Mark 3:20-30, 1 Samuel 8:1-22, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18, Mark 3:31-35
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John R. Brokhoff
... Christians have in common – a. The same Spirit v. 13. b. The same faith that we shall be raised v. 14. c. The same hope of eternal glory vv. 17, 18. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 138 "All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord." (v. 4 ... ); Psalm 130; Psalm 61:1-5, 8 Prayer Of The Day: "O God, the strength of those who hope in you: Be present and hear our prayers; and, because in the weakness of our mortal nature we can do nothing good without you, give us ...
... co-workers the following day; she dried some to make potpourri . . . and she was bursting to tell everybody of her extraordinary experience. She went out to buy one rose to cheer herself up. She returned with more flowers than she could count. The best she could hope was that there would still be at least one halfway-decent flower in the sale bucket. If anyone had told her what might happen at the grocery store, it would have seemed to her “an idle tale” to borrow a phrase from Scripture. Too good to ...
... the pounds of pregnancy, but she will never feel the same about herself. That her life, now so important, will be of less value to her once she has a child. That she would give it up in a moment to save her offspring, but will also begin to hope for more years‑-not to accomplish her own dreams, but to watch her child accomplish theirs. “My daughter’s relationship with her husband will change, but not in the way she thinks. I wish she could understand how much more you can love a man who is careful to ...
4179. Calming of the Tempest - Sermon Starter
Mark 4:35-41
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Brett Blair
... may be overwhelming but what is going on inside can pose the greater threat to our lives. Our only hope lies in conquering that wild enemy. Unfortunately storms that rage within us cannot be cured by ourselves. It takes the power of God's love, as revealed in ... Jesus Christ. He is our only hope of stilling the tempest that can harm our souls and cripple our lives. That's what the disciples learned this day on the Sea ...
2 Samuel 23:1-7, Psalm 132:1-18, John 18:33-37, Revelation 1:4-8
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B. David Hostetter
... who are sick, anxious about uncertain diagnoses, impatient for a cure, longing for relief from pain. Bless us all whatever the nature of our need. Comfort those who are dying. You are the Alpha and the Omega, O God, who is and who was and who is to come. Our hope is in you because of Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. He loves us and frees us from our sins by his blood and makes us to be a kingdom, priests serving you. We are grateful for ...
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
... is the son of God and through our faith in him we have life. INVOCATION Life-giving God, we worship you in hope of everlasting life, because we have heard and believed the good news of Jesus Christ, your Son. Make real to us again ... when it is time to move on. Heal the sick. Comfort the sad. Prod the lazy. Quiet the overzealous. Rest the weary. Strengthen the weak. Give hope to the despairing. We rejoice in our fellowship with you, God our Father, and with your Son Jesus Christ. We give thanks for the word ...
Psalm 149:1-9, Daniel 7:1-3, 15-28, Luke 6:20-31, Ephesians 1:11-23
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B. David Hostetter
... of God be in your mouth. People: The Eternal One takes pleasure in us and adorns the humble with victory. INVOCATION Eternal God, we exult in the victory of Jesus Christ over death and hell in resurrection and ascension to your right hand. His victory is our hope, and with all the humble we worship you in his living Spirit. Amen. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Sovereign God, we do not need nightmares to fill us with fear. The television news shows us some of the horrors of war and cruelty in the streets. When the ...
Psalm 46:1-11, Jeremiah 23:1-8, Luke 1:67-80; 23:33-43, Colossians 1:11-20
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B. David Hostetter
... our family and friends, whether in this community or absent from us. Strengthen the ties that bind us through our letters and phone calls and visits. We remember with undying love our parents, brothers, sisters, children, and friends who have gone home to you. We live in the hope of seeing them again in your presence where our joy will be full to overflowing. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church ...
Psalm 126:1-6, Isaiah 43:14-28, John 12:1-11, Philippians 3:4b-14
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B. David Hostetter
... heard our cries for mercy. You are our strength and shield, and we trust you with all our hearts. You sustain us, and our hearts leap up for joy. We praise you with our whole bodies. You are the strength of your people. Without you we cannot hope to complete the race and win the prize. We rejoice in your promised presence with us, now and always. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION Receive the faithful service of your church, risen Lord, as we maintain your table and celebrate your supper here in anticipation of the ...
