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4226. Proper 7

Mark 4:35-41

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B. David Hostetter

... . We are grateful for the camaraderie common danger may inspire among us and for the special courage so often brought out by emergencies. We give special thanks for those who have come to our aid, not least, Christ our savior. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION Let our gifts, divine Reconciler, be a sign of our faith that you will still work through your church as a ministry of reconciliation in this troubled world. Amen. PSALM 9:9-20 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And ...

4227. Holy Trinity Sunday

John 3:1-21, Psalm 29:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... childlike in innocence, starting life again. We worship you with songs and verses, new songs and old songs with old instruments and new instruments of music, with processions and dances, with liturgy and daily work. All thanks be given to you for your great gifts of nature and grace, unseen Creator, First-born of creation, re-creating Spirit. Amen. PRAYER OF DEDICATION Understanding Parent, though we rejoice to be joint-heirs of splendor with Jesus Christ, is it possible that we lose if we do not give until ...

4228. Prayers for Christmas Eve / Day

Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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B. David Hosetter

... we are thankful. That you become involved in the sin and suffering of our world, we are astonished. That you continue to draw us together as your flock by the Spirit we are comforted. Amen. Prayer of Dedication Not often enough, O God, do we offer you the gift of our silence, in adoration, in attentiveness, in anticipation of your directions. Receive us in this solemn moment, and in such times of silence as we find for you in the days to come. Amen. PSALM 96 O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the ...

4229. Receive The Holy Spirit

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Larry Powell

... Christians (Philippians 2:1); the Holy Spirit unifies the church, enabling it to transcend worldly affairs (1 Corinthians 12:13); the Holy Spirit will transform the natural body into a spiritual body (2 Corinthians 5:5). There are some specific gifts, or fruits of the Spirit: "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22, 23)." Whata remarkable "presence." Oh, we will not produce an exhaustive definition of the Holy Spirit and its work here; we ...

4230. A Continuing Presence

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Larry Powell

... said, "and I believe the Lord can use me in those little churches." I have never known a person of sweeter Christian countenance. His smile was totally disarming. Even his large frame seemed at times too small to contain such generous compassion. He possessed the rare gift of making everybody feel greater than they were. Time and again, he would make his way across a crowded floor of a conference or meeting just to grasp my hand, smile that beaming smile and say, "Hello, Doctor Powell." "I'm not a doctor of ...

4231. So Close ... But Yet So Far

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... disciples, we do not always take the possibilities of the blessing into account, nor are we always accurate in our estimates of resources. Perhaps you have heard the story of the football coach who had two quarterbacks. The first team quarterback was gifted, aggressive, and a born leader. The second string quarterback was, let us say, limited. Oh, he was athletic enough but unfortunately, his ignorance was only surpassed by his stupidity. The championship game was in progress, the score was tied, the home ...

4232. Preaching the Miracles of Jesus

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... cut off? He supposedly walked to the cathedral with his head under his arm and entered the cathedral singing the Te Deum? Miracles are accepted by faith, but it must be an intelligent faith. Bishop David Jenkins explains: "Miracles are gifts, not guarantees, given to faith, and they always involve a mysterious collaboration and convergence between the intervening power of God and the human response of faith, obedience and activity." Reasons For The Miracles Jesus discriminated in performing miracles. He was ...

4233. The Infinite Becomes An Infant

Matthew 1:18-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... that put the light and power of God where we could see, use and understand God. Sermon Structures 1. What Christmas Cost God (1:18-23). Christmas is an expensive time for many people. For some it takes months to pay off the Christmas gifts charged to our credit cards. There are additional expenses: parties, food, drinks, travel. Such expenses are minimal compared with the price God paid for us to have Christmas. What it cost God - A. Himself - "Emmanuel, God with us" - v. 23 B. Humility - "emptied himself ...

4234. Learning to Forgive a Lot

Luke 7:47

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... wanted to do something to show it. The others felt that they had not done much wrong, and therefore they did not appreciate what Jesus did for them. It is a hard lesson to learn, but an important one to know that the forgiveness of Jesus is the most precious gift we have.

4235. Happiness Is Finding the Lost

Luke 15:8-10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... girls. How many of you have ever lost some money? (Let them answer.) Was it a lot of money? (Let them answer.) I think that people really are upset when they lose money, because it is usually money that was needed to spend for food, or clothes, or maybe a gift for somebody that they loved. Money is very important to all of us because we use it to buy the things that we need. Our fathers and mothers work very hard for their money and, if they lose it, they usually hunt for it. How many of you have ever ...

4236. Two Doors; One Choice

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... it does away with our individuality. The fact of the matter is, Jesus never required his disciples to become like him. He loved and honored their uniqueness. He cherished their diversity. He did not try to iron out their idiosyncrasies; he saw them as gifts. Peter, for example, had a spitfire temper and the impetuosity of a school boy. A psychiatrist would have said, "That's going to be a problem for a church leader. Better get some counseling or not enter the ministry." But Jesus looked at his neurosis ...

4237. Straight A's - Forever!

1 Peter 1:9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , and that is doing the things that we say we believe in, then we will have a new life of joy after we die. That is the promise of God - and God keeps all of his promises. First we must believe that God gives us life. It is a free gift. We must do what we say we believe, and that is faith. The outcome of faith is living forever with God in peace and joy.

