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3276. The Freedom of Necessity

John 8:31-41

Sermon

... the sounds of voices magnified by walkie-talkies were everywhere. We had arrived only minutes after a terrible wreck. I remember feeling ill at the moment and wondering whether the accident involved my neighbor and classmate who had received a driver’s ... to their own wants and desires, slaves to sin, as the Gospel calls it. Fred Buechner describes it this way, "It is to feel, inside our own lives, as helpless to escape as slaves are helpless, because the one thing we can’t escape is ourselves." (A ...

3277. God is the Only One

Mark 2:7

Children's Sermon

... go to our father or mother or pastor or anyone and ask them to forgive our sins. We can tell them what we did and we will feel better after we have told them, but we cannot have them forgive our sins. There are not any other gods in the world that can do it ... knows what we have done but us, that is, except God. God knows when we have done wrong, and the only way to be forgiven and to feel better is to ask God to forgive us. No wonder God knows us so well. The next time you see a Social Security card, or when ...

3278. Where the Power Is

Mark 5:21-43

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... he wanted to know who it was that believed so much in him that he would say a prayer and touch his clothes, knowing that he would be healed. Now the woman was frightened because she could feel that she was well for the first time in a long time. This is what she thought would happen, but when it did, she was amazed at the power of Jesus. He had made her well. She ... touched his clothes. He, too, had great power, even the power to make sick people well, and he used it to make people feel closer to God. Amen.

3279. Check Inside

Mark 7:15

Children's Sermon

... or girl. He said that the problem was within us, and not outside of us. Do you think that you cause most of your unhappiness by not being honest, or by picking on a friend or brother or sister? Do you feel unhappy when you talk back to your mother or father? Those are the things that really make us feel bad and keep us from working the way that God wants us to be able to work. You think that my flashlight will not work because the insides are bad. If I change the insides, will that make my flash-light ...

3280. It's Not Far Away

Mark 12:34

Children's Sermon

... , would not be in it. There is going to be more to the Kingdom of God than that, but if you do those things, then you are already a part of God's Kingdom. It is a good feeling, isn't it? You don't have to hunt it. You don't need a map or a pair of binoculars. All you need to do is love God with all of your heart, and other people as ... God. There is a lot more to come and it gets even better. But for now you will be filled with love and there is nothing that feels better than love. God bless you. Amen.

3281. I'm Sorry

Luke 3:3

Children's Sermon

... Object: A big paddle that you can use for spanking. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever done something that you feel really bad about? (Let them answer.) Are you sorry? (Let them answer.) Would you like to say that you are so sorry that you will ... , and not just on your own side. Maybe the next time you see a paddle you will think about how God wants you to feel sorry for your sins, but that he has a better way of doing it. It is called baptism and it is a sign of your repentance. Amen.

3282. He Will Take Care of Us

Luke 21:18-19

Children's Sermon

... of you have ever been afraid? Good, we have all been afraid at some time or another. Have you ever been so afraid that you felt like running away? (Let them answer.) I know what that feels like also. You think that if you run fast enough, you will be able to get away from whatever the bad thing is that is making you feel afraid. Let me ask you one more question. Have you ever been afraid of something that you thought might make you die? (Let them answer.) I guess that is what most people are most afraid of ...

3283. Guarding Us from Evil

John 17:12

Children's Sermon

... or all of us. We are people who are not as smart as God, or as strong or brave as God, but we care what happens to us and to our friends and family. If Jesus cared that way about his disciples, then I know that he will have special feelings about other people like you and me who follow him, even when we do not understand everything that happens. Maybe the next time you see a school guard or any person who is guarding someone else to keep them safe, you will remember the time that Jesus talked about himself ...

3284. At Table With The Lord

Drama

... I did not mean to sound critical. Tonight, especially tonight of all times, we must be loving and forgiving. Mary: You feel it also? Mary (Mother): The danger that seems to hang so heavily upon him? Mary Magdalene: He seems aware of it ... in the name of the Lord!" They hailed him as their King and their Deliverer. But King, Deliverer, Messiah, and Savior are words that stir up violent feelings in the hearts of the authorities. His life is in peril. Oh, how I wish I could carry him away in my arms as Joseph and ...

3285. The Miracle Comes at the Breaking

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Various Authors

... night and heard his father’s voice downstairs in conversation. Fearfully, he dressed and came down. He expected a rebuke, for he knew he was disobeying in what he was doing. But his father took him into his arms and held him very close, so close that the boy could feel the beat of his father’s heart. And the father said simply, "My own little child."3 I’m sure that’s what our Heavenly Father wants to say to you and to me today. We come, knowing that we are broken. Sin and the ravages of daily life ...

3286. Strength to Overcome Suffering

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

James R. Tozer

... a man who had lost his job. Though he faced discouragement and uncertainty, he refused to give in to despair. In his letter to me he said, "I feel as low as ever in my life, but I know this is not the final word. Because I believe God has work that he wants me to do ... in our awareness of God’s loving purpose for us. Recently the criticism of some people hurt me deeply. I could feel my spirit sliding into the rut of self-pity and ineffectiveness. About mid-morning a young woman named Betty sought my ...

3287. The Sermon in the Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... that those who came to him ... should become like his Son, so that his Son would be the First, with many brothers." (Romans 8:29, The Living Bible) II The Sermon in the Supper is a message about a Passion. The word "passion" means a very strong feeling. When the word "passion" is used about Jesus Christ, it refers to his sufferings in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross of Golgotha. The bread and wine of the Sacrament tell us again and again about the passionate love of Jesus Christ for us. Think ...