Deuteronomy 26:1-15, Psalm 91:1-16, Luke 4:1-13, Romans 10:8b-13
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B. David Hostetter
... again with our prayers of adoration and thanksgiving as well as supplication. Beyond ourselves we come to pray for our families, our neighbors, our world, as our Savior Christ has taught us. Amen. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Your name, O God, is to be spoken with reverence and hope. We have spoken it irreverently at times and not at all when we might have called upon you with expectation of your presence and help. We know you are present but put you out of our minds when we worship wealth and power. Most of us ...
Psalm 71:1-24, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 4:21-30, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
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B. David Hostetter
... more loving, like Jesus Christ. Amen. PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION Sovereign God, we pray for your holy, catholic, and apostolic church in all of its branches. As it continues to extend to the corners of the earth, may it mount up in faith, press forward in hope, and rise to the full heights of holy love. Let all who are members of the church show in their lives the gifts of your Holy Spirit, that the nations may come to your light and the kingdom and the power and the glory be yours. Bless ...
Psalm 81:1-16, Jeremiah 2:4-13, Luke 14:1-14, Hebrews 13:1-25
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B. David Hostetter
... and a restraint of evildoers, however many and powerful. Let goodness and truth be the pillars of the state. We pray, O God, for the sick and suffering in our homes and hospitals and all such known and dear to us. Save them from depression. Teach them to hope in your word and wait quietly for your healing and help. Cheer them through the word of Christ and raise them from their beds of sickness, and out of all their sorrows, that they and we may rejoice in giving thanks to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord ...
Psalm 91:1-16, Jeremiah 32:1-44, Luke 16:19-31, 1 Timothy 6:6-19
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B. David Hostetter
... the wrong with sentimental drama and contrived excitements. Forgive inaction so unlike the compassion and involvement of your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Declaration of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the Good News! Happy is the person whose hopes are in God. People: God loves and restores us, straightening us out. Pastor: Friends, believe the Good News! People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Exhortation Run the race of faith. Pursue justice, prayerfulness, fidelity, love, courage, and gentleness ...
Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 31:7-14, John 1:1-18, Ephesians 1:1-14
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B. David Hostetter
... all who stand in special need of your help, stricken by illness or accident, especially thosedear to us whom we name in our hearts. Be rest to the weary, health to the sick, comfort to the bereaved, friend of the lonely, the light of the wandering, the hope of the dying, the Savior of the lost. Eternal God, we recall with thanksgiving that we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, the great company of the redeemed in heaven, especially those who departed this life in the past year. Let us also lay ...
Matthew 26:36-46, Psalm 122:1-9, Isaiah 2:1-5, Romans 13:8-14
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B. David Hostetter
... from the way of Christ. Teach us to love you as we ought and our neighbors as ourselves. Hear our prayers for the sick and those who are in any kind of difficulty and distress. Comfort the bereaved, heal the sick in body, mind, or spirit, grant sure hope to the dying and a peaceful rest. Eternal God, we give you thanks for the remembrance of those most dear to us, whom you have released from the sorrow and sighing of this life into everlasting joy and gladness. Grant that as we cherish their memories we may ...
1 Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 23:1-6, John 9:1-41, Ephesians 5:8-14
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B. David Hostetter
... and prayer and human caring. Bless every ministry to the blind or seeing-impaired. May the spoken word as well as Braille publications communicate your word to those whose spiritual sight may be as keen as ours. Eternal God, we have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain, in the Holy of Holies in heaven. We rejoice for the great multitude and our own loved ones who have already entered there by the new and living way that Christ has opened ...
Psalm 23:1-6, John 10:1-10, Acts 2:42-47, 1 Peter 2:13-25
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B. David Hostetter
... also to those who are friendless and depressed. As you are everywhere present, stretch out your gentle hand to touch the sick in body and spirit. Relieve those in pain; strengthen those who are weak. Cheer those who are despairing, and give the dying sure hope in your promise of everlasting life. Eternal God, we rejoice with those who have received their desire to depart and be with Christ, for that better life without sin and suffering. Bring us, in our own time, to the passage from life, through death, to ...
