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376. Call on the Name of the Lord

Romans 10:5-15

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... which you demonstrate daily in our lives. As we gather together we pray that you will send your Spirit into our midst. Guide us in our worship this morning and in our lives day by day. These things we pray in your name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, in a world of abundant grace we find emptiness of spirit. Heavenly Father, in your world of abundant resources there is hunger and thirst. Whether we watch the passing of the stars at night, or the birds passing over our heads by day, we glimpse your vision ...

377. Lord, Teach Us How to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

James McCormick

... a decision to make, a difficult task to do, or a cross to face, He would first spend time with God in prayer, and then go to do what He had to do. The disciples knew that prayer was the source of Jesus’ power. That’s why they asked Him, “Lord, teach us how to pray.” Today, that’s our request as well. I. To begin with, if we are to learn about prayer from Jesus, we must see that, for Him, prayer was not sporadic. It was not hit and miss, occasional, for emergencies only. No, for Jesus, prayer was ...

378. Is This the Day That the Lord Has Made?

1 Corinthians 1:3-9

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship One: God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. All: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Collect Yours is the mystery, God of love. We are partakers who choose your grace. Blest be your ties that bind us. Amen. Prayer Of Confession One: O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers? All: Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved. Amen. (Psalm 80:4 and 3) ...

379. One Lord, False Profits

Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Psalm 111:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... forever. (Based on Psalm 111:10) Collect Raise up your true prophet in our midst, that we may magnify your glory throughout the world. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Proclaiming God, Fiery God, we told you at the foot of the mountain, "If I hear the voice of the Lord my God any more, or ever again see this great fire, I will die." Now we ask that you reveal your Son, your true prophet Jesus to us in fire and glory. Perhaps we will die. Perhaps we will be reborn, transformed, adorned with a light to shine ...

380. And Another Thing, Lord ...

Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Psalm 8:1-9

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... put all things under their feet, One: all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, All: the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. One: O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! (Psalm 8) Collect God of creation, Lord of light, giver of all good things, we live in your beautiful world and celebrate your glory in its wonders. As the season changes we recognize an opportunity for us to change. As leaves prepare to fall we let ...

381. Baptism of Our Lord

Psalm 29:1-11, Isaiah 43:1-13, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22, Acts 8:14-17

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... Gentiles to your light and made known to them the Christ who is the world’s true light and the bright and morning star. Fill the whole world with your glory and show yourself in the radiance of light and love to all nations, through Jesus Christ our Lord. We pray for the good of your church that all who preach may proclaim the truth with love and wisdom showing forth Christ in word and in deed that all may be drawn to him lifted up on the cross. Stabilize new converts in the faith that their steadfastness ...

382. The Earth Is the Lord’s ... And Don’t You Forget It!

Psalm 24:1

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... want? There is some disagreement on that. Of course, there is a second creation story in Genesis that follows immediately after the first. This one comes from another source and also talks about the creation of humanity. But this one, instead of saying human beings are in charge, says, "The Lord God took the man [adam which is the Hebrew word for "man," not a proper name] and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it" (Genesis 2:15). So which is it? To rule or to take care of it? Why not ...

383. Fill Me Lord

Humor Illustration

... outskirts of town, he was there. When the invitation was given at the close of the service this man would be the first one to the altar. Kneeling at the altar he would spread out his arms and pray loud enough for everyone in the service to hear, "Fill me, Lord Jesus, fill me." Every revival that came to town, he would follow this same ritual. He would be the first one to the altar and he would pray, "Fill me ...

384. Just Trust the Lord

Humor Illustration

... pastor said, "Well, Bishop! How can I do that? I didn't bring any sermons with me. I came strictly to listen and to worship. How could I possibly get up there and deliver a sermon to this large congregation?" The Bishop said, "Son, just trust the Lord. Trust the Lord." The pastor was dumbfounded. In his despair he saw the Bishop's Bible on a shelf nearby. He went over and started thumbing through it trying to find a text from which he could somehow draw a message. While he was thumbing through the Bishop's ...

