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3551. Jesus Is Crucified

Luke 23:26-43

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... let us worship our Lord and King. Collect O Lord, our King, they crowned you with thorns and mocked you, yet you asked God to forgive them. To the dying thief who recognized you as King, you promised he would be with you in Paradise. Teach us by your Spirit how to forgive those who spitefully use us, and prepare us, that we, too, might be with you in Paradise through all eternity. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, we are so accustomed to those who rule by power and the sword that we often find it difficult ...

3552. Happiness And Sorrow

Luke 6:17-26

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... : We rejoice when we are reviled and excluded because we are disciples of the Risen Lord. All: Hallelujah, Christ is Risen! Collect Lord, we gather as a part of your Church, your Body here on earth. Keep us ever faithful to our calling, and imbue us with your Holy Spirit that we may truly represent you in all that we do and say. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, like those early followers of Jesus, we want to reach out and touch you, for we know that power comes from you. We need the ...

3553. Love For Enemies

Luke 6:27-36

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... , dawn upon this soul of mine." Collect Lord, we hear you saying we should love our enemies and do good to those who hate us. We find this very difficult to do, and so we come this morning seeking your guidance. Teach us what this means, and may your Holy Spirit so fill our lives that we may be able to live according to your teachings. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, we are quick to judge others by their looks, their speech, their race. Forgive us, we pray, and help us to look at ...

3554. The Arrest, Trial, And Crucifixion Of Jesus

John 18:1-11

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... . May all the ties of love and friendship be made stronger through Christ, our Lord, who in his mortal agony was not unmindful that we need one another's love. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O Lord, increase our faith, renew our courage, and by your Spirit make us victors over all the trials and temptations that beset us. Hasten the coming of your kingdom of justice and truth. Show us that in every woe you are still with us, that in every sorrow you are still loving us. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ ...

3555. Called To Be Free

Galatians 5:1-15

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... Confession Merciful God, we confess that we have not always been your faithful servants. Sometimes we find it difficult to love as Jesus taught us, and we draw back from any involvement with those whom the world labels outcasts. Forgive us, and let your Holy Spirit work a change in us like that of the Apostle Paul. Then we will go forth with a changed heart to love and serve those whose needs we have too long neglected. Amen. Offertory Prayer Heavenly Father, let these gifts represent our love and gratitude ...

3556. Faith

Hebrews 11:1-40, Psalm 51:1-19

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... , to respond, even though we do not know what the future will bring. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Heavenly Father, forgive us for the times when you have called us to serve you and we have failed to respond. Fill us with your Holy Spirit that trusting in you we may be more adventuresome, more willing to sacrifice our own plans and ambitions, in order to serve you. Amen. Offertory Prayer Almighty God, use these gifts, we pray, to make your Church more venturesome. Instill it with a new ...

3557. The Price Of Evil Deeds

Isaiah 5:1-7, Isaiah 5:8-30

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... of mercy and justice, we lift up our prayers for the doers of evil and wickedness. We know that we, too, are counted among their number, and stand in need of your mercy and forgiveness. Even as we repent and seek a new life through the power of your Holy Spirit, we pray that we may be used in some way to turn the hearts of the wicked who keep the world in turmoil. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, we cry out for you to save us and our world from the consequences of evil deeds ...

3558. We Have This Hope

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. By his life, death, and resurrection he has removed the veil that kept us from really knowing you, and given us the promise and hope of eternal life with you. Keep us ever mindful that we live in your sight, and through your Holy Spirit may we try to commend ourselves to everyone's good conscience, that through us they may come to know you. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Eternal God, we know that you have given each of us work to do for your kingdom, but when we lose sight of our ...

3559. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... appeared to his disciples for forty days following the Resurrection. On the fortieth day he gathered the disciples together on a mountain, and said, "Now go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them all that I have commanded you; and remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." That is our mission. That is why we are here. We are here in the business of making Christians, and providing the evidence with our ...

3560. News from the Flood

Mark 1:9-13

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Mark Trotter

... from one as the Words of Meditation for this morning. Listen to it again. Then ark me, Lord, thus in thyself that I may dance upon these drowning waves with joy. "Ark me Lord." He uses a noun as a verb. And by it he means, surround me with your Spirit, strengthen me with your grace, support me with your presence in this New Year that I may face the floods that come into my life with the power of your creation. Let us use this Sunday to remember our baptism and the covenant that it seals, that says that we ...

3561. A Cloud of Witness

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” This is not a text for a cynic, for the cold of heart or spirit. This is a text for believers. It is very much like that text that says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me . . .” (Philippians 4:13) Those words are precious to the believer. To the world, they mean nothing at all. There was a special ...

3562. Surprised by God

Genesis 28:10-19a

Sermon

James L. Killen

... there is no God, don't we? Most of us have been trained to live lives shaped by the values and expectations of our secular culture. The Apostle Paul called that "living according to the flesh." He contrasted it with another way of life that he called "living by the Spirit." Paul said that people who live by the flesh are very likely to fall into a life-shaping fear that will lead to death. Most of us have some idea what it would mean to be spiritually dead, don't we? Many of us know more about that than we ...

3563. Healing the Pain from the Past

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... the Babylonians. What we hear is that God will make a safe place for us to overcome our wounds. In God's care, we are secure from the shame and guilt abuse has left us with. We are free to grow and stretch. We are nourished by God's own spirit. Once the sheep have experienced security, God offers healing itself. "I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak" (34:16). The people of Judah heard in these words that God would soothe the pain of exile. We hear in it that God will bind up the ...

