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3226. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... his much speaking." (2) we need to be reminded from time to time that glory, things, and life, fast wither. Isaiah said it this way: "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: Surely the people are grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand forever." (KJV, 40:6-8) In 1 Peter we read, "For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the ...

3227. Maundy Thursday Service

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Bulletin Aid

Howard Eshbaugh

... me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt." (14:36b) Narrator: And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, (14:37a) Jesus: "Simon, are you alseep? Could you not watch one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (14:37b-38) Narrator: And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer him. And he came ...

3228. Peace as Shalom

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... that. When I offer you Shalom, I am giving you God's love that is in me. Shalom is intensely personal and caring. It is not casual, but carries with it the power of healing. The people who are vehicles of Shalom convey the essence of God's Holy Spirit to others. It is self-giving. Those who refuse the gift condemn themselves, according to Jesus. It is not that God will pour out Divine vengeance on them, but that they have refused to accept God's Shalom. By definition, the absence of God is the absence of ...

3229. Ash Wednesday

Sermon

William Luoma

... I sinned and done what is evil in your sight. (1-4) Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. (9-12) PRAYER (Minister)Almighty God: you love all your children, and do not hate them for their sins. Help us to face up to ourselves, to admit we are in the wrong ...

3230. "Crown Him Lord of all!"

Sermon

William Luoma

... :Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! People:HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST! Minister:Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! People:HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID! Minister:In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Psalm 24Men:The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof, Women:THE WORLD AND THOSE WHO DWELL THEREIN; Men:For he has founded it upon the seas, Women:AND ESTABLISHED IT UPON THE RIVERS. Men:Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? Women:AND WHO SHALL ...

3231. Easter Sunrise

Sermon

William Luoma

... his death for us every time we gather. We proclaim his resurrection as we stand with other humans. We expect his return as we work for the world of tomorrow. We know that we have received his gifts and that we are his church. In the newness of the spirit of this day, and with the grace of the Sacrament made ours, we will live as the church for others. May it ever be so.(Source unknown) Share the peace of Christ with one another(Worshipers may greet one another with the words:)"The peace of the Lord be ...

3232. Encounters With Christ V: Jesus and James and John

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the little boy was two. I knelt down and said to the little girl: “My, you look so beautiful today,” and she said: “Thank you, but did you notice my little brother? He looks good too!” Now, that’s what Jesus is after… the spirit of being ambitious to help others. Deep down, the disciples knew that. They knew selfishness and arrogance did not really fit in His Kingdom… and that’s why when it was exposed, they were embarrassed. That’s number one: Blind, Selfish Ambition makes you Arrogant ...

3233. Mary Remembers

Luke 1:26-38

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... a son, and you will name him Jesus." "How can this be?" I said. "Joseph and I have not yet consummated our marriage." "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will ... truly mine. We, my sons and daughters, knelt with those in the upper room on the day of Pentecost, awaiting the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I knelt in homage to him who was now, not so much my son, as my Lord. I saw him crucified. But I also saw ...

3234. Six Nails of the Cross IV: The Nail of Indecision

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... daily. Many do not even realize that what determined their occupation was a set of circumstances in the face of which they remained entirely passive, so that on their part there was nothing that could be called a choice. Having a vocation means acting in the spirit of vocation, being convinced that what one is doing is what one is called to do. And if a person should realize that his occupation does not fit in with his ambitions, it means risking the choice of change. Sometimes the rebirth of a person takes ...

3235. Using the Name of Jesus

Acts 19:13-14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of Sceva came to a particular person who was very troubled. They decided that they should use a powerful name to get rid of the evil spirit that was in the man. They shouted, "I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!" That meant that they were commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man in the name of Jesus. You can imagine how surprised they were when the evil spirit answered them by saying, "I know Jesus and I know Paul, but who are you?" With that the man jumped on the two sons of ...

3236. Making Money on God

Acts 19:25-26

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... everyday. I am going to tell you a story about two men who were involved in a big struggle over making money on God. The one man is our hero, Paul. Paul was a man who believed in God as Jesus had shown men to believe. God was a spirit, a loving spirit that was more real than anything else. There was another man by the name of Demetrius who lived in Ephesus and was a silversmith. He was a great artist and a very rich one. He made statues of an idol goddess called Diana. There were large temples in Ephesus ...

3237. The Piety That Isn't

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Carl Jech

... how humble they are. Now most of us don't stand on street corners and many of us do not mark our foreheads with ashes, but in a variety of subtle ways we may well be guilty of "practicing our piety before men," contrary to the Spirit of Jesus. We Christians have been given a difficult challenge. We have been challenged to witness to our faith without being "triumphalistic," without being boastful about our beliefs, our convictions, our morality. It's a tough challenge and it is not going to be easy to ...

3238. Love Over Logic

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Carl Jech

... good way of describing the New Testament attitude toward our efforts to be and to do good, is to say that we learn from the Gospel how to combine a sense of moral urgency with a sense of humor! It is a seemingly impossible challenge to live by the spirit of the law rather than by the mere letter of the law. The challenge to love, pray for and understand our enemies - and even to be willing to "turn the other cheek" when the occasion calls for it - seems to require a virtually super-human amount of courage ...