Genesis 18:1-15, Psalm 116:1-19, Matthew 9:25-10:23, Romans 5:1-11
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B. David Hostetter
... life and love, they may tap that resource all their lifetime. We pray that you will heal and restore the sick, especially those we name in the silence of our hearts. Be near to all who mourn, and in their bereavement be their comfort and hope. Defend the innocent, deliver the tempted, and rescue those entraped by evil and addiction. Let no trial of faith shake or embitter your children, but bring them through their ordeal purified and made stronger in their trust in you. Eternal God, your perfect Son Jesus ...
Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 78:1-72, Matthew 21:23-32, Philippians 2:1-11
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B. David Hostetter
... our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, are again entangled in them and overpowered, their present state becoming worse for them than the first. Deliver them by your powerful hand as they turn in desperation to you again. God of hope, fill them with all joy and peace in believing so that they may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hear our prayers for those who are passing through times of anxiety, sleepless, restless, not knowing what to do. Grant them peace of mind as they put their trust in your ...
Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Psalm 90:1-17, Matthew 22:34-46, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16
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B. David Hostetter
... presence saves us. You lift up and carry those without strength. In your love and pity restore to health and strength those who are sick and suffering. Be present to those who are close to death, that they may be reassured of your grace with strong hope to pass beyond seeing you now in a mirror, dimly, but afterwards to see you face to face, knowing fully what now they know only in part. Eternal God, gladden our hearts in days of grief and loss with the remembrance of your promises of ultimate wholeness ...
Joshua 3:7-17, Psalm 107:1-43, Matthew 23:1-39, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16
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B. David Hostetter
... a will to return to the faith, the tempted a victory over evil, the enslaved freedom from addiction, and the despairing hope in our Risen Lord. Guide those who have not found their vocation in life, that they may recognize and use their best gifts for the common good. ... As in the spring the bloom of the first crocus gives us hope of the end of winter, so grant a sign of better days to those in days of discouragement and in the dry land of ...
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19, Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 15:4-13
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B. David Hostetter
READINGS Psalter—Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 First Lesson—A vision of the peaceable kingdom inspires hope. Isaiah 11:1-10 Second Lesson—Christ Jesus is the fulfillment of the ancient hope for unity and harmony. Romans 15:4-13 Gospel—The Elijah-like forerunner to Jesus is John the Baptist, who preaches repentance in readiness for the King's advent. Matthew 3:1-12 CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: And ...
Psalm 68:1-35, John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-19
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B. David Hostetter
... read the Word of life and those who translate into writing the unwritten languages of primitive tribes so that they may hear the good news in their own language and respond in faith and thanksgiving. In our daily lives may we carry faith to the doubting, hope to the fearful, strength to the weak-willed, and comfort to the bereaved. Speak through us your word of pardon to the guilty, a word of peace to the distraught, a word of reconciliation to those in conflict. Remember for good our land and our leaders ...
Exodus 19:3-6, Psalm 95:1-11, John 4:5-42, Romans 5:1-11
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B. David Hostetter
... By faith we experience your grace and the renewal of our relationship with you in Christ. We find it difficult to rejoice in our troubles, but we do rejoice in the endurance and hope which your approval brings. Above all, we give thanks for the gift of your Holy Spirit filling us with love for you and the hope of sharing your glory. Amen PRAYER OF DEDICATION For generations you have been worshipped in this place, God of our ancestors, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Whenever and wherever your children come ...
Psalm 116:1-19, Luke 24:13-35, Acts 2:14-41, 1 Peter 1:17-21
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B. David Hostetter
... the heavenly Son to the earthly death of the cross. Thanks is given to you, death-defying God, for raising Jesus of Nazareth from the dead, to prove that death could not keep him in its grip. Thanks is given to you, eternal Spirit, for inspiring our hope and our trust in you. Amen PRAYER OF DEDICATION Crucified-Jesus/Risen-Christ, your gift of baptism as a sacrament in the church makes simple washing with water the sign of forgiveness to the repentant and a gesture of acceptance to our children. Use us and ...