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3576. Every Link of the Chain

John 17:6-19

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... a breakdown in its steering apparatus while nearing the coast in a storm. Only a secure anchorage could prevent the vessel from being driven onto the rocky coast. Thus the fate of the ship and hundreds of passengers depended on the strength of that chain. No one knew of the care and skill that had been lavished on each link of that chain by an obscure smith who was only doing his best. The chain held, and the ship, its passengers and its crew were saved. A man from a "different world" had saved the day.

3577. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... was up in his seat yelling and having fun with everyone else. It wasn’t because he had so much courage, but because he knew and trusted Charlie. (9) So it is with Christ. If we believe in him, truly believe in him, and turn over to him all our cares and concerns, we can have new life, new hope, new confidence. He is the Lord of our lives. He is the one sent from God to transform our world and to transform our lives. Steve Winger from Lubbock, Texas, writes about his last college test a final in a logic ...

3578. Too Good Not to Be True

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... new to put on. It was an occasion of great joy for him. How great is our joy when we become a new person in Jesus Christ. You may know the story of Ethel Waters. Remember her famous song, “His eye is on thcce sparrow, and I know he cares for me.” Born to an unmarried girl of only 12 years of age, growing up fast in the slums, earning her first money by running errands for prostitutes who could have imagined the change that would take place in Ethel Water’s life when she encountered Jesus Christ? As ...

3579. The Third Ear and the Imagination of Jesus

Mark 4:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and Petra. But his architectural examples are few and far between compared to his agricultural ones. What really caught the imagination of Jesus was not the work he did with his hands, but the work his Father was doing with creation, and those God entrusted to the care of creation. Jesus may have made his living as a builder, but in his heart he was a gardener. Who but a gardener would have the courage and conviction to take dry, shriveled up specks of seed and compare them to nothing less than the kingdom ...

3580. Paul’s “We-With” Body-Building

2 Corinthians 8:1-15, 2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... body-builder was Paul’s call for contributions to a collection for the poor in the Jerusalem church. That “we-with” body-building technique connected the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem to the Gentile Christians in far away Macedonia or Greece. As they took care of one another through Paul’s collection, the Body of Christ grew stronger. Commitment, connection, compassion were the goals of Paul’s collection. In today’s text from 2 Corinthians Paul does not want to get to their pockets. He wants to ...

3581. Proper 10

Mark 6:14-29, Psalm 24:1-10, 2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14

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B. David Hostetter

... satisfy those who thirst for justice, so that your children may freely enjoy the earth you have made, and cheerfully sing your praises; through Jesus Christ our Lord. God of compassion, in Jesus Christ you cared for those who were blind or deaf, crippled or slow to learn. Though all of us need help, give special care to those who have handicaps, particularly those we name in silence. By our concern may they know the love you have for them and come to trust you; through Jesus Christ our healer. Amen Eternal ...

3582. Proper 13

2 Samuel 11:26–12:13a, Psalm 51:1-19, John 6:24-35, Ephesians 4:1-16

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B. David Hostetter

... parenting. Break down the pride that prevents some who need such help to seek it for themselves and then in turn share their experience by helping others. Great Physician, heal those whose illness is beyond the skill of human medicine, as well as those in the care of our hospitals and clinics and nursing services. Grant wisdom to all who are in a position to improve and expand the availability of such services. God of all times and places, we praise you for all your servants who, having been faithful to you ...

3583. Proper 22

Job 2:1-10, Psalm 26:1-12, Mark 10:2-16, Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12

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B. David Hostetter

... of the breadth and length and depth of your understanding and love, not only through the connection of denominations in world councils of churches, but in the openness of any congregation to all the races that may live around it. God of compassion: in Jesus Christ you cared for all who were blind or deaf, disabled or slow to learn. Though all of us need help, give special attention to those who have handicaps. Show us how to be helpful so they may know we respect them for what they can do for themselves and ...

