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4176. The Call to Downward Mobility

Isaiah 49:1-7

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Mike Ripski

... Peter. What are you looking for? Andrew found it by spending time with Jesus. When we find what we’re looking for, we’ll feel “called” into God’s service to share it. It’s the kind of call that comes from within us, because it has come from ... My own call wasn’t so overwhelming. It wasn’t a loud voice. It was a whisper that kept fading in and out. It didn’t feel God’s heavy hand, so much as I felt a nudge. When I left Atlanta to take my first appointment, 33 years ago this past Wednesday, ...

4177. The Golden Gate

John 10:1-21

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Mike Ripski

... priesthood. He says, “God has anointed your head with oil.” God views you as royalty. Your baptism speaks the truth about God’s relationship with you: “You are God’s own, God’s beloved, and God is very pleased with you.” You may not feel like royalty. But how you feel is not what matters. What matters is how God views you, because only God has the authority to speak the truth about you. Living in that truth of who God says we really are is the nature of the life that Jesus gives abundantly ...

4178. Why We Do What We Do

Matthew 6:1-4

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Mike Ripski

... of thanksgiving to God. Abel’s offering pleased God. Cain’s doesn’t. Cain didn’t ask God why, so that next time he might change and make an offering that would please God. Instead, his failure to please God caused Cain to feel like a failure. It surfaced all those human feelings of not being good enough, of not being in control. He took out his anger at the human condition on his brother by murdering him. C. The Tower of Babel Then there’s the Genesis story about how this sense of profound anxiety ...

4179. The Compassionate Christ

Mark 1:40-45

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King Duncan

... another delay. I’m in a hurry and don’t need for the cash register to break down.” When the manager arrived, however, he didn’t even look at the cash register, but instead picked up the check and began to talk to the customer. Davies could feel the muscles in his stomach tighten as the reality of what was happening struck him. The check for seven dollars and forty‑three cents was no good and the manager was quietly saying she could not buy her baby food here. The clerk quickly set the groceries ...

4180. Our Need for Prayer and Communion with God

1 John 4:8

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Digma.com

... is a chief influence for mental, emotional, and even physical health. He summarizes the unexpected message of the rapidly accumulating body of data: “Anything that promotes feelings of love and intimacy is healing; anything that promotes isolation, separation, loneliness, loss, hostility, anger, cynicism, depression, alienation, and related feelings often leads to suffering, disease, and premature death from all causes” (Dean Ornish, Love and Survival, p. 29). We are literally engineered for love. We ...

4181. Time to Get Angry

Jn 2:13-22

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King Duncan

... a frightened mess. At that moment Stokely Carmichael vowed that he would never let a boot hold down the neck of another black person again. He would kill the person wearing the boot rather than let it happen. Now, regardless of how you feel about Stokely Carmichael, regardless of how you feel about civil rights wouldn't you have been angry if you had been in his place? If someone had thrown your six-year-old niece on the ground, stuck a gun in her ear, and threatened and humiliated her, wouldn't you have ...

4182. Advent 3

Isaiah 61:1-11, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28, John 1:1-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... the Messiah, not Elijah (Malachi 3:1; 4, 5), and not "the prophet" (Deuteronomy 18:15). He confessed that he was only a voice preparing the way for Christ to come. Then he gives his testimony of Christ who is so great that John the Baptist did not feel worthy to unloose his sandals. Though Jesus apparently was standing in the crowd, he was not known. To truly know Jesus, one must be given the enlightenment of the Spirit. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: John 1:6-8, 19-28 1. Sent (v. 6). John the Baptist was ...

4183. Epiphany 4

Mark 1:21-28, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Deuteronomy 18:14-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... , directed and denied our independence. We want to be free to make our own decisions and to do our own thing. In this passage Jesus appears as an authority figure, and yet the people like it. They are favorably impressed and marvel at his authority. Can we feel the same about Jesus today? Let's look at him and his type of authority. Outline: Consider Jesus as an authority figure. a. Source of his authority: who he is v. 24. b. Authority of his knowledge: teaching v. 22. c. Authority over evil vv. 25, 26 ...

