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376. Miracles and Wonders

Acts 2:19

Children's Sermon

... know what that's called? (Let them respond.) That's right, it's a transplant. Doctors do it with all kinds of body parts; livers, kidneys and skin. Here's a before and after picture. People take a totally dry desert spot and by putting water through pipes, they can make plants grow in a desert. It's called irrigation. That's quite a wonder! I think God certainly has performed miracles above the earth and wonders on the earth below. When you see something that looks like a miracle or a wonder, remember that ...

377. Epiphany 6

Luke 6:17-26, Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 16:1--17:18, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... in God. Their fate, present and future, hangs in the balance. 2. Trusting only in humanity will ultimately and finally lead to despair and death; that's the way it always is, because these persons have no hope. They are like the "shrub" that is growing in the desert, always in danger of drying up and being blown away. 3. But those who put their trust in God, hear and receive and live by his word, are like the tree that has been planted by a never-ending source of water. God sustains such people in every ...

378. Have You Accepted Jesus' Invitation?

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

George Johnson

... waiting for the invitation to be given to you clearly. Some have never realized that they need to respond to the invitation. Some have received bad information about the invitation, the marriage feast. That is, they may think of it more as a walk through the desert than an invitation to a marriage feast. They have listened to the wrong reports. Some have made light of it because they don't believe there is any hope for them. They have gone too far in rejecting the invitation to a marriage feast. They have ...

379. Breakfast on the Beach

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Steven Burt

... courtyard, as he saw that the person by the fire was indeed Jesus, Peter must have lowered his eyes with shame. How could he face his Lord? But then what happens? Does Jesus reproach him? Does Jesus blame him? Does Jesus treat him as a traitor, as a deserter? No. There is fish on the fire, and there is bread beside it. Apparently there was only a little, though, maybe just enough for one or two people. And just then the others arrive from the boat, six more mouths to feed besides Jesus and Peter. What to ...

380. Jesus Feeds The Five Thousand

Matthew 14:13-21

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, 2: "This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves." 1: Jesus said to them, 3: "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." 1: They replied, 4: "We have nothing here but ...

381. Joy Songs, Trumpet Blasts, And Hallelujah Shouts!

Joshua 5:13--6:27

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... in which God would do new things in new ways. It was a day when the old and stale, the wooden and dried-up, would give way to a new dayspring from on high. The people were ready to be led because they were tired of life in the desert. Joshua would now lead them to their appointed place in history. They would now realize all the things God had in store for them because they, learning the lessons of the past, were ready to be led. The scriptures say they had consecrated themselves before crossing the Jordan ...

382. Trusting In The Lord

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... , God's two-footed handiwork, had worked himself into the center where Yahweh alone belongs. Humankind in the middle was the problem. Jeremiah predicted that this arrangement of man in the middle would never work. Can a stunted plant in the desert survive with no life-giving water? Can a desert tree survive without life-giving water? Neither can you survive if you put yourself in first place where you do not have the water of life, says the Lord. The human heart is deceitful. It fools us. We give our love ...

383. From Inferiority To Fulfillment

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... his best friend, also a troubled youth, committed suicide, the boy said that life was meaningless. He experienced an incapacity for real attachment. He said he wanted love, but he rejected it whenever it was offered, for fear that he would be dumped. He felt deserted. He felt immobilized. He couldn't go on because he had not felt the affirmation of anyone. He had to grow into the feeling of approval before he could go into the world as a productive citizen. Dr. Tournier tried to convey God's affirmation ...

384. Dust And Ashes

Genesis 18:16-33

Sermon

Erskine White

... during this period on our behalf. The least we can do is enter into the spiritual demands of the season for Him. This Lenten season will carry us through the next five Sundays. We will walk in the shadow of the Cross. We will taste the dryness of the desert and feel the loneliness of the wilderness. If we truly step into the spirituality of the Lenten season, we will feel like we have walked through the valley ar shadow of death itself. Then we will come to Holy Week. We will see the triumph and tension of ...

385. God Forsaken

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Erskine White

... He said, in effect, "My God, My God, I am so alone. The crowds which once sang My praises and followed My every step have deserted Me. My friends have fled. The soldiers sit here and gamble for the only possessions I own in this world." "Lord, see how My ... who is always ready to hear our prayers, even when we are loathe to say them, we pray for those who are walking through the deserts of doubt and despair today: We pray for those who seek the oasis of new life, and who thirst for the living waters of faith ...

386. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:15-28, Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... not call twelve legions of angels? Remember, the moment of the crucifixion then was not seen as the moment of triumph we see it to be now. There was the onslaught of the government, of religion, of the military, of the common people, the desertion of disciples, and at last the desertion by his Father. It may be light now, but then it was darkness. Even though the darkness may not always be dispelled, Christ gives light and is the light in the midst of that darkness. He gives us the courage to enter the most ...

387. Dealing with the Devil

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... it becomes a story that fits our time as well as any other time in history. The story takes place in the wilderness. Mind you, this is not the Blue Ridge Parkway, lush green wilderness. This is the desert: lonely, dry, sun blazing overhead, sand burning your feet. The only movement is the parched desert wind. It’s eerie and threatening. You feel like you’re on the edge of chaos looking out over this desolate landscape. The devil comes to Jesus, and there they stand, eyeball to eyeball. "Well, well, well ...

