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4201. Cultivating Our Garden

Isaiah 58:1-14

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... also has a heart and emotions, and our difficulty in doing what's right, as Saint Paul has said in Romans 7, is precisely the difficulty, not just in knowing what to do. It is worship which, at its best, puts us in touch with God's Holy Spirit and with each other and with God's Word, so that we will be motivated to leave the sanctuary and do something for Christ's sake! Even without overtly religious words and actions, watching the Winter Olympics' opening ceremony always makes me want to run out and do ...

4202. Sometimes Goodbye Is Hello

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... We know by faith that time will pass and healing will come but the pain until then is all too real. So God sends his Holy Spirit, and we cling to his church. God comforts us for present and past pain, gives hope for the future and guidance along the way. And ... ordered the disciples to remain gathered in Jerusalem to wait for the promise of the Father. They were to receive power when the Holy Spirit would come upon them and ever after be witnesses to the love of God in Christ Jesus, even to the ends of the ...

4203. Developing Staying Power

1 Peter 4:12-19

Sermon

Sandra Hefter Herrma

... there is, indeed, an enemy in wait for us. "[T]he devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour [like a roaring lion]." What is the crime for which we are hated? Being God's people. Having the name of Jesus in our hearts. Being clothed with the Holy Spirit. Trying to love one another as we have been loved. For these beliefs, these actions, this reality, we may be made fun of at work. If you are a teenager, you may be made fun of because you pause before eating to thank your creator for feeding you, or ...

4204. Live Together In Harmony

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... associations and councils of churches. We dialogue with one another. We worship together. We serve the poor and hungry jointly. Since the 1960s and Vatican Council II, Roman Catholics and Protestants have enjoyed "the fresh air" of Pope John XXIII's pioneering spirit of renewal. Even though sharp differences remain on social issues like abortion yet so many things are done together today that just were not done before. A growing conviction persists that we need each other, and that all our ideologies are ...

4205. Share Your Unique Story

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... in their minds that he is God's Son, and they feel compelled "to testify" to this story. Our biblical text consists of just the telling of the story, but we know from the rest of the passage that while Peter was still speaking the Holy Spirit descends upon Cornelius and his family, they receive the gift of speaking in tongues and they are immediately baptized. Peter had never seen anything like it. What does this dramatic episode from the Acts of the Apostles signify for us today as we celebrate the Baptism ...

4206. Surviving The Present Trials

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

Sandra Hefter Herrma

... . As we learn more about how our planet works, how prayer affects our bodies, how listening to God (meditation) can help us perceive the way God wants us to go, our lives can be fuller, richer, and more satisfying. Our active acceptance of the guidance of the Holy Spirit gives us a sense of peace that, as Jesus promised, transcends any earthly peace we have known. We can turn to God for strength and comfort in times of trial. We can take our pain, our grief, our fear, our rage, and lay them all before the ...

4207. Make Scriptural Hope Your Own

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... we had never seen before. Third, memorize the scriptural promises. Read, study and also memorize the Bible. Why do I say that? You probably know someone like the person I met once during a hospital visit. Despite his serious illness he radiated calmness, a cheerful spirit and hope in the future. He told me his secret. He had memorized the 23rd Psalm, and each day in the morning and in the evening he repeated these words to himself. Although we have just noted that millions of Bibles are available, yet there ...

4208. Week Two Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... stands in a lava waste of desolation. The signs are there; they always have been. God is all around, in so many powerful, beautiful and subtle ways. Let us open our eyes to the signs of God's presence. Let us trust in God and be guided by the Spirit. Let us be nourished at the banquet table of the Lord, and find eternal life in the process. Friday Week TwoGenesis 37:2-4, 12-13, 17-28Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 Responsibly Building The Kingdom If you study leadership techniques you will hear the axiom, "You can ...

4209. Worship Aid, Drama

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

... God, that we may understand what God hasfreely given us. P: For I resolved to know nothing while I was with youexcept Jesus Christ and Him crucified. C: This is what we speak, not in words taught us by humanwisdom but in words taught by the Holy Spirit, expressingspiritual truths in spiritual words. P: For who has known the mind of the Lord that he mayinstruct Him? C: But we have the mind of Christ. Prayer Of The Day P: Let us pray: Almighty God, Lord of heaven and earth, inYour Divine goodness You sent ...

4210. Week One Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... and should be practiced. Today, however, Jesus challenges us to look to new heights, new horizons in our life. How can we be better servants, better ministers to God and God's people? How can the baptismal commitment which we all possess deepen our life in the Spirit? In what ways can I go beyond that which is normally expected and reach new heights in my relationship with God? Christianity is a challenge; it should not be easy. Challenge pushes us to seek new ways of finding God. The letter of the law may ...

4211. Flashing Lights

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... been centered on God and his mission to purify the faith. He was attuned to the things of God. Now many of us are more like Paul's traveling companions! It is as if we were spiritually deaf -- not tuned in to the promptings and urgings of God's Spirit. Think for a moment how important it is to be "tuned in" in other experiences in life. The airline pilot knows in a fraction of a second when an engine is not functioning properly. A good sailor feels the change in the wind, and almost immediately adjusts the ...

