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3476. Good Friday

Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27, John 19:28-37

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... AND BRUISED FOR OUR SINS. Leader: Upon him was the punishment that made us whole. People: AND WITH HIS WOUNDS WE ARE SET FREE. THANKS BE TO GOD! Collect Almighty God, who sent a Suffering Servant as an offering for the remission of our sin, help us to feel again the tragedy and triumph of this Good Friday; that we may know once more the source of our salvation and the reason for our redemption, and be drawn through him ever closer to you. In the name of the suffering Christ we pray. Amen Prayer of ...

3477. Easter 7

Acts 1:12-26, 1 John 5:1-12, John 17:6-19

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... GOD’S WORD IS TRUSTWORTHY AND GOD’S TESTIMONY IS SURE: WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST! THANKS BE TO GOD! Collect Most trustworthy God, who have yourself borne witness to the truth of eternal life in Christ, help us to take your testimony seriously; that we may feel in our hearts and affirm with our souls the reality of that great gift for our lives. In the life-giving name of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of love, we confess how casually we tend to take the fact of eternal life, and how ...

3478. Pentecost

Ezekiel 37:1-14, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, John 15:18--16:4, John 16:5-16

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... before, and may look beyond every valley of death and despair with new eyes of hope and faith. In the name of one who himself rose from the dead we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Life-giving God, we confess to you how much and how often we feel like dead, dry bones, lifeless and dispirited, helpless and hopeless. Forgive our resistance to your Spirit, which we know can open our graves of despair and bring us to new life and hope and meaning and mission in your name. Give life to these dry bones of ours ...

3479. Proper 9

2 Samuel 7:1-17, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, Mark 6:1-6

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... and his work for what they truly are, and not for what we think they are or would like them to be. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most understanding God, we confess that we often create images of Jesus out of our imaginations and feelings, and devote ourselves to them rather than to the one revealed in Scriptures. Forgive us, we pray. Guide us by your Spirit to see Jesus - the man, the message, and the ministry - for the Kingdom-founding agent you sent him to be. In his name we pray. Amen ...

3480. Waiting With Anticipation

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

David M. Oliver

... toward God's next move. We might call this "full-alert" waiting. Waiting involves all our senses, all that we have, and all that we are, our whole being. The goal is to recognize and be responsive to the will of God and the Word of God. The feeling is hopeful. The focus is on God being our Helper, Deliverer, and Guide. Let us sound our bells as a reminder to wait in this manner. (Pastor and people ring their bells.) "When God arrives on the scene with redemptive power, the response of those who have waited ...

3481. Bell-Bottoms that Scared the Devil

Luke 6:37-38

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the devil will run away as fast as he can. He hates forgiveness even more than he hates bells. When you forgive someone for something that he has done to you, the devil leaves in a hurry. So here is the story. You have a choice. The next time you feel wrong or like the devil is hanging around, you can do one of two things. You can sew some bells on your clothes and see if that works, or you can do what Jesus taught: Forgive those who have made you ...

3482. Getting Together

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the same rhythm that I am playing. Pretty soon we will all be playing and the whole church will be filled with the joy of Advent. (Add a child with every eight to ten beats.) Wasn’t that fun? Being together is pretty important because it not only makes us feel good, but it also helps get things done. Castanets are not the only things that bring us together. Jesus came into this world to bring us together with God. For a long time people were out of rhythm with God. They did not always do what He told them ...

3483. People Are Different, People Are The Same

Drama

Marge Passamaneck

... room got brighter and brighter. The people felt the warmth of the light and when all the candles were burning, each person stared at the marvelous sight. Tony put his arm around David. TONY: You know, we don’t celebrate in the same way. But underneath everything we feel the same. We’re with our family, we give presents to the people we love, we pray for peace. DAVID: I’m glad we’re friends. Remember that next year you and Susan will come to my house for Hanukkah. TONY AND SUSAN: And you’ll come ...

3484. Christmas Carols · Away in a Manger

Luke 2:1-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... in the world who love to be sung to before they go to sleep. I want you to imagine that you can see the baby Jesus in this crib and that you have an opportunity to sing him to sleep. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? Just imagine how you would feel to stand beside the manger crib and sing a song to Jesus. That’s what Luther thought. He looked at his child and began to write the words that you and I are going to sing today about the baby Jesus. We will sing the first verse and then we ...

3485. The Most Beautiful Word

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... people must endure. Despite all of our attempts to distract ourselves in a silly whirl of activism, the people I most frequently see, who come to the Church seeking in desperation what the Church has for them, are those who feel lost to God in their own self-loathing. In his early years, the terror of that feeling virtually drove Martin Luther out of his mind. He would try to celebrate mass, and he would cry, "I am dust and ashes and full of sin." He knew all of the turmoil, the pangs, the panic, and the ...

3486. The Forgotten Virtue

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... Tell me, when does the Church of Jesus Christ get TOO LARGE? When does Christ say we shall stop receiving people into His Kingdom? When the parish family gets so large that we can no longer feel our own self-importance in it? When it can no longer be our own little private, ecclesiastical country club? When a person no longer feels that by his own individual whim, his like or his dislike, he can shake or disrupt the whole church? When does the Church of Jesus Christ get TOO LARGE? The Jews had a good system ...

3487. BECAUSE HE LOVES ME

Drama

Gary C. Bratz

... since that time people have been joyful and happy because Jesus came to be our Savior. Let’s all sing together now of the joy we feel. THE SONG: "Joy to the World" Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let earth receive her King; Let ev’ry heart, prepare Him ... life long. Therefore I'll say again: God loves me dearly, God loves me dearly, love even me. Pastor: God's love for us makes us feel good and happy. Because Jesus came to be our Savior we want to show our love to God. Child: I want to live for Jesus. ...

