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4226. Let Us Pray!

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... know with preachers. Sometimes it is even hard to know with Jesus. But such boldness is again affirmed in the parable Jesus tells immediately following his instructions in prayer. A man awakens his friend at midnight with a request for food and is rebuffed. The man continues to bang on the door allowing his friend no sleep until he responds to his request. The friend responds for no other reason than to get rid of the nuisance at his door. Jesus concludes, "Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will ...

4227. Kingdom Etiquette

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... being announced or someone is nudging us to pass the offering plate. For the most part we feel uncomfortable with silence in our relation-ships with others, and certainly with God. The Quakers, of course, are an exception, and have managed to continue practicing the discipline of silence. They include great quantities of it in their gatherings. They speak of this voice within as the "inner light," which provides the believer with internal illumination for seeing the direction in which God is pointing. The ...

4228. Black And White

1 John 1:9

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... had today. Now I want everyone to place his or her crayon right in the middle of the paper and make a dot. From there I want you to start going in wider and wider circles out from the middle until you are making a circle around the other circle. Continue that all the way out until you have reached the edge of the paper. Then using the same crayon I want you to fill in that picture. Color up and down, sideways, every way you can so that most of that paper is filled up with coloring. All right. Now ...

4229. Spaghetti

Matthew 7:24-27

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... you? Yes, I've even done that myself a few times. Today I brought along two pieces of spaghetti. And since I am generally a fork-winding spaghetti person, I'm going to try to eat it that way. First let me try this piece (the uncooked piece which will continually break into small pieces when attempting to wind it). What is wrong here? It isn't cooked. It isn't flexible. You really can't do anything with this the way it is. Now let's try the second piece. Notice how flexible and soft this is? This is the ...

4230. Large Or Small

Matthew 6:25-34

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... you can see each of these. In fact, we are going to get the grown-ups involved in this, too. How many of you in the church can read this sign? (Show the largest print.) Okay, good. Now, how many can read this one? (Show the next largest print and continue toward the smallest.) This one is so small I can hardly read it and I'm standing right next to it! Let's see if a magnifying glass would help out. There, now we can read it. Did you know that a lot of people in the world feel that ...

4231. Living Water

John 7:37-38

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... pitcher! That would work, except that it is very heavy once you get the water in it. That's not really going to do it. The only thing I have left is this hose. What do you think about that? Yes, that is a great idea! It will give a continuous flow of water from the faucet to the pool and all we have to do is watch and get ready to jump in! Jesus said that if a person believes in Him, streams of living water would flow out of that person's heart. Just like the water pours out ...

4232. Look Ahead!

Romans 8:19

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... , and so forth. Lesson: The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. Can you believe the cold weather we have been having lately? The wind is blowing. People have been saying how cold they feel. The weather men say this might even continue for a while longer. Well, this morning I brought along a number of items that are just perfect for this type of weather. (Show each of the items listed above.) I'll bet you think I am pretty confused about things. These are all items for the ...

4233. Those Important Flames

Acts 2:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... left them he would send a Holy Spirit that would share God's love with them. Now with the flames and the sound of a great wind and some other things, they knew that the promise of Jesus was true. This is how the church started and how it still continues. The Holy Spirit is with us now. He is sharing God's love and teaching us how to know God better and share ourselves with others who love God. I want you to take your flame home today and put it on your dresser and think about the birthday of ...

4234. Desserts Are Special

1 Corinthians 15:26

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... is going to get rid of is death. All of us must die until God changes things, and right now it is going to be the last enemy of man that is going to be removed. It is the last part of our life here on earth, and it will continue to be the last thing until God changes it. You and I do not like death, we don't like to have other people whom we know die, and we sure don't want to die ourselves, but it is part of the plan and we all have to do ...

4235. Alone

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... . It is profound in its image of the nature and destiny of human life. We are placed here in this life by a God who is still creating a world. He has given us the high privilege of sharing that work of creating with him. He is a God who continues to engage his world in dialog as he creates. He has placed us here with each other, and together we can share as we engage each other in dialog over our common task. So Genesis tells us. This is how he created us and why. He works and creates. So ...

4236. His Suffering Servant

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... like Hitler's or more like Ann Frank's? Surely more like Ann Frank's. And that, I submit, tell us who really was stronger. That, I submit, tells us who really won, who really was stronger. That, I submit, tells us what it is God has been doing, continues to do with that horror, with that suffering. That, I submit, tells us how God uses all of the pain and wrong of this world to bring healing and redemption to his people and to his creation. Surely we Christians know that is the message and the effect of ...

4237. Right When the World is Wrong

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... happened at the end of summer. Those who were left in the city still would have to survive a winter with no time left to plant a crop, with little body strength even to pile together some kind of lean-to. Even though it was all over, the dying would continue. "I told you so!" Well, there really are times when the consequences are so dire and disastrous, you really don't want to say, "I told you so." And Jeremiah, prophet of doom, crazy old coot, he didn't say it. Instead, he said what we read in the Old ...

4238. Easter - Fact And Fiction!

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... as heaven and broad as the earth, so that we see nothing, hear nothing, think nothing, know nothing beyond it." The Fact Feeds Our Faith So, the rabbit is only an illusion, but the resurrection is our proof of eternal life. And the text continues with the glorious promise that because Christ died and rose again, that "everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." What a blessed relief! Christ died, Christ rose again, and now redemption's work is done, Christ is vindicated as ...

