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326. Waiting for Jesus

Romans 13:11b

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , drink some hot chocolate and try to stay together. We probably won't know many of the people who are at the game, so we have to stay together. Do you like to go many places where you don't know the people? I don't either. You don't feel like you belong. The last time I went to a game and I didn't know anybody, I just sat there and watched and it really wasn't much fun. The other people jumped up and down and cheered and I just sat there. Say, Say, I know what we ...

327. Saving Sinners

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

... he was, perhaps there is also hope that I can be included on his list of disciples! Let's face it. Sometimes you and I can feel pretty low about our lack of spiritual and moral accomplishments. How could I do such a thing, we ask at times. How could I be ... people. This I say is sobering, for there's nothing most of us are striving for more than to be an accepted, respectable person! We feel we've done a pretty good job at that. I am not considered a radical, and on the other hand I don't neglect my ...

328. Your Calling from God

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

... days of the week? Is God calling you to preach, or to some other ministry? "God moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform." Do we feel something inside us which may be a call from God to be about God’s business and not simply our own? Even if it is ... have heard or felt the call of God to do something for another in need, are you not the one who is blessed? Doesn’t it feel good when someone says a good word about you? Why are we so surprised? God has been promising that from the time of Abram. Has ...

329. Tears in Raniah

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

... peoples, also degentrified, to settle in that land. I remember listening with startled ears as a tall, thin man with an accent told us of what had happened to his country. I had never heard of such a thing. Deportation is another name for it, or exile. The feeling is dislocation, being cut off, separated. I was twenty-one or twenty-two when I heard about this, and I had a hard time believing that such a thing could really occur. I had not learned about it in my history books. Since then, however, I have ...

330. Hid in God

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

... made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me." That’s a great image for our lost and forgotten feelings: "In the shadow of his hand, God hides me." We need that time of hiddenness, as protection and preparation. And we need faith in such ... hidden away with God for a while, we will be shot into the fray once again. God will see to that. In quiver times, when I feel I am hidden away, God is still my soverejgn. His claim is still on me. His demand that I be his and his alone still ...

331. Up And Down The Mountain

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... others are not. I do not believe that people are punished by God for their sins by their illness; I do not think that we feel pain because God is trying to teach us some sort of painful lesson that will bring us into line. As the Bible reminds us, the ... , and all things will work together for good. Furthermore, I believe that our God is a God who suffers with us, that God feels our pain as we feel it. This is how he strengthens us. So together, with the spirit of God in our hearts and in our souls, we can ...

332. Real Strength

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... exactly 49. When I received the rolls the next day, I had allowed exactly 49 students into the courses. I mean, the psychiatrists and the marketing people have got the percentages down to the fifth decimal. Exactly 36 percent of us will grab at first sight or give in to feelings of being a slob, an ingrate or a rip-off artist. It's so hard to say "no." There is a 40 percent chance of divorce in today's world. We cringe at that statistic. But I suspect we are looking at the wrong end of the issue. If the ...

333. Poured Out for Many

Exodus 24:1-18, Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

... Just because you live in a generation that knows much about platelets and antigens, is blood any less sacred? Is it any less mysterious as a sign for life itself? I don’t think so. Maybe the problem is not how you feel about blood. Maybe the problem is how you feel about ritual and encountering God through it. The great temptation with ritual is to try to domesticate it; to bring it under control; to understand everything that is going on. But this attitude toward worship violates the most basic terms of ...

334. Power to the Faint

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... : work, play, love and worship. These are the ultimates in life that must be kept in proper balance. The clinic has made them into a symbol of four arms. Whenever one or more of these arms becomes a complete stub, then the result is that depression and down-and-out feeling of which we speak. It might be important for each of us to determine then, which, if any, of these arms may be missing in our lives. One arm that we would want to examine carefully would be the arm of worship. Not so much the one or two ...

335. Is Your Sin My Business?

Ezekiel 33:1-20

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... off cars. He explained, "I didn’t want a car to run over it and get stuck or crash." This lad gave a warning to prevent others from having a disaster. God is asking us to do the same in the spiritual realm. How can we do it? We may feel uneasy and unworthy, for we reason, Who am I to warn others when I myself am a sinner? Didn’t Jesus say, "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone"? Nevertheless, God asks us to warn sinners of their possible fate. We will not do it in any ...

336. What Is Your Mercy Quotient?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... be a patient for a week and find out what it is like to sit and wait, or to be treated like a number, how would he feel? If the nurse were to change places with the patient in the bed and find out how disorienting a hospital stay can be, how might that ... that comes to you when you can get on the inside of other people, and see with their eyes, think with their thoughts, and feel with their feelings. If you do, you will find others doing the same for you. And you will know this is what my Father did in sending ...

337. Journey to the Cross I: Jesus And The Demon-Possessed Man

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... myself… and that taints everything I touch and do.” Well, he was probably right. When you are at war with yourself, it smudges and distorts every relationship. On the other hand, when we feel good about ourselves, we are more loving, more patient, more thoughtful, more gracious... toward everyone we see. Do you want to feel good about yourself? Do you want to like yourself more? Do you want to stop bruising and hurting yourself? Do you want to be at peace within? Then remember this: “You are special ...

338. The Light that Shines Within

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... the song of birds and the whisper of wind. We may go out in the springtime into the orchard or the flower garden and experience life; we may smell the fragrance of lilac or the aroma of moss on a mountain rock. We may observe the seasons as they change, feel the changing moods of day and night, know the melancholy of rain, the peace of a twilight, or the expectant hush of the dawn. We may lift our eyes and look upon the stars, the vast galaxies and the deep of space. We may behold the mystery and wonder of ...

