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3551. The Strength To Wait

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... lack of faith. "God doesn't hear you; God's too busy to be bothered with you. Maybe God doesn't answer you because He doesn't love you. Maybe God can't answer because He doesn't really exist!" Just as the child's friend made the waiting for Christmas more difficult by ... in our hearts, since there is no room for Him in the inn, that He may live in us and we may live anew in Him. O Loving and Tender God, help us also to wait for Your word when we ask to hear it. Help us to wait for Your guidance when we ...

3552. Giving Your All

Mark 12:35-40

Sermon

Erskine White

... their rooms.) Doing what we do best and offering it to the Lord. That's certainly the spirit of the poor widow and the spirit God loves to see in us today. The other day, one of our members showed that spirit when she said to me, "I hear you and your wife ... it seems that our small gifts don't mean too much on earth, they certainly mean a lot in heaven. Amen Pastoral Prayer Gracious and Loving God, who gave us the most precious gift of all when You sent Your Son to save us, inspire us to give of ourselves as ...

3553. Is It God's Will?

Hebrews 2:5-18

Sermon

Erskine White

... ? Does God sit up there in heaven deciding who will be struck down by disease? Did God decide one day to shatter this young woman's life by making someone drive towards her on the wrong side of the road? That's not how God works. Our God is loving, not cruel. He delights in our joys, not in our tears. We see how God works by looking at Jesus Christ and we don't see a single instance in any of the gospels where Jesus hurt anybody or inflicted pain. No, sometimes suffering might seem incomprehensible, but we ...

3554. Together In Christ

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Erskine White

... want ... The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? ... I know my Redeemer lives." It's all right to say, "Jesus loves me, this I know" because we have a Savior who died for each one of us and rose again and we have a God who ... the aged and an example to the young and teach us the joy of bearing one another's burdens, that together we may know the love of Jesus Christ, our Crucified and Risen Lord. Heavenly God, who watches over us as a mother watches her children; and whose Son, Jesus was ...

3555. Wedding: The Bondage of Marriage

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... , God comes to offer you his personal help. If you submit yourselves to Christ, he can provide the healing power to bring you back together again. That's why I encourage you to worship together and to pray together. When you are continually warmed by God's love, it will become easier for you to ask him into your relationships to fill you with his amazing grace. Then submission to each other, for Jesus' sake, becomes not a law but a privilege. And by his grace your marriage can be filled with joy, surpassing ...

3556. Wedding: The Goal of Marriage

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... one's self - desiring for our mate all that we want for ourself. It means, therefore, to be willing to work - to do what is necessary - to bring happiness to our spouse. In very practical terms it means, ________ and ________ you are going to have to live out your love and your commitments to each other in very mundane, everyday kinds of ways. You're going to have to be faithful to each other in all areas of your life. If your relationship is going to grow you will need to be open and honest with each other ...

3557. I [heart] You!

Galatians 4:6, 15

Children's Sermon

... heart will have in it, even though God really puts the good things there. Today's Bible reading tells us that God puts something wonderful in our heart. He puts his peace and his spirit there. And when that happens we realize that we are really God's own children, loved by God, and very special. Maybe we should have some bumper stickers that say "I [heart] God because God [heart] me." Wouldn't that be good to see? Thank God for putting such good things into your heart and mine!

3558. Easter 7

John 17:20-26, Psalm 47:1-9, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Acts 16:6-10, Acts 16:16-40, 1 Samuel 12:1-25, Revelation 22:7-21

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... and sacrament - not simply for the sake of the church as an institution - but so that the church may be an effective witness for Jesus Christ to the rest of the world. The ministry of the church belongs to, and is supported by, him. 4. Help us, O Lord, to love one another and all parts of your church, and make the church what it is: one church in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Acts 7:55--8:1a (RC) - "A Vision Of Salvation." 1. Stephen's vision of the risen and ascended Lord got him in so much trouble with ...

3559. Proper 16

Luke 13:22-30, Isaiah 28:1-29, Isaiah 66:1-24, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... Sunday when 1 Corinthians 13 might have been the epistle for the day, but it is a cross-oriented prayer: "Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen." The Psalm Of The Day Psalm 46 (E) - Lutherans almost have a corner on this psalm that was so ...

3560. Advent 1

Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... of God, and to discover the new thing that God is ready to do in and through us. Pastor: Our time together today can mean the beginning of a new life for all of us. We can receive power to become new people motivated by the love of God, liberated by the forgiveness of God, and guided by the Spirit of God. Ministers: We picture the people, problems, potentials of our life. We celebrate in preparation, in order to serve in obedience. Pastor: The living God is here! God knows what we need. I invite us to ...

3561. What's In The Final Exam?

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

George Johnson

... the world is worse today than it was 10 years ago. Tax laws continue to put a heavier burden on the poor. Women and children suffer the most from injustices. If it is so simple, why is it so difficult? The cross is a constant reminder that to love one's neighbor is not always easy or well received. 3. There are surprises, unexpected discoveries, that disturb, yet serve to enlighten us. Matthew includes these surprises now so that they can serve to warn us, alert us, help us not to be surprised when it's too ...

3562. What Children Can Teach Adults

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... ill will toward others whereas our children have forgiven. Look with mercy upon us and forgive us all that is past. For our children, we pray that they be given a deepening understanding of and fellowship in Your church. Help them to love those with whom they live as they love themselves. Grant Your guidance to children around the globe. Hasten the day when children may not suffer from want. Give to children in all lands the ability to correct the mistakes of their elders and to build a world in which all ...