385. The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh

Nahum 1:1-15

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... fall (v. 14). Or might the one who came forth who counseled wickedness be Manasseh or Amon? It could then be Judah that experiences the destruction described in verse 8. Indeed, soon after Nahum’s day it does so. 1:12–13 The introduction This is what the LORD says suggests that verse 12 marks a new start, and the change in subject matter fits with this. Verses 2–11 focused on Yahweh and “his foes . . . his enemies.” Perhaps Judah needed to be asking “Is it I?” It is quite likely that Judah was ...

386. The Lord Removes Falsehood

Zechariah 13:1-6

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... him to death by piercing him. Deuteronomy 13:6–9 requires that even the closest relative or friend of one who advocates worship of other gods must lead the community in stoning him. Even a person who presumes to bring a message in Yahweh’s name that the Lord has not commanded must be executed as a false prophet (Deut. 18:20). The enforcement of these laws and their own sense of shame will force people who had claimed to be prophets into hiding. If they receive visions they will not be from God, so they ...

387. If It's the Lord's Will

James 4:13-17

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... Appleseed song or prayer. Do you know the words to it? (Pastor, if you know the tune, lead the children in singing. If not, say it.) "The Lord is good to me, and so I thank the Lord for giving me the things I need--the sun and the rain and the apple seed--the Lord is good to me." Johnny Appleseed must have been a happy man because He believed He was doing what the Lord wanted Him to do. Wouldn't that be a great feeling--to do with your life what the God who created this beautiful world wanted you to ...

388. Jesus, Isaiah’s Servant of the Lord, Heals Many

Matthew 8:14-17, Matthew 8:5-13, Matthew 8:1-4

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... the question would be to express wonder at a Gentile coming to a Jewish healer for help. Jesus expresses similar hesitation toward the one other Gentile seeker included in Matthew, the Canaanite woman, based on his mission to Israel (15:21–28). 8:8 Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. Does this statement illuminate the cultural realities between Jews and Gentiles in the first century, or does it reflect a more general deference on the part of the centurion toward Jesus? Scholars who ...

389. Covenant Lord and His Ministers

Ex 5:22–6:27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... himself by the name Yahweh to the patriarchs, the full implications of that name were not yet evident. Moses has complained that God has done nothing; this is God’s response to Moses. Now Israel will know from experience that God is the covenant Lord, about to redeem them and give the Sinai covenant. The name El Shaddai appears in Genesis 35:11 just after God reiterates Jacob’s name change to Israel and restates the covenant promises as given to Abraham and Isaac. Continuity is established with Genesis ...

390. Knowing What the Lord Requires of Us

Deuteronomy 10:12-22

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... your God ask of you” is echoed in Micah 6:8. Moses gives five answers to this rhetorical question: (1) “to fear the Lord,” (2) “to walk in obedience to him,” (3) “to love him,” (4) “to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,” and (5) “to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees . . . for your own good” (10:12–13). But this is no call to formalism, for the people must spiritually “circumcise [their] hearts” (10:16), a concept repeated in Deuteronomy ...

391. The Branch of the Lord

Isaiah 4:2-6

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... “fruit of the land” (4:2) describes the blessedness of the land, as the people are restored to God’s blessings. The messianic era is characterized here as an era of restoration. The remnant, the people of God, has survived God’s judgment. The day of the Lord has been a day of terror but also one of purification. The filth of corruption, the fires of rebellion, and the folly of God’s people have been removed; those who are left are now described as holy; and their names are recorded in the book of ...

392. The Great Day of the Lord

Zephaniah 1:14--2:3

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... admixture of cause (war), emotion (the cry of despair), and results (ruin). The intent of the prophet is to so affect his hearers that they will respond with dread and repent. The prophet shifts his description from the day of Yahweh to the effects of the Lord’s judgment (1:17–18). Yahweh comes as a warrior against his own people to bring distress on them, to make them feel helpless, even to bring utter destruction. The reason for the severity of his judgment is that the people have sinned against his ...