4212. The Witness Of Pilate

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

4213. Satisfaction Gauranteed

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... a lot in store for all of us. We don't know what's coming, but we know that God will be with us when it does. Jesus was clear about that. Jesus assured us that the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, would be with us always (John 14:25f). If we are focused on coming to know God through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, daily praising God for the bounty around us, even on our worst days, then we will find ourselves, "radiant over the goodness of the Lord." If we daily give thanks to God for the gift of life ...

4214. Begging For Mercy

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... in your community. Remember, I have no hands but yours. RICH MAN: No, wait! That's not fair. I already pay my taxes. VOICEOVER: I've already given you the gifts you'll need to carry this out. Administration, wisdom, discernment of spirits. RICH MAN: Oh, great! VOICEOVER: To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. RICH MAN: This is going to cost a bundle. You'll give me all the money I'll need? VOICEOVER: I already have. RICH MAN: Oh, no! That's my money. I worked for it. I deserve ...

4215. A Most Important Dawning

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... purpose, which is bringing salvation and hope and joy and new life specifically through God's love known in Jesus, and then offering it to all the world? Oh, God help us if that has happened! Oh, what darkness if that has happened! Oh, how God's Spirit must be grieved if that has happened to even one of God's children! It could be the most important dawning in your whole life; it could be a dawning that has never yet occurred to you, to recognize the incredibly wonderful, life-changing power unleashed by ...

4216. From A Distance

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... it a fire, it was a "devouring fire." From where they stood at the bottom of the mountain, God looked like a frightening, flaming, consuming inferno. Now put this together with the words of Saint Paul in the New Testament, whose mind and heart had been grasped by the spirit of Jesus. In speaking to the people of Athens about God, Paul said this: "... indeed [God] is not far from each one of us. For 'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his ...

4217. Members Of A New Family

Acts 10:23b-48

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... church and the minister took some water from a baptismal font like this (Point to font.) and sprinkled or poured it on our heads. He also said some special words like, "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Our baptismal day was very important because it made us members of a new family. Do you know the name of that new family, boys and girls? (Let them answer.) Good! Our new family became the church, the family of Christians. Being baptized is like being initiated ...

4218. Now, Even Now....

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... "seize the day"! You see, we wear more than one cross on our foreheads tonight. We don't only wear the ashes of our mortality. The second is the invisible but cherished and life-giving cross placed on our foreheads at baptism. "You have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked with the cross of Christ forever." We don't live in the past, but we remember, repent and are reconciled. We don't live in the future, but we hope and know that God is already working his salvation in us. We live in the present, and ...

4219. Meeting Our Needs, Not Our Greeds

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Steve Burt

... him a fortune, but it gave him enough money that he could concentrate on what he did best -- not teaching, but full-time writing. Note, however, that William Least Heat Moon wasn't out to meet his greeds. He was simply doing what he believed God or the Great Spirit called him to do and to be. We in America are caught up in a culture that promotes greed. Our worst instincts are played to by advertisers needing to hawk their wares -- from luxury cars to yachts to diamonds as big as a fist. We are wooed by six ...

4220. Come, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come!

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... . And so we pray, "Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the way for your only Son. By his coming, give us strength in our conflicts and shed light on our path through the darkness of this world." Create in us new hearts, O God. And renew a right spirit within us. Hearts and spirits that reach out, and join in the ardent prayer of our brothers and sisters of every time and every place: "Pronto viene, Jesus Christo." Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come.

4221. The Shepherd And His Flock

John 10:1-21

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... by attraction, not force. B. A Pastor leads by gaining trust of his followers. C. A Pastor leads the flock by self-giving. 4. The Church as a Sheepfold. People need the care and support of community. The church can serve for those who are wounded in spirit and need time for support and protection. A. Enter by Christ's call. B. Find real community. C. Welcomed and belong because of need. D. Mutual support offered and received. 5. Know His Voice. (v. 4) False prophets appear from time to time. They claim to ...

4222. Two-and-a-Half Cheers For Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5-6, Matthew 6:16

Sermon

Thomas Long

... visiting "rabbi," sent the party off with the loan of a carriage and a team of horses. They left the village and traveled to the great city where they spent magnificent holy days under the spell of the famous rabbi. His teaching of the Torah carried their spirits to the very vault of heaven. But too soon, the holy days were at an end, and the three companions had to go back home through the same village to return the borrowed carriage and horses. Terrified, the mock rabbi resumed his disguise; his heart was ...

4223. When God Is The Problem

Psalm 13:1-6

Sermon

Robert G. McCreight

... sanctuary today who have fallen badly at some point in their life and seriously wondered if they could get back up. And as bad as the fall was, the even greater hardship than the fall is that our implicit bargain with God was seriously challenged. With a bleeding spirit and a bruised soul we plaintively argue, "I'm keeping MY part of the bargain. Why isn't God keeping his?" Might you not say along with the psalmist, "How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How ...

4224. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... is that 'seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand' " (Matthew 13:13). "Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit" (Matthew 15:14). "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free" (Luke 4:18). Other Johanine references include ...

4225. Demon-Possessed Child

Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... instantly. Connecting Points: Conversations Interviewing The Daughter Asker: We never meet you or hear you speak. We do not know if you were aware of your mother's intercession. All we know about you is what we can imagine about a powerless child possessed by an evil spirit. Daughter: You also know that I was healed instantly. What is important for you to know about me is the stubborn persistence of my parent. A child did not count for much in my time. My mother believed I counted. She knew that in God's ...

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