339. God Makes The First Move

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... has no peace or joy in his soul. Though he has the American dream, it almost mocks him---saying: "Ha! Look at all you've got and you're still not really content'." So, the temptation to drugs is even more powerful for him. He wants above all else to feel high...and if he can't find a natural high, he will settle for a chemical high. St. Paul, in his letter to the Romans, chapter 3, describes the condition of people before they respond to the grace of God in Christ. "None is righteous; no, not one; no one ...

340. The Discipline of Witnessing

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

... The question is, are we good or bad witnesses? I’ve heard people say, "I can’t talk about God, because it’s too personal, and I can never talk aloud about things this personal and this meaningful to me." Perhaps - but unless there is some time when we feel like talking about God - I have a sneaking suspicion that He’s not as meaningful to us as we imply! Most of us don’t talk about our wives too much - and the relationship with them is deep and meaningful. Remember when you first fell in love? How ...

341. Let Us Cross To The Other Side

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view" (2 Corinthians 5:16, RSV). There you have it "from the human point of view" - that is, the side that we humans seem incapable of leaving. We are in the center, asking the questions, feeling that we are uncared for, asking, "What are we doing here?" That question comes at the apparent breaking point. But the breaking point may be the turning point, because we no longer see things just from the human point of view. There is another side. It is ...

342. Dealing with Depression

1 Kings 19:9-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... hard to think about draining the swamp...and, as you know, Lord, I cleaned that up. I am tired of this!" Quite a prayer. Have you ever prayed one like that? There is nothing the matter with it. It is not as if God does not already know how we feel. God knows. But letting it all hang out can be therapeutic. As someone has said, "A trouble shared is a trouble cut in half." That may overstate the case, but the words of the hymn writer surely do not: Oh, what peace we often forfeit, Oh, what needless pain we ...

343. Hungry People

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... loaves and two fish. Lord, we have nothing here but five loaves and two fish. That is the response of the ages when people feel overwhelmed by the world around them. It is the response of the parent worried about her child. The child has so many peers who ... , what anyone hungry for help has, is the invitation to call on someone who knows what to do. When life seems too big and I feel too small, someone is close who can do what I cannot - someone who can right the wrongs and heal the hurts and love the unlovely ...

344. The Freedom in Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... obliged to forgive them now. Could he ever forgive them if they repented? "I would not necessarily say yes; we'll talk about it when the time comes," he says. "You can play 'what-if' games all day long." "Don't try to tell me that I should feel guilty, because I have no intention at this point to forgive the animals -- and be sure and use that word -- who viciously murdered my sons. And anyone who (disagrees) has never walked in my shoes." We can identify with that. Will Willimon, dean of the chapel at Duke ...

345. Driven To Serve

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... apologetic about the difference Christ makes in our lives. So, our question for the day is, how well are we serving our customers? In the business world, the companies that do the best job of serving their customers are the companies that are prospering. I have this feeling that if we, the body of Christ, served like our Master served, we would have to drive people away from our doors. If we are having less and less influence in the world, it is because we have forgotten our core values. We are here not to ...

346. Soli Deo Gloria

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Mark McGilvey Livonia

... advisory capacity." That's how most people would prefer to be used todayin an advisory capacity. How do we buck the trend and live for God alone? WHAT IS COMMITMENT? In it's simplest form it is doing what we say we will do even when we don't feel like it. That is what marriage vows are all about. Traditional vows include the phrasing "for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, `til death do us part." If there was only `for better,' or `for richer,' or `in health' and only one ...

347. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... world, this world of madmen playing unholy games in the Arabian deserts; this world of murder and hostility and broken homes. I want to feel God and lose this loneliness that’s wrapped itself around my heart. I want to know God and find some purpose for what I ... this vision brings us, doesn’t it? How can we be the same after today? How can we see Christ, know Christ, sense Christ, feel Christ in our lives, and not be changed? When God jumps out of the closet, it shakes us. When He shows Himself to us, ...

348. Dr. Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... Carl. It was ridiculous, of course! No use his going into a panic. The best thing to do about the old man's dream was to forget it. But he couldn't forget it. He had felt fine, at least until Hans described his stupid dream. Now he didn't feel too well. That evening he called his doctor, who was also a personal friend. "Could you come over?" he asked. "I need to talk to you." When the doctor arrived, Carl told him the old man's dream ” how the richest man in the valley would die that night. "Sounds ...

349. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 6:23

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... difference between human beings and the projections or images I have of them and always responding to my own projections rather than to real people. Death is always having to be right and ending up right and alone forever. Paul Tillich wondered if we moderns had lost a feeling for the meaning of sin? He asked, "Do we realize that sin does not mean an immoral act, that `sin should never be used in the plural, and that not our sins, but rather our sin is the great, all-pervading problem of our life. To be in ...

350. A Faithful Follower I Would Be

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... to attend Sunday School and worship this year?" Persons were to answer with 50 weeks, or 40 weeks, or 30 weeks. One comment stood out: "We'll come as often as we can." That's not really a commitment, is it? It's like saying, "We'll come when we feel like it," or "when we don't have anything better to do." Is this what Jesus has in mind when he calls persons to be his followers? Two friends were having coffee one morning. Both were members of the same church. In fact, Doris joined the church because of Betty ...

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