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3476. David's Prayer

1 Chronicles 17:16-27

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... and was thus omitted. In the direct speech of 1 Chronicles 17:1 a contrast is established between David (indicated with the first person pronoun I in the initial position of the sentence), who was living in a palace of cedar, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD (called “the ark of God” in 2 Sam. 7:2), which was at that stage under a tent. Although Nathan the prophet initially confirmed (in 1 Chron. 17:2 || 2 Sam. 7:3) that David should do whatever he had in mind, because God was with him, the next ...

3477. Contributions for Worship

2 Chronicles 31:2-21

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... Chronicles. The priests and Levites (31:2, 4, 9) play a prominent role in the gathering and proper administering of these offerings. The attitude that the givers should have in bringing these offerings should be to devote (chazaq) themselves to the Law of the LORD. (Again, the verb, well known from other passages in Chronicles, is probably a wordplay on the name of King Hezekiah.) The abundance of the freewill offerings so that the “priests and Levites” had enough to eat and plenty to spare (31:10) is a ...

3478. Ready for the Big Date?

Matthew 25:1-13

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King Duncan

... to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The young women who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. Then Jesus uses these ominous words. “And [then] the door was shut.” Later the five foolish young women also came to the door. “Lord, Lord,” they said, “open the door for us!” But he replied, “Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.” Jesus follows this parable with this admonition: “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.” The question for the morning ...

3479. No, We're Not There Yet

Mark 13:1-8

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April Yamasaki

... is near? Why care for the environment when there will be a new heaven and a new earth? Why not just let everything go, because the Lord will return and make everything right in the end. Yet clearly, God has left us with work to do. That's the point of Jesus' parable ... , the farmer still needs to wait patiently for God to give the growth. In the same way, as we wait for the coming of the Lord, even as we do the work we have been given, even as we are alert to the opportunities around us, we also need to be ...

3480. Telling the Truth

Luke 3:7-18

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Susan R. Andrews

... will pick up Israel and carry her home. Yes, Isaiah, because you have spoken the truth, because the people have confessed the truth, because all of you are the still the treasure of my heart, because of all these things, I the Lord will make everything new.” My friends, these are the words and this is the memory that John evokes today as he proclaims repentance and transformation. Yes, John is announcing that the glad tidings first imagined by Isaiah have now become real. They are and will be incarnated ...

3481. Trusting Authority

Luke 7:1-10

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Susan R. Andrews

... joyful servant in his name. Friends, who are the strangers, the foreigners, the seekers in your life that can teach you something about faith? Who can teach you something about trust in the authority of Jesus? Who can lead you to a fresh love for Jesus as Lord? What needs to change so that you can take a leap of faith — trusting that which you don’t understand, listening to the “yes” of your heart instead of the “maybe” of your mind? And what will it take for you to submit yourself joyfully and ...

3482. In the Wilderness with the Devil

Luke 4:1-13

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King Duncan

... is the way God generally works in life--little by little. But He does work. Our prayers are answered. And if our prayers be for God to deliver us from temptation, then we shall prevail. Romans 10:13 tells us, “Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.” It may not be according to our time table or it may not be handled exactly according to the desires of our hearts, but God is faithful in answering our prayers. St. Augustine, before he became a saint, had a real problem with temptation ...

3483. Joseph, When Did You Know?

Matthew 1:18-25

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King Duncan

... came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. “But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus ...

3484. Recognizing Who God Is

Job 42:7-17

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King Duncan

... and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers. After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. And so he died, old and full of years. (42:10-11) Note that verse 12 reads, "The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first." How exactly could that be? It says in Job 1, verse 3b that Job "was the greatest man among all the peoples of the East." In the beginning, Job lost 7,000 sheep. God returned to him ...

3485. No Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

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Lori Wagner

... is not “just” or “fair.” Because God will gift you not according to what you’ve earned….but according to God’s own beautiful gift of grace. This is the lesson Jesus teaches us today in his parable of the Vineyard Workers. In Jesus’ story, the Lord of the Manor hires some workers early in the day, some later, and some later still. And pays them all an equal wage. Those who have worked longer grumbled that those working only a short time have received the same salary. It’s not fair! Is it ...

3486. The Plank

Matthew 5:38-48; 7:1-6

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Lori Wagner

... -neged middah also can teach a lesson about mercy too: When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. (Lev. 19:33-34) When we see others’ troubles and know that it’s only by grace that we aren’t in their place, it should prompt us to come to their aid. Instead of linking punishment to sin, measure-for-measure, we should link our response to ...

3487. The Balm of Gilead

Mark 8:1-13, Mark 8:14-21

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Lori Wagner

... in Hebrew, zrh, is the same root as to bleed. We know that Jesus, the Great Physician, has offered his own blood in exchange for our sin. He is the balm that heals us and restores us. He is the Son who will lead us home to the Father, the Lord our Healer (Exodus 15:26), the God who heals us. I invite you now to come forward to receive upon your forehead the “balsam” of Gilead, even as you receive the true “Balm of Gilead” –Jesus the Christ—within your own heart and soul, to heal you, to restore ...