3288. An Appointment With God

Romans 13:11

Children's Sermon

... happen to you? (Let them answer.) That's right. You would be late. Or let's say that you wanted to watch your favorite TV show at 7:00 (Move the hands.) but you did not finish your supper until 7:30. Now how do you feel? (Let them answer.) Being late can make us feel pretty bad. Paul wanted to make sure that you and I did not remember God too late and miss out on all of the good things that God has for us if we believe in him. Some people think that God will always wait for us ...

3289. The Message of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

... visited, and the bound continue to be set free. If I listen very closely today, I can hear the voices of millions stretching from Nashville to Hong Kong, and from Hong Kong to London, as they sing the immortal hymns of Christmas. If I feel deeply enough today, I can feel in my own life what Handel must have felt when he penned the Messiah. And if I need more proof, I can listen to saints, martyrs, and average people as they relate how the inward presence of this one man has changed their lives. Christmas ...

3290. Responding to Christ's Birth

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

... apparent, but so typical of how we really are. What happens on the country music stage is a microcosm of what much of our lives are like. For six days every week, we live sinful, broken lives and then sing the hymns of faith with great feeling on the following Sunday morning. In spite of the hell we have created or have been through, we flock to Christmas Eve services with faith welling up within us. In spite of the alienation and despair we either cause or experience, we insist upon attaching ourselves ...

3291. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... militant. Why do you think Matthew asked his readers to practice the kind of love that has no boundaries? I have a feeling that Jesus asked us to love beyond boundaries because Jesus knew that through loving our enemies, we would wind up loving ... that continue to fester like a cesspool. But as I have gone along, I have learned that the more I love my enemies, the better I feel about myself. The more I have learned to cross boundaries, the more loving I have become. At one period in my life, I set out to ...

3292. Where Are the Lilies Now?

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... for a moment, how Thomas must have felt. He had walked beside Jesus. He had sat near him. He had loved him and been loved by him. And now it was over. The bubble was smashed. The curtain had fallen. The only thing left was pain and an empty feeling inside. Thomas was not with the other disciples that first night when Jesus had come into the room and said to them: "Peace be with you." Thomas doubted their story about the Resurrection. He thought they were mad or making things up. Thomas was not a bad person ...

3293. A House for God

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... to start over and build a new house for God? I believe it is. I know it is. Sermons, instead of trying to make you feel guilty, should inspire you. The purpose of this sermon is to let you know that even if you have been foolish and have fallen from ... the rock of faith. Our lives need also to be established securely or they will fall apart. Is your "life-house" leaning today? Do you feel like things are caving in on you? If so why not consider a Christian remodeling job? It may be necessary to go all the way ...

3294. Studying under the Greatest Teacher

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... had a recent significant loss in your life. Whatever may be going on, please know that Jesus was deserted by the very disciples he loved and taught. Jesus suffered temptations and overcame them. Jesus died like we will die. He understands you wherever you are and however you feel. But we must see that being a follower of Christ is not an easy journey. He said that we must leave all to follow him. Maybe even your family is divided and your husband or wife is not a Christian. Jesus said that it would be so ...

3295. Searching for Peace

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

... let me make and cobble your shoes - for nothing - and I want you to wear them in the pulpit when you preach, and then I’ll feel you are preaching the gospel that I always wanted to preach standing in my shoes." That is a marvelous story of self-giving. But we do ... deeds crowd History’s pages, And Time’s great volume make. I live to hold communion With all that is divine, To feel there is a union Twixt Nature’s heart and mine; To profit by affliction, Reap truth from fields of fiction, Grow wiser ...

3296. Giving Thanks Before Thanksgiving

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Brett Blair

... t ever think for a moment that death is the worst thing that can happen to a person. It’s not. And the scene this morning is a case in point. These ten men walked the earth. They breathed and ate. They had hopes and fears and aspirations and feelings just like you and me. Yet, there was a tragic sense in which they were already dead. They were walking dead. Leprosy was the most dreaded of all ancient diseases. It ate away at the body and left its victim maimed and disfigured. There was no known cure. In ...

3297. Battle Cries

2 Samuel 1:17-27

Sermon

Michael Mills

... the mighty cry. Christianity is not stoicism. We Christians cry when we lose someone we love. Stiff upper lips are for prudes and not Presbyterians. David is a classic example of grief. Yet he recovers. He never forgets his love for Jonathan and his ambivalent feelings towards Saul. He does take the following steps in the grief process. He talks about the dead loved ones and weeps openly. He accepts sympathy from others in the camp who knew Saul and Jonathan and the others who were slain. The pain of loss ...

3298. Father's Day

Proverbs 23:24

Children's Sermon

... essential here, for they are often very "liberated" and very "traditional.") What about this ___________? (etc.) Can anyone think of how Dad might use this? (Be prepared again for almost anything! Seek to mold the comments into a constructive understanding of the differing roles/jobs of fathers.) How do you feel about what our fathers do for us? (Pause long enough to get some good comments that might be shared.) Let's let our fathers know how we ...

3299. Christmas, Proper 2

Isaiah 62:1-12

Bulletin Aid

... on Psalm 97) Collect Reigning God, you have announced through prophets and angels your regard and redemption for those who feel most forgotten and forsaken. Let us again hear their blessed proclamations: that, touched by the promises of your powerful ... the name of him whose nativity we celebrate today. Amen Prayer of Confession Redeeming God, we confess that we often succumb to feelings of Godforsakenness, with respect to ourselves and our world; and that we lose both faith in you and hope in your promises. ...

3300. Monday in Holy Week

John 12:1-11

Bulletin Aid

... of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most merciful God, we confess our tendency to dwell on the negative aspects and tragic events of our lives and of those around us, and even to wallow in the feelings of despair and hopelessness that they trigger in us, with the result that we feel bad about human nature in general and ourselves in particular. Forgive us, O God, and teach us to trust, even in the most heart-rending tragedies and gut-wrenching injustices, that you are at work, graciously drawing ...

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