3563. A Strange Kind Of Glory

John 13:31-38

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... he were on earth." The very next day, Horville began work as a go-fer in the basement!1 The glory of God is that he came to love us and serve us. His work was as a go-fer in the basement of this world, as it were. For God came to identify with the ... is not how many it seats but how many it sends, with a strange-looking power, the greatest power the world has known, the power of suffering love. So we are sent, you and I, sent to live out our Lord's kind of whimsical and yet lavish grace and with the glory of ...

3564. That's Our God For You!

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... , not as one who takes, but as one who gives, not as one who is served but as one who serves. Jesus gives himself up in love to his subjects which is not at all the way kings normally act. Now we can be fooled by all of this, underestimating who Christ really ... it was and that is how we know what our God is like. In practical terms that means that this suffering King, who rules in love, comes to lay his claim on your life. Your entire life, is subject to his Lordship, not just a portion of it. Dr. Alvin N. ...

3565. Hope In Christ

Sermon

Tom O. Miller

... of the hope that a Christian has in the Risen Lord. This sermon has proven to be well received in a variety of situations. No matter how much we prepare and think about death, when it comes we are never prepared. We are never ready. The death of one we love draws us up short, and catches us off guard. It stops us in mid-stride because we have again to confront our own immortality. We have to look into our faith and seek after the deeper meanings of hope in our lives. In short, it causes us to reflect upon ...

3566. A Living Sacrifice

Romans 12:1-8

Eulogy

Lawrence Ruegg

... I meet them; remembering to keep your tears to yourself but sharing your courage and in some way let them know of God's reassuring love. There are many lonely people in a world today. A few minutes talking with them doesn't cost a cent. Another way I use my ... a note or card to someone in trouble, ill, or perhaps full of joy. Again, it lets them know you want to share God's love with them and that you care. "Then, I find prayer takes much of my time; not long, formal, memorized prayers, but a sort of lengthy ...

3567. “You Did That for Me!”

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... . We can resent another taking over. Once the initial shock passes and we lower our defense, we discover that grace has freed us from futile self-defenses. We are able to move out in new and promising directions. We are on the border of love. Having been loved beyond our own governance, we have been found out (Paul’s being understood) and are released by a surprising freedom to move on. To our astonishment, once we move over and accept gracious gifts, we are inheriting a new form of assurance. This is ...

3568. God's Bankers

Matthew 25:27

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... share it with others so that they can use it also. It is part of God's plan for the whole world and it is a good plan. Use the things that God gives you so that there is more of it. If he gives you love, then you love, and he gets interest on his love just like the bank gives interest on the money. If he gives you forgiveness, then forgive others, and God will have interest on his forgiveness. You are God's bankers and whatever God gives you then you must also give to others so that God makes ...

3569. God Works Through Opposites

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... of us do not have everything we had hoped and dreamed for in life. He does not always answer our prayers. After all, we have all lost loved ones. Sometimes God seems so far away. We pray to him, and nothing is there (or so it seems). We look to God to intervene in ... . By making himself absent from us, by making it appear that he is powerless and unable to help us (unable to help our loved ones), God brings out our sin. His absence and his powerlessness lead us to doubt him and his goodness. In that way, by ...

3570. We Must Be Blind!

John 9:35-41

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... can't do that; I'm not good enough." Other times we wind up doing things that we really do not want to do, simply because other people think that we should do it, because it is the thing to do. Again and again the good news of God's love for us and the self-confidence that goes with it comes our way. It comes to us in God's Word. We can see it, even taste it, in the sacrament of Holy communion. Yet it is often like we never "heard" about this Word, for all the genuine self ...

3571. The Road To Jerusalem

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... be dedicated disciples who devote all we are to Christ and the kingdom. One Palm Sunday we had two children's choirs singing. The younger choir sang the songs, "Zacchaeus" and "The B.I.B.L.E." Then their leader said, "Now we are going to sing 'Jesus Loves Me,' "and a little three-year-old girl said, "That's my song!" We can choose to sing the song and live the life of dedicated devotion. That choice is before us today on this Palm Sunday. Then something else. III This king offers a dangerous destiny. That ...

3572. Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care?

Isaiah 49:8-26

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... of riding a bike, then he must learn to live with bumps and bruises and we must let him go. Those are very human pictures, but that is exactly how the Bible describes a God who has a plan to work out in this world. Like a wise and loving parent, God shares our falling and rising, our weeping and our laughter, and somehow God weaves it all into a grand design. 2. God Is At Work In Everything Isaiah continues his encouragement to his people by insisting that God is at work for good in everything that happens ...

3573. Whether We Live Or Die

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Sims Robert

... And no one has the power To tell just when the hand will stop, At late or early hour. Now is the time we have. Live, love, toil, work with a will. Do not wait for tomorrow For the clock may then be still. Those people who saw the man the day ... that I am a man I see, recognize and understand its value. Here before you, on my knees, I give it to you again with my love, affection, devotion and loyalty.” Most of us were baptized as children. We did not know or understand the full value of what was being given ...

3574. Life Isn’t Fair

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

Sims Robert

... wanted to do only to suffer a stroke one week later that left him paralyzed? Was life fair to him? Was life fair to the lovely young girl who was in an automobile accident and suffered a head injury and has been in a coma for months? Was life fair to ... ).” God is fair, he is more than fair. He goes from what is fair to what is good, to what is gracious, to what is loving. Remember when you are struggling in the darkness of life, when you cry out in the night hours of your grief, when you face the hardships ...

3575. Wounded Glory

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... from us. He is standing here beside us when life is neither kind nor fair. He shows us the marks on His hands and in His side, that our joy may be complete as we behold our Risen Lord in all His wounded glory. Amen. Pastoral Prayer Most Gracious and Loving Lord, we thank You for the bright light which has come into our world since Easter day. We thank You for the hope, the joy, the unquenchable faith which we have found at the empty tomb. Help us to celebrate this death of death by living as people redeemed ...

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