3564. Passing and Failing

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... wrote that though much of his world seemed shattered, "I felt reborn, hopeful, looking at the coming years with genuine astonishment at all I thought would be important."1 We cannot help but admire the courage of a man who can face adversity with such a spirit. Skloot and Barber get an A+ on the test of overcoming despair and finding joy in what could have defeated them. Dealing with adversity is not the only test life administers to us. This passage really focuses on the second part of Israel's test. This ...

3565. Call on the Name of the Lord

Romans 10:5-15

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Frank Ramirez

... as if everywhere there is strife. We confess to you, our God, that we ourselves have failed to be instruments of your peace and plenty. Today as we listen to your Word spoken from the Book of Life we will strive to hear your Word spoken directly by the Spirit into our hearts, so that we may claim your plan of righteousness for all and help in our way to bring it into being in a time of your choosing. As your blessings are multiplied miraculously in our midst, we pray together the words which we were taught ...

3566. A Holy Kiss

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

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Frank Ramirez

... are loved, comforted, challenged, and nurtured. We thank you, Heavenly Father, for the world where you have planted us. We thank you, Son of God, for the redemption which comes to us through your cross and resurrection. Father, Son, Holy Spirit, One God. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, your Spirit burst into our history at Pentecost, strengthening us as your people for great things. In this season of Pentecost we ask to be inspired so we might give all of our lives to your ministry and service. Hallow our ...

3567. Families in Christ

Romans 9:1-5

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... , of Abraham, and of Moses. To us belongs the new covenant of Jesus. To them belongs the giving of the law. To us belongs freedom from the law. To them belongs the worship of God in the Temple. To us belongs the worship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To them belong the promises - when God speaks and says, "I will be your God, and you will be my people." To us belong the promise of Christ - to be equally with Christ children of God and participants in the kingdom. To them belong the patriarchs. To us ...

3568. Complete Joy

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... . If there is any consolation from love, any encouragement for us from our fellow believers, any comfort in our times of sorrow and loss from the body of Christ, then Paul has a claim on us to do what he wishes. If there is any sharing in the Spirit, any fellowship with others, any generosity in our time of need, any participation in our grief, then Paul has a claim on us to do what he wishes. If there is any compassion and sympathy, if there is any affection, love, deep feeling, pity, or mercy, then Paul ...

3569. Always?

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Rick Brand

... The work of faith moved Beyers Naudé from a narrow world of white Christianity to a grander and more exciting kingdom where all people are God's children and deserving of the same love and justice. Faith is not finished with you yet. The Spirit of God is at work in you. Through faith the Spirit is at work to make you into the image of Jesus Christ. It is a work of faith that links us to the meaning that assures us that we are loved, that we matter, that what we do has significance, and that what we do ...

3570. An Enclave of Resistance

Hebrews 1:1-14; 2:5-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of the cathedral at the ground breaking. On the basis of the models this writer wrote a review of the cathedral. He said, "Moneo is creating an alternate world to the everyday world that surrounds the cathedral, a testimony to the grandeur of the human spirit, an antidote to a world that is increasingly spiritually empty." Then he used this phrase. "The cathedral, set in the midst of the secular city, will be an enclave of resistance." That should be a part of the mission statement of every church in the ...

3571. If You Look Like Your Passport Photo

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... are like lumps of clay. "Into what terrible mold were they forced? What marked them like this? What machine has stamped them? What is it that corrupts this wonderful clay from which we are created?" He could see in their outward appearance that the inner spirit had died. It showed. Our experiences will shape our appearance. Our lessons for this morning illustrate this in a wonderful way. We begin with the Old Testament lesson. It is that scene where Moses comes down from Mt. Sinai with the tablets of stone ...

3572. The Sin of Being Less

Colossians 3:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... doing those things that messed up their lives. Paul lists them: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is also idolatry. The classical way of listing the sins is to put them in two categories: the sins of the flesh and the sins of the spirit. Those are called the sins of the flesh. He is saying to the Colossians, you are now supposed to rise above these things. You rise above these things because you have been raised in Christ. So choose the things that are above. The point is, you ...

3573. What If It Is True?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Mary telling Joseph, "I'm going to have a baby," and Joseph replying, "Well, how did this happen, my dear?" Mary says, "By the Holy Spirit." It is not recorded what Joseph said to that. But I know what I would say to that. It is not recorded what Joseph said, ... by an angel, who says, "Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is indeed of the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." There it is. That is ...

3574. What Kind of Name Is That?

Luke 1:26-31

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Mark Trotter

... what peace on earth, good will among all people would look like this in 19th century England, where the Industrial Revolution was creating the poverty class that was flooding to the city, living in misery, in unfettered capitalist days. He said the way the spirit of good will toward all people would be manifested in that world would be for people who have wealth to be concerned about the poor. Scrooges will be generous if you take Christmas seriously. That is still true today. If capitalists call themselves ...

3575. A Discussion Among Angels

Matthew 24:36-44

Drama

Matthew Powell

... power of the mind rather than of the hand. His great wings, spiraling to a point far above his head, were like a living lamp before the altar of the Most High. By this sign, one could tell that this was the archangel Uriel, deepest in wisdom of all the spirits that surround the throne of God. Uriel: I do not hold the same thought as the great archangel Michael. Nor, though I desire the same end which he desires, would I seek it in the same way. I know how often power has been given to the good, and how ...

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