3488. Sharing with Our Brothers

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... , but "begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints" (verse 4). The great missionary could have taken off his shoes before such a spontaneous spiritual miracle; he knew he was standing on holy ground. A similar feeling can overwhelm Christians today in face of the world response to world hunger. Even behind the iron Curtain, in the small diaspora congregations under Communist oppression, amazing gifts are being made to the relief agency Bread for the World. The words become ...

3489. The Crowd That Followed Him

Matthew 27:32-44, Matthew 27:45-56

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... temple and how bad you felt when you betrayed him in the garden and hated him at the trial before Pilate. I guess he really made us feel little when he looked at us while we made fun of him with the robe and crown of thorns. That too was a terrible day. This ... has been laid down on the ground and they are nailing Jesus to the cross. I wish I had not come and I am sure that you feel the same way. There are two others who are going to be crucified with him. Now they are lifting him up and you can see his face ...

3490. The Overlooked

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

... guests for the number of places that have been set. On closer examination, it is discovered that you are the one who has been overlooked. I’m certain that in one way or another we all have had the experience of being overlooked. We know the empty feeling that such an experience leaves with us. We begin having doubts about ourselves and our significance. Really just how important am I? How valuable is my presence if I am so easily overlooked? The loss is great when even one is overlooked. It is obviously a ...

3491. The Forgotten

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

... newborn are central, but good old Dad just waits in the lobby nervously. Or picture the father of the bride at the wedding party as he wanders about with a rather lost and useless expression and feels a little neglected and quite out of place in his rented tuxedo. Many men are accustomed to being overlooked and some of us feel quite comfortable in the shadows and behind the scenes. In fact we would prefer it to be that way. But with Joseph it is a different matter. When we forget him we have forgotten an ...

3492. Christmas Now!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

... giving thanks and sharing the news with all they met as they went their ways. Now we would leave the celebration of this miraculous event. And just how do we go? What is our attitude? What are the words on our lips? Do we take with us any of the feelings, any of the attitudes of wonder those first participants took with them? For a moment try to imagine some of our current statements on their lips. Can’t you just hear some of those holy people saying to one another some of the things that are on our lips ...

3493. Recognizing The Hidden

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... haven’t even hit that! But for me, I think I’ve found some of the answer and I’ve found it in Easter." Mike began to feel sorry he’d asked the question. It looked like a Sunday school lesson was about to start. As he was about to change the subject his brother ... , the Resurrection of Christ took place. Such stories can continue. The recounting of happenings, conversations, and feelings - even imagined - become teaching from which our knowledge and perceptions grow. The remembered teachings by Jesus ...

3494. Identifying Light

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... other people. Wrestling against "spiritual darkness in high places" many Danish Christians wore armbands when occupying Nazis first forced Jews to wear them. Christians have always known that the hurt of others is their hurt also and Christian humility requires us to feel the humiliations inflicted upon other people as well. Consider how hard this must have been for Saint Paul! A great many of his converts were slaves. Almost all were working people of what today we call the underclass. But the Apostle Paul ...

3495. OUR LORD DENIED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... it was like the force of eternity holding the moment timeless. "Have you come with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me." For an instant the hillside was breathless. There was no time for feeling or thought. Someone cursed and the mob sprang upon him and ... the memory of it was so bitter that a tear broke from Peter’s tightly closed eyes and he pulled his robe about him as though chilled by the night ... and they had fled. All his friends ...

3496. OUR LORD DELIVERED UP

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... friend, Joseph of Arimathea. Of all the Sanhedrin, this man only had revealed a sympathetic though furtive interest in the prophet of Galilee. But Joseph had not yet arrived. Quite possibly, Nicodemus knew, he might not come at all. On issues of intense feeling it was easier to abstain than to oppose. He turned back abruptly to the small group. He was becoming impatient, his resentment fretful. "This whole thing is illegal," he said. "What!" the younger man responded. "Would you again plead for the prophet ...

3497. OUR LORD FORSAKEN

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... little company so in contrast to the excited procession that so recently had entered Jerusalem to the waving of palm branches and shouted hosannas! As they walked, John recalled the several times when the Lord had tried to warn them of what was to transpire. He could almost feel the embracing softness of his voice as he said, "Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ A new commandment I give ...

3498. Strengthened For Life

John 15:1-17

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... is that bears much fruit." Apply these words to the church. A biography of Hudson Taylor, the brilliant founder of the China Inland Mission, told how he faithfully prayed, agonized over his faith, fasted, made resolutions and read the Bible. But he never seemed to feel the presence and power and peace of God. The harder he tried, the more he seemed to fail. One day he received a letter from another missionary who told him he was striving to be Christ rather than a branch from the vine. Suddenly it occurred ...

3499. Reinforced With Joy

John 15:1-17

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... you will be amazed at the evidence you find. Jesus is not a man of sorrow, as he is so frequently pictured by artists and poets. The Gospels show Jesus to be a joyous person, who brought gladness wherever he went. His very presence made people feel better. His greeting: "Be of good cheer," was well known. John said, "Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord" (John 20:20). On countless occasions Jesus was a guest at social gatherings, like a wedding, a banquet, or a celebration with friends. What ...

3500. Opening Up to Jesus

Mark 2:1-12

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... not your roof. JESUS: (LAUGHS) You're right. But I could fix it for you. I am a carpenter. JOASH: No, I couldn't let you do that. HARETH: I couldn't either. JOASH: Hareth, how does it feel to be completely well again? HARETH: It's like being born all over again. JOASH: Interesting concept. HARETH: But it feels much better to know my sins are completely forgiven ... (HE HUGS JESUS) ... and completely forgotten. Jesus, I love you. JESUS: And I love you. Well, Joash, I think I'm ready for that cup of wine now ...

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