3584. Christmas Eve and Day

Psalm 96:1-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Luke 2:1-14 (15-20), Titus 2:1-15

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B. David Hostetter

... pray that every family will be a truly holy one. Hallow our homes by the prayers of our families and our love for each other. As Jesus took children into his arms to bless them, may we see that no child is left parentless or without proper care. We pray for the poor, the sick, the sad, for all who are homeless, lonely, or abandoned. Send us to them to relieve their loneliness, to ease their suffering, and to cheer them. Grant your healing and help for those beyond our capacity to help. Sustain in unclouded ...

3585. Lent 5

Psalm 126:1-6, Isaiah 43:14-28, John 12:1-11, Philippians 3:4b-14

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B. David Hostetter

... to all and your saving health in all nations. We pray that your whole church, filled with the Spirit, may be a light everywhere and a shelter and sanctuary for those threatened by trouble and violence. May we be known for our mercy and tender love and care for the hurting and helpless. Keep us in the truth, holding the mystery of the faith in a good conscience, in love which is the bond of peace, and in all godliness of life. We pray for all our national leaders who confess the Christian faith that their ...

3586. Proper 12

Psalm 85:1-13, Hosea 1:2-10, Luke 11:1-13, Colossians 2:6-23

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B. David Hostetter

... of his body, the church. We are grateful for the costly victory of Christ over evil powers on the cross and rejoice in the freedom won for us. Our hearts overflow with thankfulness. PRAYER OF DEDICATION Supreme Sovereign, as high as you are, you care for the lowly. Receive our humble offerings and enable us to participate with you in your unfinished work in the world; through Christ our Redeemer. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION O God, the Parent and Savior of all, we pray for our neighbors ...

3587. Proper 20

Psalm 79:1-13, Jeremiah 8:18--9:1, Luke 16:1-15, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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B. David Hostetter

... and economic tyrants that freedom with responsibility may be more universally experienced. Compassionate God, in Christ you have known the endurance of pain, and can sympathize with the suffering. Help them to rise above fear, and to look with hope for your healing with the support and care of doctors and nurses. Bless all who establish and maintain nursing homes and hospitals, and all who organize and serve in home nursing services. Save from greed those who organize health insurance plans that the best of ...

3588. Proper 24

Psalm 119:1-176, Jeremiah 31:27-34, Luke 18:1-8, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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B. David Hostetter

... . Keep us alert as we drive and mindful of the mistakes that can be hazardous to our safety and the safety of others. Grant a full sense of responsibility to all who operate systems of transportation on land or sea or air that they may care not only for themselves but for the well-being of passengers and other operators. Great Physician, heal and relieve those who are sick or anxious for the health of kinfolk and friends. Grant encouragement to the depressed and sorrowful, courage to the fearful, and peace ...

3589. Proper 25

Psalm 65:1-13, Joel 2:23-32, Luke 18:9-14, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

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B. David Hostetter

... your people Israel saw with their own eyes. You are the refuge of all who come to you and their relief. You give your people strength. Your church has suffered but has never been destroyed. Yor witness lasts from age to age. We rejoice in your continuing care and live in confidence that in the end the humble will be exalted and the proud be put in their place. Praise to you, the One all-knowing, the One all-feeling, the One all-healing. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION Whatever the offerings we place on your ...

3590. Proper 28

Psalm 98:1-9, Isaiah 12:1-6, Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 21:5-19, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

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B. David Hostetter

... your favor to all who seek to govern in accordance with your law, ruling justly, with mercy. Sustain all who give themselves to serve those in need: those who teach immigrants, social workers who care for the poor and the incompetent, church visitors who attend to shut-ins, public health nurses who care for the elderly and disabled in their homes. Bless all our clinics, nursing homes, hospitals, and health services that your work of healing may continue among us. Merciful Parent, heal your children who look ...

