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351. Intercession for the King to Bring Prosperity to the Land and Justice to the Needy

Psalm 72:1-20

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... . Ps. 67). Only of his enemies (i.e., those who actively oppose him and his exercise of justice) is it said that they will lick the dust. According to the theology of this psalm, power is to be achieved not by grasping for the most but by caring for the least. Verse 17b echoes the Abrahamic or patriarchal promise of blessing to the nations (Gen. 12:3, etc.), but Psalm 72 here departs from the rest of the OT and ties it directly to the monarchy. The structural outline described above shows a progression from ...

352. Being Neighborly

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Robert C. Cochran

... cruel irony, the third figure isn’t even an ordinary Jew: he’s a Samaritan. Pilgrims who passed through Samaria on their way to Jerusalem did so at peril of their lives. Why would a Samaritan stop when pious Jews would not? But he does stop, and he cares for us and sees to our recovery. This is the shock of the story that has been lost through the centuries: an enemy has stopped to help when church-going fellow countrymen did not. It’s not that this Samaritan was special: he was not meant to represent ...

353. Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... may have thought he was doing “enough.” But in Jesus’ eyes, he left a “son of God” lying in the street like a dog until he died. Lazarus was left like roadkill in the street. He was not brought into the man’s home (as with the Samaritan) and cared for. He was not provided for in some other way with medical help and food. He was not welcomed into anyone’s arms, as the Prodigal Son, who came home begging for food. (He would have gladly had the pigs pods!). If you look at this parable in context ...

354. Wicked

Luke 20:9-19, Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... famous wine-maker. Let’s suppose that each one of these vines is very important to my business. Let’s suppose I ask you to watch over this plant for me, because I have to go on a trip for a while. While I’m gone, you’ll need to care for it for me…make sure it’s watered, and receives the right amount of sun. You’ll need to keep it in a place where it grows well, and when it comes time that the grapes ripen, you’ll need to pick them for me, so that when I ...

355. The Infiltrator

John 10:1-21, John 10:22-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and every lamb to restore it to the flock. God will never leave a lamb behind. God’s designated “shepherds” were chosen to care for the sheep, to feed them, to nourish them, to guide them, to love them. Just as God loves them. When God’s ... abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I ...

356. Daddy's Love

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell . . .” Then he adds these beautiful words of comfort: “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” We have heard those words so many times that we probably have lost a sense of how amazing they are, but think about it. There may ...

357. Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... in Los Angeles in 1976, the city's death rate declined. One of these doctors told me recently that around two million unnecessary surgeries occur each year in our nation's hospitals. Alas, if we can take so great a good as health, the alleviation of suffering, the care of the sick and comfort of the dying and turn it into yet another costly means of self delusion, Lord, have mercy. If we do that to a manifest good like medicine, think what we might do to pervert really good acts like sex, food, money, or ...

358. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

Sermon

Russell Conwell

... pleasantest part of that partnership business. He was watching the ladies as they went by; and where is the man that wouldn't get rich at that business? But when John Jacob Astor saw a lady pass, with her shoulders back and her head up, as if she did not care if the whole world looked on her, he studied her bonnet; and before that bonnet was out of sight he knew the shape of the frame and the color of the trimmings, the curl of the -- something on a bonnet. Sometimes I try to describe a woman's bonnet, but ...

359. Brush It Off

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... harmony each and every day. You don’t even need the security of knowing that your efforts have proved worthy. You simply need to know that you are a blessed child of God, embarking on God’s mission, to love God’s people. The rest Jesus will take care of. Today, I challenge you to open your hearts. Allow God to remove the defenses that keep you at length from others. Instead, pray for the courage to go out into the world freed to love and serve others –even if they reject you or mock you. Even ...

360. “POW!”

Luke 2:(1-7), 8-20

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... about the birth of Jesus? Why did the whole thing begin with God announcing it to a bunch of shepherds? Now, there is nothing wrong with shepherds, don’t get me wrong. Shepherds are hardworking people. They are honest and trustworthy and spend their time taking care of other people’s sheep. But they aren’t the kind of people you might expect to be picked for a major announcement from God. They were great with sheep, but they usually weren’t all that good with their people-skills. And they spend most ...

361. The List

John 6:27-38

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... passed me on the way here this morning and almost ran over me. They made me jump into the ditch and didn’t even care. You can’t be talking about them. Pray for them? Be serious.” Before we continue, take a quick glance at that list you are ... see the life that is living somewhere underneath, perhaps beaten down, perhaps terrified, and that seed of a new way of living is what we care about, what we try to be kind to, and what we pray about. On your list, somewhere underneath the things that have led you to ...

362. For Someone Who Will Be Terribly Missed

Isaiah 43:1-5 · Job 19:23-27

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... , it was Tessie. It was in her blood. And I think it had a lot to do with the kindness and compassion that ran through her veins. Her daughter Gail told me how nursing came to Tessie when she was sixteen, when she was given the responsibility of caring for her dying aunt. It served to inspire her to choose nursing as a vocation. It was interesting as to how her beloved husband John would always say that she looked better after a full week’s work that she did after a full week’s vacation. Nursing was ...

363. Last Things First

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... the default setting for people in our society. We are going through a time when all of society is being shaken up. It’s not enough to tell folks in our society that Jesus saves. It is time for us to show not just with words but by our actions, caring for our communities, lifting all up in prayer, and serving visibly in a way that is obvious to all without constantly pointing to ourselves. It is Jesus who is coming into our broken world, now as well as at the end. As a matter of fact, we do damage to ...

