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4251. If The Lord Is Willing

James 4:13-17

Children's Sermon

... grow older? (Let them offer some thoughts about this.) Lots of times adults ask us about this, don't they? They say things like, "What do you want to do when you grow up? How would you like to earn a living?" Well, one way to get ready for the future is to plan ... asleep.) What do you mean, I can't plan on all those things? Why not? People have babies all the time. And I like boys, so I want to plan to have one. What's wrong with that? What's that? You say, I can't be sure? Well ... I guess maybe that's right ...

4252. Epiphany 4

Psalm 71:1-24, 1 Corinthians 14:1-25, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 4:14-30

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... Sheryl Stolberg writes: "Kati did not do what most children do. She did not choose to visit Disneyland, or to meet a celebrity or take a trip to Hawaii even though her parents told her she could have any of these things. Instead, she simply asked for a party. She wanted it at the hospital, with the staff by her side. And with pizza even though she cannot eat solid food anymore. 'I love parties,' she explained about her decision. 'I love the hospital.' " Kati had her party two days after Easter, just as she ...

4253. Lent 5

John 7:45--8:11, Psalm 126:1-6, Isaiah 43:14-28, Philippians 3:1-11, Luke 20:9-19, John 12:1-11

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... that he condoned sin and glosses lightly over it. He wasn't, because he quickly added, "Go and sin no more." That's what he wants of all people, who call him Lord and claim to love him. 4. But the whole incident reveals that the scribes and the Pharisees ... act." At least, they admitted they were sinners by walking away; they were "caught in their own trap." Then and there, they wanted to kill Jesus, but they were afraid to because the people evidently were captivated by Jesus. 5. Less than six days later, ...

4254. Proper 10

Colossians 1:15-23, Colossians 1:1-14, 2 Kings 2:1-18, Deuteronomy 30:11-20, Psalm 69:1-36, Psalm 25:1-22, Luke 10:25-37

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... also, "turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul." The commandments of God are not simply to be obeyed as a set of laws governing life in this world, but they are to be seen as the will of a loving Father, who wants to be loved, as well as obeyed by his people; obedience to the law of God should be a consequence of knowing the love of God, particularly as that love comes to people through Jesus Christ. Because the word "is very near ...," God himself makes it possible both to love ...

4255. Proper 15

Hebrews 12:1-13, Luke 12:54-59, Luke 12:49-53, Psalm 82:1-8, Jeremiah 20:7-18, Jeremiah 23:9-32, Jeremiah 38:1-13

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... , Dad slipped into a coma. The nurse said he could still hear us, so mother and I talked to him. Sometimes he raised his eyebrows or moved his finger to let us know that he was listening. Then, about dinnertime Monday evening, he left us. It was just like he wanted it." 2. Not so, with Jesus. He said, "how constrained I am until it is accomplished." Later, he prayed, "Father, it if be possible, take this cup from me, but your will, not mine, be done." The end of Jesus' life was not the way he would have ...

4256. Epiphany 3

Mark 1:14-20

Bulletin Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... cannot accept change and feel miserable, depressed, angry. Conclude with this litany: Pastor: Repentance means that we are free from the past or the future to receive the present moment. People: Thanks, Lord, what a relief! Thanks again! Amen! Message with the Children Try this: I want to think about change with you. Tell me some changes in your lives that you appreciate and some that you don't. Share some of your own. Then, ask, Did you know that Jesus asked and asks us to change? When Jesus asks some to ...

4257. Epiphany 4

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... radical, to-the-core, teaching of Jesus from getting a foot-hold on your heart, mind, will? (silence) After the silence, you may want to use the following as a printed prayer for the congregation to pray silently, and then, verbally: God, help me to make mistakes ... don't let us know they've listened until years later. Have him talk about Jesus, the Master Teacher. He may want to ask the children their favorite teaching about Jesus. Talk about people's amazement when Jesus taught. Proclamation of the Word ...