3591. Palm Sunday

Psalm 31:1-24; 118:1-29, Isaiah 50:1-11, Luke 19:28-44; 22:14-23:56, Philippians 2:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... of prayer, and without children in the faith the church will not survive. Continue to teach us the faith that we may celebrate your grace in the sacraments and hand on the traditions of the church to another faithful generation. Keep in your rule and care our national leaders that good government may be found throughout our country and our relations with other nations be everywhere based on peace with justice. Bless all business and industry that there may be work for all who need it and a fair share of ...

3592. All Saints

Psalm 24:1-10, Isaiah 25:1-12, John 11:32-44, Revelation 21:1-27

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B. David Hostetter

... gone to prepare for us. Amen PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God our savior, Christ our pioneer, Eternal Spirit, we give hearty thanks for our hopes of life everlasting. Your prophets foresee banquets and other signs of your abounding grace. Your word promises the intimacy of personal caring and the wiping away of the last of our tears. Who can fully imagine the glories prepared by the Risen Christ for those who will be received through his grace? All glory be given to you the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and ...

3593. Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

Psalm 15:1-5, Micah 6:1-8, Matthew 5:1-12, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

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B. David Hostetter

... of our own nation that we may live in security, with crime under control, the needy being helped, and the citizenry alert to maintain our liberty. Great Physician, as you gave your disciples gifts of healing, so bless all who care for our sick and accident victims. Give wisdom to those who give care and to those who do research to find new cures for the diseases that plague us. Eternal God, whatever is born of your Spirit conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. We ...

3594. Proper 4

Genesis 6:11-22, Psalm 46:1-11, Matthew 7:21-29, Romans 1:16-17, 3:22b-28 (29-31)

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B. David Hostetter

... your life all people live, and trusting you is the life of the human spirit. Restore to health any who have made unhealthy choices in life and need to undo the damage they have done to their own bodies. Guide us in our daily decisions to care for our bodies and by our prayers to live abundantly the life of the spirit. Guide those doing research into the unknown causes of many of our diseases, that both hereditary and environmental illnesses and disabilities may be treated and prevented. Bless and heal those ...

3595. Proper 11

Genesis 29:15-30, Psalm 105:1-45, Matthew 13:31-35; 44-52, Romans 8:26-39

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B. David Hostetter

... forth its increase abundantly and that farmers may gather in a great harvest and give us all reason for overflowing thanksgiving. To your tender mercies and healing care we commend all who suffer, all who are sick, all who are hurt. Soothe the troubled, calm the anxious, cool the fevered, strengthen the weak. Grant wisdom and carefulness to all surgeons, physicians, nurses, ward attendants, and medical technicians that our hospitals and clinics may bring new health to many. Bless all pastors and chaplains ...

3596. Proper 14

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28, Psalm 106:1-48, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 10:5-15

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B. David Hostetter

... for the newcomers who believe in Christ through the word of the gospel, that they may all be one in the body of Christ and that there may be no dissension within the body—that all the members, old and new, may have mutual care for one another. Bless our country with prosperity and peace, with honest employment for all who can work, and a cooperative spirit that gives us peace in our common life. Deliver us from those who are troublemakers, self-seeking and trying to conquer by dividing us. Compassionate ...

3597. Proper 21

Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 78:1-72, Matthew 21:23-32, Philippians 2:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... believing so that they may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hear our prayers for those who are passing through times of anxiety, sleepless, restless, not knowing what to do. Grant them peace of mind as they put their trust in your daily care and keeping. Heal the sick, strengthen the weak, comfort the sorrowful, send friends to the lonely. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings. In life and in death may we not be divided. We rejoice ...

3598. Proper 26

Joshua 3:7-17, Psalm 107:1-43, Matthew 23:1-39, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

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B. David Hostetter

... , so grant a sign of better days to those in days of discouragement and in the dry land of grief. Grant that their present wilderness and desert shall rejoice and blossom with new life. Send your healing Spirit to treat the sick and encourage those who care for them. Grant to all your people, in poverty or wealth, in sickness or health, in weakness or strength, in life or in death, the confidence that nothing, past, present, or future, can separate them from your love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. And ...