3488. The Funeral Crasher

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, John 14:15-31

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Lori Wagner

... me, you will also know my Father. From now on you know him through me and have seen him in me.” Philip said to Jesus, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will satisfy us.” Jesus replied, “I have been with all of you for a long time. Don’t ... love me will have my Father’s love, and I, too, will love them and show myself to them.” Judas (not Iscariot) asked Jesus, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus answered him, “Those who love me ...

3489. The Stone is My Witness

Matthew 28:1-10, Mark 16:1-20

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Lori Wagner

... you free no matter how deep your soul is hidden in that formless heart of stone. Easter is about releasing all Living Stones (that means every one of you) to be God’s Temple in the world. "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.” (Acts 17:24). “Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?” (1Cor.3:16). Resurrection says God leaves no stone unturned to unleash ...

3490. Faith is a River That Flows

Genesis 19:1-29

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Lori Wagner

... men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them. As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don ... ’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!” But Lot said to them, “No, my lords, please! Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and youe have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee ...

3491. Garden of Love

John 20:10-18, Song of Songs 4:1-16, Revelation 22:1-6

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Lori Wagner

... on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the ... to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her. On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples ...

3492. Job and the Mind Storm

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Job 38:1--41:34

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Lori Wagner

... more weight than “Job as righteous.” After God proceeds to challenge Job’s assumptions and agendas, his “my works will earn me favor” attitude, Job at last replies in humility and an attitude of gratitude with true faith –something to the effect of: “My Lord, and my God!” God reminds Job that everything he has is a gift, not because it is deserved or earned and definitely not because it’s overthought, but simply because God is loving. And God is merciful. If God weren’t, and we all got ...

3493. The Healing Tree

Revelation 22:1-6, Luke 8:1-15

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Lori Wagner

... from which we all need to be healed. Even before we can think about being sustained by the fruit of those trees –angel food for an eternity-- we need first to be healed of our sickly condition and reconstituted into wholeness of connection with the Lord Most High! Healing happens through relationship. In God’s new heaven and new earth, we will be changed. And through that change, we are healed and sustained. The closer we come to the throne of God, the more we are “clothed” in that healing balm ...

3494. Shepherd Dreams

Jeremiah 23:1-8, 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 80:1-19, Psalm 23:1-6, John 10:22-42, John 10:1-21

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Lori Wagner

... , and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.” (Ezekiel 34:11-16) God’s shepherds both guide and ...

3495. Turf Fights and Rewrites: That's What Stiff-Necked People Are Made Of

Luke 2:21-40

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Lori Wagner

... : “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.” In the story of Balaam and Barak, an angel of the Lord does not allow Barak to pass, but blocks his way, so that he cannot do what is wrong. Barak struggles both with Balaam the Donkey and his own heart before relenting. Jesus’ prophecy reveals that Jesus will be that “roadblock” or “stumbling block” to trip up ...

3496. One Feisty Woman

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Roy Howard

... start to believe the lies that undermine our faith and well-being. We believe the gifts of God come to those who deserve them, and we certainly aren’t among the deserving crowd. Then we might wonder if the risk of being fully vulnerable before the Lord with all our fierce desires for what is good for another is just too difficult. Vulnerability requires a level of courage and faith that is much more demanding of us than merely being content with our religious life without ever really stepping fully into a ...

3497. The Cost of Discipleship

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... placed onto the shoulders of a man. The tree flinched when soldiers nailed the man’s hands to the wood; the tree felt shamed and humiliated. But early on Sunday morning, as the dawn appeared, the earth trembled with joy beneath the tree. The tree knew that the Lord of all the earth had been crucified on its cross, but now God’s love had changed everything. And the cross from that third tree stands tall to remind people to raise their eyes and think of the God in heaven who loves them. And did you notice ...

3498. Proclaiming Death

1 Corinthians 11:26

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Will Willimon

... I made a mistake." When the Governor of Texas tarnished the name of a great university with football payoffs, he did not say, "Lord, have mercy," he said, "Look, we got caught. Everybody else is doing it." They did not repent, they apologized. And they are mostly ... years of ministry, I've worried about that." A casual remark! A comment! Eight years ago. Me, telling this kid he was insensitive! My Lord! If I can do that to another person when I'm not trying, a student whom I would like to help, God only knows ...

3499. For the Glory of Christ

John 12:20-33 · Hebrews 5:5-10

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... then this is the place to be connected to the source of power and love, Our Savior. This is also the place to help others find that connection. And we do it all, not for ourselves but for the glory of Christ. This is the Word of the Lord for this day. 1. "The Ryatts, by Jack Elrod, 4-26-91" 2. COUNTRY WOMAN, Nov/Dec 1990 (Milwaukee, WI). 3. Dick Underdahl-Peirce, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cottage Grove, Minnesota. 4. From The Master's Plan for Making Disciples, by Win Arn, Charles Arn, page 77 5. Dennis ...

3500. Depart from Me

Luke 5:1-11 · Isaiah 6:1-8

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Will Willimon

... a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!'' Here, under these great arches, in singing a great hymn, our defenses crumble. Our pretensions become as nothing; and we recoil from ... let go. In my first church in rural Georgia, I stood one Sunday, as I will shortly, and invited the congregation to the Lord's Table. But nobody came forward for Communion. After the service, I asked why no one came forward. ''I guess they just didn ...

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