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351. Resurrection: From Sin to a Second Chance

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... 23). Let us lay down our burdens and worship God. Let us have our souls restored by the still waters of the spirit, So that we may walk in the paths of righteousness for sake of Christ. Opening Prayer He built no temple, yet the farthest sea Can yield no shore that’s barren of His place For bended knee. He wrote no book, and yet His words and prayer Are intimate on many myrid tongues, Are counsel everywhere.* Hymn Response "O Jesus, I Have Promised" (v. 2) Continuing Prayer The life He lived has never ...

352. A Man Whose Dreams Came True

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... ’s joys, one’s inner peace, one’s highest hopes - all of this is dependent upon the response at the time of temptation. Potiphar’s wife was attracted to Joseph. She flirted with him, made advances, and enticed him to sin. It would have been easy to yield to those seductions. Joseph was a red-blooded youth; he had the natural desires of any normal young man. After all, if he enjoyed the patronage of his master’s wife, there might be no limit for the advancement of his career. And his owner’s wife ...

353. A Shepherd Who Became a Sovereign

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... is, under the impulse and passion of the moment, to say, "Oh, just this one time. I can get away with it." This story reveals again that even the best of men - even those who love God and worship him, who praise God and serve him - even they can yield to temptation and fall into appalling sin. No matter who we are - at any time in history, at any place in the world - the Bible warns: "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (1 Corinthians 10:12). God waited. David did not confess. He did ...

354. A Man Who Was a Lion-Tamer

Daniel 6:1-28

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... . Remember: you have been created in the image of God. Do you really want to profane that image? Remember: you have been redeemed at a great cost. Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, thought enough of you and loved you enough (even though you had yielded to temptation many times, even though you had fallen from grace many times) that he was willing to climb the hill of Calvary, a heavy cross slung across his shoulder, to pay the price to redeem your soul. Can you turn your back on such love as ...

355. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... receiving the Law, Aaron is left in the valley to wait with the people. Exhausted, impatient, and deprived of the vision of God’s presence, the people cry to Aaron, "Point God out! We want to kneel down ... But then, where is he? Point him out!" Finally Aaron yields to their plea, forging for them a god they can touch, a god for whom they never have to wait. "O Israel," he says, ... I return your gods to you, and also give you to them, just as you have demanded. You shall provide the stuff; I shall ...

356. Goodness Is Not Good Enough

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... his sweetheart bid him farewell with the words, "Another idol has displaced me ... a golden one." Scrooge’s heart, unmoved in that distant time and place, breaks as he views that which is lost to him forever. The Ghost of Christmas Past yields to the Ghost of Christmas Present, who transports him to the home of his clerk, Bob Crachit. What a wonderful time they are having. Even little Tiny Tim, with his crutches and withered hand, bubbles over with Christmas joy. Scrooge, overpowered with unaccustomed ...

357. All-Out Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... thou wilt; put me to doing, put me to suffering; let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee; let me be full, let me be empty; let me have all things, let me have nothing; I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen One day a man came ...

358. Take a Close Look (At the Widow)!

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... frame bent from long years of toil over his workbench. His modest house was as time-worn as he. The roof was going bald and the asbestos siding was frayed around the edges. Inside, the worn upholstered furniture sagged wearily and the threadbare rugs yielded glimpses of the ancient floor. The old man’s retirement income sufficed only for the necessities of life. Yet, he skimmed the top from his limited income and reserved it for his church. His health declined rapidly after his wife of many years passed ...

359. The Remnant Year

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... , the trials and temptations, cares and catastrophes were handled with faithfulness and courage. In due time the covenant relationship became too much for them. They fell again and again, preferring their wills rather than his. Rich, they pridefully manipulated the law. Tired, they yielded to the easiest way out. Defeated, they became despairing. They acted as if they were no people of God at all. Rather, God was their private possession to be used at will. From time to time God looked upon them, ready to ...

360. Christmas 1

Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, Galatians 3:26--4:7, Luke 2:21-40

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... Christian people, rejoice in God, and let the world know no end to our celebration! People: FOR, IN THE PERSON OF A CHILD, GOD HAS CLOTHED US WITH SALVATION AND COVERED US IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. Leader: For as the seed, cradled in the earth, will eventually yield vegetation, People: SO THIS CHILD, NURTURED BY HIS HOLY FAMILY, WILL FINALLY CAUSE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE TO SPRING UP BEFORE ALL THE NATIONS. Collect Almighty God, whose benevolence toward us is expressed in the person of a Son: help us to see in him ...

361. Easter 5

Acts 8:26-40, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-17

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Paul A. Laughlin

... WHATEVER GOOD FRUIT WE BEAR IS A RESULT OF THAT LOVE. Collect Almighty God, whose Son Jesus called himself the Vine and us the branches, prune us with your Spirit; that the love that is in Christ may flow as a life-giving and growth-producing fluid that will yield in us the fruits of good works. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Compassionate God, we acknowledge with shame and regret that we do not bear the fruits of your love in Christ as we should. We too often and too easily become ...

362. Pentecost

Ezekiel 37:1-14, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, John 15:18--16:4, John 16:5-16

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... all disciples. People: LET US PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD FOR THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND OPEN OURSELVES TO ITS MOVEMENT THIS HOUR! Collect Great Spirit God, who never leaves us helpless or hopeless for long, inspire us with your life-giving and truth-yielding divine presence; that, like the first disciples, we may be moved from being merely followers of the Christ, and may become truly apostles of his message in mission for the world. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of comforting Spirit ...