3599. Lent 3

Exodus 19:3-6, Psalm 95:1-11, John 4:5-42, Romans 5:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... . Help us to find time, in these forty days and nights of Lent, and on all of our days, for spiritual refreshment and growth in grace, your grace, Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God our Maker and Remaker, we sing for joy to you, for you care for us and provide for us. You accept us despite our history of failures. By faith we experience your grace and the renewal of our relationship with you in Christ. We find it difficult to rejoice in our troubles, but we do rejoice in the endurance and ...

3600. John 6:1-21

John 6:1-15

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... up and saved for the future (except on the day before the Sabbath). When some Israelites tried to stockpile more than their daily need, the day-old manna turned rotten and worm-ridden (Exodus 16:19-20). This new food that Jesus provides endures. It must be carefully gathered and preserved. The response of the crowd is hopeful. They declare Jesus to be “the prophet who is to come into the world.” But this “prophet” is the one foretold by God to Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15-18, one who will usher in a ...

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3576. Every Link of the Chain

John 17:6-19

Illustration

Keith Wagner

3577. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

3578. Too Good Not to Be True

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

3579. The Third Ear and the Imagination of Jesus

Mark 4:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3580. Paul’s “We-With” Body-Building

2 Corinthians 8:1-15, 2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3581. Proper 10

Mark 6:14-29, Psalm 24:1-10, 2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3582. Proper 13

2 Samuel 11:26–12:13a, Psalm 51:1-19, John 6:24-35, Ephesians 4:1-16

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B. David Hostetter

3583. Proper 22

Job 2:1-10, Psalm 26:1-12, Mark 10:2-16, Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12

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B. David Hostetter

3584. Christmas Eve and Day

Psalm 96:1-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Luke 2:1-14 (15-20), Titus 2:1-15

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B. David Hostetter

3585. Lent 5

Psalm 126:1-6, Isaiah 43:14-28, John 12:1-11, Philippians 3:4b-14

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3586. Proper 12

Psalm 85:1-13, Hosea 1:2-10, Luke 11:1-13, Colossians 2:6-23

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3587. Proper 20

Psalm 79:1-13, Jeremiah 8:18--9:1, Luke 16:1-15, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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B. David Hostetter

3588. Proper 24

Psalm 119:1-176, Jeremiah 31:27-34, Luke 18:1-8, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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B. David Hostetter

3589. Proper 25

Psalm 65:1-13, Joel 2:23-32, Luke 18:9-14, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

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B. David Hostetter

3590. Proper 28

Psalm 98:1-9, Isaiah 12:1-6, Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 21:5-19, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

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B. David Hostetter

3591. Palm Sunday

Psalm 31:1-24; 118:1-29, Isaiah 50:1-11, Luke 19:28-44; 22:14-23:56, Philippians 2:1-11

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3592. All Saints

Psalm 24:1-10, Isaiah 25:1-12, John 11:32-44, Revelation 21:1-27

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3593. Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

Psalm 15:1-5, Micah 6:1-8, Matthew 5:1-12, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

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B. David Hostetter

3594. Proper 4

Genesis 6:11-22, Psalm 46:1-11, Matthew 7:21-29, Romans 1:16-17, 3:22b-28 (29-31)

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B. David Hostetter

3595. Proper 11

Genesis 29:15-30, Psalm 105:1-45, Matthew 13:31-35; 44-52, Romans 8:26-39

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3596. Proper 14

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28, Psalm 106:1-48, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 10:5-15

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3597. Proper 21

Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 78:1-72, Matthew 21:23-32, Philippians 2:1-11

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3598. Proper 26

Joshua 3:7-17, Psalm 107:1-43, Matthew 23:1-39, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3599. Lent 3

Exodus 19:3-6, Psalm 95:1-11, John 4:5-42, Romans 5:1-11

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

3600. John 6:1-21

John 6:1-15

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Leonard Sweet

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