4184. Epiphany 5

Isaiah 40:1-31, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Mark 1:29-34, Mark 1:35-39

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John R. Brokhoff

... an explosion of knowledge in the secular world. Every few years our knowledge doubles to the extent our libraries have trouble storing all the books. On the contrary, our knowledge of God is woefully lacking. This was the case with the exiles in Babylon resulting in the feeling that God did not know or care about their plight. Outline: What there is to know about God – a. God is everlasting: timeless v. 28. b. God is the creator of all: power v. 28. c. God gives strength to the weak v. 29. 2. Strength for ...

4185. Proper 18

Proverbs 22:1-16, Mark 7:24-37, James 2:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... allow us to condemn the rich for being rich. It is customary, especially if you are poor, to envy, curse and condemn those who are affluent. The rich are not products of Satan, but are creatures of God. God made both the rich and the poor. The rich need not feel guilty because they happen to be rich. It is not wealth that is a sin but the misuse of wealth. If the rich oppress the poor and refuse to share, they will be judged by God. The wealthy have an opportunity to use their riches to bless humanity with ...

4186. Proper 25

Job 42:1-6, Job 42:7-17, Mark 10:46-52, Hebrews 7:11-28

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John R. Brokhoff

... v. 5. b. An understanding of self vv. 5-6. 1. Lack of understanding God v. 3. 2. Unworthiness before God v. 6. 2. What happens when you experience God (42:5-6). Need: What happens to you if and when you meet up with God? What are your feelings? Scared? Speechless? Overcome with joy? When Jacob had an experience with God, he was transformed into a new person. Moses took off his sandals. Isaiah cried, "Woe is me." Job had an experience with God. What happened to him may also happen to you. Outline: When you ...

4187. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and he thought his life was over. He found himself sitting in the bottom of the boat, frightened. Scrunched up on that floor, Vernon soon began to think. Charlie, he decided, was a good family friend. He’d known Charlie all his life. Therefore, he began to feel he could trust Charlie. Before the boat ride ended, Vernon was up in his seat yelling and having fun with everyone else. It wasn’t because he had so much courage, but because he knew and trusted Charlie. (9) So it is with Christ. If we believe ...

4188. Can You Prove You Are Alive?

Luke 24:36b-48

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R. Scott Colglazier

... The phone calls didn't change his situation either. Finally, as a last resort, the veteran contacted a local television station, which ran a human-interest story about his plight. During the interview, the reporter asked him, "How do you feel about this ordeal?" The veteran chuckled and said, "Well, I feel a little frustrated. After all, have you ever had to prove that you're alive?" That's a pretty good question for all of us. Can you prove that you are alive? Really, genuinely, deep-down alive? When was ...

4189. The Rush and the Hush of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... holy hush, a brassy, brazen message that is at the same time a calm, delicate mystery. What a heart-stopping “rush, what a heart-filling “hush” Pentecost was . . . and is. The Spirit of God wants to flood your soul with whatever it needs this Pentecost morning . . . . do you need to feel the rush? do you need to feel the hush? It’s yours.

4190. Jesus’ Prayer for Us

John 17:6-19

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Daniel D. Chambers

... how I look when I'm in aisle 15, because I know how Janet looks when she comes out of a lecture on "French postmodernism and the rise of aesthetic methodology in hermeneutics." We all know how it feels when we're somewhere we don't belong. We know because it is one of the most fundamental human needs, the need to feel at home with ourselves and our surroundings. There is no greater desire than to long to know to whom we belong and that we are not an impostor there, but utterly and completely at home. Every ...

4191. The Power of Belief

John 20:24-31

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King Duncan

4192. Too Good Not to Be True

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and his multivolume autobiography, Chronicles of Wasted Time. The “wasted time” he wrote about were those wasted years before he knew Christ as his Savior. Muggeridge frequently spoke and wrote of “feeling like a stranger” in the world. In an interview a few years before his death, Muggeridge was asked if he would be willing to explain that feeling. His answer is worth repeating: “I’d very gladly do so, because I’ve thought about it often. In the war, when I was in North Africa, I heard some ...