4238. Used Food

Romans 5:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... meat off of the bone? The meat was from last night's dinner and I think I had this toast this morning, or maybe it was yesterday morning. It looks good. Who wants the toast? (Let them make all of their remarks and look hurt that no one wants your gift.) Some people call this food garbage and I guess no one likes to eat the garbage. It is kind of used and old and really should be thrown away. It is a good thing that Jesus didn't feel the same way about us that we feel about our used ...

4239. Reformation Sunday

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... own reason or strength I cannot believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to him." How then? How do I know what God is like, what God wants from this world and me? Luther continues, "But the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with his gifts, sanctified and kept me in true faith." The whole point, the whole open secret is that it is not a matter of my getting to God by my mental processes, my prayers, or my decency. But rather a matter of God getting his call to me, in spite of all ...

4240. Reformation Sunday

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... hub of the entire world envisioned by Isaiah, Ezra and Nehemiah, things the former prophets did not know. And so John, the seer, gives us a yet more glorious fulfillment, described in this text. He gives us a Jerusalem come from heaven, a pure gift of God. The Christian faith thus does not see history merely moving toward some earthly golden age, come after thousands of generations, billions of individuals heap up their dead bodies on experiments that did not work, and thus, with all them, we poor slobs ...

4241. Obedience Is An Ugly Word!

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... whom the media ignores or casts aspersions upon, whom many disdain, is on the throne of the universe in glory; "Him hath God exalted to his right hand to be Ruler." What glorious good news we have; from that throne he saves repentant sinners. His sovereign gift is salvation, "To give repentance and forgiveness of sins." And praise be his name, the risen Lord still has authority on earth to forgive sins! And only he can! But this good news is not accepted as good news by everyone. These men were furious and ...

4242. Beware! Caution! Danger!

Acts 14:8-20

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... of the gospel, comes from his personal qualities. Marshall MacLuhen, mass media expert, said, "The medium is the message," and Phillips Brooks spoke of the same truth when he said, "truth through personality." When one deletes entirely the play of personal gifts, talents, and graces, it sometimes enfeebles the message. Of course all of this must be kept in a tension and balance with a strong God awareness that remembers that too much attention centered upon the messenger tends to dim and diminish ...

4243. Fresh Bread And New Wine

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... of a husband and wife who have each donated nearly 20 gallons of blood in their lifetimes. That's 160 pints of blood each! I could not help but speculate on how many lives might have been saved through the unselfish giving of their blood. It was a beautiful gift from one human for other humans - given a pint at a time. But the greatest Donor of all time sweat great drops of his blood in the Garden of Gethsemane, then spilled the rest of it on Calvary's cross-tree. And that blood, applied in repentance and ...

4244. Sing a Song to Each Other

Ephesians 5:19

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Church, and may God bless you on such a beautiful day. I thank the Lord for your joy and love which he gave you to share with your mothers and fathers and all of your friends. I praise God for our beautiful place to worship and for all of his gifts of food and energy and sunlight and rain. I pray to Jesus that we will have a wonderful time together this morning, and that the Spirit of God will go with you all this day so that your happiness will be a blessing to all that meet you wherever you ...

4245. A Great Partnership

Philippians 1:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... and pepper and some not so good. One of the best partnerships that I heard about was between St. Paul and the people at Philippi. The people of Philippi were always helpful to St. Paul when he carried his message of Jesus to the world. They supported him with gifts and prayers, and they welcomed him to their city when he was in the area. They loved Paul because of his ministry and the way that he shared his knowledge of Jesus. He could sit there for hours and tell them the good news that Jesus brought to ...

4246. A Time for Giving

Hebrews 10:1-18

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... important the sacrifice of Jesus was by making a small sacrifice ourselves. When you go home today, you may want to talk to your parents about making a sacrifice this Christmas so that another child just like you some place else in the world will also be reminded of the gift Jesus gave with his life. Amen.

4247. Preaching the Miracles of Jesus

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

4248. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... asked him what fell. He told her. She ordered him to get down under the table and retrieve it. While there he was admonished to thank God for it. And then she made him eat it. She insisted that he do so because she said that bread was a gift of life. One has to eat to live. Need of Distribution. The problem of world hunger is not in having the resources but of distribution of the food to the hungry. In 1990 Russia reported a banner harvest. However, the people are hungry because the stores are empty. There ...

4249. Transfiguration

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

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Was Altered. - Fanny Crosby, blinded by an illness at six weeks of age, wrote more than 6,000 gospel songs. One time a minister sympathetically remarked, "I think it is a great pity that the Master did not give you sight when he showered so many other gifts upon you." She replied quietly, "Do you know that if at birth I had been able to make one petition, it would have been that I should be born blind?" "Why?" asked the surprised preacher. "Because when I get to heaven, the first face that shall gladden ...

4250. Walking The Familiar

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... that children's home, God is mending that little eight-year-old child. Ten billion dollars could not replace the ordinary tasks of human caring and love. I wonder how many other children are abused because of parents who do not provide the ordinary, simple gifts of love, attention, encouragement and steadfastness. The wonderment is that God can use us in the midst of the routines of every day. God can mend and heal and make whole lives right in the midst of ordinary circumstances. And thus we are part of ...

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