4258. Advent 3 - Witnessing

John 1:19-28, John 1:1-18

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... capita amount each member gives to each. For example, one day, I said to the congregation: "If you spend more than $32 on your recreation and vacation this year, you will have spent more than you give to the mission beyond the local church." You may want to follow the offering with this prayer: Lord, we like to say that we are your people, that we believe in your world mission. Forgive us for not putting our money where our mouth is. Charge to the Congregation Suggestion: Instead of giving the benediction ...

4259. Advent 4

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... Mary's first response to the announcement that she would bear the world's savior. She was "greatly troubled." She wondered what it was all about. And only later, even though she didn't fully understand, she agreed. "All right then, I am at the Lord's service. I want it to be just as you have said." (Luke 1:38, Cotton Patch Version) Proclamation of the Good News Consider this:God comes to us in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons. In the beginning, we often respond, "I can't (followed by our favorite ...

4260. The Season of the Holy Spirit

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... The glory of God is man/woman fully alive!" so, rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, as thanksgiving, thanksliving people! You may want to continue with this response between pastor and the people: Pastor: Come on, friends, let's celebrate life with ... the surface of our exterior masks of adequacy and pretention. You know how we manipulate words, situations, people to accomplish what we want when we want it. Forgive the use of our intellects and our will to thwart your plan and purpose. Our self-centeredness is so subtle ...

4261. Who’s Keeping Score?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

William J. Carl

... re all very grateful to the snake.” So who’s keeping score? Everybody is. God is horribly naive to think we aren’t or don’t want to. Who’s keeping score? Ask any coach of any sport, you name it. Ask Ivan Lendl or John McEnroe. Do you expect any one of ... of keeping score, because there’s no way to keep a ledger on grace. But Peter couldn’t catch on. He still wanted to keep score. He’d learned in the school of Jesus that forgiveness must take the place of revenge -- he understood that -- but ...

4262. Church People Beware!

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

William J. Carl

... right through us, right through our little facades; and with this parable he says, “Church people beware!” James picked up the same theme later and played it out as far as it would go. You know the passages, “Faith without works is dead,” and all that. But try as he wants, James could never go as far or state it as poignantly as Jesus did. In fact, the more I read this passage the more nervous I get. I said to someone last week, “The first question I ...

4263. You Must Become As A Child

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . You may be interested to know a little historical footnote. In the 13th century, in what is today Switzerland, there was a popular movement that said that Jesus words (you must become as a child to enter the Kingdom of God) must be taken literally. I want you to know that tens of thousands of people quit the farms and quit the mills and started playing ring around the roses and acting as children, for they reasoned that there eternal salvation was at stake if they did not. Finally the government came in ...

4264. Our Christian I.D.

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... after Willie committed suicide; he says that at the heart of his father's problems was that he didn't know who he was. Knowing your identity, who you are and whose you are, is essential to your wholeness as God's child and to your awareness of what God wants you to do with your life. So Satan's primary objective is not getting you to do something wrong, something bad, but to cause you to lose track of who you are - to lose your identity - to lose your sense of belonging to the family of God. The ways Satan ...

4265. Two R-Rated Stories

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... t go to church. He was at home fussing about lunch being late on Sunday. Once in a while the pastor would come and try to talk to him, but he was kind of rough on the minister. He would say, ‘I know what you fellows want down there at the church. You want another name and another pledge. Right? Isn’t that the business you’re in? Another name and another pledge.’ It embarrassed my mother. She would stay in the kitchen and cry. Once in a while they would have a guest evangelist and he would come with ...

4266. Standing Up To Death

Romans 6:1-14, Psalm 90:1-17

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , for example, made out a will? With regard to final arrangements, does someone else know what my preferences are - what kind of service I want, what I want done with my body, how much money 1 prefer to spend? I raise these issues not to start your day off on a sour ... calls them people captured by sin. To use that word is to open a can of worms because there are always folk who want to particularize it and label this particular act sin and that particular act sin, resulting in a version of Christian life not ...