364. Do You See What I See?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... it that God often makes his most stunning revelations to us. God uses shepherds, kindergarten boys, blind Bartimaeus, a crucified carpenter's son from an out-of-the-way place and an out-of-the-way time, a sip of wine and bit of bread, the pouring of water, the caring hands and firm embraces of ordinary Christians, to help us to see what is ordinarily hidden. God uses them to help us see the most important thing in the world: his love for us in Jesus. But there is a problem in all of this. We live in a world ...

365. The Shepherd's Staff

Luke 15:1-7

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... the stick to block the doorway into the fold. In that way he could stop each sheep and look it over to see if it had any cuts that needed to be treated. Remembering this, we can say that the shepherd's staff is a symbol for caring, and Christmas is the time when we care for other people and give good gifts to them. At Christmas time, we see a symbol of the shepherd's staff, but we call it by a different name. Does anyone know what that might be? ... It is the candy cane, which is a reminder of ...

366. I'm Somebody!

Luke 2:8-11

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... , an angel appeared to the them and told them that Jesus Christ had been born in Bethlehem. This was the most important news in the world and the angel told the shepherds about it first! Imagine that. Here were shepherds who didn't matter to anybody. Shepherds who no one cared about or paid any attention to, and yet God decided they should be the first ones on earth to receive the good news that Jesus had been born. That tells us something about God. It tells us that God doesn't ...

367. Called To Serve

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... our desire for respect leads to a competitive drive to be seen as superior to others. Then it's not enough to be a good and caring teacher; you need to be Teacher of the Year. It's not sufficient to be a productive and faithful worker; you need to climb the ... you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me." When the children of God reach out to meet the needs of others they are meeting ...

368. Demon-Possessed Child

Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... your way of saying, "Do not take me for granted"? Jesus: It may appear so to you. Joseph realized that God had sent him to his brothers "to preserve life" (Genesis 45:5b). As with Ezekiel, this was God's way of telling me to expand God's care. God also cares about the Canaanites, of all people, those followers of the god Baal in the region of Tyre and Sidon. Asker: Then it was here by showing her own faith that the Canaanite woman first said that the faith belonged to a wider group of people, even to the ...

369. The Elevator

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . We'll be all right. NANCY: No, we won't. They don't know we're here. They don't care. No one cares. SAM: Calm down. For heaven's sake, calm down. NANCY: No one cares. Sam, no one cares. I can't stand it. I can't stand it any more! SAM: Will you shut up! You're getting me upset! NANCY ... : (REALLY CRYING NOW) You don't even care. No one cares. No one. SAM: Shut up! Shut up! (THEY SIT IN SILENCE APART) NANCY: It moved. SAM: Yeah. NANCY: It's working ...

370. While This House Lies In Ruins

Haggai 1:1-15

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... has a dream of a chapel in the middle of the wilderness. But they lack a prophet; they lack a catalyst. The character played by Sidney Poitier was like Haggai. He saw that it could be done -- with sweat and patience and hope. He was that someone else who took care of it. But others had to help. Building a church isn't the only thing that can save us. But anything that causes us to look away from ourselves, away from our things, and towards other people, towards God, can do the trick. God has to do what he ...

371. Tenders Of The Sacred Fire

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... can those who lay foundation stones hear bells ringing in unraised steeples."2 Each pastor has taken a turn as lead tender of the Sacred Fire for the building of this cathedral. And now the fire has been handed down to us. We must tend it carefully and prepare to hand it to those who will follow. The task is probably no greater for us than for any other generation, but mark this: We cannot take the future of our congregation for granted. Enormous challenges confront Christ's Church today. All around us ...

372. What Do You Do When Life Ain't Fair?

Genesis 29:15-30

Sermon

Steve Burt

... of victims and their loved ones. It felt as if the dam had let go. But what wasn't washed away was the spirit, the tenacity, the integrity, the vision of the goal. A 23-year-old volunteer named Wendy believed in the mission of Vermont Cares. She had been working as a restaurant hostess since finishing college, and only six months earlier had helped organize a free holiday dinner for the city's hungry and lonely at Thanksgiving. To feed those 400 people Wendy had had to learn to solicit donations, develop ...

373. Christ The King

Ephesians 1:15-23, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... of Jesus. To act and to err is more forgivable in God's eyes than to refrain from action. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES A three-point sermon on the kingship of Christ, each point based on one of the lessons, could be framed as follows: Outline: 1. Christ is the Shepherd-King, caring for his fold (Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24) (Jesus appropriates this image to himself in John 10) 2. Christ is the King of the enemies of our soul (1 Corinthians 15:25-26) 3. Christ is the King of the keys of the kingdom (Matthew 25:31-46 ...

374. John the Baptist Beheaded

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... suggest the outline for a sermon which will begin with the story of King Herod. This is to be a sermon which demonstrates what Jesus means by "thorny ground" in his Parable of the Sower. Herod's story can be told as an example of a person in whom the cares of the world choke out the word. The rich ruler's story will be told as an example of how the lure of wealth chokes out the word. The Pilate story exemplifies how the desire for other things (popularity in this case) chokes out the word. You may decide to ...

375. The M And M Factor

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... be done and must not be done. But, Jesus taught by example that we may do good work as a response to God's love and care that has already been given to us. The healing of that man's arm in the synagogue on the sabbath was done because God's concern ... that we never earned. We never earn it with a long list of good works, nor a long list of unbroken laws. God's love and care is given to us. Jesus shared that in the strength he gave to the man's withered arm - a strength given even amid the sabbath restrictions ...

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