393. Blessed Are Those Who Meditate on the Lord’s Instruction

Psalm 1:1-6

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... , the wicked are forbidden access to the life and drink made available only to Yahweh’s worshiping congregation, and so they are “not able to stand” (36:8–12). 1:6 The only mention of a divine action in this psalm is withheld until the last verse: the LORD watches over the way of the righteous. On the surface, the fates of the righteous and the wicked have appeared to be determined by natural law: the former go the way of a tree planted by streams of water, and the latter go the way of chaff. But ...

394. To Be Spared from the Lord’s Judgment on the Wicked

Psalm 28:1-9

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... here has to do with their attitude toward God, not toward the speaker or God’s people. “Their deeds” (Hb. poʿolām) and “what their hands have done” (v. 4) are what they are because they show no regard for the works (Hb. peʿullōt) of the LORD and what his hands have done (v. 5). 28:6–7 With the assurance the petitions will be answered, the speaker now knows he will not be “dragged away with the wicked” (v. 3), that is, with those who cannot enter Yahweh’s holy place. He thus makes a ...

395. A Servant Appeals to His Lord for Protection

Psalm 86:1-17

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... is, a single heart to will one thing. As a result, he can promise, I will praise you . . . with all my heart. The psalm thus seeks a single heart to worship the one God (v. 10). This may be an echo of the Shema: because “the LORD is one” Israel is called to “love the LORD your God with all your heart” (Deut. 6:4–5; cf. also Jer. 32:39; Ezek. 11:19). The worshiper thus demonstrates that he wants to do what all nations must do because of who Yahweh is. Similarly, as Yahweh is hymned to be great (v ...

396. In Praise of the Lord of History: From Abraham to the Settlement in the Land

Psalm 105:1-45

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... psalm of thanks sung during the ark’s first ascent into Jerusalem (see further “David and the Psalms” in the Introduction). The connection between this psalm and the ark may seem strange, but there might be a link in the imperative, Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always (v. 4). Initially we might think “his strength” simply denotes a divine attribute, but in 132:8 the ark is specifically designated as “the ark of your strength” (NIV “might”) and in 78:61 it is designated ...

397. The Lord on High Preserves the Lowly in the Midst of Trouble

Psalm 138:1-8

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... (v. 3) gives confidence for future protection: Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. Yet the ultimate basis for this confidence lies not in this historical precedent, but in the character of Yahweh himself: your love, O LORD, endures forever. To confirm this future relationship, this thanksgiving psalm closes with a petition that Yahweh not abandon the works of his hands. Surprisingly, Yahweh’s exaltation above all does not entail his distance from us. He does not become a remote ...

398. Lord of the Sabbath

Mark 2:23-3:6

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... be accepted apart from an acceptance of his significance as the divinely assigned vehicle of the kingdom of God and, therefore, as the Lord of the Sabbath. 2:25 David was the great king of ancient Israel, and the one from whom it was expected that ... is to be seen as an intended contrast with the authority of the one to whom it refers. This “mere human being” is Lord even of the Sabbath. Lord: This term in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek can be used to mean simply “master,” or as a title for God, and was ...

399. Rebellion Against the Lord

Deuteronomy 1:26-46

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... the spies and the good report of some of them (the bad report of the others is suspended until v. 28), the original command Go up and take possession of the land (v. 21) has been reinforced by the encouragement, it is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us. This makes the people’s next response all the more surprising and shocking: But you were unwilling to go up (v. 26). The rest of the section is presented as an ever intensifying resistance to all Moses’ encouragements, ending in the debacle ...

400. The Lord Appears to Solomon

1 Kings 9:1-9

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... to the promises given through Moses (rest being an allusion to the establishment of Israel within the land of Canaan). His desire is that God would be with Israel and cause them to walk in his ways, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other (Deut. 4:35). Here again we see a rather universalistic idea of Israel’s role in the world (cf. vv. 41–43). Israel is to be “a kingdom of priests,” mediating God to the Gentiles and bringing God’s salvation to ...

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