some editing and adding other comments about the Passion of the Christ on Wednesday, particularly Roger Ebert's (the film critic) comments on the film. We will probably change the ending as well. Please check back. History often records that in the lives of great people, their finest hours were their final...

324. His Death

Luke 23:26-43

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Brett Blair

We are continuing our Lenten series on the Passion of the Christ, the last week of the life of Jesus. We are nearing Easter. On the first Sunday of Lent we looked at the events of Sunday when he enters Jerusalem on the donkey fulfilling the Messianic prophecy of Zechariah. It was a day of celebration. On Monday Jesus weeps over Jerusalem, curses the fig tree, and clears the Temple of the moneychan...

325. His First and Last Words to Peter

Mk 1:14-20; Mt 4:18-22

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Brett Blair

Jesus lived three years with his disciples. They went everywhere together and did everything together. They ate, slept, and breathed the life of Jesus and yet it was difficult for them to make the transition in their minds from a Messiah who would be a mighty King of Jews to a Messiah that would die for the sins of mankind. But Jesus never wavered in his mission. Throughout his entire ministry amo...

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