363. Proper 13

2 Samuel 12:1-31, Ephesians 4:1-16, John 6:25-59

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... CREATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN MADE; GOD CALLS US TO BE WHAT WE ARE. Collect Gracious God, who have eliminated the demands of the Law as requisites for our salvation, make your grace active in us; that the salvation that we have as your gift may yield all the fruits of your Spirit, and that our lives may thus reflect the new beings we have become. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Merciful God, we confess that we do not always understand the economy of your salvation plan, and either continue ...

364. Proper 27

1 Kings 17:7-24, Mark 12:35-40, Mark 12:41-44, Hebrews 9:11-28

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... Christ made for us, and our failure to live our lives in response to that great gift of love. Forgive us, we pray. Make us ever more sensitive to the new creations that we have become as a result of his atonement, and inspire us to yield fruits of our redemption and sanctification. In the name of Christ we pray. Amen Gospel: Mark 12:38-44 Theme: Self-serving versus self-giving Exegetical Note Mark’s juxtaposing of what were, no doubt, two independent bits of tradition itself makes an important point in ...

365. The Discipline of Witnessing

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

... Scripture. Recently I’ve been deeply moved by reading a couple of books about God, but it is only through the Bible itself that I can meet God face to face. So, we discover Him there and then give Him as much of ourselves as we can. When you yield as much of your will as you can, to as much of God as you can understand (even though both amounts may be small), you discover that He does indeed relate to you in a unique and particular way. You experience His love, His forgiveness, and His leadership. Unless ...

366. Sharing with Our Brothers

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... The Green Revolution showed promise, but the miracle grains require more fertilizer and water than are available. Fertilizer prices shot up with the drastic cost increases in oil. Farmers in the Third World cannot purchase fertilizer now, and fertilized fields yield ten times more. Church relief agencies still send food to starving populations. The majority of contributed money, however, is now spent in attacking the causes of hunger. Self-help projects now are enabling people to grow their own food. These ...

367. Feed My Sheep

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... to eat?" That fish fry must have smelled good when they pulled their empty nets on shore. They were not only famished but their families would go hungry that day. There was day-by-day dependence on the catch. Under the direction of Jesus, their net yielded 153 fish, and "large" ones at that. When the catch was ashore the disciples saw "a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread." Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Seldom in all the centuries of Christian church life has a command ...

368. Identifying Light

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... . Race is still our most divisive cleavage. But as the individualism of an agrarian economy is more and more absorbed by industrial and metropolitan spread, as villages disappear and vast populations create megapolis concentrations, as small town informality increasingly yields to organized, structured social systems, are we not becoming more and more divided into classes and categories? Surburbia has little to do with central cities. Middle and upper class Americans even fear what is now called the inner ...

369. An Old Plan For New People

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Larry Powell

... wrote thousands of essays, illuminating almost every subject conceivable to the human mind. Perhaps his most famous work, "Message to Garcia," was written in 1889, sold in excess of eighty million copies in twenty languages, and extolled the virtues of yielding oneself to an unseasonable undertaking. Hubbard relates that when war erupted between Spain and the United States, it became necessary to communicate quickly with the leader of the insurgents. Garcia was somewhere in the mountains of Cuba, no one ...

370. King of Atlanta

Romans 8:28-39

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... . King told reporters on the scene, "Our concern is not to put the bus company out of business, but to put justice in business." It remains a question as to whether the blacks can make the boycott stick over a long period of time, or whether they will yield to pressure and give up. ANTAGONIST: I suppose Martin Luther King, Jr., figured he had to live up to his first and middle name by becoming a crusader of some sort. PROTAGONIST: Actually, I think he wanted to live up to the example his father set. Martin ...

371. A Good God and the Problem of Suffering

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... bids us look into his eyes, to see the love and suffering there. God’s dream for us Far past our comprehension; Toward Destiny God strains with us Along the way! What do you see in God’s eyes when you hurt? NOTES 1. Ella Winters in And Not to Yield, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1963.

372. Paul's Thorn In The Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... that causes no growth or a thorn that produces no rose. When life hurts you soul-deep, pull hard on the grace of God. Look life right in the eye and say, "You are hurting me badly but I will not turn you loose until this pain yields some good." I have known couples whose thorn was their inability to have children. Sometimes, despite much prayer, that condition does not change. Some of these couples have decided that with God's help they will force this thorn to bear dividends. Some have adopted children. In ...

373. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Swindoll points out about facts: TAKE GRAVITY. Heavy objects fall toward the earth. Always. So a builder can construct a house and never worry about his materials floating away. Count on it. TAKE CHEMISTRY. Mixing certain elements in precise proportions yields the same result. Always. So a doctor can prescribe a medication with predictable confidence. TAKE ASTRONOMY. The sun, the moon, those stars work in perfect harmony. Always. Even the mysterious eclipse comes as no surprise. TAKE ANATOMY. Whether it's ...

374. God's Child

Luke 2:21-40

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... prayers. Thank God for those who convey the persistence of hope. Through Jesus. Amen. Prayer of Confession We lift up the eldest members of this church. Let those whose worn-out bodies tempt them to succumb to isolation find a way to inspire others. Let those who might yield to focusing entirely on themselves discover and share their wisdom. Let those given to surrender to the wearing down of the spirit offer encouragement to others who come their way. Amen. Hymns Favorite and beloved Christmas hymns.

375. How to Profit from Prophets

Luke 1:67-80

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... witness? If we are willing to ask for directions, he does guide us in the way of peace. The dividends from stocks and bonds are good. Increased business here and around the world can mean a better life for all. Real estate once again may appreciate to yield a good profit. But the profits from the prophets are even better, giving success to the soul, enlightenment to the mind, and hope for our troubled spirits. After all, what does it profit us if we gain the world and lose our souls? Always and forever the ...

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