4267. Marked For Ministry

Sermon

George Bass

... us only that one year, because he filled the position of a person who was on a year’s leave and returned in the fall. “Shortly,” he told me during the spring, “I will begin looking for a call to a congregation; I love parish ministry. But I want to go to a congregation where all the members know that they are or dained priests and are actively serving Jesus Christ in his church.” He said, “When I interview with a committee and church council, I will ask them how they have functioned during their ...

4268. Take Off The Grave Clothes!

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... is death. A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Or perhaps they echo the words of multimillionaire Ted Turner on Larry King's television talk show who said, "Life is a B grade movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it, but you don't want to see it again." The point is many people have lost hope and have developed a pessimism and hopelessness which places them among the living dead. All this week Ed Love of WDET celebrated the life of the late, great Dizzy Gillespie ...

4269. Joy Songs, Trumpet Blasts, And Hallelujah Shouts!

Joshua 5:13--6:27

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... spend a little time talking it over with Jesus, if we put our hand in God's hand and humbly, humbly, humbly ask the Lord to direct our paths, God will show the way. Where do the people of God go wrong? We don't trust God completely when God wants us to do new things, to employ new strategies to discomfit our enemies. Why are plans blown and why do objectives fail? We don't trust God completely. In our image-conscious society, we dare not appear too foolish or ridiculous for the things of God lest we are ...

4270. Holy Diet

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... himself. "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst." What they wanted was not what they needed. The latter was there in their midst; not something to be earned, but received. As St. Augustine wrote: "We do ... ?" Jesus heard the people ask, "Give us this bread always" (v. 34), which today would be put, "Give us everything we want; forget any thought of what we need." This would not be living, and surely it cannot produce true life. "He who comes ...

4271. On the Art Of Listening To Sermons

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... of the experts who say that there is no way the team will win, in order to dream glorious dreams of championship trophies. The Living Bible paraphrases Proverbs 18:2 in an unusual way, but it gets to the point: “a rebel doesn’t care about the facts; all he wants to do is yell.” Emotional listening is like a seed that finds itself on rocky soil, a bit of top soil where it can sprout quickly. But since there is no root it soon wilts in the midst of the reality of the sun and the heat. In contrast a ...

4272. How’s That Again, Jesus?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... . The church is, we think, to be in the business of good news, and this passage sounds like anything but good. Why would anyone want to cast their lot with a group that will destroy some of the most important relationships one can have? In contrast to such a passage ... like a homewrecker and those who choose to follow him appear to be losers. Now that bothers me; it disturbs me to the point of wanting to rid myself of a passage such as this. But here it is and it will not go away. So what is it that Jesus ...

4273. Born Leader

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... . Can you give me a hint or two? Voice: I didn't have this much problem with that hardhead Moses. Man: Charlton Heston?! Voice: I'm going to make it real simple for you. This is the Lord speaking. Man: Hold it! Hold it! I'm not sure that I want to have God speaking to me. People get into trouble that way. Voice: I assure you that this is only a short visit. And I promise not to bother you again. OK? Man: Yeah, sure, that's OK. But why are you bothering, I mean, talking to me now? Voice ...

4274. Everybody Plugs Into Something

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... pulls charts out, paperwork, and more. Money Machine looks at Harry and shakes his head.) Rejection! That's hard for old Harry. What's left? Harry wants to plug into something that will fulfill him. He wants something to make him happy again. He wants something that will empower him, but nothing is left, he says. Harry! Harry: Yeah, what do you want? Narrator: There's one more plug over there. (The God plug is sitting, smiling, patiently waiting. He waves to Harry.) Harry: I tried that one before. Narrator ...

4275. The Other Side Of The Fence

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... your little boat is plenty big enough. Why, the whole family can fit on it. Peter: Yeah, but it isn't new like their boat is. I want a new boat. One that can go as fast as theirs. Oh, and look at his new wife. Wow, is she thin! She must work out every ... cases of expensive champagne. Look at the way he's laughing and that cute little wife of his in the miniskirt seems so happy, too. I want to be just like them. (Pause) Although I must admit I don't like their taste in company. Who is that guy dressed in black? ...

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