4193. Heart-Healthy Christians

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the calorie content of their bigger brothers. “Super-sized” is out. “Skinny-sized” (a.k.a. “scrawny-sized”) and paltry malty is in. We all crave a certain amount of richness in our foods. The amount of fat, the layers of creaminess gives food a different feel in the mouth and a deeper sense of satisfaction in the stomach. In order to experience the richness of some food and yet not doom our diets, we make some interesting choices. We drink a Diet Coke with our Snickers bar. We put Splenda in the ...

4194. Afraid No More

Romans 8:1-17

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King Duncan

... Fear is a troubling aspect of nearly everyone’s life. There was an article in Newseek sometime back about a young truck driver whose route takes him across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge every day. The thought entered this trucker’s mind that one day he just might feel compelled to stop his truck, climb out, and leap from the bridge to his death. There was no rational reason to hold such a belief, but that very fear took complete hold of him. He finally asked his wife to handcuff him to the steering wheel ...

4195. A Life of Trust

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

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King Duncan

... income, successful or a bum; it doesn’t matter. If you hug Curt, Curt will hug you back. He can’t tell you how he feels, so instead he cries out in delight. Everyone around him takes care of him. He thinks the entire universe was made as his sandbox. Every ... in a Bottle.” I wish it were that easy. Of course, some people use another kind of bottle when they’re not feeling very trusting. Or they reach for other kinds of drugs. But these usually have disastrous consequences. Where is trust to be found ...

4196. Excellence in Giving

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

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King Duncan

... receive, the gift of eternal life. But he paid an awful price in order for us to have that great gift. That is what the cross is all about. And when it comes right down to it, this is the most important motivation for giving. It isn’t how you feel about the pastor or the church board or the economy or even about how life is treating you right now. We give because he has first given to us. Some of you will remember from your school days a Frenchman called the Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette was a French ...

4197. Proper 17

Psalm 45:1-17, Song of Songs 2:1-17, Mark 7:1-23, James 1:17-27

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B. David Hostetter

... this pledge and these tokens of our allegiance. Amen PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION Loving God, Compassionate Christ, Caring Spirit, we pray for lovers young and old and middle-aged that they may find their feelings returned in the same measure as they give their love. Beyond romantic feelings give fidelity to them and their mates that they may share good times and bad times, happy times and sad times, springtime, summertime, wintertime, year after year. Grant wisdom to those who counsel those to ...

4198. Proper 18

Psalm 125:1-5, Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23, Mark 7:24-37, James 2:1-13

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B. David Hostetter

... Never show snobbery, believing as you do in our Lord Jesus Christ who reigns in glory. PRAYER OF THE DAY Divine Physician, heal our hardness of hearing and soften our feelings so that we have your sensitivity to and awareness of the needs of others, often hidden behind a curtain of words. Free our tongues to share our innermost feeling with a trusted friend or counselor. Make us well, Jesus. Amen PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING We praise you, God of Israel, God of the church universal. You made the heavens and ...

4199. Easter 2

Psalm 133:1-3, John 20:19-31, Acts 4:32-37, 1 John 1:1–2:2

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B. David Hostetter

... for the salvation of all sinners who, inspired by the Spirit, believe in him. Amen PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of all worlds, Easter Victor, Victorious Spirit, though we are declared to be victors over the godless world, we often feel doubtful and defeated. We are too prone to go by our feelings and not to accept the witness of the apostles, believing his victory to be our victory over sin and death. Victorious Spirit, overcome our doubts and fears as we read and hear the apostolic witness. Increase our love ...

4200. John the Baptist, Sanctified Indifference, & the King of Pop

Mark 6:14-29

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Leonard Sweet

... that is someone older than our mother!) if we didn’t just love her strange green casserole . . . *When asked by your neighbor if you wouldn’t like some more of their freshly baked but noxious brownies . . . Chances are, if you expressed your true feelings on these offerings, you got in trouble . . . later. Same thing when you fended off a Marlboro-laced hug and kiss from Great Uncle whom-ever with a disgusted “Yuck” or even worse, “You stink!” Eventually we learn that while we should always tell ...

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