4239. Obedience Is An Ugly Word!

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... I've known her in lots of trouble, but never without that spark of joy that springs up eternally in the heart that walks in faith and obedience. Obedience Is The Key Is there anything we Christians of today need more than an uncompromising, unreserved, continuous obedience to our Lord? This is one of the conditions of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Would you know this mighty power of love mastering you, using you, sustaining you, and glorifying Christ through you? Then obey! Obey! Maybe obedience is not ...

4240. A Word Of Encouragement!

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... 't anything else going on in the town, and it was sort of a "curiosity" to see and hear a 19-year-old-girl-type-preacher.) At the end of the week, the pastor suggested that since I was not scheduled to be anywhere else the following week, we just continue the services and have a two-week revival. That was fine with me except for one detail; I didn't have any more sermons! And neither did I think I could get seven more sermons that quickly. But the pastor assured me, "Oh, God will help you!" I believed him ...

4241. Grace Is What Christ Has Done

Acts 15:1-21

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... pagan worship in any form. We have here, then, some vital and important lessons for those early Christians, but also for all of us who follow in their train: Grace Is Not What You Do This entire chapter deals with what was then, and continues to be, a stumbling block for the Christian gospel. There are always those persons, however well-meaning they may be, who would make salvation possible through Jesus Christ, plus something else! But salvation is through grace and grace alone, and anything added to that ...

4242. Death Of A Dream - Birth Of A Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... said to wait, watch, tarry, and pray until the Holy Spirit came. He had promised the Spirit was the Comforter, and they could certainly use some of that, for their hearts are still hurting with the absence of the best friend they ever had! But, if we continue to delve into the reasons for their presence here in the upper room, we might query, "How long will you have to wait?" Their reply, "He didn't say." "But," we persist, "how long have you been here now?" "Ten days," they respond. "Ten days! My goodness ...

4243. Are You A Basket Case?

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... quite of that magnitude; but then we have no real idea of how offensive sin is to a holy God, or we would bow our heads in shame. But however multitudinous our sins, how heavy our guilt, it can't touch the love that God has for us. He continues to rescue us with a mighty hand and outstretched arm on Calvary's cross-tree. The Future Those Israelites recited their thanks before the altar, and said, "God has finally brought us here to Canaan, this land of milk and honey, and we rejoice in all the good things ...

4244. Liking the New and Improving the Old

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... and improved" and works better, and faster, and is easier, and nicer - fine! Why go back to the lesser when the better is at hand? But ... Some Old Things Are Better Left Unchanged God, too, is always doing something that is newer and better. He is continually surprising us with a fresh idea, with doing a new thing. God made a glorious deliverance for his people at the first exodus when he delivered them from the terrible slavery in Egypt. They talked about it for years, and remembered the event annually at ...

4245. Not

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... Greene told of a time when Dr. E. Stanley Jones was preaching for him. He was then 83 years old. He said, "The next 10 years are going to be the greatest I have ever had!" Then, as the congregation looked at the feeble old man standing before them, he continued, with a twinkle in his eye, "I didn't say 'where' they were going to be - but here or there - they will be the greatest with Christ!" That's the way the future can always look to the Christian. The Word says, "The path of the just is as a ...

4246. Proper 15

Mt 15:21-28 · Ex 16:2-15 · Rom 11:13-16, 29-32 · Ps 78

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... v. 26 Illustration Persistence in Prayer. Monica, St. Augustine's mother, tried to raise her three children in the Christian faith. Augustine was her oldest child. He lived with a mistress for 15 years and had a son. She followed her son's wanderings and continually prayed for him for 30 years and finally witnessed his conversion. He was converted by listening to the sermons of Bishop Ambrose in Milan. On the night before Easter, 387 A.D., he was baptized. Persistence in Reverse. For 14 years a church group ...

4247. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44, John 11:45-57

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... have the nation destroyed. Consequently, both Pharisees and Sadducees made plans to kill Jesus and ordered the people to report Jesus' whereabouts that they might arrest him. The miracle was the starting point of the crucifixion. Regretfully the pericope stops at verse 45. It should continue through verse 53 in order to fit the miracle into the Lenten season. Related Passages 1 Kings 17:17-24 - Elijah brings back to life a widow's son. 2 Kings 4:18-37 - Elisha revives the son of a Shunammite woman. Mark 5 ...

4248. Preaching The Miracles

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... and came to a restaurant with a sign out front saying "Breakfast Any Time." At any time of the day or night Jesus invites us to have a meal with him. God Keeps Faith. Disciples may lose faith and flee from Jesus when the going gets tough, but God continues to believe in us. Years ago a great plague came across Europe and hit a small German village. Everyone except a young priest and an old doctor took sick. Both overworked taking care of the sick and dying. Finally the doctor caught it. When he was close to ...

4249. Star Miracle

Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 60:1-22, Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... observed on Epiphany. When the western church decided in 325 A.D. to observe the Nativity on December 25, Epiphany became the day to celebrate the appearance of the star and the visit of the magi. However, the eastern church to this day continues to celebrate Jesus' birth and baptism on Epiphany day. Since it was physically impossible for the sages from the East to arrive on December 25, it is appropriate to celebrate their visit on Epiphany. The Epiphany season contains three festivals: the Epiphany, the ...

4250. Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36 · Matthew 17:1-8 · Mark 9:2-8

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... to what went on." Then he turned on the recorder. There were sounds of laughter and talk. In the background could be heard a tiny voice, "Pass the butter!" No one seemed to hear the voice. Again it said, "Please, pass the butter!" Still the laughter continued. Again came the little voice, "Please pass the butter!" Nothing happened. Then there was the sound of the crashing plate. Heavy with Sleep. A certain church had a coffee hour before service. A line of people was waiting to get a cup. In the line was ...

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