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4126. God’s Evite: Wait!

Philippians 1:3-11

Sermon

Mary Austin

... about Jesus. Before he left Philippi, Paul moved on from Lydia and the women at the river. He was so overflowing with energy for God’s work that he healed a slave girl, casting the demon out of her. She had a spirit that allowed her to tell people’s fortunes, so once the spirit was gone, the fortunes were gone, and the money was gone. Her owners were not thrilled at her healing. They were angry because they had made so much money from her. As a result, Paul got slapped into jail in Philippi, survived ...

4127. A Deserted Place

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... place where he could be alone; a place where the crowds would be unable to find him; a place where he could catch his breath and pray. Jesus, who had given so much of himself to others, needed some time alone with God to recuperate and refuel his life and spirit once again. He had to stay connected as Dr. J. D. Phillips, pastor of St. Luke's UMC here in Arlington says. J.D. said, "Until you're forty, you run on batteries but when you turn forty you better be connected." II. CHARGING OUR BATTERIES: A. J.D ...

4128. For The Love of God Is Contagious

Mark 7:31-36 · Luke 5:12-15 · 2 Corinthians 5:16-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... over there. In most situations people will drift over to find out. It's a chain reaction that affects everyone. Pretty soon the spirit spreads and everyone is laughing or smiling. That's the way it's supposed to be. But that's not the way things ... a "Hurumph" and walked on. We still don't know what her problem was. And we didn't see her again. The experience dampened our spirits a little. Or at least for a little while. It shouldn't be that way, though. Our happiness should spread. It should lift others up ...

4129. Shake It Up

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in. But disciples of Jesus know how to surf the waves. We get out our boats. We build our arks. We hop on our rafts. And we go where God tells us to go. You are not to fear. God has got this. Don’t be afraid of letting the Spirit shake things up in your lives and in your churches. It’s the way that you know that Jesus is in the house.And that he’s making way for a new Kingdom community. Think things are amazing just the way they are? You have no idea the plans that ...

4130. The Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... gave us, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28 ... reads: I take God to be my chief and highest good. I take God the Son to be my prince and Savior. I take God the Holy Spirit to be my sanctifier, teacher, guide, and comforter. I take the word of God to be my rule in all my actions and the people of God ...

4131. Treasure Hunters

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... assisting. I’m pretty sure that it was Dad’s way of hoping I’d hang around when down deep he already knew of my wandering spirit. But that cabin we built together was wonderful and over the years it grew. When I met my wife we built an addition and I bought ... in the space of 45 or so minutes? I wafted for some time between anger and sadness — not a great location for one’s spirit. Then it came to me like a holy vision. It was, for me, a God moment. I suddenly realized that, like my children who ...

4132. The Glow

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... emerges from the inside out. Hence, the glow! Perhaps that’s the kind of glow that surrounded Jesus at the moment of his baptism! When Jesus was being baptized, as he was praying, the scriptures tell us that the heavens opened up and the Holy Spirit came down upon him “in bodily form” “like a dove.” A dove….like a white, fluttering, wavering, body? Did God embody Jesus in this experience? Was he suddenly transfigured into the wavering breath/light of God? Did he glow from the inside out as God ...

4133. The Hiddenness Of Life’s Truths: Christian Life As Surprise

2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... but to God and his grace. If anything good came out of what your did, you did not do it. It was a work of the Holy Spirit who took those mixed-motive, selfish deeds of yours and mine and made something good out of them. See now how and why God’s ways are ... it happen. We’re too sinful, too selfish, to do any truly loving things (or good) on our own. It’s just that God and his Holy Spirit take the flawed things we do and say and make good out of them. Let that sink in. When you look at life in this way, in ...

4134. Provoked

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... mission, keeps God’s original blessing to Abraham close to his heart: “You are blessed to be a blessing” (Genesis 12:2-3). In the words of the prophet Isaiah (42:1, 6-7): Here is my servant . . . my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. . . . I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness . . . I will . . . make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to ...

4135. Rejecting The Message — Rejecting The Person

Luke 4:21-30

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... list. You can add more. I expect that during the rough and tumble times of life he will walk with me giving me encouragement, hope, understanding, and wisdom. I expect that he will provide an opportunity for me to draw upon his strength and power by pouring his Holy Spirit in my life. I expect that Jesus would extend a helping hand and bless ministries and endeavors that I will participate in for his glory. I expect that at the end of my life he will take me to heaven. I do not want to be one who rejects ...

4136. The Green-Eyed Monster

Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... worthy. Yet, everyone, yes everyone in God’s world, God deems worthy. And God values repentance and a contrite and humble heart more than any amount of service or sacrifice. As we continue to make our journey through Lent, may your heart be opened, your spirit salved, and may your green eyes fade. For the beast inside us destroys not only our neighbors and our friends, but our very souls. But a heart filled with love can never be filled with anything but joy. [1] See both Merchant of Venice and Othello ...

4137. The Long and Dusty Road

Luke 19:28-40 · Psalm 31:9-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . In a sense, Jesus is saying, “you can kill me. You can torture my body and crush my bones. My breath may fail and my body decompose. But my message, my mission, and my movement will prevail. Because my Word is God’s Word. My soul is God’s Spirit.” Jesus knew already when he made this ride that he was riding the dusty road to his death. He knew what needed to happen for God’s plan to become complete. Many a psalm witnessed to the grief of facing death. Psalm 6:2: “I am languishing; heal me ...