3239. Comfort the Disturbed/ Disturb the Comfortable

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Carl Jech

... basic meaning of the name "Jesus" itself! It will be totally appropriate for us to argue over whether or not such a simple message of trust in God's grace is an adequate touchstone for Christian identity. We will be totally in keeping with the spirit of Jesus if we are stirred up by discussing and pondering the issues we have been considering and will continue to consider in the Easter season. We should learn from the basic complaint lodged against Jesus in our passion story from Luke, that he was stirring ...

3240. An Easter-Life

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... really a sermon which was preached by Saint Peter in the house of Cornelius, a Roman centurion, who was a Gentile. The sermon is short but tightly packed. Peter proclaims who the Christ is, and what he did. Peter also proclaims the power of the Holy Spirit. The introduction and the conclusion of this sermon are pure Gospel gems. In the introduction, Peter makes the point that "God shows no partiality." Now, this statement is not as shocking to us as it was to those who first heard Peter preach it. This is ...

3241. God is About to Strike

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... act was his being raised up to a new life by the Gospel. Paul had experienced the gavel of the law, as it hammered his haughtiness to a devastating death. Paul was personally experiencing what he would later proclaim in his preaching, "The law kills; the Spirit alone gives life." In the first act, the sign of Paul's experience of death was his blindness. Our text states, "... when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing." So, the irony of ironies is that the proud and the boastful conqueror for God, who ...

3242. The Resurrection of the Body

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... , you are so full of love and life! You have breathed life into our physical bodies, and we live. We ask you now to breathe life into our spiritual bodies, that we may become heirs of your kingdom which flesh and blood cannot inherit. We pray through Christ, our lifegiving Spirit. Amen. Prayer of Confession Dear God, we have done so well at being like the first Adam with all our sin. We confess our sinning has hindered our becoming like the second Adam, Jesus Christ, who is the life-giving ...

3243. Gentile Christians are Accepted

Acts 15:1-21

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... Son Jesus, sin would have control of our lives. In spite of that grace, we have tried to have control of sin in our own way. Forgive us if we have competed with our Lord's grace by rewriting the conditions of entrance into his church. Give us your Holy Spirit to lead us in our ministry of sharing your salvation; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Hymns “Amazing Grace!” “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” “My Hope Is Built” “'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus"

3244. The Agony of Sin

Lamentations 1:1-22

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... seek to be faithful to the Lord! People: The Lord is our salvation and in no other name can we know genuine life. Leader: For the wages of sin are truly death, both to our spirit and to our body. People: In sin we knew desolation, for the Spirit of the Lord was not with us. Leader: But in Christ we are redeemed and the Spirit of the Lord gives us life. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Most wonderful God, in Your mercy and grace You have allowed us to experience a taste of the price we must ...

3245. Prophecy, Dreams, and Visions

Joel 2:28-32, Joel 2:18-27

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... . Leader: The dreams and visions of the generations will glorify God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Most loving and gracious God, in Your infinite wisdom You gave us the prophecies of old which still fill our hearts with excitement. Pour out Your Spirit anew, Lord, and bless us again. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, so often we have not sought to hear Your word nor have we been willing to accept Your messengers. Too often, Lord, we have wanted to hear only that part of ...

3246. Together We Are Christ's Church

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... 's love. People: A oneness that calls us to share a joy about life with all we meet. Leader: Then let our lives proclaim the oneness of Christ for all to see! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O merciful and loving God, through Your Holy Spirit You call us to service and You provide us the gifts to carry out Your call in concert as Your Church. We praise Your gracious wisdom, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, we have often let our focus in life become too narrow. We tend ...

3247. Preaching Because We Have Something To Say

Sermon

James Angell

... "preaching" is made to sound shallow and of limited use in helping people to form decisions or live gallantly. At its best, though, preaching shatters the routineness. It opens the eyes of second worlds. It becomes a letter from Christ "written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts." As a long-time admirer of the writer/dramatist Norman Corwin, I once in a moment of boldness mailed him a copy of a book I had written. He was then teaching ...

3248. The Aim Of Preaching: To Bestow The Kiss Of Life

John 20:19-23

Sermon

James Angell

... the doors locked. Jesus bestows upon those to whom the work of the kingdom would be committed the "kiss of life," telling us that he "breathed upon" the disciples and said "receive the Holy Spirit." Of the four gospel writers, only John includes this splendid detail. Part of what brings us to worship is the need to have our lives reopened to the Spirit of God, whether we image that as a dove that descends upon our lives, or as a presence we feel in the early evening as we walk along the ocean with the sun ...

3249. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

... questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ, John answered them all, 'I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.' " John the Baptist was really the last of the prophets. He had a blazing ministry and preached with fire. What did he preach and stand for? In effect he urged the people not to try to ride into heaven on Abraham's shoulders, but ...

3250. Getting The Facts

1 Corinthians 15:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... us to love everyone, even those who are our enemies. So remember, the law is like Clyde Crutch -- necessary, but only temporary. Jesus brings us love and it lasts forever. GUIDES FOR OUR LIVES Galatians 5:16-24, verse 16: I mean this: if you are guided by the Spirit you wil not fulfill the desires of your lower nature. Object: A ruler or a circle compass and a Bible. Good morning, boys and girls. How are you on this very last Sunday in August? It won't be very long before the summer vacation will be over ...

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