388. Commitment

John 19:17-27

Drama

Martha L. Leach

... . We were all fearful of what they might do to us. And I don't deserve any credit for being here today. Like the others, I deserted him when the authorities came to arrest him. Last night when we went into the garden with him, he asked us to watch and to pray. ... times he asked us to stay awake and be watchful. And we did not. But this morning I had to be near him. I disappointed and deserted him last night, but today I had to be there. And I was glad that I was because he asked me to care for his mother. ...

389. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

... things had occurred, of course, but he was certain that they would be accomplished before the designated June 28th. This kind of thing has happened before: it happened near the turn of the century in New York City; it happened several years ago somewhere in the desert in Arizona; it happened not so long ago at Grannis, Arkansas. It has happened numerous other times that do not come to mind right now. It will happen again, somewhere, sometime; for as long as people read the Bible, there will be some who will ...

390. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... it decides to give us back to ourselves. Love traverses distances. It spanned the great distance from yonder somewhere in God's own time to cause the Word "there" to become flesh "here." It motivated our Lord from the Jordan to the desert, from the desert to Capernaum, from Capernaum to the seaside, the mountaintops, the crowded streets and dusty country roads, from Galilee to Jerusalem, from Betrayal to Calvary, and from Calvary to the Day of Resurrection. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself ...

391. When a Member of the Family Dies

John 11:17-37

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... walk with me all the way. But I notice that during the most troublesome times in my life there was only one set of footprints. I don't understand. When I needed you the most, it appears as though you deserted me." Jesus then replied, "My precious child, I love you, and would never desert you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you saw only one set of footprints, those footprints were mine, for it was then I was carrying you!" What a powerful message that has for us. When your life is filled ...

392. A Pilgrim Recounts

Psalm 107:1-43

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... harvest. Someone mentioned the Indian corn we had found at Cape Cod Bay, so we planted it the next spring. It harvested to a bumper crop, and kept us from starvation! Who can understand the ways of the Almighty in allowing us to find that grain in a deserted Indian village? We had to pool all of our resources that first year. None of us could survive alone. We ate in communal gatherings; we shared what animals and fowl we killed; we shared what grain we had; we made clothing for one another; we even shared ...

393. Raised Voices

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... me that this harebrained scheme is God's plan. REBECCA: Nothing? Not even his promises to save us? Not even the way we have been praying day and night for deliverance? HANNAH: There's deliverance and there's deliverance. Spending the rest of my life wandering in the desert is not my idea of a good time. REBECCA: But, Hannah! Where's your faith? HANNAH: If doing stupid things is your idea of faith, then I feel sorry for you. REBECCA: Okay. But I think God will make it clear to us very soon that this is ...

394. After A Lost Election, Field Of Dreams

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

James Angell

... of an emergency. I rose to leave, but he ordered me to "sit down." "There's an emergency here, too," he said. We talked and prayed some more. In a short while, he died. Then, California - a name no longer as golden as it was in 1945, but where desert, ocean, and mountains are still fertilized by genius and creativity, making it one of the Seven Wonders of the modern world. At the ripe age of 45, I heeded the Horace Greeley advice, and moved our family West in response to an invitation to become pastor of a ...

395. To See Your Face Is Like Seeing The Face Of God

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

James Angell

... in a half-serious way. What text, truth, or character has come to fill your heart's imagination, changed your life, or made you eager to use one big chance to share it with others? For me, the answer is in the story of the reconciliation in the desert between Esau and Jacob, years after the stealing of the birthright, where, comforted by Esau's forgiveness, Jacob says: "To see your face is like seeing the face of God." I have fallen in love with this part of the Genesis narrative because it is filled with ...

396. The Day of Pentecost

Isaiah 44:1-5

Sermon

... ." It is quite clear God is not willing to give up on his people. He wants to resuscitate them, to raise them from a corpse-like state into a new life of vitality and responsibility. The symbolism of the desert can be found in other places in the Bible, but here it is used in a new sense. Here, the desert that is transformed is Israel itself. This will happen because the spirit and the blessings of God will be poured out on all the people of Israel. According to the Anchor Bible (Vol. 20, p. 64), this is a ...

397. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

398. Repent!

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

... of the word. Yet it's there in page after page of the New Testament. The one feature which haunts every sermon of Christ and his followers is the demand to confess your sins and promise to reform. Ragged John the Baptizer screamed it in the desert: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Sophisticated Paul reasoned it on the steps of the Acropolis: "Repent, because (God) has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness." After his listeners had been "cut to the heart" by Peter ...

399. Wellspring for the Soul

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... could be, when we settle into grooved pathways of life that make our inner landscape of soul something like the pictures we see of parched desert land. It does not surprise me that this text tells of one who was no doubt in her middle years of life - or maybe beyond ... life. Wellspring There is such a water. He is that water. It won’t do to just describe the problem of how life flattens out into desert places of the soul. What is called for now in your life and mine is a sizing up of where we are and what is ...

400. Third Sunday in Lent

Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-11, John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Bulletin Aid

... very ugly side to human nature: God guides, protects, and loves us. Yet we find it so easy to rebel against him. People: God blesses us so much, that when we must face hardships, we feel he has deserted us. Pastor: When the Israelites complained to Moses about not having water, God proved he had not deserted them and gave them water from a rock. People: We know our sinfulness hurts God. Yet in Christ, he forgives our sins and gives us living water. Collect Most merciful Father, who led your children of old ...

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