4138. The Voice

John 10:22-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and bond with God through the vehicle of Jesus’ voice. Why? Because, as Jesus tells us, He and the Father are One. Jesus’ voice is God’s voice, the life-giving voice of the Creator himself! Throughout scripture, God’s voice represents the powerful, creative Spirit that breathes life into all of creation and into our very existence. We live because God’s voice and breath fills us and animates us. From the “voice” that calls the waters and heavens into existence to the sound of the ram’s horn ...

4139. Unbound

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... us, but a God who lies out of the bounds of our entire reality, so that we cannot help but praise and worship the God of Abraham and the person of Jesus. Today, as you try to comprehend the truth of Jesus’ ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit, allow Jesus to open your minds to “see” differently, with new eyes, with the eyes of trust and faith. May your heart and life be changed by the One who is Change. [1] Kendra Cherry, “How to Be Open Minded,” Very Well Mind, February 17, 2022,Open ...

4140. What's a Human Book?

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in our story, you’ve been waiting and hoping for so long that you are afraid to expect anything. Maybe you’ve gone numb. The Greek word Jesus uses to describe this woman’s condition means “weakness.” If I’d spent eighteen years struggling under a spirit of weakness, I would be too numb to expect anything anymore. I read about a man named John Patterson who grew up hearing about a God of anger and judgment in his childhood church. Patterson grew into an angry adult who didn’t want anything to ...

4141. What We Learn from Love

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... in mind to divorce her quietly. “But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.’ “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son ...

4142. Out of the Darkness

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... divided state of our nation today, yet compared to that terrible time when an unparalleled amount of blood was being shed in our beloved land, that division is hardly worth contemplating. And yet, during that terrible time, the Spirit of God was leading men and women of sensitive spirits to write music that will forever warm hearts wherever Christian believers gather together to celebrate the Lord’s birth. There is a message here—a message of profound hope. Listen to the word for this day from Isaiah ...

4143. When the Music Stops

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... world will grow silent, and a new day will begin. We have one chance to live our lives in this world. Only one. We don’t get another chance to make amends or to show each other love once the music stops. So, take heart this day. Wake up your spirit to the truth of Christ. Stir up your heart to the love all around you and the beauty of this amazing world. Be a part of God’s symphonic, relational creation. And dance as though the music could stop at any moment, or go on forever. [1]“Can Animals Predict ...

4144. Secret Swerve

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... she returned to Nazareth to let Joseph in on the “secret.” At first it didn’t go well. Joseph was not up for the dance. But he was also not up for the scandal. Although he was a pious man, he felt skeptical about Mary’s encounter with the Holy Spirit. Wouldn’t you? But he was also a good and kind man, who loved his betrothed and didn’t want to see her or her family submitted to scandal, disgrace, shunning, poverty, mistreatment, or death. He felt conflicted. But after a dream in which the Holy ...

4145. What Power Fears Most

Matthew 2:13-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... self, unconditional love is the only invincible in the entire world. Jesus’ family would protect this gift of love, this healing, changing, Spirit-powered, Son of God gift to the world until the child would come of age and set out on God’s ... opportunities, and new chances to love in the face of pain and give in the face of loss. We celebrate too a communion of our spirits with the Spirit of Love, who calls us still in our day of brokenness to love in spite of pain and teach love and “faith in love” in ...

4146. In the Wilderness

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... his mission, to build his platform and reinforce his personal brand as we might say today. But instead of using his baptism to remain in the public eye, instead of trying to capitalize on the heavenly voice and gain influence among the people, Jesus followed the Spirit’s leading into the wilderness. Away from the crowds, he moved into a time of solitude. Away from public acclaim and the relative safety of being part of a group, he was tempted and tried by the devil. The road for Jesus took this unexpected ...

4147. The Ear of the Heart

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... Lectionary as a testimony to the meaning of Holy Week. During this coming sacred week we are to enter into the five phases of the life of Christ. The hymn tells us we are to live an incarnate life, one that is filled with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Finding ourselves in the garden, challenged as to our loyalty, we do not deny the Lord. Sitting at the table of the Lord on Maundy Thursday we take on the commission to be Jesus’ body and blood in our communities. On Good Friday, as we stand beneath the ...

4148. The Light from the Cliff

Matthew 5:13-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... power of Jesus, they may not put their finger on it, but they can tell something is different about that person. People like that glow with a kind of radiance that makes people want to be around them. They radiate joy, peace, love, kindness, all the fruits of the spirit in a way that cannot be contrived. But to do this, you need to open your heart to Jesus. You need to stand before him in all of your “naked” vulnerability and allow him to turn your heart of stone into a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26 ...

4149. The Well

John 4:5-42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that will happen “within” them. The water Jesus provides will become within them a spring of water that gushes up to eternal life. Just as the waters of life gushed up out from the ground in the Creation story, here too, the Living Water of Jesus’ Spirit will transform the receptive heart, resulting in a gushing forth of life –eternal life. If we hear anything within this story, I hope we hear the messages Jesus is giving, not only to the Samaritan woman, but to us as well: It’s not about “where ...

4150. Framed by Love

John 14:15-21

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... failure seems inevitable, and can we frame that with love? When we fall short, when we are too weary or pre-occupied to love others, can we confess and repent, make amends and forgive, and learn to care for one another again? Can we turn to God’s Spirit to help us to keep loving one another? And what about on a national and international scale? Instead of focusing only on our own needs, can we in love consider the needs of others? Can we demonstrate love by acting with justice and mercy, by sharing what ...

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